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The Lost Sons is directed by Ursula Macfarlane and is one hour and 38 minutes. This is a story where the best writer couldn’t make this up without some kind of aid whether it be natural or synthetic. I say this because this story is too tragic of a story to be described any other way. This story is rare enough where everything about it looks and smells too good (bad) to be true (overall compelling from an entertainment standpoint but from a realistic standpoint absolutely devastating).

This real-life story is about a kidnapped baby from a Chicago hospital in the mid-1960s named Paul Fronczak. He was reunited with his parents, Dora and Chester Fronczak, when he was a toddler found in New Jersey. The two-year old was raised as Paul Fronczak. When he was a teenager, he discovered newspaper clippings about his kidnapping. In order to get closure on his identity, he took a DNA test against his parents’ wishes. They became upset when he passed on his actual identity. He had no recognizable DNA compared to his parents, making Paul Fronczak, not their baby stolen years ago.

This led Paul to hire a private detective to find his true identity. He discovered he was born Jack Rosenthal who had also disappeared in the mid-1960s. He had a twin sister named Jill Rosenthal that disappeared. His parents were both abusive and negligent. His mother was an alcoholic and his father suffered from PSTD due to war. This discovery put a strain on his relationship with his parents and brother. However, Paul/Jack gave his mother the chance to reunite with her kidnapped baby by phone. Paul was now living in Michigan and went by the name of Kevin Baty. Kevin/Paul was raised by Lorraine Fountain who had suddenly moved to Arkansas during the time Paul was kidnapped. There has been no evidence to suggest she was the one to kidnap him.

This documentary is basically a mystery wrapped inside another mystery where the reveal and result leave some questions unanswered but enough have decent closure for the viewer. For Paul/Jack, he is still searching for his sister, Jill. For Kevin/Paul, he was able to get a fair number of answers in the short life lived.

I rate The Lost Sons FOUR FINGERS at 90%.