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Long Lost Family

Sue Stalley and Melanie Mackney

Season 14 Episode 3 | 46m 28s

Sue Stalley was a teenager when she became pregnant and was forced by her ashamed mother to give her baby up for adoption. She has never stopped thinking about her eldest son. Melanie Mackney, who had a good adoption, later discovers that her mother had twins before her and fled war-torn Yugoslavia. The fate of those twins has haunted Melanie all her life.

Aired: 04/14/26
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Watch • 45:33
Long Lost Family
Episode 5
Wane blames himself for his father's disappearance and Wendy looks for her sister.
Episode: S1 E5 | 45:33
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Long Lost Family
Episode 4
This episode features two women looking for their birth mothers.
Episode: S1 E4 | 45:32
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Long Lost Family
Episode 2
Wayne looks for his father while Debbie searches for the son she gave up for adoption.
Episode: S1 E2 | 46:04
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Long Lost Family
Episode 6
Samantha searches for her father and Carole wants to find her long lost relatives.
Episode: S1 E6 | 44:38
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Long Lost Family
Episode 3
Jeannie looks for her brother and Kirsty struggles with her adoption decision.
Episode: S1 E3 | 44:55
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Long Lost Family
Episode 1
Separated at birth, Jennifer searches for her twin while Karen tracks down her father.
Episode: S1 E1 | 46:33
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Episode: S14 E6 | 45:56
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Episode: S14 E2 | 46:15
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Episode: S14 E1 | 45:56
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Long Lost Family
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Episode: S14 E5 | 46:30
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Long Lost Family
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A woman looks for her siblings; another searches for her sister, given up as a teenager.
Episode: S14 E4 | 46:21
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Episode: S14 E7 | 46:21
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Long Lost Family
Episode 1
Two men uncover shocking truths about their pasts while searching for family.
Episode: S13 E1 | 46:06
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Long Lost Family
Episode 4
Jeanette Woodyatt and Karen Turnbull search for their siblings.
Episode: S13 E4 | 46:22
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Long Lost Family
Episode 5
Rachel Burch and Sue Davis search for family-one for her father, one for her half-brother.
Episode: S13 E5 | 46:28
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Long Lost Family
Episode 2
Sara Hathaway and Diane Kerridge seek answers about their pasts and lost family members.
Episode: S13 E2 | 46:01