This is the episode with the divorced couple find their son they put up for adoption, after their reunion, the father tells the son of hereditary heart problems that runs in his lineage. The son admitted having some health concerns already to him, dad hearing this immediately gets son to his specialist, finding blockages that were only months from a major heart failure. The specialist acted immediately, dad just saved his son in time.
@@karinland8533 because the specialist knew the history, and Simon was a direct blood relative of the dad, knew which tests to perform, finding same blockages in 4 arteries surrounding the heart just weeks away from total closure. Simon underwent bypass immediately, saving his partner and children from having to lose him so early in their lives.
I can honestly say I don't think I've seen a father and son look so alike. It must have been an incredible experience for the dad to look at his younger self across the table!
I have so much respect for this show and that they dont tell them the person has passed on camera. They actually care about the person's feelings. Some shows go way too far but these people actually feel their pain.
I can imagine Cathie's mom smiling down at her children together at last. Simon and his family had such a great reunion,and finally, such joy for his parents.
This is one of my favourite episodes. The father and son who are spitting images of each other is overwhelming. What most people don't know is that there is a follow up of this story. There is a genetic problem that the father tells the son about. The son goes to a specialist and his life is saved because of this information. Without this show he most likely would have died young without knowing why. It is a truly remarkable story with very dear people. Nicky and Davina do an incredible thing for human beings. Yes they are probably well paid and have become even more successful from this series but one sees over and over their personal involvement and the times they are genuinely moved. This show really puts to rest the idea of English stiff upper lip. That may be true among the Aristocracy, Royal Family and Gentry but not the millions or good and real people who are full of emotion, hugs, tears, laughter, compassion and empathy. For me this show has had not only a healing effect from my own past but gave me a wonderful insight into a cross section of dear British people.
Im taller than my dad and hes much bigger but if I shave I look like him, if I keep a moustache i look like my moms dad. Who ironically looks like his grandfather like im talking you would assume the photo is of him thats how close it it.
Stunning the family resemblance between son and dad and sisters- and it was astonishing that the couple were divorced, yet working together to find their son. Marvelous story. and the UK edition SO much better than American, where I live.
Totally agree - no wonder the US version was canceled after a couple of seasons. I checked and learned that the production companies were different - the quality of the show was very different...
You can literally the inner teenage girls pop out once the sisters started talking to each other, it's like they already have known each other their whole lives especially when the youngest said they're gonna be bestfriends. It's a beautiful thing to see
Again in tears ! After watching so many of these UK reunions and being an adoptee, I hear common threads throughout. Was I wanted, did she ever think of me, was I a family secret. I can no answer some of those questions after finding my birth family 2 1/2 years ago. I was a family secret except for 1 great Aunt that told the family secret once I found them. My Birth Mom had already passed ,so I will never know the answers to the rest. My Father knew nothing about me, but welcomed me with open arms once he got a look at me. My half sister and I could be twins !!! I am wanted and thought of now by both sides !! Hole in my heart has been filled to over flowing !!
@Krissi57 I'm very sorry that your mother passed away before you could meet her,but it is wonderful that you found your dad and that he welcomed you,that you have a sense of belonging.That's a precious thing.
LOVE these happy reunions. Isn't it wild how the two sisters attended the same College, and even the same program -- having never met each other or known anything about each other? And I absolutely love seeing the family resemblances. Blood IS thicker than water!
When I found my bio sister we had so much in common. My sister and I have had twin lives. She was a mail carrier for USPS and then became a Real Estate Broker. I was a Real Estate Broker and then became a mail carrier. We have both worked for the U.S. Census Bureau. We drive the exact same car and both had purchased newer models of that same car for years. We both have one son, are divorced, and moved away to small towns near ski resorts in the high desert. The best thing was the first time we laughed out loud at the same time. Our son's looked at each other and said, "that was weird" because of how much we sound alike. It has been a blessing.
@@vegantattoo7292 That is incredible...I know that when I met my half sister at age 30, it was very similar. Genes are something else! Congrats on finding your sis :) Thank you for sharing. These episodes bring it all back for me, too.
The first story is very much like my own. My birth mother was 17 when she had me and her mother wouldn't allow her to marry my father. They got married two years later and had my sister six years after my birth and my brother ten years after me. I found them in 1985 when I was 21. The most wonderful part of my reunion has been the relationship I have now with my sister and brother
No joke, Nicky & Davina, this is the best episode I have ever watched. The back stories that go along with the searches are so heart-warming, I don't have the words. Marion and Jim working together, even though they are no longer together, just made the episode so much more meaningful. With Cathie's story I was touched beyond words, as she is only 1 yr younger than I, and the respect and warmth from her children's eyes just was the cherry on top for me. I'm am not an adoptee, but have had many friends through my life that were, and her children showed(however briefly) that she is an outstanding woman. Thank you, and your crew for doing and taking so much care, with this one episode. From the bottom of my heart I wish them, and you the very best. Sincerely, Mike White Ca, USA.
I've been watching these shows for a long time, and I'm so proud of how much respect they give to the families & individuals they're working with. I've also repeatedly been struck by how absolutely, almost obscenely, *brutal* society can be. So many of these losses were totally unnecessary, my heart breaks every time I watch an episode and hear the background stories,
"Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future." : Gail Lumet Buckley. Every single time I watch these reunions, I travel through different deep emotions and feelings. It's one of the best TV series with a kind noble purpose that I will surely recommend to all. These reunions make us feel what we humans are filled with i.e emotions.
yes the divorced couple family is now "magical" such a fairy tale. My tear glands are all cleaned up. Such a beautiful episode. So sad that Catherines mum kept a diary of her baby girl and could not see her.
I do so much like the high level of respect and empathy the whole long lost family UK team processes story after story. I had to stop watching the US version after only 5 seconds. Even one of the German versions could also learn quite a lot from the British one.
I did not know there was an American version! I discovered this during quarantine and love it so! I'm an American and envy my British friend for all the great shows she get to watch. The only good thing here is repeats of The Big Bang Theory and the Masked Singer!
@ALTON SOILEAU Geez, you could tell us all that the us version is very good, in your opinion by the way, without being an "arrogant asshole" yourself. Try it.
@@gondolin12 No excuse. I'm an adoptee who found my married birth parents 35 years ago. My maternal grandmother was a cold woman who forced my mother to give me up for adoption and never really took to me after I found them. Unlike my Italian grandmother as well as grandfather who totally embraced me. They both were sad telling me that they would have raised me as family is family
Another wonderful episode that had me in tears. Simon looks so much like his father it is uncanny and so he could be in no doubt whose child he was. The two sisters, Ann and Kathy look alike as well. Both really beautiful women. I am so glad they found each other and it is heartbreaking that Kathy's mother wanted to find her too but time ran out. Watching the two sisters walking arm in arm down the street, they've got the same walk :-)
My sister had 3 husbands & 3 sons ,each boy looks exactly like his father ! It is super strange she the has 2 daughters one looks like me the other looks like my sisters ,sister in law. The grandfather ,our dad told my sister who is very pretty btw., “5 kids & you don’t have any that don’t look like you ?😂😅 you should quit when you are ahead ! “. We all knew he was joking , he had a funky sense of humor.
Have watched so many episodes and this is absolutely my favorite ❤️ My mother told me when I was just a kid of a very young couple she knew in school that were in love and her friend ended up pregnant. Just like Simons parents, their families would not accept their child and forced her to give her baby up for adoption. Several years later after graduating high school, the couple got married and had more children. This story always brought my mother to tears wondering if they would ever find their son. My mom passed in 2008. If that couple has not yet found their son, maybe mom can lead them to each other ❤️
What I appreciate about the UK version of LLF is that there are no ads during the show and they include updates In the US version, I have to sit through 5-7 advertisements at every break and there's no updates at the end of the episode.
See, I really did like the U.S. version and have seen every single episode so I was beyond THRILLED to have found the British version. I think what I prefer about this one, though, is how the hosts don’t make their guests wait as long to hear the news that they found their family member(s) and they don’t share about their own journey or make it at all about themself.
I’m American & have watch our version relentlessly! So happy to have found the original version. I hope one day to connect with my biological paternal grandfather, although I know the chance gets less & less with each passing day. I just hope I solve the mystery some day
Amidst of all the chaos the world is facing right now I still have hope that at the end,everything will be alright. Thank you so much for this show. ❤️
We are all of us just a small thread in the tapestry of this beautiful experience called Earth. Up close it is out of focus because we are amongst it even, but to step back and see it from the rightful distance it is so, so beautiful we have yet to realise that each thread is dependent and compliments the other. It would be such a shame for mankind to throw it all away because of our personal differences. This was told to me by my grandmother.
When a mum that young is a better, more mature woman than her nan. It breaks my heart as I have a 14 month old, having to give him up would literally kill me.
Simon and his Dad look so much alike that it makes me think how much my own son looks like me, difference is I get to see him everyday since the day he was born. Sometimes it’s good to be reminded not to take things for granted...
A wonderful episode.I love them all ,weep through them all,but this one is special to me.The parents divorced but still united in their hope that they will find their son,and with special urgency because of the hereditary cardiac issues! So happy they found Simon before it was too late! And Ann,such a loving,caring daughter and I have no doubt that she is the same as a sister.You can feel her pain,that her mum didn't live to be reunited with Cathie.I'm glad that the sisters and brother have each other.
Its great people are taking these labels back. Its not a stranger, another person, just people. Its a sister, mother, brother, cousin. We belong to other humans out there.
I searched 36 years for my bio family spending tens of thousands of dollars on services and investigators. When Ancestry became available I gave it a shot. Finding out that my parents got married and had three more children was the most painful and joyous time of my life. After feeling empty inside for 52 years, that moment when the puzzle was finally solved was life-changing. Everything was suddenly different. My parents were already gone (bio and adoptive), as well as both of my adoptive brothers and one bio brother BUT I still had a little sister, a little brother, and a bunch of older half-siblings out there that I hadn't yet met. Unfortunately, my bio parents never told anyone about me. It took a little convincing that I wasn't scamming them and once they saw a picture of me it became obvious. A month later we all met in Las Vegas, NV and they greeted me and my son with a huge "It's A Girl!" balloon. Meeting people that look like you for the first time is amazing. My sister and I have kept in touch and we go on vacations together still. It is beyond coincidence all that we have in common and so incredible to have a sister.
Ann is great, the way she let her sister know exactly how loved she is, offered up the diary, even the letter was thoughtful “I wish mum could be the one writing this…” “she’s always been my big sister””I’m just so excited”… what more could she ask for even though her mother passed and she won’t meet mum. A sister that great is next level
davina's voice, her joy face and her stoic face lift my soul from a dark pit of finding my father after 30 years and him not wanting to meet me.... she truly moves my heart.
Same, I know this pain - the second time was the one that wrecked me coz my mum was an evil cow so I’d held out hope that my Dad was the bigger person. Watching these somehow releases this tight ball of feelings I keep stuffed down inside all the rest of the time.
Every time I watch these episodes, I always get blown away by how the families look so much like each other. Like the dad with his son and the sisters and brother in this video. They look so much the same. Wow.
When I connected with my biological siblings, I learned both my biological parents had passed away - my father 2 months before I was even born. It was sad to not have the opportunity to know them, but just learning my story from my siblings was amazing.
I am so sorry to hear your parents passed away 💔. It must've been hard to accept the fact that they were gone. I hope you're doing well. Much love and prayers to you and your siblings ❤️🤗🙏
Every story makes me cry but then I couldn't stop watching. My dad recently found his older brother after 60 years and I can't wait to meet my uncle when I go back to the Philippines. I heard all about him all my life.
I hate that I’m an only child. If I had a long lost brother or sister that would be amazing. I’d be so happy I wouldn’t care where they came from. I’m so happy for the families. Ann and Cathie are so cute and lovely together. That book she made of their mother was amazing!! What a great sister and they have so much in common. It’s an amazing episode.
I’m also an only child. Always wished I had a sibling. My mum had me, lost 3, and my brother lived only 3 days. It broke my mum to have a child who passed so shortly after birth. And the things she told me about the 7 month pregnancy, doctor, hospital, death and all made me feel I knew this little angel. I truly miss a sibling I never knew in reality. Thanks for listening.
I'm a man, and as many I don't like to expose my feelings to the world. It feels kind of explotative in a sense to me. I find feelings more valuable when shared in private. Not that there's anything wrong with doing it on TV.
These adopted people are only concerned with how their parent was feeling...amazing well adjusted people.God bless them in their new found beginnings with family.Such a lo Ely thing to watch,ty
Cathy and her sister Ann are very beautiful and I'm glad they found each other and her brother Mark also..... And Simon and his biological family are back together... Both stories are tear jerkers I really love these stories....
I've been watching for the last 3 days non stop. When I think I don't have anymore tears. I'm reaching for tissues. Davina and Nicky are the perfect hosts and huggers. Be safe Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 God willing I'm hoping to go to London. The show Gentlemen Jack and this show has me inspired. I'm also fascinated with castles.
Case 1 - Tears tears tears ... my son, what a lovely union, what a loving family ... Case 2 ... they even go to the same school, what a small world 😢😢😢 it's sad that their mother passed away without meeting her first born .
More tears for you. Case 1: After their reunion, Dad confided to son of hereditary heart problems- his dad, uncles, grandfather all in history had heart failure, now telling him to be wary and see a doctor. Son tells his dad he has already had health concerns, dad immediately takes his son to his specialist, and confirms, that the son was months from massive heart failure. Specialist acted immediately, dad just saved his found son.
I've been an avid fan of LLF since its first episode years ago. I think that it's because my own fractured family's early years have proved just too difficult to find. Anyway, the music that is played when the families reunite is so beautiful. It took me two years to find it. If anyone is interested it's called 'Spiegal im Spiegal' (something like "Mirror in the Mirror') by the eminent Estonian composer Arvo Part. We've been using his music ever since to relax and calm us down, especially during the 'lock downs'.
Thanks! I couldn't put my finger on why it felt familiar. Arvo Part's music is the most beautiful, complex, simple, calm, deep, haunting, entrancing music ever
I watched the video several times above all because I find very emotional family reunion. I felt in the hug of Mrs Cathie all the sorrow for not having found her mom and the joy for having found a sister and a bro . That is very touching now I wish them all to have a happy long life for the test of their lives. Good luck all .
With 23 & Me and such, one can find their entire family instantly. My brother found a daughter he was totally unaware of and he has grandchildren! The daughter he raised decided not to have children, so he is jazzed. He's 68, and will soon be a great-grandfather!
These are so ❤ warming stories... I love these! I followed the German Version of this for many years... now I found this and can not get enough... after pushed out of my own familiy because of different life perspective this shows me that Love between siblings still exists even if they did not know each other!
Every time I start to be disgusted in society, I rewatch these episodes and cry with happiness that there are people out there bringing families back together and I have hope again. Sounds a bit much, but it's true.
I sometimes wonder how Davita and Nicki handle all the emotion. It's kind of sad to me that they can't be or at least stand afar and watch the reunion that they have worked with others to produce. Really enjoy the show. :-)
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Fantastic show! So happy for Marion, James & Simon! I love this series such beautiful people so beautifully telling the stories. I love every episode. Thanks! Much love to everyone involved!
There is a special place in hell for Marion and James' families like ??? WOW, and the council threatening to kick out an entire family over a baby?! SMH.
What this show presents in stark relief, each time, is how strict and cold-hearted society was in the 1960’s and how warm and considerate it is now. The shame could cast out a pregnant daughter. The love that parents had for their children had limits. But the girls, the young teenagers, would always long for their lost children, and they would double down on the love they’d give subsequent children.
I don't like reality TV as a rule but I have to concede. These shows get 10 out 10. Brilliant concept and viewing! Hats off to the producers of this idea. However, it would be good to see a follow up to these shows to see whether or not mass brawl broke out and the police were called. Due to the new family members taking out bank loans and running up credit card bills without permission. That would make a great show and rating would go the through the roof!
I have a half sister in the world...Oct 5 1959. NYC. My mom signed up with 2 groups ALMA and PACE but never got contact. The father contacted my mom in 2004 wanting to know what happened...but never called again. My mom is in heaven now where she knows all the answers. I wish her Peace.
For the adoptees out there: I am elderly, never particularly maternal (1child). However, if I had had a child and given it away, I would never have forgotten, never ceased wanting to know the child. I expect that is true in the vast majority of adoptions. The reasons for giving up a child are many and varied, but that child would not ever be forgotten.
This is the episode with the divorced couple find their son they put up for adoption, after their reunion, the father tells the son of hereditary heart problems that runs in his lineage. The son admitted having some health concerns already to him, dad hearing this immediately gets son to his specialist, finding blockages that were only months from a major heart failure. The specialist acted immediately, dad just saved his son in time.
How precious 😭❤️🙏
So so very WONDERFUL ✨⭐️😇
Praz the Lord....
@@nickydancy4087 praise the doctors!
@@karinland8533 because the specialist knew the history, and Simon was a direct blood relative of the dad, knew which tests to perform, finding same blockages in 4 arteries surrounding the heart just weeks away from total closure. Simon underwent bypass immediately, saving his partner and children from having to lose him so early in their lives.
I can honestly say I don't think I've seen a father and son look so alike. It must have been an incredible experience for the dad to look at his younger self across the table!
I have so much respect for this show and that they dont tell them the person has passed on camera. They actually care about the person's feelings. Some shows go way too far but these people actually feel their pain.
I can imagine Cathie's mom smiling down at her children together at last. Simon and his family had such a great reunion,and finally, such joy for his parents.
This is one of my favourite episodes. The father and son who are spitting images of each other is overwhelming. What most people don't know is that there is a follow up of this story. There is a genetic problem that the father tells the son about. The son goes to a specialist and his life is saved because of this information. Without this show he most likely would have died young without knowing why. It is a truly remarkable story with very dear people.
Nicky and Davina do an incredible thing for human beings. Yes they are probably well paid and have become even more successful from this series but one sees over and over their personal involvement and the times they are genuinely moved.
This show really puts to rest the idea of English stiff upper lip. That may be true among the Aristocracy, Royal Family and Gentry but not the millions or good and real people who are full of emotion, hugs, tears, laughter, compassion and empathy. For me this show has had not only a healing effect from my own past but gave me a wonderful insight into a cross section of dear British people.
Im taller than my dad and hes much bigger but if I shave I look like him, if I keep a moustache i look like my moms dad. Who ironically looks like his grandfather like im talking you would assume the photo is of him thats how close it it.
How did you find out the son's heart condition was there an update video put out?
Thank you for the update. I do agree with your stiff upper lip theory.
The two sisters arm & arm at the end...……...ohhhhhhhhhhh………..so so precious!
Stunning the family resemblance between son and dad and sisters- and it was astonishing that the couple were divorced, yet working together to find their son. Marvelous story. and the UK edition SO much better than American, where I live.
Totally agree - no wonder the US version was canceled after a couple of seasons. I checked and learned that the production companies were different - the quality of the show was very different...
That's because the US format was very distasteful.
You can literally the inner teenage girls pop out once the sisters started talking to each other, it's like they already have known each other their whole lives especially when the youngest said they're gonna be bestfriends. It's a beautiful thing to see
Again in tears ! After watching so many of these UK reunions and being an adoptee, I hear common threads throughout. Was I wanted, did she ever think of me, was I a family secret. I can no answer some of those questions after finding my birth family 2 1/2 years ago. I was a family secret except for 1 great Aunt that told the family secret once I found them. My Birth Mom had already passed ,so I will never know the answers to the rest. My Father knew nothing about me, but welcomed me with open arms once he got a look at me. My half sister and I could be twins !!! I am wanted and thought of now by both sides !! Hole in my heart has been filled to over flowing !!
I come here to cry, I haven't seen my Brother for 30 years...
@@mastertemple8369 ...no doubt you've tried every avenue. I just hope there's soon a new avenue that leads you to him.
@Krissi57 I'm very sorry that your mother passed away before you could meet her,but it is wonderful that you found your dad and that he welcomed you,that you have a sense of belonging.That's a precious thing.
@@mastertemple8369 I'm so sorry.I hope you are reunited with him some day soon.*hug*
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LOVE these happy reunions. Isn't it wild how the two sisters attended the same College, and even the same program -- having never met each other or known anything about each other? And I absolutely love seeing the family resemblances. Blood IS thicker than water!
When I found my bio sister we had so much in common. My sister and I have had twin lives. She was a mail carrier for USPS and then became a Real Estate Broker. I was a Real Estate Broker and then became a mail carrier. We have both worked for the U.S. Census Bureau. We drive the exact same car and both had purchased newer models of that same car for years. We both have one son, are divorced, and moved away to small towns near ski resorts in the high desert. The best thing was the first time we laughed out loud at the same time. Our son's looked at each other and said, "that was weird" because of how much we sound alike. It has been a blessing.
@@vegantattoo7292 That is incredible...I know that when I met my half sister at age 30, it was very similar. Genes are something else! Congrats on finding your sis :) Thank you for sharing. These episodes bring it all back for me, too.
@@hollydavis06 Isn't it great?!?!
@@vegantattoo7292 yes...I am hooked. Watched one after another balling nearly all night🤭😅
@@hollydavis06 me too!!
The first story is very much like my own. My birth mother was 17 when she had me and her mother wouldn't allow her to marry my father. They got married two years later and had my sister six years after my birth and my brother ten years after me. I found them in 1985 when I was 21. The most wonderful part of my reunion has been the relationship I have now with my sister and brother
That's awesome ❤️💯🥲
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THAT'S WONDERFUL!!!!
It’s so hard to reconnect with parents ,but much better for brother & sisters.
Dad and son even have the same voice 😍😍 love this episode!!
Elisabeth Larsen Yes I thought that at once!:)
I know. Amazing.
No it is not stop lie and shut up I mean it!! And I’m glad for the dad is not have this nasty disgusting UK accent
Yeah, it is amazing. It kind of reminds me of how my maternal grandfather and his brothers looked so much alike.
Beautiful
The brunette lady's reaction to seeing her sister's picture is beautiful.
I know right?
No joke, Nicky & Davina, this is the best episode I have ever watched. The back stories that go along with the searches are so heart-warming, I don't have the words. Marion and Jim working together, even though they are no longer together, just made the episode so much more meaningful. With Cathie's story I was touched beyond words, as she is only 1 yr younger than I, and the respect and warmth from her children's eyes just was the cherry on top for me. I'm am not an adoptee, but have had many friends through my life that were, and her children showed(however briefly) that she is an outstanding woman. Thank you, and your crew for doing and taking so much care, with this one episode. From the bottom of my heart I wish them, and you the very best. Sincerely, Mike White Ca, USA.
I've been watching these shows for a long time, and I'm so proud of how much respect they give to the families & individuals they're working with. I've also repeatedly been struck by how absolutely, almost obscenely, *brutal* society can be. So many of these losses were totally unnecessary, my heart breaks every time I watch an episode and hear the background stories,
"Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future."
: Gail Lumet Buckley.
Every single time I watch these reunions, I travel through different deep emotions and feelings. It's one of the best TV series with a kind noble purpose that I will surely recommend to all. These reunions make us feel what we humans are filled with i.e emotions.
I swear this series is like cry therapy. I love all these stories of reconciliation.
I'm not crying 😭
yes the divorced couple family is now "magical" such a fairy tale. My tear glands are all cleaned up. Such a beautiful episode. So sad that Catherines mum kept a diary of her baby girl and could not see her.
I do so much like the high level of respect and empathy the whole long lost family UK team processes story after story. I had to stop watching the US version after only 5 seconds.
Even one of the German versions could also learn quite a lot from the British one.
Totally agree!!!
I also refuse to watch the American version. The British ones are so caring.
@ALTON SOILEAU Woah! I think you are looking in the mirror old chum!
I did not know there was an American version! I discovered this during quarantine and love it so! I'm an American and envy my British friend for all the great shows she get to watch. The only good thing here is repeats of The Big Bang Theory and the Masked Singer!
@ALTON SOILEAU Geez, you could tell us all that the us version is very good, in your opinion by the way, without being an "arrogant asshole" yourself. Try it.
shame on that grandmother, for calling the baby an it. she may have been young but she was so determined to do right by him.
it was 60s. that grandma was raised in victorian and edwardian times. no wlnder she was what she was
@@gondolin12 No excuse. I'm an adoptee who found my married birth parents 35 years ago. My maternal grandmother was a cold woman who forced my mother to give me up for adoption and never really took to me after I found them. Unlike my Italian grandmother as well as grandfather who totally embraced me. They both were sad telling me that they would have raised me as family is family
Yes,'it',it's as if he was an object and not a baby! It's horrid.
I agree. So sad.
That it was her grandchild, unbelievable! Clearly the mother had stronger family values than the grandmother even at her young age
I love how they let him cry without shoving a camera in his face
Another wonderful episode that had me in tears. Simon looks so much like his father it is uncanny and so he could be in no doubt whose child he was. The two sisters, Ann and Kathy look alike as well. Both really beautiful women. I am so glad they found each other and it is heartbreaking that Kathy's mother wanted to find her too but time ran out. Watching the two sisters walking arm in arm down the street, they've got the same walk :-)
I wish i was in Uk to find my father watching from south Africa Johannesburg
Just can't stop watching this show - it is so beautifully done, it really shows how great TV could be...
So sweet. The parents are just too kind. I love how they love him.
i always love the fact that the adopted child ends up looking the most like their birth parents. omg my heart.
That was my surprise when I was reunited with my daughter. 🧡
My sister had 3 husbands & 3 sons ,each boy looks exactly like his father ! It is super strange she the has 2 daughters one looks like me the other looks like my sisters ,sister in law. The grandfather ,our dad told my sister who is very pretty btw., “5 kids & you don’t have any that don’t look like you ?😂😅 you should quit when you are ahead ! “. We all knew he was joking , he had a funky sense of humor.
Have watched so many episodes and this is absolutely my favorite ❤️ My mother told me when I was just a kid of a very young couple she knew in school that were in love and her friend ended up pregnant. Just like Simons parents, their families would not accept their child and forced her to give her baby up for adoption. Several years later after graduating high school, the couple got married and had more children. This story always brought my mother to tears wondering if they would ever find their son. My mom passed in 2008. If that couple has not yet found their son, maybe mom can lead them to each other ❤️
What I appreciate about the UK version of LLF is that there are no ads during the show and they include updates In the US version, I have to sit through 5-7 advertisements at every break and there's no updates at the end of the episode.
The UK version does have ads, the person who uploaded it just didnt include them. And I don't like the US version either.
I don’t like the US version either, & I live in US!
See, I really did like the U.S. version and have seen every single episode so I was beyond THRILLED to have found the British version. I think what I prefer about this one, though, is how the hosts don’t make their guests wait as long to hear the news that they found their family member(s) and they don’t share about their own journey or make it at all about themself.
The UK 🇬🇧 version has far more dignity and is less voyeuristic.
I love that Andy ended up with an "S" name--Simon-- to match his sisters Suzy and Stacy!!
Oh yes! Brilliant thought of you. The S means SAVED due to his heart operation...
I’m American & have watch our version relentlessly! So happy to have found the original version. I hope one day to connect with my biological paternal grandfather, although I know the chance gets less & less with each passing day. I just hope I solve the mystery some day
Oooof. This episode was a heavy-hitter. How do the tears just not eventually stop? I’m out of tissues bruh 😭❤️❤️❤️❤️
Amidst of all the chaos the world is facing right now I still have hope that at the end,everything will be alright. Thank you so much for this show. ❤️
We are all of us just a small thread in the tapestry of this beautiful experience called Earth. Up close it is out of focus because we are amongst it even, but to step back and see it from the rightful distance it is so, so beautiful we have yet to realise that each thread is dependent and compliments the other. It would be such a shame for mankind to throw it all away because of our personal differences.
This was told to me by my grandmother.
When a mum that young is a better, more mature woman than her nan. It breaks my heart as I have a 14 month old, having to give him up would literally kill me.
Simon and his Dad look so much alike that it makes me think how much my own son looks like me, difference is I get to see him everyday since the day he was born. Sometimes it’s good to be reminded not to take things for granted...
Amazing episode. I am just afraid that I am getting addicted to LLF. But love can never be excessive.
A wonderful episode.I love them all ,weep through them all,but this one is special to me.The parents divorced but still united in their hope that they will find their son,and with special urgency because of the hereditary cardiac issues! So happy they found Simon before it was too late!
And Ann,such a loving,caring daughter and I have no doubt that she is the same as a sister.You can feel her pain,that her mum didn't live to be reunited with Cathie.I'm glad that the sisters and brother have each other.
The first guy looks just like his dad and sisters. Glad they reconnected! Bravo to the Long Lost Family crew!
Its great people are taking these labels back. Its not a stranger, another person, just people. Its a sister, mother, brother, cousin. We belong to other humans out there.
I searched 36 years for my bio family spending tens of thousands of dollars on services and investigators. When Ancestry became available I gave it a shot. Finding out that my parents got married and had three more children was the most painful and joyous time of my life. After feeling empty inside for 52 years, that moment when the puzzle was finally solved was life-changing. Everything was suddenly different. My parents were already gone (bio and adoptive), as well as both of my adoptive brothers and one bio brother BUT I still had a little sister, a little brother, and a bunch of older half-siblings out there that I hadn't yet met. Unfortunately, my bio parents never told anyone about me. It took a little convincing that I wasn't scamming them and once they saw a picture of me it became obvious. A month later we all met in Las Vegas, NV and they greeted me and my son with a huge "It's A Girl!" balloon. Meeting people that look like you for the first time is amazing. My sister and I have kept in touch and we go on vacations together still. It is beyond coincidence all that we have in common and so incredible to have a sister.
I am so sorry you were kept a secret and you needed to convince your blood siblings that you were not a scam 😢
A lot of pain and a lot of joy. Life.
I'm so happy for you that you found some of your family!
Seeing the mom,dad and sisters walking down the pier reunited was beautiful.
Ann is great, the way she let her sister know exactly how loved she is, offered up the diary, even the letter was thoughtful “I wish mum could be the one writing this…” “she’s always been my big sister””I’m just so excited”… what more could she ask for even though her mother passed and she won’t meet mum. A sister that great is next level
My heart broke for the mom. She couldn't even go home. She needed support, not to be thrown away. The sisters are amazing.
davina's voice, her joy face and her stoic face lift my soul from a dark pit of finding my father after 30 years and him not wanting to meet me.... she truly moves my heart.
I'm so sorry. Xxx
Same, I know this pain - the second time was the one that wrecked me coz my mum was an evil cow so I’d held out hope that my Dad was the bigger person. Watching these somehow releases this tight ball of feelings I keep stuffed down inside all the rest of the time.
This is my favorite episode EVER.
So heartbreaking being forced to give up your child.
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL STORY FOR BOTH FAMILIES!!!!
GOD BLESS THEM ALLLLLLLLLLLL 🙏 ❤️ 🙌 ♥️ 💖 💕
Every time I watch these episodes, I always get blown away by how the families look so much like each other. Like the dad with his son and the sisters and brother in this video. They look so much the same. Wow.
I felt so guilty eavesdropping on their conversations, but I couldn't stop watching. I'm so very happy for all of them!
When I connected with my biological siblings, I learned both my biological parents had passed away - my father 2 months before I was even born. It was sad to not have the opportunity to know them, but just learning my story from my siblings was amazing.
I am so sorry to hear your parents passed away 💔. It must've been hard to accept the fact that they were gone. I hope you're doing well. Much love and prayers to you and your siblings ❤️🤗🙏
This is one of my all-time favorite episodes. I watched it many times. It always makes me cry!
The sister’s grief that her Mom was gone and it was too late! Crying!
Every story makes me cry but then I couldn't stop watching. My dad recently found his older brother after 60 years and I can't wait to meet my uncle when I go back to the Philippines. I heard all about him all my life.
I hate that I’m an only child. If I had a long lost brother or sister that would be amazing. I’d be so happy I wouldn’t care where they came from. I’m so happy for the families. Ann and Cathie are so cute and lovely together. That book she made of their mother was amazing!! What a great sister and they have so much in common. It’s an amazing episode.
At 38:56, I just had to laugh when Nicky seemed to do a double-take when Ann said "I just hope she likes me." Both sisters are sensational.
I’m also an only child. Always wished I had a sibling. My mum had me, lost 3, and my brother lived only 3 days. It broke my mum to have a child who passed so shortly after birth. And the things she told me about the 7 month pregnancy, doctor, hospital, death and all made me feel I knew this little angel. I truly miss a sibling I never knew in reality. Thanks for listening.
Oh gosh.. my pillow is now wet with tears! I couldn’t help it. It just kept on falling down my face.. 😢
😭😭😭
I'm so happy for these two sisters - such an amazing, uplifting, warm hearted, beautiful ending and beginning :)
I so happy for them also ❤️. They have a lot of catching up to do.
how could anybody give this a thumbs down what the hell is wrong with people
Ikr?! This series is medicine! Medicine for the soul ❤️
not that I did... but I could only imagine it's from people getting headaches for so many shed tears?
I'm choosing to believe it's people whose vision is blurred from all the tears!
Isn't it odd. When one sibling doesn't want to meet on camera it is almost always the brother.
I don't know why
I think because they dont want us to see their ugly cry
I'm a man, and as many I don't like to expose my feelings to the world. It feels kind of explotative in a sense to me. I find feelings more valuable when shared in private. Not that there's anything wrong with doing it on TV.
@@starboysgirl1939 HAHAHAHHAHAH
He was on the photo anyway in the end clip..
I am tearing up with a huge smile. I am just an idiot not knowing what to do. This is so lovely 😊
I love this program. I am so happy to see how they love each other after they get reunited.
could really feel the love between the two siaters. lovely episode
I am in love with this show. I'm always crying 😭 so beautiful to see the happy endings
These adopted people are only concerned with how their parent was feeling...amazing well adjusted people.God bless them in their new found beginnings with family.Such a lo Ely thing to watch,ty
Cathy and her sister Ann are very beautiful and I'm glad they found each other and her brother Mark also..... And Simon and his biological family are back together... Both stories are tear jerkers I really love these stories....
Simon and his sisters look JUST like their dad.
Yes they do
This is easily my favorite episode of this show.
I've been watching for the last 3 days non stop.
When I think I don't have anymore tears.
I'm reaching for tissues.
Davina and Nicky are the perfect hosts and huggers.
Be safe
Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
God willing I'm hoping to go to London.
The show Gentlemen Jack and this show has me inspired.
I'm also fascinated with castles.
Older generations were cruel :(
Hard times, cruel times.
All in the name of religion and saving face.
More than that was the adoption process. Why hide birth records from the adoptee. They have a implicit right to know their birth parents.
Case 1 - Tears tears tears ... my son, what a lovely union, what a loving family ...
Case 2 ... they even go to the same school, what a small world 😢😢😢 it's sad that their mother passed away without meeting her first born .
More tears for you.
Case 1: After their reunion, Dad confided to son of hereditary heart problems- his dad, uncles, grandfather all in history had heart failure, now telling him to be wary and see a doctor. Son tells his dad he has already had health concerns, dad immediately takes his son to his specialist, and confirms, that the son was months from massive heart failure. Specialist acted immediately, dad just saved his found son.
Oh my gosh, I’m crying buckets. What a massive hole has been filled for these people.
I cried so much,God bless for helping and the families all the best for the future ❤
I've been an avid fan of LLF since its first episode years ago. I think that it's because my own fractured family's early years have proved just too difficult to find. Anyway, the music that is played when the families reunite is so beautiful. It took me two years to find it. If anyone is interested it's called 'Spiegal im Spiegal' (something like "Mirror in the Mirror') by the eminent Estonian composer Arvo Part. We've been using his music ever since to relax and calm us down, especially during the 'lock downs'.
Thanks! I couldn't put my finger on why it felt familiar. Arvo Part's music is the most beautiful, complex, simple, calm, deep, haunting, entrancing music ever
No words can explain the Emotional effect these two stories and the other ones as well have on me.
I watched the video several times above all because I find very emotional family reunion. I felt in the hug of Mrs Cathie all the sorrow for not having found her mom and the joy for having found a sister and a bro . That is very touching now I wish them all to have a happy long life for the test of their lives. Good luck all .
This episode had me blubbering throughout - so wonderful they’d all found each other❤
With 23 & Me and such, one can find their entire family instantly. My brother found a daughter he was totally unaware of and he has grandchildren! The daughter he raised decided not to have children, so he is jazzed. He's 68, and will soon be a great-grandfather!
These are so ❤ warming stories... I love these! I followed the German Version of this for many years... now I found this and can not get enough... after pushed out of my own familiy because of different life perspective this shows me that Love between siblings still exists even if they did not know each other!
The 5 of them walking down the pier, that was priceless...
This is a great episode.
This warmed my heart!
This story made my day! Thank you.
Every time I start to be disgusted in society, I rewatch these episodes and cry with happiness that there are people out there bringing families back together and I have hope again. Sounds a bit much, but it's true.
@@juliansydney9819 As I said before, do you enjoy making negative, contrarian comments here? This is the third one.
How very beautiful the two sisters are. And so so wonderful that the first couple found their son.
This was most probably my favorite episode.
I have to stop watching these at work 😭
I've probably watched every episode more than once...this one is def my top 3. Beautiful stories.
How do they host this show and not cry? Lol I would be giving them the pictures in tears lol. They do a great job
I sometimes wonder how Davita and Nicki handle all the emotion. It's kind of sad to me that they can't be or at least stand afar and watch the reunion that they have worked with others to produce. Really enjoy the show. :-)
This is horrible that people wouldn’t support their families because of illegitimate children
You all probably dont give a shit but does anyone know a trick to log back into an instagram account..?
I stupidly lost my account password. I would love any help you can give me!
@Fox Everett Instablaster ;)
@Quinton Alberto I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and I'm trying it out atm.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Quinton Alberto it did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I am so happy:D
Thank you so much you really help me out :D
@Fox Everett you are welcome =)
The first family had me in tears like a baby such a wonderful story
Fantastic show! So happy for Marion, James & Simon! I love this series such beautiful people so beautifully telling the stories. I love every episode. Thanks! Much love to everyone involved!
There is a special place in hell for Marion and James' families like ??? WOW, and the council threatening to kick out an entire family over a baby?! SMH.
You have no idea what life was like years ago.
@@rosemeccia9411 lol, that has no bearing on my opinion.
Thank you for posting these! I would love to see season 6 episode 8!
Thie made me cry from beginning until the end --- sad to jiy and live. ❤
this channel deserves a million million subscribers!
Thank You Nicky and Davina!
Simon and his dad !! The resemblance is uncanny !
What this show presents in stark relief, each time, is how strict and cold-hearted society was in the 1960’s and how warm and considerate it is now. The shame could cast out a pregnant daughter. The love that parents had for their children had limits. But the girls, the young teenagers, would always long for their lost children, and they would double down on the love they’d give subsequent children.
"I was so worried about today."
"You shouldn't have been! I was worried because I'm not Mum."
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I don't like reality TV as a rule but I have to concede. These shows get 10 out 10. Brilliant concept and viewing! Hats off to the producers of this idea. However, it would be good to see a follow up to these shows to see whether or not mass brawl broke out and the police were called. Due to the new family members taking out bank loans and running up credit card bills without permission. That would make a great show and rating would go the through the roof!
Since I found this series here I can't stop watching.
The American version has a follow up show. Maybe they do to?
I think it's called what happened next
I have a half sister in the world...Oct 5 1959. NYC. My mom signed up with 2 groups ALMA and PACE but never got contact. The father contacted my mom in 2004 wanting to know what happened...but never called again. My mom is in heaven now where she knows all the answers. I wish her Peace.
Do a DNA test. Without a name or date of birth, it's the ONLY way I was able to find my biological family.
Dad and son even have the same tone in their voices! Awsome!
For the adoptees out there: I am elderly, never particularly maternal (1child). However, if I had had a child and given it away, I would never have forgotten, never ceased wanting to know the child. I expect that is true in the vast majority of adoptions. The reasons for giving up a child are many and varied, but that child would not ever be forgotten.