Long lost family new series starts tonight!

[Butterfly98]

Anyone else looking forward to the new series of long lost family starting tonight? A friend said to me yesterday that she doesn't understand why I love all those sob stories! Well I don't view them as sob stories at all and I absolutely love this programme! I love seeing people being reunited with their loved ones. I know sometimes it doesn't always work out the way they had hoped but in general I think most people are glad that they at least got some answers. I also think it's filmed with empathy and understanding and not over dramatised either. I like the theme music for the current advert too (Take on me, Aha unplugged if anyone is interested!). I also think it must be great for someone who is an only child to discover they have siblings! I know I'm probably sounding like I work for ITV now but I promise you I don't but it's on at 9:30pm!

PanPanPanPing I have heard about this before but I didn't detect it during the French episode, I remember we had thunder and lightning when watching LLF that evening with a 5 minute power cut and I was so annoyed when I couldn't rewind it then!

Yes Butterfly, she looked like she’s lost quite a bit of weight.

Butterfly, as an adoptee, by then very well aware of GSA, that young woman with her newly found French father (who can't have been that old), worried me greatly.

My favourite programme!
Some truly devastating stories.
Loved this first episode.

Loved the first episode; both heartwarming stories. Found it incredibly moving that the Colombian dad gave his watch to his daughter. And it must have been so amazing and also sad, for Christina to meet her full siblings. A world apart from each other.

I was unashamedly blubbing at the Colombian family. The father particularly got to me. It was almost like he felt ashamed at giving his dd away.
I couldn't get away with how much Pearce looked like his dad and his brother.
I thought I'd hate this show and dh doesn't understand why I watch it. I just feel sorry for people who don't feel they know who they are because they've never known a close family member. I notice when people meet fir the first time they always stare at the persons face because they're trying to find similarities. Looking like someone makes you feel you belong.

Anyone see last nights? I felt so sorry for the lady whose Italian mum had died just a year before. If only she'd contacted the programme a couple of years ago she may have had chance to meet her. The Italian relatives were great - the way she looked round and saw them all lined up to greet her!

I love the show but it's emotional on all levels. I was due to go on a similar show years ago in another country, to try find my relatives in UK. Unfortunately they had no success finding them, but years after, I hired a detective and found my father. It was certainly emotional and tears shed etc for one reason or another we didn't keep it going, but for me it was seeing what he looks like / what he talks like etc so I was pleased.

Years later I tracked down my half sister on FB - his daughter from before me (he never shared the details and they didn't have much of a relationship either) and it was fantastic. We had a few really good years - I discovered I was an auntie to three beautiful kids. Went from being a single child to being a sister and an auntie and it was amazing. Unfortunately things took a turn once her mom suddenly died - not sure what happened exactly but from that moment on she just went AWOL and cut contact off with me and everyone of my friends she'd met (except my mom?!). I asked plenty of times for an explanation / if she's ok, but never ever had anything nor closure on it. I've learnt to live with it now. It's a shame but it's life and sometimes things happen for a reason.
So whilst I love the show, it brings back a lot of emotions.

I absolutely loved the reunion with the Italian family. There were so many similarities to my own birth story. Her BM had a very similar name to my BM (I'm not Italian, but I'm not British, by blood, either). I cried all the way through that one.

Last nights show was very good. Thought the first story of Barbara finding her older brother Geoffrey was very moving. Geoffrey seemed like a lovely man. How sad that he didn't get adopted until he was 7. And I wondered where the two oldest brothers were?

Yes, I wondered about the two older brothers last night too. They may have died, but usually that would be said . Hope they didn't reject him at this stage.

I thought last night's was good. The brother and sister looked amazingly alike and both very striking looking. The mum didn't participate so I don't recall whether it was mentioned that they had the same birth father? It was sad that the sister's adoption and life had not been good, while his adoption and professional life had been amazing. I wonder if she feels any resentment about that?

I liked the other woman and her niece, they looked fairly similar too. It was nice that at least she found someone from her birth family.

Yes the brother & sister looked so alike, I just assumed they had the same dad. I felt that there was such a strong bond between them already. So glad they have found each other.

What series is it? Struggling to find it.

Found it! 😁

That was a lovely episode last night. How amazing that both mums were still alive after 50 years. So sad what these young girls went through all these years ago, when being an unmarried mum was so shameful and shocking. Mark looked transformed after he met his mum, and amazing to read that he also met up with his birth father too. Hope everyone's life is happier for this meeting and resolution.