Records revealed how four brothers shipped in Home Children wave

Keith Mullen and his wife Diane (right) joined five relatives from Canada to reconnect and celebrate their roots in the Crown Bar.

Keith Mullen and his wife Diane (right) joined five relatives from Canada to reconnect and celebrate their roots in the Crown Bar.

Before the Titanic was even an idea, four brothers set sail to Canada as part of the ‘Home Children’ wave.

Now, more than 120 years later, their ancestors have met in Belfast following a lifetime of uncertainty about their heritage.