My daughter donated her hand to a stranger – holding it again has given me comfort

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Kate Bradbrook in Liverpool

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Kim Smith (left) received the donor hand last autumn from Jackie Kirwan's daughter, Georgie Peterson

Holding your daughter's hand is something most mothers would take for granted.

But for Jackie Kirwan, it means so much more.

Her daughter, Georgie Peterson, died last year, aged 33, after a rare brain condition caused a fatal seizure.

But Georgie, from Liverpool, donated her hand to quadruple amputee Kim Smith, who had it transplanted last autumn.

Now Jackie, 65, has met Kim and says holding her daughter's hand once more has "given me huge comfort...…