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?
Hi I have been searching for my half sister who was given up for adoption by her father my step father.it has been over60 years since I have seen her.I to was in a home and was separated from her.
Hi I would like to find my parents. I have had a bunch weird health issues happening and I am done being a pin cushion for the doctors. They find it fascinating that I don’t have a health history and some very different things going on especially for my age. I live in Madison Wi so one would think having the UW hospital here that would be able to get to the bottom of things in a timely manner. Not so they take their time and look at every little thing because they can’t compair me to any family so… Read more »
I want to find my older twin sisters. Born 1954, in Columbus Ohio. I’ve been told they were adopted by a minister & his wife.
I want to know how to be on the show. I have 2 older half sisters-twins.
Christil Darling Sanders , i m looking for my older brother Billy Eugene Carr . I haven’t seen him since I was about three years old , that was 49 years ago. We lived in Peoria , il. In , 1966 , I was 3 and my brother was 13-14 years old . Sadly DHS came and picked the four of us up and put us in different foster homes . That is the Last time i saw of him . Our mothers name was Betty Jane Darling at the we were picked up and was married to my father… Read more »
My name is christina i was adopted 37 years ago.i dont know much about my real parents except how old they were at the time,eye color height.my adopted mom passed away she was very much my bestfriend.and even though im old i still need my mom.then i thought even though i dont know my birth mom i still have a mom out there somewhere and a family.i would very much like to know them an my family.i would also like them to meet mine and tell them they have grandkids.ive done some minor research to look into finding them but… Read more »
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Where were you born and how old are you?
My name is Allen. My mom is 71 years old. She was put up for adoption when she was born but my great grand parents raised her. I met my real grandmother twice and she found it funny to hold over my mom that she would never tell who her dad was. My grandmother had 4 sons in her third marriage and made my mom drop out of school in the ninth grade to babysit the boys and clean her house. Then back to my very poor grandparents house. The boys were in their 20 s when another family member… Read more »
I am 44yrs old and my story is long but ill make it as short as i can. I have 2 adoption stories in my life. First I was adopted as a baby my adopted parents got in a car accident a drunk driver hit them straight on. when i was about 7 yrs old and my adopted father was in the hospital a long time. My father said when he got out of the hospital my mother wanted me not him. He became an alcoholic and acted like as he said he didnt want me my older adopted brother… Read more »
Hello, my name is Sonia and I have a best friend who was adopt and always want to know where she came from. Her adopt family gave her up as well. I kinda made a promise to her at the age of 15 that when we got older I will help her but had no success. We both are in our 40’s and she is still aching. She knows that her adoption took place at New York Foulding Hospital in New York. If you can help me, help my bestie close a missing void in her life; it well be… Read more »
I am 44 years old. I was put up for adoption in 1971 and adopted by a beautiful family. I have some information on my birthmother. I have two older sisters and two older brothers. My mother was 36 when she gave me up. The name that she gave me was Sherry or Faye. I personally just need health history of my biologic parents or siblings , do to health issues that have began a few years. But it would be nice to see a family that I have never met. Plus give them a chance to meet my daughters… Read more »
Hi. I’m Arlene Parrilla I was adopted 56 years ago. I was born in New York. My adoptions documents said that I was known as ARLENE Gonzalez or female González. I am visiting my daughter in San Diego and I watch the program. I was moved to write. I had been looking for my biological family with no success. I hope someone my be interested in helping me. I have information of my biological family (no names) from the New York Foundling adoption agency.
I guess this is where I post my story. I am 37 years old and have a huge chunk missing in my life. When I was eight years old my father was a victim of homicide. He stopped to help someone broken down on the side of the road. They proceeded to kidnap, rob and and murder him. He was missing for sometime until a cowboy found him while checking the fences. This is not the only issue. My father was adopted. It was an open adoption. My grandmother is deceased so I don’ t have much information. I know… Read more »
Love love love this show! So wonderful to
watch people united with family that they have been searching for! The back stories are so interesting.
Hi there. My husband is adopted. Both his adopted parents are now deceased. We have an almost 3yrs daughter & would love to find out if she has a living grandparent. He is aware that I’m writing this. We don’t have any information & any papers that his mom may have held on to probably got damaged & thrown away after Sandy. We believe he was born in NYC. His date of birth is June 3rd,1968. He has blue/green eyes & brown hair, but was born a blonde. His mom once told me that the mother was young & probably… Read more »
My name is Dinah, I’m looking for my daughter who was placed up for adoption at birth in milwaukee wisconsin. Her birthday is April 26, 1983. Adopted from St. Joseph Hospital through Children Services. I’ve been searching for 30 years. I need to fill this void in my life. HELP PLEASE. Her name that I gave her was Tiara Michelle.