“Living in constant fear of abuse from her mother and others, she dreamed of finding people who loved her and a place that truly felt like a home. Because of the abuse she suffered, she felt she could never embrace her family and especially wanted to know her origin story once she became a mother herself.

The Monique Smith Story, a woman discovers that her family might not be her family at all after weathering a lifetime of their abuse

Monique Smith discovers that her abusive family wasn't even her family at all in Lifetime's newest movie "Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story."