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.
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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?
We have adopted the greatest baby boys ! Love them with every bit of our hearts ! Our oldest is 10 and he begs for me to meet there 8 other siblings . We know sadly that birth mom has passed and we have contacted birth dad. He has no answers except the town they left another child one year before my son was born . My sons heart aches to know that they are all okay. We have so many tears and questions. We would love help too! Amazing show can’t stop watching. Just amazing moments .
I was adopted 25 years ago and was wondering if I could get any help in finding who my birth parents were.
My mom has never known her father her mother refused to tell her (a way for her to hurt my mother). Sadly this has been difficult for my mother she has heard rumors to who he may be but that is it. It breaks my heart to see her suffer with not knowing and that her mother was so cold to deny her this knowledge.
I would also like help finding a sibling my mother was forced to give up cause of her age and think this would be the prefect surprise
Hello im demetrious from brooklyn nyc, im 30yr old and grew up not knowing my father. We only spoke over the phone once when i was a young child but nothing more. I would like to meet and get to kno him, i kno i probably have broghers or sisters that dont kno they have a brother. I would realy appreciate tlc and the show if yall can help me complete a chapter in my life thank u plz help
I have been looking to know who my biological father is….mother gave me only name and that he had at least 2 girls older than me….I’m 38.. I have tried other searches and have no lick maybe I can’t some help I think he may have passed away already…mom only said he was 15-20 yrs older than her and she is 58 now.
I watched an episode today, 3-12, it was so touching. I cried and cried. I can’t imagine having to give up my baby. It was very special to see them all reunited. I hope TLC will continue the show,
Thank you,
Sandra
I was adopted 41 years ago & have never known any different. I would love to meet my biological mother & the crazy story as to why I was given up. I know a little about my biological mother & I hope that she has not passed but I need some closure & wonder what kind of medical history is in store for me. I really need help finding her!!
When were you born and where?
I have found my mother after 56 years and am with her now
THERE HOPE FOR ME
I am looking for answers. I really don’t know where to start looking for my biological father. I know where the biological birth mother is,but can’t get her to answer me. I am not even sure if he is alive, can you help?
Aloha, I would like to thank you all for making this a gift to the people you help! Had to wait till today to even watch the show. Cried my heart out, tugged on every nerve in my body. Everyone involved is amazing!!! That being said, I have one of those stories that I would love to have answers to. I was not adopted, but my mother did kidnap me from my father and left the country. We came to the states when I was 4.5-5 years old. I claim she then started to brainwash me into forgetting the first… Read more »
I have given up all hope. I have been looking for 35 yrs. Nothing.
I Have been searching to know the secret behind my birth with no success for many years can anyone help me?
I just found my Birthmother 3 years ago. I also found out I have 2 sisters. My life was always a good one but so much more complete now that I found my Birth family. I really enjoy seeing other people experiencing all that I have experienced regarding adoption and family searches. Its very important for us as adopted people to feel complete. Finding my birth mother really filled in the hole I had in my heart and mind. Its all been a great experience. I have walls up but they are coming down. Each time I see my birth… Read more »
I have the most ridiculous almost unbelievable life story that I have ever heard and my father has been missing since 1986! I have been through absolute hell and anguish over this! I have spent thousands of dollars trying to find him with no luck! I have spent most of my life in counseling over the things I went through to lead up to this! Please help me find my dad!
What year were you born and do you have an olive skin tone?
1979 – yes but not as much as my mom
Sorry I am much older. Maybe try on Google, put your state in and then put Adoption Registry.