BBC Correspondent Linda Duffin: An emotional reunion for the long-lost orphans

Daisy and Albert Bance were sent to separate orphanges and Albert was then shipped to Canada to work on a farm.

"I don't want to let you go any more," Daisy said to her brother at an emotional airport reunion.

Albert, a former fire and police chief told his sister: "I'm your brother. I've been waiting a lifetime."

When she arrived in Canada 85-year-old Daisy hugged her brother Albert, 84.

The couple can spend a week together after Mr Bance's daughter won a radio competition that paid for Daisy's trip.

Two-year search

Mr Bance's grandchildren discovered Daisy six weeks ago and arranged a meeting as soon as possible.

Albert's grandson, Todd Goyette, 26, said he had started the search for Daisy two years ago during a visit to the UK, when he found her birth certificate.

He wrote to all the Bances in Surrey and was sent details from a book listing members of the family worldwide, including two Daisy Bances and one Frances Bance in the UK.

He wrote letters to them and received a call from Daisy. "She knew that she had a sister and a brother, but all she knew was that my grandpa had gone to Canada," he said.

"She had tried to find him, but hadn't had the resources. Gramps and her were in shock. We were all in shock - we hadn't anticipated finding either sister alive. It is an absolute miracle.

"It was pretty emotional when she arrived at the airport yesterday. As soon as they saw each other they embraced, and they've been embracing ever since. There were a lot of tears.

"They really don't remember a whole lot of their time together as children. They were very young when they were separated. We are still looking for the other sister, Frances Elizabeth. It is rumoured that she died in her 20s, but we have searched the British death registers for that period and have found no trace of her."