Long Lost Family (UK)

Explore two stories of men seeking their family and the truth about their origins. Paul Connolly, abandoned as a baby and raised in care, discovers a shocking revelation about his father through a DNA test. Shaun Lawrence, adopted into a loving family, learns that his birth parents married and had two more children. He seeks answers about why he was given up and hopes to find his entire family.

We follow Sara Hathaway, who, after losing her adoptive mother and brother, turns to Long Lost Family to find her birth family. The search uncovers shocking truths about her birth mother and reveals a family larger than she imagined. We also follow Diane Kerridge, a birth mother who gave up her son in the 1960s and is now desperately seeking him after decades of longing.

Caroline Kinsey embarks on a quest to find the son she gave up for adoption over 40 years ago. Struggling with guilt, she hopes he had a happy childhood and seeks his forgiveness. Paul McFarlane learns a shocking truth about his late mother’s past, discovering he wasn’t her only child. His search for answers uncovers more than he ever expected about his family and his mother's complex history.

Jeanette Woodyatt searches for a brother who was adopted. When Jeanette discovers her brother was turned away by her grandmother, she hopes to reconnect and let him know he's wanted. Karen Turnbull learns of her twin siblings on the day of her mother’s funeral. She hopes to reunite with them and explain the painful decision her mother made to give them up for adoption.

Rachel Burch, raised in a white family in a small West Sussex village, searches for her Jamaican-born birth father. She hopes to find a connection to someone with similar experience. Meanwhile, Sue Davis seeks her half-brother, the child her mother gave up after a relationship with an American soldier during WWII.

Joe McGregor grew up in Norfolk with a loving family but feels the need to find his birth family and understand his identity as the only black child in the community. Simon Miller seeks his sister, who his mother gave up for adoption over 50 years ago. Simon hopes to fulfill his mother’s dying wish, find his sister, and help her understand why she was given up when her two siblings were kept.

We follow the stories of two men born in Ireland to unmarried mothers, at a time when such births were concealed by the Catholic Church. Arthur Fitzharris discovers his birth certificate falsely names foster parents as his biological family. Bernard McGrath learns that he was adopted and also has false information on his birth certificate. Both men struggle to uncover their true identities.