Long Lost Family (U.S. TV series)
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Presented by |
Chris Jacobs Lisa Joyner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Pam Healey John Hesling Kathryn Takis Dan Peirson |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Shed Media |
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| Original network | TLC |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | March 6, 2016 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Long Lost Family (UK) Long Lost Family (AUS) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Long Lost Family is an American documentary-style television series based on the British series of the same name, airing on TLC since March 2016. Presented by Chris Jacobs and Lisa Joyner, the show helps provide aid to individuals looking to be reunited with long-lost biological family members. The show is produced by Shed Media for TLC, and is co-sponsored by Ancestry.com, which provides family history research and DNA testing to help make discoveries possible.
Season 1 of Long Lost Family aired between March and April 2016 and consisted of 8 episodes, and the second season aired from February to April 2017 and consisted of 13 episodes.
The series format follows the original British series very closely, offering a chance for people who are desperate to find long lost relatives. The series helps a handful of people, some of whom have been searching in vain for many years, find the family members they are desperately seeking. It explores the background and context of each family's estrangement and tracks the detective work and often complex and emotional process of finding each lost relative before they are reunited. With the help and support of Chris and Lisa, each relative is guided and supported through the process of tracing the member of their family they have been desperately seeking.
As with the British series, the American series hosts (Joyner and Jacobs) were both adopted at birth and searched for their own biological families. One of the few differences between the British and American versions is that in the British version, if it is discovered that someone an individual is searching for is deceased, the reveal of this information to the individual searching for that family member is not televised out of respect for the individual.
The original British program began airing in 2011 and has so far distributed 5 seasons. It is hosted by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell.
An Australian version of Long Lost Family, hosted by Chrissie Swan and Anh Do, began airing around the same time as the U.S. version in 2016, but was canceled by 2017.
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