TLC‘s new Long Lost Family TV series premieres Sunday, March 6, 2016, at 10:00pm ET/PT. The eight-episode docu-series features family members trying to reunite with birthparents, biological families, or children placed for adoption.
Hosted by Chris Jacobs and Lisa Joyner — both adoptees who have searched for their own biological families — each episode of Long Lost Family features the stories of two people or families hoping to find what they are looking for. Watch the Long Lost Family season one trailer, below.
Get more information on the Long Lost Family TV show and its participants, from TLC:
REGRET, LOSS AND REDEMPTION ON TLC’S DOCU-SERIES “LONG LOST FAMILY”
The eight-episode docuseries premieres Sunday, March 6, 2016
Los Angeles, CA – LONG LOST FAMILY features the highly emotional and touching stories of people who have suffered a lifetime of separation and are yearning to be reunited with their birthparents and biological families or find children they had to place for adoption long ago. Either because of circumstance or fate, they’ve barely – if ever – met. The TLC series premieres Sunday, March 6 at 10/9c.
Hosts and well-known television personalities Chris Jacobs and Lisa Joyner are both adoptees who have embarked on their own journeys to discover their biological families. Each episode follows the hosts as they investigate the stories of two individuals or families who have longed to resolve their lifelong searches. The stakes are incredibly high: a successful investigation offers the promise of not just a heartwarming reunion, but also a chance of redemption for people who have wrestled with emotional agony for years.
There is no simple path to find the missing loved ones. With tightly held family secrets in their way, the odds are stacked against them. Lisa and Chris conduct painstaking searches through public records, and utilize the latest DNA technology in their search for answers. But what they discover, and who they find, is anything but expected.
Some incredible stories include:
Rita
A mother who was forced to place her baby boy for adoption 31 years ago. Rita’s boyfriend dumped her when she told him she was pregnant and her mother sent her to a home for pregnant young women for fear of a scandal. Still holding on to his baby blanket from the hospital, she longs to meet her son again and keep the promise she made to find him.
Jenny
Her birth mother was the daughter of a minister who was deeply embarrassed by a pregnancy out of wedlock. Because of the lack of support offered, she ended up placing Jenny with social services. The search for Jenny’s birth mother takes a dramatic turn, when photo evidence suggests they may have been unknowingly connected for years.
Diana and Jeannette
Two women in search for the father who suddenly vanished from their lives when they were just 4 and 5 years old. With no memories of their separation from him, the women have grown up haunted by his sudden disappearance. They hope he can be found so they can see him once again to find out the truth and ask him what happened.
Ancestry, the largest provider of family history and personal DNA testing, is teaming up with TLC as a sponsor of the upcoming season. As part of the show sponsorship, Ancestry provides family history research on each of the featured individuals to help make discoveries possible.
Long Lost Family is produced by Shed Media for TLC.
About TLC
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What do you think? Do you like the sound of the Long Lost Family TV show? Do you plan to check out the series premiere on TLC?
I was adopted. I found my Bmom 2 years ago. She was looking for me too. Did DNA perfect match. We are good friends. She has flown here 3 times to hang out. It’s been postitive for me.
My adoptive son would like to be part of this program. He has his birth mother’s name and possibly information about the birth mother’s father. This is too public of a place to mention details.
I love the show. I would love their help in finding my daughters mother, Olesya (I like to call her momma Olesya V.). I adopted my children from Russia in 1999. I’ve shared all the information I have about Olesya with my daughter, Samantha. Sami (as we like to call her) has taken this information to try and find her. She has had no success, but she has the belief that one day she’ll find her. I told her I do too. Sami’s mother was 13 when she gave birth to her. Since Olesya had no rights at 13, her… Read more »
Hello, I am writing on behalf of dear friend Casey Jade, she is an only child. Her mother says she doesn’t know who the father is. It’s always just them two. Casey wants to find her father and any relatives. Can you help?. Thank you
My name is Margaret my brother was placed for adoption when I was 17 years old. I always wanted to find him but couldn’t find the resources to contact him and not knowing much of anything about him makes it impossible. Since then my mother was killed in a car accident and my father has passed away. Can u help her please? Thank you for your time. I would love to hear back from you and appreciate everything you are doing on the show it really is a blessing.
How do you go about unsealing sealed documents?
This show is so important at a time when we in America are asking President Obama to enact an Executive Order that would restore Original Birth Certificates to every ADULT ADOPTTEE in America! It is being sponsored by ADOPTION ALARM of which I am the Founder and Director. Thank you for this show!!
My name is Nicole Martin. I am 25 years old and i was adopted from Russia when i was 9 years old by an American woman (in Russia). My adopted mother did not have much information on my biological family. I vaguely remember the faces of my Mother, Father, and Brother. I also had a Sister who i was told by my biological Mother was “taken away” at a young age. My own research has lead to NOTHING but dead ends so i am reaching out to the only gateway of possibly finding my biological family. I wonder a lot… Read more »
My Name is Jackie and I am 45 years old. My dad left when i was 3 or 4 years old and i went so long not seeing him. I always wanted to see my dad and missed him so very much and longed for my daddy. I now have two kids of my own and would love for them to get to know their grandfather. One day my new husband found him and we spoke on the phone for a few times but now I don’t know where he went or don’t know where he is living. I have… Read more »
It sounds like after he talked to you. He didn’t wish to continue a relationship with you. I find this very sad. Sometimes we are best to leave things as they are. I hate to say this as I am adoptee still in search. I am 80 yrs old and still have no results.
I am looking for a father with not much background info. Child may be dying and her wish is to meet her father. We love your show, tape it and a group of us watch it with my daughter. Lisa and Chris are unusually compassionate and sensitive hosts.
Why don’t you put current shows on demand. I’ve seen the ones that have been on demand but the last two I don’t see.
Wonderful Show! Look forward to watch it every week. Love feeling tears of joy. Would love to see show follow ups of the developing relationships
Hi. My name is Geraldine and I just love the show. I hope that it continues as there is a need for this. Great job!!!!!!
Hi I am Ashley Nicole Honaker and I am 24 I was born to my mother in 1991 and she was in cps care in a home in Beckley wv and my mom got with my dad when she was 16 my dad was 15 and they ran away together and the people from the home they had found them and when they found out my mom Rita was pregnant with me and took her away from my dad and put her in a home for young pregnant women in wheeling in Ohio county and that where I was born.… Read more »
I’m 42 years old and I’ve been in search of my dad. My mother was a severe drug addiction before n after I was born. I’m thinking that my mother n father had a one night stand and he probably has no clue I exist. I took a dna test (ancestry) at the beginning of the year and have found a few 2nd cousins, crazy thing is there family name matches one of the names my mom gave me for my dad. My new found cousins on ancestry don’t have alot to do with the family n haven’t in many… Read more »