I too personally prefer the UK version.. But @Carl Breary, you're not the only one who has requested this here-- so this has got me contemplating if I should post those too. Or maybe just select episodes, hmmm.. Anyone else who would be interested in watching the US version? What does everyone else think? Let me know!
One of the best things I have always liked about the UK version is the fact that they gave bad news off-camera out of respect for someone; the US version does not do that. The UK Long Lost Family is class from start to finish!
I feel differently. I like that the US version reveals news that a loved one has passed away on camera. It gives viewers who are caring about what is happening to feel sad for the person receiving the bad news, but I respect the UK version's way of handling it.
@@carriejames5038 They always tell someone their loved one has passed away off camera. The only thing I've seen them say on camera is when a loved one they are seeking doesn't want to meet them, but like the US version, they do not put that refusal from the other person on camera.
I am a person who was adopted at birth, and was extremely fortunate to have met my biological mother. I truly appreciate the way this show is done. They are very respectful to the adoptee and the biological family. I can't think of anything that's exploitative. I especially appreciate that the lost family get to reunite alone. I had a good relationship with my biological mother for about a decade, now she's since passed on. I admire the bravery of the adoptees and the biological family involved in the process of reunification. 💜☮️💜
You are so right about the methods used. It shows genuine caring for the people involved. Your story sounds amazing too. Did a team like this help to unite you and your birth mum?
@@gemslight77 , no one helped me. This was about 30 years ago, so the methods available now weren't at that time. I was lucky enough to live in the general area where I was adopted. I also lived in the capital of my state, so there were many state, local, and university libraries in which I could research. Surprisingly, it didn't take long at all before I had an address for her. I sent her a discrete letter, with my phone number included. She received the letter, and promptly called me. Thank you for your comment. I wish you well.
I was a child of a poor marriage. Mother left at 3 years old and never came back. Many years later, when she was in final months of Hodgkins. I met and forgave her before she died. There is no happy ending to this story. My only older brother resented the fact I met her and discontinued his relationship with me - such was his bitterness. I'm not married through the scarring of it. My Father remained in hatred of her throughout his life and died many years after her and I guess resented my contact too. It hurts. It's dysfunctional and I can't re-address this. Never leave your kids. It breaks everything and everyone involved. Sometimes going back isn't the whole picture this show represents. I only wish it was so.
@@Oceangirl1234 I just wish she were a little less gorgeous for I keep getting distracted from all the great drama dispayed onscreen every time she pops up
I love watching these long lost family shows. I personally have 4 biological girls, 2 adopted sons, and 8 more kiddos I took guardianship of. I maintained an open adoption for all of my children, whether adopted or in guardianship. Identity, via familial contact is and was hugely important, for my all of my kiddos. These re-connection stories instill in me that open adoption was definitely the way it should always be.
I keep watching this shows and crying EVERY episode. I can't stop. This has to be a disease. The emotional roller-coaster this puts me on is WILD. Such beautiful stories.
The truth is a good grandparent (parent) will never do anything like this. My grandfather was shocked when he learned that his younger brother criticized his daughter for giving birth outside of marriage. My grandfather literally said "I cannot believe that he treats his own daughter like this". You can excuse everything with "it was a different time" but the truth is time has little to do with it. You are either a loving parent or you are not.
Rest in peace Steve. I am glad you could find your brother before you left this earth. I cannot believe this happened but yet it did. I wonder if his parents having died so young, took his chance away to find out if they had any medical conditions that he could have inherited. For Steve to have passed away so suddenly, I can only imagine it being something genetic.
Steve definitely has the right mindset for an adoptee. Sad that his birth mother had already passed away. When his half-brother says, "I wish Mum was here to see this", I want to give him a hug and say, "Oh, but she IS ! And she's probably over the moon, knowing now her two boys are finally together!! " :-) Don't you feel like Corine's father would so be regretting his treatment of his daughter, as soon as his soul crossed over when he passed away? She was his child, and when she came to him pregnant and scared, instead of showing her unconditional love, all he showed her was judgement and scorn. So he never met his own grandson. What a shame!
Corine's kissing David's photograp is so touching, tells more than millions of words about her feelings towards her son. Ohh dear,it is great that we have met!
Can you imagine that your mom and half-brother lived just 1 mile from where you lived and that they played in the same park. They might have played together not knowing they were family. Love this show.
The oppression and discrimination that lead to some of these adoptions hurts women. I love this show for showing the healing no matter how many decades it took.
Corines happiness and emotions about the news on her son david and his accomplishments in life are beautiful, my chest hurts watching all these episodes..I have to take a break tonight but i will be watching more tomorrow, i came across this show a couple days ago, i havent smiled,cried and laughed so much ever in my life as i have watching these episodes ❤😊🫶..I can tell how proud Corine is of David and his success in life,she was so worried and the guilt was clearly bothering her,relief is a good thing when people live with guilt💕🙂🌻
The amazing social workers team are nothing short of earth angels! To unite hearts, families, is a healing work. God bless them and the souls they heal! 🙏💕🌹💜🔥😇
Just found out today that Steve passed away weeks after he met Robert & family. He went to see his birth parents apparently. How devastating😭😭😭 My condolences to Robert & family.
My heart was broken by this amazing woman, such a tragedy about her dad dismissing her child, his grandchild...As heartbreaking as this, God ALWAYS has a plan!!! Im so happy they've bridged that gap & now have the chance to build many happy memories together ❤❤ and yes, he looks just like his Mama ❤❤
After every episode I think, this is yet the best one but they just keep getting better and better! I am so happy for everyone that has found their loved ones. I especially love the genuine care that comes from LLF assistants. Keep up your Angel work :)
The years literally fell off of that lady's face when she met her son and she was able to be rid of the guilt. I love these shows. Connection is so very important. Hope gives such strength. 💕
It’s a tear jerker. And it’s amazing he’s her only birthchild that is something special he holds. I love these shows , the joy they bring to others when all hope seems lost is unexplainable and amazing. They are good sent. ❤️
It is good that the man did not hear about his mom adopting two kids while he was still a boy , that would have been too hard to understand . The fact that he has kids of his own and learned she could not have more kids , really made a difference to him , you could see the emotion he felt (or , he's a good actor if this show was made up drama to make a buck ?) . At 15 years old , she did not give him up for adoption , she was forced and the baby was TAKEN away . Shame on her parents for not doing the right thing and raising the child with her until she was old enough to do it . My brother got his girlfriend pregnant at 15 years old , their son was born premature in 1974 at 2 lbs 13 oz's , it was the most intense time of their lives and they had to move in with our family of 6 kids ( I was 12 ) . Our mom was also pregnant with our younger bro so the brothers baby was older than his uncle , lol . My mom said after raising 6 kids 1 after another , it wont be so bad with 2 babies in the house , and it wasn't bad at all . I cant imagine what my sister in law went through at 15 years old , with all the stress but they are still married to this day and had 2 more kids way too soon , but they survived .
One of the strongest emotions i feel from watching these epsidoes is Happiness.,feeling complete and whole..When the person looks at the picture of the missing person from their lives and they say Thats my..mom,dad, sibling etc i know they feel the much needed sense of peace and belonging ❤ Steve said so lovingly Thats my baby brother🫶💕 Robert & Steve's brotherly smiles are absolutely beautiful, they look alike and they seem to have similar personalities ..Just happy and fulfilled..Such a sweet ending to a new beginning 😊💜 I just read some comments after i commented and i read Steve died a couple weeks after meeting his brother and his family., jeez that hurt my heart, im glad he found his birth family but so upset that he died so shortly after finding his happiness and for Robert. To meet his big brother and get along so well than to lose him so quickly..Life is beautiful, good, bad, ugly, hurtful, its everything all in one..Unfortunate events happen,i dont understand why and i despise loss and death but i know its a part of life❤
A mile???...I've got a bicycle out in me shed! Adoption can cause a mile to be 40 years wide. Some times to be the best mother you have to let the other mother be the best possible mom because it can lead to research scientists at Cardiff U. Brilliant
lts so nice to watch how people get to locate thier love ones .. whenever there is one parent or siblings have passed away ..its so hard breaking ...LIFE ...
Dear adoptees go look for your parents when you turn 18 before it's too late. Don't wait until you're old to go searching for your parents. They obviously might be dead.
What a rewarding thing this must be - in a world where so much divisiveness rules. To bring people together, who prior to this, had only hope to go on...
This is one of my ALL-time favorite shows. These people are so brave I am grateful they share such personal moments. I am a recent viewer never knowing this existed ( or even a U.S. version.) From your experience do they ever show any negative cases? Where one side refuses to meet? or when they meet there is a negative end ( scorn, anger, judgement?) Or the child tells birth parent they had a rotten adoption? Im not loking to see sufferring but, I'm on my own journey and I am terrified of rejection.
There are cases were the child went through the foster system and got abused and such and also often parts of the family that dont want to meet them. In one Episode they didnt really mange to find much bc it was in Sri Lanka and one women already found her mother who didnt want anything to do with her before the show where she searched for her father. But in almost every case there was at least one family member happy to have been found and give the searcher that closure. At least from what Ive seen. The thing that mostly goes wrong is the parents already being dead when the child finds them. Edit: But its unlikely they use every case they start filming so could be there are more failed attempts then we realise.
Corinne is such a good person! She has suffered so much. It breaks my heart, what society and the culture of the day did to those young girls. I know it's unpopular, but I'm ok with abortion, I'm ok with adoption, I'm ok with keeping your baby but only as long as it's your own will and not someone else's. It's devastating that she had no say at all. And she even didn't know she was pregnant! Sexual education in schools was definitely badly needed back then. Everything was so preventable!
I have 4 kids , first two are 24,19 same father , the father took my 19 yr old ,hide him from me for yrs , I cried for yrs , of course I moved on to have 2 more kids 13,7 & they have the same father & they father took my 7 yr old , of course I fought to get him back & I did ! My 19 yr old doesn't FORGIVE me for his father taking him from me & me moving on to have more kids , I never stopped loving him after I found him when he was 18 & was taking at 8 yrs old
I really RESPECT those children who's been adopted and then doing good later on in LIFE ... what I hated are those ungrateful children who after knowing that they are adopted bore grudges to their adopted PARENTS and go wayward their life on becoming harden criminals... It's heartbreaking to heard the news that after barely two weeks STEVE died ... his brother ROB found out the news a day after he passed away when he visited him.
Actually, he died about 8 months after he met his brother....the show was aired and he died a few weeks later after it was on TV. So he had 8 months with his brother....
there was one episode where the son was looking at his adoption papers and it described his mom as "pathetic faced". he was speechless at the cruelty of those mother and baby homes
On legal documents in the UK, Spinster is the Normal,if archaic term to describe an unmarried woman, regardless of age..You have been reading too much cheap fiction! Lol. Once you come of age, in the eyes of the law you are a Spinster, until you marry.They can hardly write 'Hot Babe' can they? Lol All it is saying is that she has not been married. if she had, it would say 'divorced married, , widowed or whatever her current status was.
And the family fallout must be terrible after the grandparent turns his back on mother and child. In the end it was all about what the neighbours would say. How do you go on from there?
I think we need to remember for every case with a happy outcome there are others that don't end happily. My bestie met her son whom she had given up and they bothe had unrealistic expectations of the reunion. At times they both were VERY nasty to one another. Perhaps they should have been introduced to one another via a professional. The expectations were partly as a results of shows like this .... Everybody always ends up happy. Nobody told them what could go wrong.
@@CurlyCrowie My father left our mother with 4 children aged 8, 5, 2 and one was only 10 months old. Never heard from him. He never sent money. We found him after 33 years of no contact. First meeting was very emotional and he didn’t lie to us when we wanted to confirm what we had been told about him. Second meeting was a disaster. His true colors came out and he was a selfish, narcissistic womanizer. My husband used to tell me before we met him that he didn’t care about us but my response was he may not care but he can’t forget he had 4 children. Turned out he got the youngest ones name wrong. He called her Kathleen… her name is Kathryn… speaks volumes doesn’t it?
The natural father of David.... since there was no mention of a boyfriend, I would guess that whoever got Corinne pregnant at 14 or 15 years old, below the age of consent, was older, and exploitative if not a violent rapist. Sad how people blame the victims in child rape situations, as Corrine’s father apparently did
As asentewa3 also says, you are negatively assuming quite a lot. That is not a good thing to do. To assume that Corinne was rap3d by a "violent rap1$t" is disrespectful to Corinne, and not honest as you know nothing about her situation. I can imagine that maybe she & another minor were "fooling around" & she became PG without even knowing what she/he were doing. It's sad that people assume that someone was child rap3ed by an older, exploitive man when it may not be remotely true. I hope you can see that there is some good in the world; not everything is evil.
Then there was the mentally challenged girl, who was raped by her dad and his friends, took several paternity tests to figure out who was the father. She had no idea why her belly got so big.
@29 minutes: Notice how few people are in the park - 100 years ago, hundreds of people would have been in that park - in their horse-driven carriages and taking a stroll - but because of wifi and cell phones and cable TV, very few people go to parks - except for the dog parks.
I am just watching a story from the U.K. now. The man searching has learned in tv that his mother who was inky 15 when she got pregnant died 15 years ago. He is crying. There us a half brother who lives only a mile away. The half brother knew his mother had given birth and was too young. She wanted to keep him, but her father was adamant. The half brothers look very different. This is in the UK version,so your facts are not correct. I am from the US, but have only seen those from the U.K, and I love the stories.
I don’t know how to find the US version. I’m just watching another one from the UK. The mother and her 2nd son are working class. The son she gave up has a PhD and teaches at a university. He has a partner and they have 3 children together.
Steve was lucky, I was adopted and didn't even get anything. He at least got a couple letters. With a true name. I didn't get anything. 1966 here in the USA adoptions we're closed and locked under lock an key. I haven't ever been able to unlock the records to find out.
I would have hated my father bitterly. On his death bed I’d tell him how deep my hatred of him was. Made sure that was the very last thing I said to him.
@livinglife8333 That is your choice-to follow the example of those who can forgive even if it is in the sense of not holding onto anger or resentment, or you can be unwise and go against their fine example and be miserable.
Can we get some usa lost long family too
@@VickiePietz yes but still want watch the usa1
I too personally prefer the UK version.. But @Carl Breary, you're not the only one who has requested this here-- so this has got me contemplating if I should post those too. Or maybe just select episodes, hmmm..
Anyone else who would be interested in watching the US version? What does everyone else think? Let me know!
@@Cinelic I would also like Australia.
@@Cinelic If you post the US version, they will take down your channel. Don't do it!
Honestly I prefer the UK one ... Let's stick to this OK
One of the best things I have always liked about the UK version is the fact that they gave bad news off-camera out of respect for someone; the US version does not do that. The UK Long Lost Family is class from start to finish!
Absolutely!
Also the US version just feels like an repetitive add for their DNA service - so tone-deaf
Bit false cause if you look at some uk videos they tell them on camera not always off camera like they say they do just saying
I feel differently. I like that the US version reveals news that a loved one has passed away on camera. It gives viewers who are caring about what is happening to feel sad for the person receiving the bad news, but I respect the UK version's way of handling it.
@@carriejames5038 They always tell someone their loved one has passed away off camera. The only thing I've seen them say on camera is when a loved one they are seeking doesn't want to meet them, but like the US version, they do not put that refusal from the other person on camera.
I am a person who was adopted at birth, and was extremely fortunate to have met my biological mother. I truly appreciate the way this show is done. They are very respectful to the adoptee and the biological family. I can't think of anything that's exploitative. I especially appreciate that the lost family get to reunite alone. I had a good relationship with my biological mother for about a decade, now she's since passed on. I admire the bravery of the adoptees and the biological family involved in the process of reunification. 💜☮️💜
I'm Sorry For The Lost Of Your Biological Mother.May Rest In Heavenly Peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️. I Hope And Pray You Are Doing Well 🙏😔❤️🙏
You are so right about the methods used. It shows genuine caring for the people involved.
Your story sounds amazing too. Did a team like this help to unite you and your birth mum?
@@gemslight77 , no one helped me. This was about 30 years ago, so the methods available now weren't at that time. I was lucky enough to live in the general area where I was adopted. I also lived in the capital of my state, so there were many state, local, and university libraries in which I could research. Surprisingly, it didn't take long at all before I had an address for her. I sent her a discrete letter, with my phone number included. She received the letter, and promptly called me.
Thank you for your comment.
I wish you well.
@@dorothyannesolomonduveilho28 , thank you so much for your kind sentiments. I hope and pray for you as well.
I was a child of a poor marriage. Mother left at 3 years old and never came back. Many years later, when she was in final months of Hodgkins. I met and forgave her before she died. There is no happy ending to this story. My only older brother resented the fact I met her and discontinued his relationship with me - such was his bitterness. I'm not married through the scarring of it. My Father remained in hatred of her throughout his life and died many years after her and I guess resented my contact too. It hurts. It's dysfunctional and I can't re-address this. Never leave your kids. It breaks everything and everyone involved. Sometimes going back isn't the whole picture this show represents. I only wish it was so.
Such an emotional episode.. 😢
RIP Steve.. at least he found closure before he passed..
Pretty amazing that an 18-year old girl would put an advert in the paper so she could screen and interview prospective parents, herself.
Yes indeed, so young and she managed the whole thing herself, quite an achievement.
“39 years of sadness have been lifted off of me…” The years literally melted away from this lady’s face in a moment when she learned about her son. 😭
You have nice videos. Kudos and keep them up
Nicky & Davina are SUCH warmhearted peeps... handle situations SO wonderfully... such compassion and fellow-feeling shown to all...
Denny Smith agreed :)
@@Oceangirl1234 I just wish she were a little less gorgeous for I keep getting distracted from all the great drama dispayed onscreen every time she pops up
Agreed
I love watching these long lost family shows. I personally have 4 biological girls, 2 adopted sons, and 8 more kiddos I took guardianship of. I maintained an open adoption for all of my children, whether adopted or in guardianship. Identity, via familial contact is and was hugely important, for my all of my kiddos. These re-connection stories instill in me that open adoption was definitely the way it should always be.
I totally agree!
David's Ph.d and being a research scientist almost knocked Corine's socks off. She was so surprised and very happy.
That’s the validity and comfort she receives from the forced decision she had to make decades prior.
David is such a lovely man. Great story 💜
I’m sad about Steve. He’s so full of life. RIP sweet man. 😢
What happened to Steve?
@@seb2022 apparently he passed away from a heart attack not long after meeting his brother. So glad that they got to meet!
I keep watching this shows and crying EVERY episode. I can't stop. This has to be a disease. The emotional roller-coaster this puts me on is WILD. Such beautiful stories.
Crying, grinning, laughing. I'm always exhausted when they're over. But I love seeing the happiness of everyone in the shows.
I have become addicted to this show. Of course subscribed. Amazing people! 💕
The saddest part of these grandparents making these decisions is that they robbed themselves of such great grandchildren.
@Salobrena Smith not really ... They were just worried about what people would say
With those grandparents only few grandchildren can excel.
The truth is a good grandparent (parent) will never do anything like this. My grandfather was shocked when he learned that his younger brother criticized his daughter for giving birth outside of marriage. My grandfather literally said "I cannot believe that he treats his own daughter like this". You can excuse everything with "it was a different time" but the truth is time has little to do with it. You are either a loving parent or you are not.
I could have ended up in this situation being adopted because my mom couldnt raise me, so she gave me to her parents who raised me.
Totally agree, cared more about societies perception of them than the emotional wellbeing of there daughters 😢 which to me is a act of selfishness
Rest in peace Steve. I am glad you could find your brother before you left this earth. I cannot believe this happened but yet it did. I wonder if his parents having died so young, took his chance away to find out if they had any medical conditions that he could have inherited. For Steve to have passed away so suddenly, I can only imagine it being something genetic.
I believe that Steve has now met his parents.
Steve definitely has the right mindset for an adoptee. Sad that his birth mother had already passed away. When his half-brother says, "I wish Mum was here to see this", I want to give him a hug and say, "Oh, but she IS ! And she's probably over the moon, knowing now her two boys are finally together!! " :-)
Don't you feel like Corine's father would so be regretting his treatment of his daughter, as soon as his soul crossed over when he passed away? She was his child, and when she came to him pregnant and scared, instead of showing her unconditional love, all he showed her was judgement and scorn. So he never met his own grandson. What a shame!
The kindness and generosity of these two people who help families reunite is heart touching ❤
Corine's kissing David's photograp is so touching, tells more than millions of words about her feelings towards her son. Ohh dear,it is great that we have met!
Cried buckets over mother reunited with son, and I’m not a crier. Wonderful story.
Can you imagine that your mom and half-brother lived just 1 mile from where you lived and that they played in the same park. They might have played together not knowing they were family. Love this show.
The oppression and discrimination that lead to some of these adoptions hurts women. I love this show for showing the healing no matter how many decades it took.
Ohhhhhhh this show melts my heart. I so enjoy these happy reunions!
I feel you... I have never cried tiers of joy as during those happy reunions
Me too
Corines happiness and emotions about the news on her son david and his accomplishments in life are beautiful, my chest hurts watching all these episodes..I have to take a break tonight but i will be watching more tomorrow, i came across this show a couple days ago, i havent smiled,cried and laughed so much ever in my life as i have watching these episodes ❤😊🫶..I can tell how proud Corine is of David and his success in life,she was so worried and the guilt was clearly bothering her,relief is a good thing when people live with guilt💕🙂🌻
The amazing social workers team are nothing short of earth angels! To unite hearts, families, is a healing work. God bless them and the souls they heal! 🙏💕🌹💜🔥😇
I love the compassion and kindness shown by Nick and Davina.She reminds me of Monica from the touched by an angel series.
The BEST thing that’s happened to me on UA-cam, is discovering your channel ♥️
Just found out today that Steve passed away weeks after he met Robert & family. He went to see his birth parents apparently. How devastating😭😭😭 My condolences to Robert & family.
Do you know how or why he passed away? So heartbreaking.
How in the world do you know Steve died. Do you do research on everyone that is on the show and see if they still alive. Lol
That is indeed sad! But it's still good that he died happy!
What happened to Steve? How incredibly sad.
@loribrogdon7759 someone posted a newspaper article and I read it. It’s true.
I am so glad Steve Belshaw got to meet his brother. He passed away not too long after. RIP Steve.
Oh no! What happened to him?
Nneka Magdaline I believe it was a heart attack.
@@JessieArmy That is tragic.
Oh no!
That is so sad, thank you for posting this.
My heart was broken by this amazing woman, such a tragedy about her dad dismissing her child, his grandchild...As heartbreaking as this, God ALWAYS has a plan!!! Im so happy they've bridged that gap & now have the chance to build many happy memories together ❤❤ and yes, he looks just like his Mama ❤❤
I'd like to think Steve's mom's spirit brought them back together before he passed. Just wonderful people, both of them.
"oh my word. something that's come from me has got a phd?"
Sadly Steve died shortly after meeting his brother and family. Timing is everything.
Now I'm crying even more
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How did he pass?
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@@absurdlyy9009 He got to meet his brother before he was called home...bittersweet❤️
I love how compassionate you all are to these people
After every episode I think, this is yet the best one but they just keep getting better and better! I am so happy for everyone that has found their loved ones. I especially love the genuine care that comes from LLF assistants. Keep up your Angel work :)
The years literally fell off of that lady's face when she met her son and she was able to be rid of the guilt. I love these shows. Connection is so very important. Hope gives such strength. 💕
It’s a tear jerker.
And it’s amazing he’s her only birthchild that is something special he holds. I love these shows , the joy they bring to others when all hope seems lost is unexplainable and amazing. They are good sent. ❤️
It is good that the man did not hear about his mom adopting two kids while he was still a boy , that would have been too hard to understand . The fact that he has kids of his own and learned she could not have more kids , really made a difference to him , you could see the emotion he felt (or , he's a good actor if this show was made up drama to make a buck ?) . At 15 years old , she did not give him up for adoption , she was forced and the baby was TAKEN away . Shame on her parents for not doing the right thing and raising the child with her until she was old enough to do it . My brother got his girlfriend pregnant at 15 years old , their son was born premature in 1974 at 2 lbs 13 oz's , it was the most intense time of their lives and they had to move in with our family of 6 kids ( I was 12 ) . Our mom was also pregnant with our younger bro so the brothers baby was older than his uncle , lol . My mom said after raising 6 kids 1 after another , it wont be so bad with 2 babies in the house , and it wasn't bad at all . I cant imagine what my sister in law went through at 15 years old , with all the stress but they are still married to this day and had 2 more kids way too soon , but they survived .
This mom is so beautiful, so lovley, it is so emontional to see how she is together with her lost son .❤❤
One of the strongest emotions i feel from watching these epsidoes is Happiness.,feeling complete and whole..When the person looks at the picture of the missing person from their lives and they say Thats my..mom,dad, sibling etc i know they feel the much needed sense of peace and belonging ❤ Steve said so lovingly Thats my baby brother🫶💕 Robert & Steve's brotherly smiles are absolutely beautiful, they look alike and they seem to have similar personalities ..Just happy and fulfilled..Such a sweet ending to a new beginning 😊💜 I just read some comments after i commented and i read Steve died a couple weeks after meeting his brother and his family., jeez that hurt my heart, im glad he found his birth family but so upset that he died so shortly after finding his happiness and for Robert. To meet his big brother and get along so well than to lose him so quickly..Life is beautiful, good, bad, ugly, hurtful, its everything all in one..Unfortunate events happen,i dont understand why and i despise loss and death but i know its a part of life❤
What amazes me is the instant connection that they feel.
I, too, am amazed. I have no connection to my sibling at all. She is a dreadful creature. I wish I had these feelings of connection.
@@annamarielewis7078 So sorry. I did not get to bond very well with my birth family either. I guess we get to choose our family.😊
These brothers made me melt. So happy they have each other now.
😭😭😭😭 I Love this program, I'm so happy for these families!
I have watched these videos several times over the years and still I cry just as I did the first timej.
A mile???...I've got a bicycle out in me shed! Adoption can cause a mile to be 40 years wide. Some times to be the best mother you have to let the other mother be the best possible mom because it can lead to research scientists at Cardiff U. Brilliant
OMG., I DON;T THINK I HAVE ANYMORE TEARS IN ME TO WATCH ANYMORE OF THESE EPISODES....THESE STORIES ARE SOO HEARTBREAKING
David is such a sweet, kind, gentle son. I see the heaviness of heart has been lifted from his mother.
lts so nice to watch how people get to locate thier love ones .. whenever there is one parent or siblings have passed away ..its so hard breaking ...LIFE ...
Is this my baby brother ❤️. My heart melted.
Corine and David’s story made me cry.
Her face when she said "he comes from me and he's got a PhD?" ... and she kissed his picture.
I'm ugly crying now
Oh my! These stories are so gut wrenching! This is just too much!
There’s nothing else I can say to top what I just viewed!
God bless you all. The beautiful work you all are doing .tears ,love you all.
yep binge-watching again ... love it ...
And now he's died only 8 months after finding his brother. Sad for Steve.
Beautiful stories, New Beginnings, & I pray they All live Happily Ever After🙏
Dear adoptees go look for your parents when you turn 18 before it's too late. Don't wait until you're old to go searching for your parents. They obviously might be dead.
I love, love, love this show.
They will see their loved ones in heaven ❤
Your videos are awesome 👌. You have so much respect for your clients and you do good work 👏. Thanks 📦 ☺ 😊 😀 👍 for your good work.
Am glad he had good memories.
Beautiful. So beautiful. My goodness, this was beautiful.
I pray my daughter looks a pictures of me like that one day...so sweet ..shed be so proud of them.
David is so sweet. 😊
OMG Uncle Steve must be EPIC!!
This is not work it is blessings 😭😭😭😭
What a rewarding thing this must be - in a world where so much divisiveness rules. To bring people together, who prior to this, had only hope to go on...
In just happy the brothers had time together given the circumstances
"I just feel like.......... jumpin' in there............." LOL
This is one of my ALL-time favorite shows.
These people are so brave I am grateful they share such personal moments.
I am a recent viewer never knowing this existed ( or even a U.S. version.)
From your experience do they ever show any negative cases? Where one side refuses to meet? or when they meet there is a negative end ( scorn, anger, judgement?) Or the child tells birth parent they had a rotten adoption?
Im not loking to see sufferring but, I'm on my own journey and I am terrified of rejection.
There are cases were the child went through the foster system and got abused and such and also often parts of the family that dont want to meet them. In one Episode they didnt really mange to find much bc it was in Sri Lanka and one women already found her mother who didnt want anything to do with her before the show where she searched for her father. But in almost every case there was at least one family member happy to have been found and give the searcher that closure. At least from what Ive seen. The thing that mostly goes wrong is the parents already being dead when the child finds them.
Edit: But its unlikely they use every case they start filming so could be there are more failed attempts then we realise.
Steve was so cute as a little boy.
I'm so glad Chris agreed to adopt children because his wife couldn't conceive. What an amazing family. ❤Their children are amazing.
Corinne is such a good person! She has suffered so much. It breaks my heart, what society and the culture of the day did to those young girls.
I know it's unpopular, but I'm ok with abortion, I'm ok with adoption, I'm ok with keeping your baby but only as long as it's your own will and not someone else's. It's devastating that she had no say at all. And she even didn't know she was pregnant! Sexual education in schools was definitely badly needed back then. Everything was so preventable!
It's always crazy how they live right around the corner, like you never really know huh
I have 4 kids , first two are 24,19 same father , the father took my 19 yr old ,hide him from me for yrs , I cried for yrs , of course I moved on to have 2 more kids 13,7 & they have the same father & they father took my 7 yr old , of course I fought to get him back & I did ! My 19 yr old doesn't FORGIVE me for his father taking him from me & me moving on to have more kids , I never stopped loving him after I found him when he was 18 & was taking at 8 yrs old
amazing stories. hope i can help someone find their family.
This was amazing I'm so happy for both families
Just saw a video that Steve passed away not long after finding his brother.
How so? Did the article say how?😢
David is the sweetest
What a GOOD LOOKING son she has ! Good genes.
How wonderful stories! I wish I could find out what happened to my mother.
I really RESPECT those children who's been adopted and then doing good later on in LIFE ... what I hated are those ungrateful children who after knowing that they are adopted bore grudges to their adopted PARENTS and go wayward their life on becoming harden criminals...
It's heartbreaking to heard the news that after barely two weeks STEVE died ... his brother ROB found out the news a day after he passed away when he visited him.
Actually, he died about 8 months after he met his brother....the show was aired and he died a few weeks later after it was on TV. So he had 8 months with his brother....
so awesome
Soooooooo HAPPY FOR THEM
They really are great
Earlier on they showed a birth certificate and the mother at 20 years old was called a "spinster" OMG. i would be a dinosaur spinster! LOL
I had to look that one up, and I am an old old bachlor myself.
there was one episode where the son was looking at his adoption papers and it described his mom as "pathetic faced". he was speechless at the cruelty of those mother and baby homes
@@martinadrianarcenas867 this people are from Oliver Twists days
On legal documents in the UK, Spinster is the Normal,if archaic term to describe an unmarried woman, regardless of age..You have been reading too much cheap fiction! Lol. Once you come of age, in the eyes of the law you are a Spinster, until you marry.They can hardly write 'Hot Babe' can they? Lol All it is saying is that she has not been married. if she had, it would say 'divorced married, , widowed or whatever her current status was.
Very nice. Thank you.
I think it’s worse for the parent than the child…, the heartbreak of giving a child away must be unbearable.
And the family fallout must be terrible after the grandparent turns his back on mother and child. In the end it was all about what the neighbours would say. How do you go on from there?
I think we need to remember for every case with a happy outcome there are others that don't end happily. My bestie met her son whom she had given up and they bothe had unrealistic expectations of the reunion. At times they both were VERY nasty to one another. Perhaps they should have been introduced to one another via a professional. The expectations were partly as a results of shows like this .... Everybody always ends up happy. Nobody told them what could go wrong.
@@CurlyCrowie My father left our mother with 4 children aged 8, 5, 2 and one was only 10 months old. Never heard from him. He never sent money. We found him after 33 years of no contact. First meeting was very emotional and he didn’t lie to us when we wanted to confirm what we had been told about him. Second meeting was a disaster. His true colors came out and he was a selfish, narcissistic womanizer. My husband used to tell me before we met him that he didn’t care about us but my response was he may not care but he can’t forget he had 4 children. Turned out he got the youngest ones name wrong. He called her Kathleen… her name is Kathryn… speaks volumes doesn’t it?
steve recently passed away...weeks after the conclusion
The natural father of David.... since there was no mention of a boyfriend, I would guess that whoever got Corinne pregnant at 14 or 15 years old, below the age of consent, was older, and exploitative if not a violent rapist. Sad how people blame the victims in child rape situations, as Corrine’s father apparently did
That's a lot to infer. Maybe he was also a teenager, why go to the absolute worst possibility?
As asentewa3 also says, you are negatively assuming quite a lot. That is not a good thing to do. To assume that Corinne was rap3d by a "violent rap1$t" is disrespectful to Corinne, and not honest as you know nothing about her situation. I can imagine that maybe she & another minor were "fooling around" & she became PG without even knowing what she/he were doing. It's sad that people assume that someone was child rap3ed by an older, exploitive man when it may not be remotely true. I hope you can see that there is some good in the world; not everything is evil.
Then there was the mentally challenged girl, who was raped by her dad and his friends, took several paternity tests to figure out who was the father. She had no idea why her belly got so big.
The moms say the kids look like them, but where the fathers who are in this??
I was adopted at birth in Texas. My adoptive parents are also a Mr. & Mrs. Belcher. Caught me off guard
Pls does anyone know if the parents who adopt the babies pay for the babies to the adoption agency or the birth parents??? How does this work really?
@29 minutes: Notice how few people are in the park - 100 years ago, hundreds of people would have been in that park - in their horse-driven carriages and taking a stroll - but because of wifi and cell phones and cable TV, very few people go to parks - except for the dog parks.
Thank you
I am just watching a story from the U.K. now. The man searching has learned in tv that his mother who was inky 15 when she got pregnant died 15 years ago. He is crying. There us a half brother who lives only a mile away. The half brother knew his mother had given birth and was too young. She wanted to keep him, but her father was adamant. The half brothers look very different. This is in the UK version,so your facts are not correct. I am from the US, but have only seen those from the U.K, and I love the stories.
I don’t know how to find the US version. I’m just watching another one from the UK. The mother and her 2nd son are working class. The son she gave up has a PhD and teaches at a university. He has a partner and they have 3 children together.
That John Waters looking guy tho ✌🏼
Do they ever try to find the other parent? What about his father's family?
While she was pregnant with Steve he died in a motorbike accident.
How much does it cost to hire these people to find someone ?
Steve was lucky, I was adopted and didn't even get anything. He at least got a couple letters. With a true name. I didn't get anything. 1966 here in the USA adoptions we're closed and locked under lock an key. I haven't ever been able to unlock the records to find out.
I wish American versions could learn from the BBC. I have given up on US tv shows.
I would have hated my father bitterly. On his death bed I’d tell him how deep my hatred of him was. Made sure that was the very last thing I said to him.
Why? Such vitriol.
Her father?
@livinglife8333 That is your choice-to follow the example of those who can forgive even if it is in the sense of not holding onto anger or resentment, or you can be unwise and go against their fine example and be miserable.
Steve is very handsome.
I have the dates name am looking for a grandson in Olathe Ks USA ?? Need assistance