Patti met Dean in August of 1982 while stationed at an air force base. Patti was 21 and Dean was 19. They shared two weeks together before Dean returned home to Texas. Patti and Dean knew that they would miss each other but agreed that they had to say good-bye. Two months later, Patti discovered she was pregnant.
Scott was raised in a typical middle-class Texas family where his father worked and his mother stayed home to raise him and his brother. But nine months ago, he received a phone call from his mother that would change his life forever.
Time is running out for Nicole's father, Michael, who discovered six months ago that he has lung cancer. After this devastating news, the only thing on Nicole's mind is to help him find his firstborn son and her half-brother, Michael Jr.
After 15 years of struggling to be a better, sober man, Robert is eager to apologize to his estranged daughter. A terminally ill woman is desperate to re-unite with her long estranged father.
Paul Spicer, the defensive end for the New Orleans Saints, dreams of meeting his father. Troy's efforts uncover an extended family tree whose members had lost touch with each other.
Donna's niece tries to reunite her with the daughter she was forced to give up, due to a drug problem, forty years ago.
Andrea needs answers from her birth mother.
18 years ago, Vyanna's older brother, Addison, was removed from their parents' abusive home. Now age 21, Vyanna is determined to track down and reunite with the brother who, until age 4, was her best friend.
Mary Radcliff and her husband took in a neglected two-year old girl, Tamisha. They were one big happy family until, without warning, Social Services took Tamisha out of the home she'd known for five years.
Shelly Hodson was abandoned at age 8, following her parents' bitter divorce. Now a married mother of two, she challenges Troy to find her mother, using only her memories and a first name as clues.
David turns to Troy after his desperate search for his daughter Christa's biological father comes up short. Christa worries about rejection, and must take a DNA test before proceeding.
Vyanna's family was torn apart years ago due to her parents' abuse and neglect, but she refuses to let the wounds from the past stop her from finding the brother she hasn't seen in 18 years. Addison was taken away from the family at the age of four. Vyanna has enlisted Troy to help her find him and recreate the relationship she lost.
25 years ago, Mary and her husband Clement went through a dark period after they were told that Mary was unable to have children. Mary jumped at the chance to take in a neglected two year old girl, Tamisha, as an emergency foster-care placement. What began as a temporary placement became an unbreakable bond.
Shelly Hodson was abandoned at age 8, following her parents' bitter divorce. Now a married mother of two, she challenges Troy to find her mother, using only her memories and a first name as clues.
David wants nothing more than to help his stepdaughter Christa find her biological father, Dean. For over 20 years, since Christa discovered at the age of 13 that she had a different father, she has wanted to locate him. She is not even sure if he knows she exists.
When Tiffanie lost both of her parents, Debra was the first to step in and give her a home. Now, Tiffanie wants to repay Debra by finding the daughter she gave up for adoption years ago. Will Troy be able to help Tiffanie pay forward the love and humanity that Debra has given her.
Elaine suffered a tragic loss when her father took his own life. Reeling from the shock and pain of his death, she called her father's best friend, Otis. When Elaine needed him the most, this father-figure disappeared, never to be heard from again. She has been searching for Otis ever since and has been constantly wondering if Otis knew something about her father.
Kristen was only 37 weeks into her pregnancy when she went into labour and gave birth to their son who was stillborn. Even though Aaron's encounter with his son was so brief, the intense emotions he felt for his son made Aaron wonder how his own father could have just walked away from his life years ago.
Jennifer Ferdinand knows all too well what it's like to live in fear of an abusive man, which is why she doesn't blame her mother for fleeing from their father over 20 years ago. But why didn't she come back for Jennifer? She is desperate for Troy to take her case so that she can move on with her life.
Lana, her twin sister Lara, and their younger brother, Tomi were separated from their mother 6 years ago and they have no idea where she has gone. They remember how their mother was the most loving, gentle, and kind person that they have ever known, and they want her to know that she deserves a second chance.
Since her father's untimely death from kidney cancer, Erin has been dedicated to finding his daughter, her long lost sister that she has never met. Erin has asked Troy to help her locate the last piece of her father that is out there, which would heal the emptiness in her heart since he died.
When Carina became a mother, it sent her mind spinning: why did she know nothing about her own mother, why had she never fought to find out? She's enlisted Troy and the team to seek her mother out, but will it be too late?
To Steve, a promise is more than just a word, it's something never to be broken. Steve was 9 when his mother underwent surgery for cancer. Before he stepped foot on the plane, Steve's mother made him promise that one day he would find Pamela, the sister he had never met. He hopes that by finding his long lost sister, he can finally complete a promise that he has held on to for thirty years.
When a family member dies, sometimes they take important answers and connections with them. For Bridget, the loss of her father meant the loss in a relationship with her sister, Sara. Now that she is older, she hopes to find out where Sara went and if she has ever wondered about her family, the way they've wondered about her.
Like many only children, Kim Hudson dreamed of having siblings. It wasn't until she was older that she began asking questions about her adoption, and when her adoptive parents told her about her birth mother, they also informed her that she has an older brother as well. She has finally found the strength to reach out to find them.