Who is watching Long Lost Family?

Posted by PMFSCV@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 11 comments

Its like Emotional Dogging for Boomers. Makes my toes curl.

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ThaddeusGriffin_@reddit

What I hate about shows such as this is that there is some implication that after an emotional reunion everyone will live happily ever after.

I mean, yes, you're related to these people by blood, but what do you actually have in common? You haven't grown up together, you don't know the same people, probably don't live in the same place or have the same interests. I'm certain most of the conversation dries up after 20 minutes.

I'd be amazed if any more than a small percentage of people on these shows are still in regular contact 2-3 years down the line.

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bellamollen@reddit

I help people in rl to find blood relatives they never met and the majority of them stay in touch.

Sometimes they don't, like people that are blood relatives and grew up together also don't stay in touch, this is normal. Today politics plays a huge part on it.

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