Two strangers discover they are brother and sister at Manchester Airport

Two strangers who met by chance while working at Manchester Airport have discovered they are long-lost brother and sister, in what they describe as a life-changing reunion. Dave Green and Andrea Ernst became friends after a chance encounter when Dave was refilling a vending machine and Andrea asked if she could park her vehicle nearby. They quickly formed a close bond, finishing each other's sentences and feeling an unexplainable connection. Two years into their friendship, Dave was fostering a boy but had to stop due to work and relationship pressures. Distraught, he called Andrea and revealed that he was adopted. Andrea then told him that her brother had been adopted and his name was Stewart. Dave's birth name was Stewart Proud. Andrea phoned her mother, who confirmed that Dave was indeed her long-lost son, born on the same date and at the same hospital. The pair then drove to meet their mother for the first time in 40 years. Dave had driven a bus past her house many times without knowing. The reunion was emotional, with the mother fulfilling a promise she had made to Andrea when she was six years old to find her brother. Dave and Andrea now say they are making every day count, with Andrea describing the discovery as her 'lottery win'.