HT201250 i can't find my old backups on my time machine

hii guys..i  lost my old backups on my time machine. all my new backups are working fine. i donno why. i have even spoken to apple customer care as well.
they said my old backups might have been deleted just to make space  for new backup. but i did checked the box saying  alert me when deleting old backups.  can anyone help me how to get my old backups.

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