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?
A very good friend, was adopted at birth. Now age 62, he was inspired by the Long Lost Family show and submitted a kit for DNA testing to Ancestry.com. It turns out he was immediately added to a family tree – and welcomed by a half brother and third cousin. No one but an elderly aunt knew he even existed at that point. Both his parents were deceased – sadly his mother died only a week before he found out who he is! He is just thrilled – as is his new family. They are planning on meeting in the… Read more »
Born July 23 1949 in Los Angeles adopted no idea about parents or siblings given name at birth Tony Ray ?
Looking for baby boy born Sept. 7th 1961 in Nashville Tn. At Baptist Hospitat
I like your show very much, I too am looking for a family member.
Looking for my brother and mom lost in in Puerto Rico haven’t heard from them in 35 years
Love the show. I hope it is renewed. I came here looking at cost or how to get my adopted cousin on the show. DNA shows us a match, but with little info we’re not finding bio parents.
I am a birth mother (64 yrs) who is just in touch with my birth son (46 yrs)
I was always looking for a program or something to help push me…I am happy, for others.
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL THIS SERIES
We love the show it is so uplifting when the separated family members are found and want to connect. It’s hope and faith wrapped up into one powerful show please keep them coming
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Im tyring to surprise my mom and find her sister, could you help?
My name is christopher jay c canady I was taken in by a beautiful lady betrice Chapman and for a long time I went by Chapman want till I was grown went to go in the service that I relize my real sure name was canady my mother told on her death bed about my mother who had left her husband and 9 other children in NC and moved to phildelphia PA, had a baby by her lover than fell on hard times her husband told her to come ome but she couldn’t bring the baby with her so she… Read more »
AMAZING SHOW! YOU HAVE TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES & EMOTIONS.
A PSYCHIC TOLD ME NOT TO PURSUE LOOKING FOR MY YOUNGER BROTHER . HE WAS A CLOSED ADOPTION IN 1965 IN MAINE. I TRIED TO CONTACT A LAWYER BUT BEFORE MY MOTHER PASSED THEY SAID SHE WOULD HAVE TO FIND A CAUSE LIKE MEDICAL. BOTH MY MOTHER, FATHER, OLDEST BROTHER & SON HAVE PASSED .. I WOULD FEEL IT COULD BE PRECIOUS TO MEET MY BROTHER.
I was adopted in Cleveland, Ohio, in May, 1951. I was born in September, 1950. Is there any way I can find my biological mother and/or father? I am most interested in health issues as my daughter has so many that I wonder if they could be inherited from my side of the family. I just don’t know how to begin.
Ohio law has changed. I bet you can just app!y for your original birth certificate for $20.
I will be 72 on my next birthday and I have never known my birth father. I of course asked my mom yrs ago and she claims she forgot. She now has Alzheimers and even if she did know, it is forever locked away. I asked my aunts and uncles, know one seem to know. I had a dna test through 23 and me, but I don’t know what to do with it. No leads, nothing. Is this something that can be solved
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My daughter-in-law has lost both adopted parents in the last six weeks. She wants so desperately to find her biological mother before it’s too late. Please help her. We love your show. Keep up the good work! Thank YOU! Diane Clifford
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My grandfather was adopted in Poland. Is it possible for me to find his biological parents ? I feel like he has a big family all around the world, but we never knew how to find them:( my grandparents passed away and I feel like this is the only last thing I could do for them ❣️