Surprise, You're Adopted!

An adult character finds out they were adopted and never knew it.

Dream On

Appearances

• Too Close for Comfort: Season 3, episode 18, "The Adoption Story" (1983). Iris wants to take Muriel on a trip to Paris, and Henry points out that Muriel will need her birth certificate to get a passport, which means she's going to find out she was adopted and Iris never told her, so Iris has to finally confess.
• Dream On: Season 6, episode 15, "Little Orphan Eddie" (1995). At Martin's ill-conceived surprise party for Eddie culminates in Eddie accidentally finding out he was adopted.
• 3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 4, episode 11, "Dick Solomon of the Indiana Solomons" (1999). While at a family reunion for another Solomon family, Tommy falls for a girl named Janine, but she's not interested because she thinks he's her cousin. When Harry tells Tommy that Janine was adopted, Tommy runs to tell Janine that they can be together because they're not really related. Unfortunately, Janine didn't know she was adopted.
• Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 5, episode 1, "The Larry David Sandwich" (2005). Larry's father has a stroke, and just before he goes into surgery, he tells Larry that he was adopted. Larry's not sure if it's true or if his dad is out of it from the stroke, so he tracks down his old nanny to confirm it. Unfortunately, she's on her death bed, and she dies before she can give him an answer.