Searching for Soldier Dad: 1. Love story
4/20/202634 min
Why don’t I have a father? Cathy is 10 years old when she starts asking questions. The secret her mum Maggie is forced to reveal changes everything.
Years later, when lawyers and a geneticist turn up in their hometown in Kenya to take DNA samples, Maggie hopes they can help her finally learn the truth.
Searching for Soldier Dad is a BBC Long Form Audio production for the BBC World Service.
Please note, the image being used is for illustrative purposes only and the child depicted is a model.
Presenter: Ivana Davidovic Series producer: Josephine Casserly Sound design: Tom Brignell Executive producer: Matt Willis Commissioning senior producers: Katy Davis and Anne Dixey Commissioning editor: Jon Manel
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Ivana Davidovic· Host0:51
[instrumental music] When Cathy is a little kid, she sees what's there and barely notices what's absent. Her mom is the center of her world. The thought of a dad doesn't even cross her mind.
Speaker 31:08
I've never really had, like, a dad, so to know what that feeling is to actually miss... You can't miss something that you've never had.
Ivana Davidovic· Host1:16
Then one day, there is an event at her primary school, and her mom, Maggie, attends.
Maggie· Guest1:23
Other parents are coming, you know, father and mother, and it was just me.
Ivana Davidovic· Host1:28
It's in this moment,