Plot Synopsis

LONG LOST FAMILY: REUNITED is a series of enhanced episodes of LONG LOST FAMILY which follows hosts and adoptees Chris Jacobs and Lisa Joyner as they investigate the stories of two individuals or families who have longed to resolve their lifelong searches. 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. Each 60-minute episode features two stories, including: Rita, a mother who was forced to place her baby boy for adoption 31 years ago when her boyfriend dumped her and whose mother sent her to a home for pregnant young women for fear of a scandal -- but she still holds onto her son's baby blanket from the hospital; Jenny, whose birth mother was the daughter of a minister who was deeply embarrassed by a pregnancy out of wedlock; 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; and more people seeking lost family members. As part of its show sponsorship, Ancestry provides family history research on each of the featured individuals to help make discoveries possible.