The Missing Children

The death certificates of 796 Irish children lead to a shocking discovery: the remains of babies, cared for by Catholic nuns, in a sewage tank.

Facing a culture of secrecy, adults trace their adoption from Ireland to families in the United States as part of a lucrative trade in babies.

The Irish government has refused a full excavation of the Tuam grounds and declares all records be sealed for 30 years. Survivors are not willing to wait.

Telling the extraordinary and moving stories of some of the children who survived life at the Tuam mother and baby home in Ireland.