Long Lost Family

Follow the 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.

Genre: Family, Reality, Documentary, Drama,

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Country: United States of America, United Kingdom,

Type: tv

Season: 6

Episode: N/A

Duration: 42 minutes

Release: 2016-03-06

Rating: 7.5

Season 1 - Long Lost Family
2016-03-06
A mother forced to give up her baby 31 years ago still holds onto his baby blanket and hopes to see him again; an adopted woman suspects mysterious circumstances surrounding her birth and wants to find answers.
2016-03-13
Photo evidence suggests that an adoptee and mother may have been unknowingly connected for years; a woman discovers some shocking news about her biological family.
2016-03-20
A couple worries about the fate of their son after all communication with his adoptive family suddenly stops. A woman seeks to uncover the truth surrounding her adoption, and shake off the lifelong fear that she is someone’s dirty little secret.
2016-03-27
A mother searches for the child that her family never allowed her to hold and forced her to place for adoption. A father seeks to solve an exhaustive search and resolve an intense emotional journey by connecting with the daughter he regrets losing.
2016-04-03
A woman discovers her mom kept a life-long secret about the man who raised her & realizes her biological father doesn't know she exists. An adopted woman's only hope for finding her biological family is through DNA. Is she ready for what it uncovers?
2016-04-10
Two sisters search for the father who suddenly vanished from their lives when they were just 4 and 5 years old. A woman tries to overcome a lifetime of hurt and discovers her musical talent is attributed to the woman who gave birth to her.
2016-04-17
A woman suspects her adoptive parents withheld information about her birth family, but nothing can prepare her for the crimes that are uncovered. A man discovers previously sealed documents that could unlock the mysteries surrounding his birth.
2016-04-24
A woman meets a wall of silence in the search for her birth mother, whom she believes may have once visited her home. But does the mystery woman really want to be found? A family's tragedy turns into healing during a long-awaited reunion.
2016-05-01
Reunited with facts and extra scenes- Chris Jacobs & Lisa Joyner help long lost families: one man hasn't seen his mom since he was 6, when she walked into a grocery store and never came out; a 54-year-old adoptee hopes to meet her biological family.

Season 2 - Long Lost Family
2017-02-12
Susan aches for a mother-daughter relationship: She is searching for both her biological mother and the daughter she placed for adoption as a teen. Tammy is still haunted by never getting to say goodbye to the son she gave birth to over 30 years ago.
2017-02-19
A woman searches for her beloved sister who she tried to adopt herself years ago, but hasn't seen since she was five years old; a couple is desperate to find the son they placed for adoption fifty years ago when they were teens.
2017-02-26
A woman whose parents kicked her out after learning she was pregnant tries to find the son she hasn't seen in nearly fifty years; a man desperate to find his biological brother tries to heal his mother's broken heart.
2017-03-05
Weeding through rumors for 15 years, a woman is determined to uncover the truth of her biological mother, only to find many more unexpected family secrets. Identical twin sisters search for their biological mother, unsure if she's even alive.
2017-03-12
Tammy is searching for her 2 younger brothers who vanished after they were taken by social services 20 years ago. Tineke hopes that finding & meeting her biological mother will unlock a true understanding of her own bi-racial identity.
2017-03-19
Musician Mark has been eager to find his biological mother since he learned she was an award-winning cellist. Unravelling the mystery, he uncovers heartbreaking details and life-affirming surprises and finally discovers the truth.
2017-03-26
A woman's world was shaken when she discovered she was adopted at 25. As she searches for her birth mother, more dramatic revelations are in store. A mother is in a race against time to find her son, who she placed for adoption 46 years ago.
2017-04-02
A man searches for his birth mother, whose disappearance when he was 5 years old has haunted him his entire life. A woman hoping to find any member of her biological family must face shocking realities about her true past.
2017-04-09
A woman searches for her brother, hoping to fulfill a promise she made to her late mother. What she discovers blows open a 40 year old secret about her parents' past. A woman consumed by a lifelong search for her mom finds hope with a new DNA connection.
2017-04-16
A man seeking redemption from his troubled past longs to reunite with the grown son he only got to hold for a few minutes as a baby. 46 years after placing her daughter for adoption, a woman still carries the feeling of guilt for being an unwed mother.
2017-04-23
Lisa meets high school sweethearts desperate to reunite with the daughter they placed for adoption while they were teenagers. Chris unlocks the mystery behind a woman's birth, something her biological mother had hidden from the entire family.
2017-04-24
A woman whose daughter perished in a car accident hopes to find comfort in locating her granddaughter, the baby her daughter placed for adoption 26 years ago. A woman yearning to meet her birth mother is stunned by an unlikely figure in the search.
2017-04-25
Two brothers navigate a painful past as they search for the family and love they’ve longed for their entire lives. Their journey reopens decades-old family mysteries surrounding their bith mother, twin siblings, and a baby who was only rumoured to exist.

Season 3 - Long Lost Family
2017-11-06
Lisa meets a woman who was left on a curb by her mother when she was just four years old; Chris uncovers stunning information for a woman searching for her family that leads to an unexpected reunion.
2017-11-13
A man who always longed for a sibling stumbles upon a shocking family murder; Lisa meets a woman eager to find her biological mother, but she also finds information that changes her view of the past.
2017-11-20
A woman longs to meet her birth father, a man she credits for saving her life during a difficult childhood, even though they never met; a desperate man hopes Lisa can end a 57-year search for his infant sister, who he never stopped loving.
2017-11-27
A young man who received letters from his birth mother longs to know the truth of the words she wrote, a man haunted by the memory of his younger brother being taken from their home seeks to reunite the family.
2017-12-04
Siblings searching for their sperm donor father have their worlds turned upside down when Lisa reveals shocking news. Chris embarks on the journey of a lifetime: to find the family of a woman abandoned as a baby on an Amish family's porch.
2017-12-11
Siblings searching for their sperm donor father have their worlds turned upside down when Lisa reveals shocking news. Chris embarks on the journey of a lifetime: to find the family of a woman abandoned as a baby on an Amish family's porch.

Season 4 - Long Lost Family
2018-04-08
Chris tries to unravel a legal mystery involving a woman's sister who she last saw across a New York courtroom 30 years ago.
2018-04-15
A Vietnam vet hopes Lisa can hep him make amends for the past by locating the daughter he lost custody of 40 years ago; and a woman's struggle to fit in takes a surprising turn when Chris reveals a series of stunning coincidences very close to home.
2018-04-22
The recent revelation of a 49-year-old man's adoption sends Chris searching for answers to a secret his adoptive parents took to the grave; a biracial woman enlists Lisa's help to find her birth family, revealing some unfortunate tragedies.
2018-04-29
Lisa faces many challenges when she helps a woman locate her father -- starting with his identity;a woman seeks Chris' help to find her mother, hoping the similarities she read in her adoption paperwork are not just a fantasy.
2018-05-06
Chris aids a woman's search for her father after she was shuffled through 28 foster homes; two radically different sisters, adopted into the same family, seek Lisa's help to search for their biological mother.
2018-05-13
Lisa helps a man yearning to discover his biological roots, but fearful of rejection from the family he has never met; and Chris reveals the truth to a woman who has felt guilty that her birth might have devastated the life of her 14-year-old mom.
2018-05-20
A Texas lawman seeks Lisa's help to tackle the investigation of his birth and adoption.
2018-05-27
After learning of her own adoption at a late age, Chris aids a woman determined to unlock the mystery behind her birth story; a desperate mother enlists Lisa's help to locate her first-born son, hoping to reunite him with his full-blooded siblings.
2018-06-03
Long Lost Family sees a dramatic turn of events as Chris and Lisa investigate two seemingly different cases. A chance discovery raises the tantalizing prospect that the mother and son they're helping may be looking for one another.

Season 5 - Long Lost Family
2018-10-08
Chris tackles the mystery of why a woman was left in a box hours after being born near an Ohio gas station. A woman enlists Lisa's help to locate her biological mother; no one is prepared for what they discover, and changes the woman's life forever.
2018-10-15
A young woman hopes Chris can help solve the thirty-year mystery of her younger brother's disappearance from a Miami Beach hotel. A man's search for his adopted birth mother reveals a shocking family secret that his grandparents took to the grave.
2018-10-22
Chris helps a SWAT team leader and former Marine tackle his toughest challenge yet, locating his birth mom. A woman enlists Lisa's help to find her brother, hoping he will bring joy to a family mourning the tragic death of their father from AIDS.
2018-10-29
A woman enlists Chris’s help to find her biological mother, hoping for the mother-daughter bond she never had. A near death experience in combat accelerates a young veterans’ search for his birth family, and Lisa’s discoveries turn his world upside down.
2018-11-05
Lisa helps a man find his birth mother, hoping to answer why she placed him for adoption, but kept his three brothers. After turning to Psychics for answers, a woman desperate for details about her birth mom hopes Chris can separate truth from fiction.
2018-11-12
Lisa helps a woman locate her son hoping to heal the broken heart she’s had since placing him for adoption decades ago. The tragic beginning of a woman’s life with her mother dying in childbirth, has Chris searching for the father she knows nothing about.
2018-11-19
Lisa helps a man locate his birth mother hoping to answer why she chose to marry a man that didn’t want to raise him. A woman enlists Chris’s help to search for the biological mother who abandoned her at a babysitter’s house when she was three months old.

Season 6 - Long Lost Family
2019-10-19
Identical twins enlist Lisa's help to unlock the mystery of why they were placed for adoption. Chris hopes to fulfill a deceased father's wishes by tracking down the first-born son he and his wife had placed for adoption when they were young lovers.
2019-10-26
Lisa helps a man find the answers why his adoption was part of an illegal baby-selling scheme. A breast cancer survivor found strength in letters written by her birth mother to beat cancer and has tasked Chris to locate her so she can say thank you.
2019-11-02
Chris and Lisa join forces attempting to solve the childhood mystery of why a woman was separated from her birth family at the age of two. The miraculous journey resolves multiple family mysteries and reveals an unexpected guest at a family funeral.
2019-11-09
Chris unwraps the mystery of a woman's origins, which began with her being abandoned at a Korean orphanage. A lover's violent death and the forced adoption of their newborn has Lisa desperately searching for a woman's only child, hoping to heal her.
2019-11-16
Lisa hopes that locating a man's biological mother will finally allow him to overcome his lifelong struggle with abandonment. Chris is tasked with locating a woman's only child and delivering the difficult details of her daughter's birth story.
2019-11-23
In her search for her biological family, a DNA test reveals an unlikely family member, changing the woman's life forever. A woman enlists Lisa's help to find her birth mother, but unearths a forty year-old secret in the process.
2019-11-30
Chris tries to solve the fifty-year-old mystery of why a woman was abandoned at a Laundromat, days after being born. A family enlists Lisa's help to track down the first-born son that was placed for adoption, hoping to fulfill a father's dying wish.
2019-12-07
Lisa tackles the mystery of why a woman was abandoned in a trash can as a baby. Unexpected DNA results throw a woman's entire identity into question - but no one is prepared for the shocking details Chris unearths about the day she was born.