It Strained Their Relationship

Telling Tim about his father ended up causing a small rift between mother and son. He said, “Because her family were close to the Catholic Church, and they had a little bit of money, she couldn’t bring herself to tell her parents and it became this massive burden. I think mentally she let this secret get out of all proportions. Even after she told me in 1985, I wasn’t allowed to tell my two eldest brothers the truth. They only found out in the last decade.”

Wanting Him To Find His Father

Apparently, Peggy was so set on Tim searching for his birth father, now that he could meet him in person as a grown man. But for Tim, he didn’t consider his father as an important factor in his life. Knowing that his father wanted to abort him, and had only seen him one time when he was just a toddler, Tim iterates, “She wanted me to be excited about having this father all of a sudden, but I had no initial desire to meet him.”