Sometimes a simple newspaper ad can change your life. For Louise Walters of Nottinghamshire, it led her to a father she had never met and an entire extended family. Louise grew up believing her dad was probably in prison or dead, based on what her mother had told her. In 2010, she placed an ad in the Brighton Argus, trying to find Gary Pavella, the man she had always wondered about. Three years later, the call came. Her father had seen the ad online and wanted to connect. The reunion was emotional, and Louise discovered she had 11 half-siblings across the world, as well as two stepsisters from her childhood. Hearing him say “I love you” made her feel complete. Today she keeps in touch with as many of her new-found siblings as possible, building a family she never knew existed.