Paul "Jack" Fronczak is the inspiration behind The Fronczak Files and the driving force behind its creation. He is an American author, actor, musician, and motivational speaker known for his remarkable life story. Born in Atlantic City, NJ in 1963, he gained national attention when, as a baby, he was mistakenly identified as a missing child, leading to a decades-long journey to uncover his true identity. Paul is internationally known for his connection to the still-open 1964 Baby Fronczak kidnapping —one of the oldest kidnapping cold cases in the history of U.S. law enforcement. He was found abandoned in Newark, New Jersey in 1965, and mistaken for the infant who was taken from his mother’s arms in a Chicago Hospital a year earlier.
Given over to the Fronczak family and raised as Paul Fronczak, he took a DNA test in 2012 and confirmed a long-held suspicion—he was not the kidnapped child. When he discovered his real identity, Jack Rosenthal, he also learned he’d been born a twin —and that, more than a half-century later, his twin sister Jill was still missing. Since the beginning, Paul has shared his story with the world. He’s appeared on several major network shows including ABC’s 20/20 and CNN. He’s been featured in dozens of newspaper stories and telecasts. He has written two books about his experience, and was also featured in The Lost Sons, a documentary film based on his first book, now streaming on HBO Max.