Long Lost Family
This series tells incredible stories of people desperate to find missing family.
Episode 1
S12 Ep1 | 45m 3s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
The worst fear of many people searching for relatives- that they waited too long.
Episode 2
S12 Ep2 | 45m 39s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Explore the idea that it’s never too late to find answers and discover your roots.
Episode 3
S12 Ep3 | 44m 34s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
This episode features two people searching for their missing birth mothers.
Episode 5
S12 Ep5 | 45m 54s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Three men brought up in the care system trying to reconnect with family.
Episode 6
S12 Ep6 | 42m
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
The task of identifying World War I soldiers and tracing their surviving families.
Episode 7
S12 Ep7 | 43m 4s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two sons who were given up for adoption and the families who have been looking for them.
Episode 1
S11 Ep1 | 45m 38s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of children searching for their birth mothers after life-changing events.
Episode 2
S11 Ep2 | 43m 34s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of people trying to uncover family mysteries are revealed.
Episode 3
S11 Ep3 | 46m 7s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
This episode features two women trying to find missing parents after half a century apart.
Episode 4
S11 Ep4 | 45m 55s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Paula is on a quest to discover her identity and Lisa longs for her sister.
Episode 5
S11 Ep5 | 45m 12s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A search that takes on twists and turns and unveils one missing relative after another!
Episode 6
S11 Ep6 | 45m 47s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A man searching for his mother and siblings and a mother searching for her only child.
Episode 7
S11 Ep7 | 45m 47s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two shocking discoveries of missing siblings are featured in this episode.
Episode 8
S11 Ep8 | 45m 53s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Both searchers discover tragic truths about their missing relatives.
Episode 9
S11 Ep9 | 44m 54s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A quest across the Atlantic on behalf of our eldest searcher looking for his daughter.
Episode 1
S10 Ep1 | 44m 55s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two heartbreaking stories of separation are featured in this episode.
Episode 2
S10 Ep2 | 45m 9s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of missing relatives found much closer than imagined.
Episode 3
S10 Ep3 | 46m 6s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A woman’s search for her birth mother and a father’s quest to find his lost son.
Episode 4
S10 Ep4 | 41m 47s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A woman’s origins journey to Hong Kong and a daughter fulfilling her mother's dying wish.
Episode 5
S10 Ep5 | 46m 49s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two incredible stories of people desperate to find missing family in this episode.
Episode 1
S9 Ep1 | 44m 59s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
An incredible story of separated sisters that previously hit the headlines.
Episode 5
S9 Ep5 | 45m 11s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
In this episode we follow two people haunted by events of the past.
Episode 6
S9 Ep6 | 41m 44s
Air Date: 05/29/24 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A man whose feelings of rejection have consumed him and a woman seeking her birth mother.
Episode 8
S9 Ep8 | 42m 31s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Explore what it’s like to be separated from your closest relative, born on the same day.
Episode 1
S8 Ep1 | 45m
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two of our youngest ever searchers look for birth families on the other side of the world.
Episode 2
S8 Ep2 | 44m 27s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of new beginnings are featured in this episode.
Episode 3
S8 Ep3 | 45m
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
This episode features two stories shaped by moments from British history.
Episode 5
S8 Ep5 | 45m 9s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two women looking for answers to questions that have haunted them for decades.
Episode 6
S8 Ep6 | 44m 44s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories about a man and a woman, each looking for their birth mother are featured.
Episode 7
S8 Ep7 | 46m 33s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
An extraordinary double search within one family is featured.
Episode 1
S7 Ep1 | 45m 35s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A divorced couple search for their son and a woman searches for her birth mother.
Episode 3
S7 Ep3 | 45m 20s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
This episode features two stories of mothers and sons pulled apart.
Episode 4
S7 Ep4 | 45m 40s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two people searching for answers to family secrets are revealed in this episode.
Episode 6
S7 Ep6 | 45m 30s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A woman looking for her Nigerian father and another looking for her adopted twin sisters.
Episode 7
S7 Ep7 | 44m 47s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A man searching for his brother and a woman trying to understand her adoption.
Episode 1
S6 Ep1 | 44m 53s
Air Date: 02/14/24 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two ground-breaking cases: an overseas adoption and a complex search using DNA analysis.
Episode 2
S6 Ep2 | 45m 27s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Samantha is searching for her Swiss father and Vanda is looking to put an end to a secret.
Episode 3
S6 Ep3 | 45m 10s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A woman wants to thank her birth mother while a man hopes he can find his brother.
Episode 4
S6 Ep4 | 45m 12s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two extraordinary stories of women haunted by events from their past.
Episode 5
S6 Ep5 | 44m 41s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A man looks for his father and a search for the youngest birth mother we’ve come across.
Episode 6
S6 Ep6 | 44m 45s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of women trying to bring their families back together.
Episode 7
S6 Ep7 | 45m 32s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A woman looks for her father and another struggles to come to terms with being adopted.
Episode 1
S5 Ep1 | 45m 17s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A couple searching for their son and a dad searching for his daughter.
Episode 2
S5 Ep2 | 45m 19s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
We meet a mother who gave up her first-born daughter and a father searching for his dad.
Episode 3
S5 Ep3 | 45m 10s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A man searches for his birth mother and another seeks his beloved sister.
Episode 4
S5 Ep4 | 44m 32s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
We meet one woman searching for her sister and another woman desperate to find her mother.
Episode 5
S5 Ep5 | 45m 10s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of sisters kept, while their brothers were given up for adoption.
Episode 1
S4 Ep1 | 45m 48s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of lives overshadowed by regret are featured in this episode.
Episode 2
S4 Ep2 | 45m 22s
Air Date: 02/14/24 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of women cheated of family are featured in this episode.
Episode 3
S4 Ep3 | 45m 27s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Featured in this episode are two stories of missing parents.
Episode 4
S4 Ep4 | 45m 56s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Inge searches for her daughter she was forced to secretly give birth to and then give up.
Episode 6
S4 Ep6 | 45m 38s
Air Date: 02/14/24 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Siblings longing to carry out their mother’s wish, and a son looking for his birth mother.
Episode 7
S4 Ep7 | 44m 36s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A mother who fears that time is running out, and a son who needs to make his father proud.
Episode 8
S4 Ep8 | 46m 14s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A mother who was forced to give up her son and a daughter longing to be with her mother.
Episode 5
S4 Ep9 | 45m 19s
Air Date: 04/22/24 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A mother unable to forgive herself and a son who needs answers to his past.
Episode 1
S3 Ep1 | 46m 28s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of adoption stretching back over four decades are featured in this episode.
Episode 2
S3 Ep2 | 45m 39s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of lives shaped by unanswered letters are featured in this episode.
Episode 3
S3 Ep3 | 45m 17s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of missing parents are featured in this episode.
Episode 4
S3 Ep4 | 45m 19s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of children separated from their parents are featured in this episode.
Episode 5
S3 Ep5 | 45m 25s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Two stories of family secrets are revealed in this episode.
Episode 7
S3 Ep7 | 45m 20s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
This is an astonishing story - and our most complex one yet.
Episode 1
S2 Ep1 | 46m 55s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
This episode features two stories of babies given up for adoption by their mothers.
Episode 2
S2 Ep2 | 45m 43s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A woman desperate for a second chance and a sister searching for her brother.
Episode 3
S2 Ep3 | 45m 57s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Peter Arundel and Maureen Saville are both searching for their birth mothers.
Episode 4
S2 Ep4 | 46m 55s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A woman desperate to find her sister and a daughter longing to be united with her father.
Episode 5
S2 Ep5 | 45m 59s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
A woman seeks her natural mother and a son’s desperate search for his father.
Episode 6
S2 Ep6 | 45m 18s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Featuring two stories of women who have spent a lifetime searching for the truth.
Episode 1
S1 Ep1 | 46m 33s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Separated at birth, Jennifer searches for her twin while Karen tracks down her father.
Episode 2
S1 Ep2 | 46m 4s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Wayne looks for his father while Debbie searches for the son she gave up for adoption.
Episode 3
S1 Ep3 | 44m 55s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Jeannie looks for her brother and Kirsty struggles with her adoption decision.
Episode 4
S1 Ep4 | 45m 32s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
This episode features two women looking for their birth mothers.
Episode 5
S1 Ep5 | 45m 33s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Wane blames himself for his father's disappearance and Wendy looks for her sister.
Episode 6
S1 Ep6 | 44m 38s
Air Date: 09/09/99 | Expires: 06/30/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Samantha searches for her father and Carole wants to find her long lost relatives.
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