I was abandoned as a baby at Gatwick Airport – but I finally tracked down my family

A MAN abandoned at an airport as a baby has urged those searching for family to “never give up”.

Steven Hydes, 37, was dubbed Gary Gatwick after being left by the loos wrapped in a shawl at ten days old in 1986.

After being adopted, he spent decades trying to trace his birth relatives.

And in 2019, with the help of genealogical experts, he found them.

His mother had died, meaning he was unable to find out why she abandoned him.

But he built a relationship with his father and siblings, who were unaware of his existence.

On the 37th anniversary of him being found by duty free sales assistant Beryl Wright, dad of two Steve said: “I’m very lucky to have found out who my birth family are.

“For anyone thinking about doing their DNA I would highly recommend it — never give up.”

Steve was found on a shelf in a toilet in the south terminal by sales assistant Beryl Wright on April 10, 1986.

He was wearing a striped vest and two babygrows – one blue, one yellow – and was wrapped in a blue-and-white checked blanket.

The tot was sleeping so soundly that Beryl initially thought he was just a pile of rags.

when it became obvious he’d been left, he was named Gary Gatwick after the airport’s plush bear mascot and was taken in by social services.