FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 2, 2016
REGRET, LOSS AND REDEMPTION ON TLC’S DOCU-SERIES LONG LOST FAMILY
The eight-episode docuseries premieres Sunday, March 6, 2016
This is the link to a short video intro:
https://discovery.app.box.com/s/m0c7czok0v68vy6b4hw9bdvcct7nm3pq
https://discovery.app.box.com/s/m0c7czok0v68vy6b4hw9bdvcct7nm3pq
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.
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