| |  | | Rosie and her brother at their childhood home in Shropshire |
| |  | | Rosie's birth mother (left) and her friend |
| |  | | Rosie and her friend who went with her to Nigeria |
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Nigerian roots
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Rosie Collyer was just 2 years old when she was taken into care along with her baby brother, Kenchi. Rosie's mother was originally from Nigeria, but had outstayed her British visa and was eventually deported.
Rosie and her brother were both adopted by a white family and moved from Camden in London to Shropshire.
Rosie always knew she was adopted but by the age of six she started being aware of the differences between her and her classmates and spent the next twenty years with a growing yen to know more about her family's origins. This culminated in her first visit to Nigeria a couple of months ago.
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