Separated at birth, Jennifer spent a lifetime searching for her twin. Karen discovered that the woman she believed to be her older sister was her mother. She spent 20 years trying to track her father down.

Long Lost Family (UK)

Long Lost Family: Episode 1

Wayne believes he will finally make sense of his own identity when he meets his father. Forced to choose between her husband and the baby she'd had by another man, Debbie had her baby boy adopted. She has spent years trying to trace him.

Long Lost Family: Episode 2

Featuring Jeannie Elgar, who last saw her brother Geoffrey when she was eight, and Kirsty West, who struggled with the decision she made as a teenager to have her son adopted.

Long Lost Family: Episode 3

Adopted as a baby, Laura McCarthy wants to find her mother and half-sister. Sarah Gale was also adopted and had a happy childhood, but cannot rest until she finds her real mother.

Long Lost Family: Episode 4

Featuring Wane Leyland, who has spent a lifetime blaming himself for his father's disappearance, and Wendy Brotherwood, whose younger sister Sarah went missing 13 years ago.

Long Lost Family: Episode 5

Samantha is hoping to find her Caribbean father to help her make sense of her cultural identity. Carole wants to find relatives she has not seen for 50 years.

Long Lost Family: Episode 6

Pluto

A man whose last contact with his father was a phone call from America when he was six and a woman whose life was transported from Bogota to Berkshire when her Colombian birth mother gave her up for adoption.

Episode 1

This episode features two stories of new beginnings: a woman separated from her mother because of a tragic twist of fate; and our first transgender searcher, desperate to know if their birth mother will accept them.

Episode 2

This episode features two stories shaped by moments from British history: a family torn apart by the birth of a wartime baby and a daughter given up against a backdrop of racism.

Episode 3

This episode features two women looking for answers to questions that have haunted them for decades: a woman who made a discovery as a teenager that changed her life and a mother longing to find the son she felt she let down as a baby.

Episode 5

This episode features two stories about a man and a woman, each looking for their birth mother.

Episode 6

Offering a last chance for people who are desperate to find long lost relatives, this series uncovers family secrets and takes us all over the world, finding people who no one else has been able to trace.

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Full Episodes

Season 8, 5 Episodes