Man adopted 62 years ago discovers he is actually eldest son of Malaysian sultan

 

Keith Williams, from Carmarthenshire, set out to find his birth parents, but had no idea what he was about to discover 

A man adopted as a toddler more than 60 years ago has discovered he is in fact the first born son of a Malaysian sultan. 

Keith Williams, a coal merchant from Carmarthenshire, decided to find out about his birth parents - but he could never have imagined the discovery he was about to make.

Not only was his bloodline from a country more than 6,000 miles away, he is in fact the first born son of a Malaysian sultan, WalesOnline reported . 

Living in Penygroes, Mr Williams was adopted as a two-year-old and had no idea of his royal bloodline.

But having begun a personal journey to trace his biological parents, he discovered his royal connection after he traced his mother over the boarder to Peterborough.

“When I was 13, my mother told me I was adopted. I’d never given it a thought. I never imagined I was related to a royal family from the other side of the world,” said Mr Williams.

But his meeting with Elizabeth Rosa, his biological mother, eventually led to the discovery of his father’s incredible status.

Mr Williams, 64, uncovered a true story he said was more suited to fairytales than life as a coal merchant.

His biological mother had been a trainee nurse in Surrey when she fell pregnant.

“When she was doing her training, she met this man. He turned out to be my father. He was studying in London. They went out together for quite some time. She found out she was pregnant, expecting me. Because she was there under the council’s care she had to come home as soon as she discovered she was pregnant. So she came back to Llanelli. Trying to find the man she loved but he’d gone.”

The man she met in London and who was her boyfriend for a time was from Malaysia.

“She gave me photographs which show how he lived out there. He was connected to the royal family and was made a Sultan back in 1963.”

The father-of-three’s incredible findings were the subject of an S4C documentary, Fy Nhad y Swltan (My Father the Sultan).

Mr Williams, known as Keith y Glo - Keith the Coal, was born in Llanelli and spent more than 20 years working in his adoptive father’s coal business, but in later years embarked on a voyage of discovery in a bid to trace his biological roots.