Marie and Gary were driven apart when she fell pregnant at 16 with Donna. Both married other people. But 26 years later Donna brought them back together. The result was heartwarming.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: January 5, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: BECKY SHEAVES

ON NEW Year's Eve, Marie and Gary Stretton saw in the new year together. Their celebrations would have seemed nothing out of the ordinary.

But the couple had more to toast than most. For Marie, 43, and Gary, 44, are spending their first New Year together after 26 years apart - and it is all thanks to their daughter Donna.

Marie and Gary were teenage sweethearts, but when Marie got pregnant at 16 their relationship, perhaps understandably, broke down. Today they are madly in love and constantly cuddling and holding hands like the teenagers they ...

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