Woman, 77, who was forced by her parents to put her son up for adoption after becoming pregnant aged 15 breaks down after learning he's a driving instructor - just like her

A retired driving instructor was dumbfounded after learning that the son she gave up for adoption ended up following her career path unknowingly in this moving clip. Pat, from Essex, was 15 when her parents pulled her out of school after she fell pregnant so that she could deliver the baby in secret. They insisted that the baby be adopted immediately and that their daughter have no contact with the boy from birth, but Pat felt an 'instant bond' when a nurse accidentally placed the newborn in her arms. When another nurse discovered the error, her 'beautiful little boy' was snatched from Pat's arms as she recalled 'I just lay there crying' in tonight's episode of Long Lost Family. Pat named her son Steven but never saw him again after that moment in hospital; all she had to remember him by was a box of photos after her mother arranged for a professional photographer to take them a few weeks after Steven was born. As the years passed, Pat's desire to be reunited with Steven only got stronger, and she reached out to the Long Lost Family team to see if they could track him down after the recent death of her beloved husband Dave. In a clip from the episode, airing at 9pm tonight, Pat is told that Steven, who lives in Bedford and now goes by the name Rick, became a driving instructor, just like the birth mother he never met. A visibly emotional Pat, who now lives in Edinburgh, also discovered how much Rick looks like her and blew her son's photograph a kiss as she told host Davina McCall: 'That's my son, I can't believe I'm saying that.' A retired driving instructor was dumbfounded after learning that the son she gave up for adoption ended up following her career path unknowingly in this moving clip In a clip from the episode, airing at 9pm tonight, Davina McCall told Pat that Steven who lives in Bedford, became a driving instructor, just like the birth mother he never meThe moment marked the end of Pat's decades-long quest to learn more about the baby she gave up when she herself was just a teenager. In 1963, Pat handed over Steven for adoption under pressure from her parents, who discovered she was pregnant when she fainted at school. From that day, Pat was hidden away at her home in Essex until her due date arrived, with the understanding that her baby would be adopted immediately and her life could then continue as normal - but things took an unexpected turn at the hospital. 'On record, it was down that he would be removed as soon as I'd given birth,' Pat said. 'And I watched her wrapping him up in this towel and put him in my arms. 'And I thought maybe he's staying with me -and the bond is instant, absolutely instant. I was looking down at this beautiful little boy. But then another nurse came in and said, I'm sorry, I've got to take your baby away. I just lay there crying.'For years, she held onto the fleeting memory of holding Steven in her arms - and the box of his photos that became one of Pat's most treasured possessions - as Pat went on to find love with Dave. They were unable to have any more children and eventually adopted four daughters, but the pain of giving Steven up never went away, and Pat finally contacted Long Lost Family after Dave's death. A visibly emotional Pat, who now lives in Edinburgh, also discovered how much Rick looks like her and blew her son's photograph a kissPat's face lit up when Davina told her Steven had been found, but he had since changed his name to Richard or Rick. The broadcaster revealed Rick has two children, a son and a step-daughter, before Pat asked her whether 'there are any grandchildren'. 'Oh my god, I'm a great-grandma,' Pat marvelled after learning about Rick's life since the adoption. When Davina asked Pat to 'guess what he does' for a living, she immediately replied: 'What does he do? Not a driving instructor?!' But the mother-son duo, who were separated in 1963, share more than just their profession, as Davina told Pat 'I think he looks very like you' while handing her a picture of Rick. Pat, who while looking at the picture, agreed as she repeated 'that's my son' to herself in the moving clip. Long Lost Family continues on Thursday 17th September at 9pm on ITV and ITVX.