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
Offering remarkably relatable real-life stories without judgment, TLC shares everyday heart, humor, hope, and human connection with programming genres that include fascinating families, heartwarming transformations, and life’s milestone moments. In 2015, TLC was a top 10 cable network with women and over the past year had 25 series averaging 1 million P2+ viewers or more.
TLC is a global brand available in more than 93 million homes in the US and 312 million households in 189 markets internationally. A destination online, TLC.com offers in-depth fan sites and exclusive original video content. Fans can also interact with TLC through social media on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and @TLC on Twitter as well as On Demand services, YouTube and mobile platforms. TLC is part of Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK), the world’s #1 pay-TV programmer reaching nearly 3 billion cumulative subscribers in 220 countries and territories.
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?
My husband and I watched the show and loved it. Little did I know that I would get a call about a sister we knew nothing about! All of my siblings agreed to meet with her and it was a fantastic experience. Too bad that it has taken over 60 years for us all to meet, and we were never more than 25 miles from one another.
Please bring this show back!! I have been searchng and searching for a family member also who was adopted at a very young age and i keep coming to a brick wall…..Does anybody know where/who I may contact to help me? Please?????
Shari, go to their Facebook page…cobtact info is there.
So agree. One of the best shows. We need more shows like this.
please bring this show back!! Ive also been searching for a family member that was adopted at a young age so I know nothing about her and need any help I can get……please…
I really love this show. I hope they bring it back. It was incredibly interesting and emotional. The hosts did a super job. One of my favorite shows
“A single birth mother who’s pregnancy was unplanned and now she has a baby girl. The baby is just 1month and days old. The birth mother feels her baby will be best with a loving, caring, kind and accepting adoptive family, couple of single parent of any race, to adopt this baby ”EMAIL CONTACT: (federickagency@gmail.com) She HAS put baby for adoption. If anyone is interested, kindly contact me by email. Her name is Kate and I’m her Attorney.”(federickagency@gmail.com).
sir edwards
I am not sure why this show was canceled. It was actually one of your best and the only one I watched. It was a genuine show and truly inspired so many. TLC should cancel some of their BS shows like sister wives and make room for more shows like this. I hope you renew this show again. My DVR is waiting.
My question is, “How could Honey Boo Boo Child” was on for so long? This show is a keeper and they cancelled it. SMH.
I love this show, something about the redemption of these families is amazing!
Love this show! Very inspiring and the hosts are so genuine and caring
This show is an inspiration to all those out there that can relate or are perhaps contemplating searching for a family member. It gives them courage to reach out because you NEVER know if that family member is looking in return or would LOVE to be contacted. It disturbs me that there are people/groups that want to cancel a show that is so emotional and touches the heart so they can air disgusting supernatural programs loaded with violence and inappropriate behavior for all audiences.
Please, please, please don’t cancel this show!!!
Bring back this show. It was so good.
Please continue this show. Loved it
I love this show – it brought tears to my eyes each week. I am not an adoptee but I am amazed at how strong genetic are.
Please bring back this show I am an adoptee and feel the pain the people that are shown I watch and per then watch again I love that I can relate to these peoples feelings and it helps me understand mine please bring it back
Want this Long Lost Family show back on TLC Show…. I watched new and repeat show. I love it because I am adoptee myself and found my families in late 1990s but want my adoptee sister and brother to search theirs. PLEASE COMEBACK….. It is all about ADOPTEE’s desire to find their birth families and background. Really amazing…. I think I recognize the woman from Florida when I used to live there. But I have reconnect their experience. I still wait for my birth mother to open her heart to welcome me and she herself is adoptee as well. I… Read more »
Please bring the show back.I LOVE it…so do the people I work with.We look forward to Sunday evening to watch it.To much garbage on TV.This is REAL life.