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?
Hi my name is Lisa-I was born September 15, 1962-All I know is that my birth mom went to Hobart College in Genevea NY. I was adopted at 9 months old and was born in Genevea NY., now I am 53 yrs old and both my adopted parents are passed. I would Love to meet my real mom if possible. The Dr that delivered me was a Dr.Faulkner and I do not know if he would still be here. Love to find my mother.My adopted parents went to Social services to adopt me. There names were William and Beverly Deats.They… Read more »
Wonderful, Love love these stories and the fact that there is someone to help find family. Airing these shows will help so many people. It will help the adopted feel hope and the birth parents feel acceptance as well as hope and it helps any judgemental person that is not a part of the adoption triad learn that these are just people of circumstances and that does not make them BAD people. It also helps normalize these situations enough to give people the courage to go ahead and search and be joyful in a reunion. Thank you for creating this… Read more »
I am now 56. I was born in Scranton/Dunmore Pa at St Joseph’s Center on Feb 5th 1960. I was adopted a few days after birth. All I know, from them, is that myself & birth mother were both healthy. I am looking for my birth mother or father.
73 year old adopted child who like to find birth parents.
I was born Feb 23,1958,chicago Il,St Vincent Orphanage ,Catholic Charities.I would love to fine my family.Just one time to say Thank you and to meet you My mom name was Francis and my dad name was Ron.Ron,my dad name was omitted from my birth certificate.I am getting on my life and so are my parent and want to meet them once.I have tried by have had no luck in finding my parent
Looking for my son was named Cody lee parks renamed James I had to let him go and I have never been the same I love my son and would love to find him again he was born in Texas at hillcrest hospital 4/20/93 his adopted dad is name mark and is a college teacher and his mom is named carol I’m not sure where they live but at one time I had contact with them please help me
I was born July 30, 1967, at St Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul, MN…..6lbs7oz. I’ve perused hospital records, and I can’t find any baby girls born that day. I was adopted through Catholic Charities on September 1, 1967. Any information regarding my birth mother would be fabulous!
In my encounters with several birthmoms and adopted children, as I was searching we discovered that birthdates or hospital names had been altered in order to keep them secret. If you cant find a baby girl born in that hospital on that date then it could be inaccurate OR they may have sealed the record of your birth their because you were going to Catholic charities for adoption
Joseph Bernard Antonio or Parolari Gender:Male Adoptee Name:Unknown Birth Date:12/17/1962 Birth Place:Elk or Clearfield Couty PA Birth Mother: Alvera Sara Antonio/ Parolari 03/10/1924 -09/05/1963 Christened Catholic 1/6/1963 at St. Catherine’s DuBois, Pa Adoption Date:Sometime after mother’s death Hospital DuBois Hospital or Maple Avenue Hospital Or Elk Co. Hospital My name is James Antonio .I am the second child of four being Donald,James,Gale Lynn, and Joseph of Alvera Antonio’s. Gale passed away in 2009. We all searched for Joseph when we were old enough to do so but we were never permitted privilege to his adoption papers.Please contact me if anyone… Read more »
Do you only search for lost families involving adoption? I would love to find my half sister! I haven’t seen her since my dad’s death in 1987. My dad had an affair with a coworker that resulted in the birth of my half sister in the early 80’s in Logan UT. My sister’s name is Sara Lynn Johnson. Her mom’s name was Marilynn (but i knew her as Lynn) and she had an older sister named Brandi. Marilynn was married to a Brent Johnson at the time of Sara’s birth but they divorced shortly after my parent’s in 1985. I… Read more »
Damien Jerome Simmons
Gender:Male
Adoptee Name:Unknown
Birth Date:Jan 14, 1987
Birth Place:New York
Birth Mother:Angela Tracy Simmons
Birth Father:
Adoption Date:1987-05-04
Hospital:Mount Sinai Hospital Center
Agency/Attorney:Unknown
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Hi my name is Mary I have been looking for my brother for over 15 years now my mom put him up for adoption when he was born I have knew about him since I was really little I have looked him up on Facebook but I never can fine him his name is Benjamin I dont know what his last name I know he was born in Greenville South Carolina Memorial Hospital and his birth moms name is Tammy
I’m looking for my real father craig allen sexton I was born in Colorado my mom won’t tell me much I’ve lost for 36 years wishing I could see him my mom is Jan negley
When they unsealed the sealed adoption records in Ohio last year I jumped at the opportunity to get my records. I only received my original birth certificate and after searching I found the address of my birth mother. I wrote her a letter but I didn’t get a response. I have her phone number but I’m afraid to call her because of the possibility of being her dark secret. She was in the Peace Corp in Nigeria when she got pregnant with me. I believe she was sent to a home for unwed mothers in Toledo , OH because all… Read more »
I am looking for my daughter who I believe was adopted out. I had twins on December 28, 1978, born in Flint, Michigan at McLaren Regional Hospital @ 12:51 p.m. I hired a private investigator, but he died shortly after I hired him. I thought I only had one child, but am now being told by people who don’t know each other that I have a daughter. The doctor suggested abortion and/or adoption as he said I was too young to take care of a child on my own. I was 20 when I got pregnant and 21 when I… Read more »
Have you tried the State of Michigan Department of Vital Statistics? You may be able to get some information from your birth certificate. Good luck on your journey..
I have been looking for my grandchild, Lauren Anthony, since she was given up for adoption at age 4 by her mother when my husband and I went on vacation. They lived with us and we miss her everyday. I have all her baby items, still, including her birth certificate and social security number. Her adopted mom’s name is Lisa. I was told they moved to Europe.