The WORST episodes of Long Lost Family (US)

Every episode of Long Lost Family (US) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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
6.77
13 votes

#1 - You Have Been Loved Your Whole Life

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

Lisa faces many challenges when she helps a woman locate her father -- starting with his identity;a woman seeks Chris' help to find her mother, hoping the similarities she read in her adoption paperwork are not just a fantasy.

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6.80
10 votes

#2 - She Chose Another Person Over Her Child

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2018

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7.11
19 votes

#3 - If I'd Only Known About Her

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/20/2017

A woman longs to meet her birth father, a man she credits for saving her life during a difficult childhood, even though they never met; a desperate man hopes Lisa can end a 57-year search for his infant sister, who he never stopped loving.

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7.18
45 votes

#4 - Why Did You Leave Me?

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/10/2016

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7.19
32 votes

#5 - If You Bring Your Baby Home, You Can't Come Home

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/16/2017

A man seeking redemption from his troubled past longs to reunite with the grown son he only got to hold for a few minutes as a baby. 46 years after placing her daughter for adoption, a woman still carries the feeling of guilt for being an unwed mother.

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7.22
37 votes

#6 - I Knew I'd Never See My Mom Again

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/1/2016

A man hasn’t seen his mom since he was 6 years old, when she went into a grocery store and never came out; a 54-year-old adoptee is anxious about meeting her biological family.

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star
7.29
7 votes

#7 - The Missing Piece

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/2019

Chris tries to solve the 50-year-old mystery of why a woman was abandoned at a laundromat days after being born; a family enlists Lisa's help to track down the firstborn son that was placed for adoption, hoping to fulfill a father's dying wish.

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star
7.36
61 votes

#8 - Your Mom's Been Here the Whole Time

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/13/2016

Photo evidence suggests that an adoptee and mother may have been unknowingly connected for years; a woman discovers some shocking news about her biological family.

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star
7.37
30 votes

#9 - Do I Call Him My Son?

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/9/2017

A woman looks for her brother, hoping to fulfill a promise she made to her late mother, but what she learns blows open a 40-year-old secret about her parents' past; a woman finds hope with a new DNA connection on her lifelong search for her mom.

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7.40
43 votes

#10 - Everything Your Parents Told You Was A Lie

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/17/2016

A woman believes that her adoptive parents have withheld information about her birth family whilst a man finds some previously sealed documents that could reveal the mysteries about his birth.

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7.43
42 votes

#11 - Alone in a Crowded Room

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/24/2016

A long-awaited reunion helps a family heal from a tragedy; a woman looks for her birth mother but finds one dead end after another, though she believes they were once under the same roof.

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star
7.47
38 votes

#12 - I Should've Fought Harder to Keep Her

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/27/2016

A mother searches for the child that her family never allowed her to hold and forced her to place for adoption. A father seeks to solve an exhaustive search and resolve an intense emotional journey by connecting with the daughter he regrets losing.

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Why Couldn't They Raise Us?
star
7.50
10 votes

#13 - Why Couldn't They Raise Us?

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/2019

Identical twins enlist Lisa's help to unlock the mystery of why they were placed for adoption; Chris hopes to fulfill the wishes of a deceased father by tracking down the first-born son he and his wife had placed for adoption.

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7.50
56 votes

#14 - Am I Who I Think I Am?

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/3/2016

A woman learns a secret that her mother kept about her real father’s identity; a woman who was adopted turns to DNA technology to find her biological family.

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star
7.50
12 votes

#15 - There's More to Saying Sorry

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/2017

Siblings searching for their sperm donor father have their worlds turned upside down when Lisa reveals shocking news. Chris embarks on the journey of a lifetime: to find the family of a woman abandoned as a baby on an Amish family's porch.

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star
7.57
7 votes

#16 - 28 Foster Homes

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

Chris aids a woman's search for her father after she was shuffled through 28 foster homes; two radically different sisters, adopted into the same family, seek Lisa's help to search for their biological mother.

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star
7.57
14 votes

#17 - She Never Came Back

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2018

A Vietnam vet hopes Lisa can hep him make amends for the past by locating the daughter he lost custody of 40 years ago; and a woman's struggle to fit in takes a surprising turn when Chris reveals a series of stunning coincidences very close to home.

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star
7.58
74 votes

#18 - I've Waited for This Call for 45 Years

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/6/2016

A mother forced to give up her baby 31 years ago still holds onto his baby blanket and hopes to see him again; an adopted woman suspects mysterious circumstances surrounding her birth and wants to find answers.

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star
7.58
12 votes

#19 - The First And Last Time I Saw My Sister

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/2018

Chris tries to unravel a legal mystery involving a woman's sister who she last saw across a New York courtroom 30 years ago.

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star
7.58
36 votes

#20 - It's the Fulfillment of a Promise

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/24/2017

A grandmother hopes to find peace by locating her granddaughter; a woman yearns to meet her birth mother; taking place live, a professional baseball player shares big news and a blind mother gets the chance to see her kids for the first time.

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star
7.59
17 votes

#21 - My Birth Certificate Reads "Jane Doe"

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/2017

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star
7.59
51 votes

#22 - Nobody Knew I Existed

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/20/2016

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star
7.64
14 votes

#23 - Feelings Of Abandonment

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

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7.70
10 votes

#24 - What Family Feels Like

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/29/2019

A woman enlists Lisa's help to find her birth mother, but unearths a 40-year-old secret in the process.

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star
7.73
11 votes

#25 - You Think They Are Blood

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/22/2018

The recent revelation of a 49-year-old man's adoption sends Chris searching for answers to a secret his adoptive parents took to the grave; a biracial woman enlists Lisa's help to find her birth family, revealing some unfortunate tragedies.

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