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.
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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?
please I have a niece who was given away at The hospital 27 yrs ago. my sister her grand mother passed praying she would see this child before she died. but that did not happen. Please help us find This young lady today.. Thanks in advance.
Please tell me how I can get on the show. Please help me find my fraternal grandfather. And also my nephew’s Dad. I love this program.
Know someone who wants to find his birth parents. Can you help him?
I think the series is fascinating and heart warming. Know someowho would like to have his birth parents found. How do/es I/he contact you for his situation.
Thanks.
I was adopted through foster care and would like to find my biological siblings. How would I go about doing so? Thanks in advance!
My dad wants to find his family he was in an orphanage with his brothers and sisters their mom and dad died in a car accident he hasn’t seen his brothers and sisters since he was 7 and now he’s 63 he doesn’t know where they are he wants to find them can u guys help
I want to find my dads family he wants to know he’s been looking for them his whole life his mom and dad died in a car accident and his brothers and sisters went to an orphanage even him my dad was there his whole life until he was old enough to be on his own the went on their different paths and hasn’t see them since he was 7 and now he’s 63. Can you gyes help please
Can you guys find my dads family he wants to know if any of his brothers or sisters are still alive he been trying to find them
I have recently learned I have a 1/2 sister and 3 1/2 brothers. I was adopted in 1957 and would love to meet them. I have also heard my birth mother is still alive.
Can you help a spouse whose spouse vanished?
Hello my son has been missing for 4 years and I would love to see if you can help me find him
I was just reunited with 3 brothers and my biological Father. It is an amazing story
Anyone know Paula’s and her sisters last name?
I found some Appilitos in the Bay area
Of Calif., I think they are related.
Their episode was on Feb.26 2017
How do you get on this show to find your real parents? My father has been wanting to find his real parents for over 40 years. He was adopted when he was a baby. He has information on his real parents but nothing to lead him to his family. I’m his daughter and would like to see them and get to know them as well! Not only for myself but also for my 2 young children whom are they great grand kids!
My name is Cheri Hockersmith. I am 44 years old. I was a private out of state adoption in Sanford,Alabama. My records were suppose to be sealed but my adoptive parents found my biological mothers name on a legal document. I lived in Alabama most of my life. I now reside in North Carolina. My adoptive parents found my biological mother when I was in my early twenties. I met her in Sanford Florida. She was young. She gave me up and two years later got married and had two boys. She never told her husband or her boys that… Read more »