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D脿 Eilean-Aon Teaghlach/Two Islands, One Family

Episode 7 of 18

Documentary following two half-brothers from different countries as they meet for the first time and grow closer as a family.

Tha Coinneach MacLe貌id a' fuireach air Eilean Sgalpaigh. O chionn beagan bhliadhnaichean fhuair e fios bho dh霉thaich ch猫in gun robh cuideigin air nach robh e e貌lach ga shireadh, agus ag r脿dh gun robh an aon athair aca.

Fad a bheatha bha Hans H酶jgaard air a bhith a' sireadh athair nach fhaca e is air nach robh e e貌lach. Na obair mar sgiobair air b脿t'-iasgaich 脿s na h-Eileanan F脿ro bha e gu tric aig acair slatan bho Eilean Sgalpaigh, gun fhios aige gun robh c脿irdean athar be貌 is ri l脿imh.

Eadar a bhith a' fe貌rachadh fiosrachadh ann an tasglannan ann an Torsh谩vn agus Inbhir Nis agus a' bruidhinn ri e貌laiche anns Na Hearadh, thug e greis mus d' fhuair Hans a-mach c貌 脿s a bha athair agus gun robh leth-bhr脿thair aige.

As t-samhradh 2010, choinnich Hans agus Coinneach airson a' chiad uair agus tha an sgeulachd iongantach seo ag innse mar a tha an dithis aca a' f脿s nas fhaisg agus nas fhaisg air a ch猫ile.

Kenny Macleod lives on the Isle of Scalpay in the Western Isles. A few years ago, he received news from another country that someone he did not know was looking for him, someone who was sure that they had the same father.

All his life, Hans H酶jgaard had been searching for a father he had never seen and never knew. In his work as the skipper of a Faroese trawler, he had anchored very close to the Isle of Scalpay, not knowing that his father's relatives were alive and close at hand.

Before he found out where his father came from and that he had a half-brother, Hans had to carry out much research over a long period of time. He visited the archives in Torsh谩vn and Inverness and communicated with a genealogist in the Isle of Harris.

In the summer of 2010, Hans and Kenny met for the first time. This extraordinary story tells how Kenny and Hans are growing closer and closer to each other.

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