The BEST episodes of Long Lost Family (US)

Every episode of Long Lost Family (US) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Long Lost Family (US)!

Hosts and adoptees Chris Jacobs and Lisa Joyner help reunite people with their biological families.

Last Updated: 11/21/2024Network: TLCStatus: Ended
star
9.00
6 votes

#1 - That Was My One Shot

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/16/2018

Long Lost Family sees a dramatic turn of events as Chris and Lisa investigate two seemingly different cases. A chance discovery raises the tantalizing prospect that the mother and son they're helping may be looking for one another.

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8.50
8 votes

#2 - Nothing Short of a Miracle

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/14/2018

A Texas lawman seeks Lisa's help to tackle the investigation of his birth and adoption.

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8.46
13 votes

#3 - A Mysterious Disappearance

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2018

A young woman hopes Chris can help solve the thirty-year old mystery of her younger brother's disappearance from a Miami Beach hotel. A man's search for his adopted birth mother reveals a shocking family secret

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8.40
15 votes

#4 - A Baby In A Shoe Box

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2018

Chris tackles the mystery of why a woman was left in a box hours after being born near an Ohio gas station. A woman enlists Lisa's help to locate her biological mother; no one is prepared for what they discover, and changes the woman's life forever.

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8.33
9 votes

#5 - She's Gone

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/2018

Two sisters searching for their birth mother, hoping Chris can uncover the mystery of why they were taken from her. Lisa helps a mother find the daughter she placed for adoption, hoping the adoptive family she chose was the right one

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star
8.31
13 votes

#6 - A Hole In My Soul

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2018

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8.21
29 votes

#7 - One More Reason To Fight For My Life

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/12/2017

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8.17
12 votes

#8 - Waiting a Lifetime

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2018

« Previous Ep. Chris helps a SWAT team leader and former Marine tackle his toughest challenge yet, locating his birth mom. A woman enlists Lisa's help to find her brother, hoping he will bring joy to a family still mourning the tragic death of their father

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8.17
6 votes

#9 - Switched in the Hospital

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/13/2019

Lisa tackles the challenging mystery of why a woman was abandoned in a trash can as a baby; unexpected DNA results throw a woman's entire identity into question.

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8.13
8 votes

#10 - This is Your Truth

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/15/2018

After learning of her own adoption at a late age, Chris aids a woman determined to unlock the mystery behind her birth story; a desperate mother enlists Lisa's help to locate her first-born son, hoping to reunite him with his full-blooded siblings.

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8.11
37 votes

#11 - Did You Have Dreams? Did You Follow Them?

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/19/2017

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8.06
35 votes

#12 - All The Leaves Fell Off My Family Tree

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/26/2017

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8.00
25 votes

#13 - She Just Drove Off and Never Returned

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/6/2017

Lisa meets a woman who was left on a curb by her mother when she was just four years old; Chris uncovers stunning information for a woman searching for her family that leads to an unexpected reunion.

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8.00
9 votes

#14 - I'm the Only One Left

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/2019

Lisa helps a man find the answers why his adoption was part of an illegal baby-selling scheme. A breast cancer survivor found strength in letters written by her birth mother to beat cancer and has tasked Chris to locate her so she can say thank you.

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star
7.95
41 votes

#15 - Born Together, Stay Together

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/5/2017

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7.91
11 votes

#16 - Secrets Are Better Kept Than Said

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2018

Lisa helps a woman locate her son hoping to heal the broken heart she's had since placing him for adoption decades ago. The tragic beginning of a woman's life with her mother dying has Chris searching for the father she knows nothing about.

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7.89
9 votes

#17 - A Slamming Door

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/13/2018

Lisa helps a man yearning to discover his biological roots, but fearful of rejection from the family he has never met; and Chris reveals the truth to a woman who has felt guilty that her birth might have devastated the life of her 14-year-old mom.

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star
7.88
26 votes

#18 - My First Chapter Is Unwritten

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/13/2017

A man who always longed for a sibling stumbles upon a shocking family murder; Lisa meets a woman eager to find her biological mother, but she also finds information that changes her view of the past.

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star
7.88
8 votes

#19 - Are They Looking for Me?

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/8/2019

Chris and Lisa join forces in an attempt to solve the childhood mystery of why a woman was separated from her birth family at the age of two.

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star
7.85
34 votes

#20 - We Don't Need Anything From Them Besides Love

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/25/2017

Two brothers navigate a painful past and uncover an old mystery in their quest to find the family they've always wanted; taking place live, a deaf mother hopes to hear her kids say "I love you''; a family faces the man who destroyed their lives.

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star
7.82
22 votes

#21 - Am I a Secret She Had To Keep

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/23/2017

Follow the 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

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star
7.80
35 votes

#22 - I Want To Heal My Mother's Heart

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/26/2017

A woman whose parents kicked her out after learning she was pregnant tries to find the son she hasn't seen in nearly fifty years; a man desperate to find his biological brother tries to heal his mother's broken heart.

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7.80
44 votes

#23 - There's No Easy Way to Say This

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/12/2017

In the Season 2 premiere, a mother's secret is discovered by newly reunited sisters; a woman searches for her biological mother and the daughter she placed for adoption; and a woman looks for the son she gave birth to more than three decades ago.

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star
7.78
9 votes

#24 - Not My Child to Keep

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/2019

Chris unwraps the mystery of a woman's origins, which at a Korean orphanage; Lisa desperately searches for a woman's only child, hoping it will heal her.

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star
7.75
12 votes

#25 - I Want to Go Back

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2018

At 50 years old, the revelation of a man's adoption catapults his search for his biological roots, but his son's DNA only deepens the mystery. A woman enlists Chris's help to find the son she placed for adoption, hoping her decision was not in vain.

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