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Carol Vorderman has revealed her mother forced her to leave Wales and 'not go back home' after she left her stepfather.
Taking to Instagram with an emotional post, the Countdown star, 61, told how she couldn't return to where she grew up 'for a very long time' due to the complicated family situation.
She is now a regular visitor to the country and to mark Welsh Valentine's Day, discussed the heartbreak she felt at having to leave.
Heartbreaking: Carol Vorderman has revealed her mother forced her to leave Wales and 'not go back home' after she left her stepfather (pictured with her mother Jean)
She penned: 'Happy Welsh Valentine's Day. For some they say I love you (Dwi'n caru ti) to their beloved. For me I say Iove you to my country.
'It's a real love.... We have a word for it in Welsh. HIRAETH.
'A real and visceral longing for the homeland which grows ever stronger.
'I grew up in Wales and only known Wales for my first 20 years and then my Mum left my stepfather (who I ADORED) and told me I couldn't go back home.
Patriotic: She is now a regular visitor to the country and to mark Welsh Valentine's Day, discussed the heartbreak she felt at having to leave
'So I didn't for a very long time. I had to block it out. This was before the Internet was
