An adopted man stumbled across an image on a missing persons site that led to an astonishing discovery about his own hidden origins and family history Steve Carter had no idea his sister and father had been searching for him for over 30 years until he stumbled on an 'uncanny' computer-generated image (Image: CNN)

When Steve Carter browsed a missing persons site he definitely wasn't looking to solve a 33-year mystery - he had no idea, in fact, there was a case to be cracked.

But a computer-generated image caught his eye , leading to an incredible revelation about his own identity in a plot that seems from a movie or TV series rather than real life.

The photo that stopped him in his tracks was an age-progressed image from a cold case , a computer's guess of what a missing kid

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