Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace

Foundlings are babies abandoned with no trace, left unable to discover their origins. This documentary combines new DNA technology with meticulous detective work to help solve these mysteries. Presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, the team behind Long Lost Family uses extraordinary techniques to reconnect people with their birth families and provide answers after decades of searching.

David McBride was left in a car as a two-week-old baby in 1962 and later discovered he was a foundling. Six years on, Helen Ward was abandoned in a telephone box across the Irish border. With no records to trace their birth mothers, DNA becomes their last hope. Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help uncover their origins -- and an astonishing link between them.

In the late 1980s, two baby girls were abandoned in Chesterfield, sparking mystery and heartbreak. Years later, the search for answers begins. Are the two girls connected? Using DNA evidence, the team investigates their origins and uncovers a shocking discovery that changes everything.

Nearly 75 years ago, a baby was discovered on a luggage rack at Paddington station. Today, time is running out to uncover his origins. Meanwhile, a woman left beside a church in Liverpool at just two days old hopes DNA will finally reveal why she was abandoned.

A woman born in hospital but abandoned by a mother who was never traced uncovers a shocking secret about her past. Meanwhile, a man left as a baby near the Wolverhampton football stadium-named after a famous player-begins a search for his true identity, determined to discover who he really is and why he was left behind.

A man abandoned on church steps more than 50 years ago faces shocking revelations as a long-hidden family secret finally comes to light. Meanwhile, a young woman discovered in hospital toilets in the 1980s receives unexpected news that deepens the mystery surrounding her beginnings and raises new questions about her true origins.