Series 16

Avril was 15 when she placed her daughter for adoption in 1964. She has carried the pain of that separation with her since, and now she is dreaming of finally seeing her again. Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell also investigate the case of Marie, who was raised by her grandparents and has never known her father. As a train conductor, she meets strangers every day and wonders whether they could be related to her. She now yearns for answers.

Two people search for the sisters their mothers never wanted to place for adoption. Before Michael's mother passed away, she asked him to find the daughter she placed for adoption as a baby. Michael believes he matched with her on a DNA website and is desperate to find her. Years earlier, Melissa's mother told her about an older sister who had been adopted as a baby. Now, with her mother's early onset dementia diagnosis, Melissa is in a race against time to find her sister before it's too late.

At 77, Pat is looking for the son she gave up for adoption when she was just 15. After discovering she could have no more children naturally, the search has become something more than just curiosity. She wants her only son to know, before it’s too late, that she has always loved him. Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell take on the search with the programme’s specialist researchers.