Rich-born, disinherited Swedish petty farmer Bertel Larsson's widow Lisa's sudden death orphans their brat daughters, teenage Tina and pre-teen Karen. Bertel's bitterly estranged, filthy-rich mother Viveka, who never bothered about he kids, now claims sole custody and plans to sell off the farm. Lisa's sister, student-pilot Hanna Ekberg, however bonds with them and agrees with their wish to stay at home. Reluctantly, she considers filing for custody, even if that turns off her lover and pilot-mentor Paul Thelen. Viveka orders her local lawyer, Lennart Sonderblom, to get her custody and permission to sell the farm, but he always has the hots for Hanna and secretly starts siding with the three mourning girls.

Bernadette , a public relations executive and a strong woman, will organize the wedding of her little sister Lissy at the Tagernsee.Lissy has missed her father Valentin and she thinks that her father must be present in this wedding.

The cheerful Dr. Michael Mangold finally wants to marry his partner Lena Stern and get a whole bunch of children with her. One morning, two girls with a baby and a small dog are at the door. Actually, the kids wanted after the death of their parents to their uncle Jörg, Lena's ex-fiancé. Of necessity, Michael and Lena temporarily take the little ones with them. This kind of blessing soon brings in the orderly life of the couple for terrible confusion.

Grim, recently retired 'iron judge' Ernst Blessing lives alone with his dog since his only daughter left angrily 18 years ago. Suddenly he's informed she died in a car crash, which landed her husband, Turkish Kurd Baran Amedi, in hospital. Loner Ernst is now required to mind his grandchildren, which he didn't even know having, resourceful rebel Dilo and his brat sister Hewi. Both sides' prejudices and principles are tested in practice. When Dilo finally respects Ernst and wins his heart, Baran arranges for the kids' 'repatriation' with a backward uncle.

Apart from a loose affair with the traveling feed salesman Gerd, the life of Brandenburg farmer Jutta consists only of work - and her cow Gloria. Gloria is a magnificent cow, the most beautiful in the whole of Brandenburg. Now Jutta plans to make her Miss Germany. For Jutta, Gloria is the center of her little world, but for her brother Thomas, who comes to visit unexpectedly after the death of their father, this devotion is highly irritating. Admittedly, Gloria is a gem, but she is still just a cow!

Only at the age of 19 does Paul learn from his mother that his father Klaus Merbold did not die in India, but rather lives in the same city. Paul wants to be recognized as his father's son and meets him. Klaus Merbold, however, is not very pleased. Paul tries to win over his wife and daughter Susa, who know nothing about him. But the situation escalates as Susa falls in love with her half-brother.

Sina and Sophie are like two peas in a pod - but Sina doesn't even know that Sophie is her twin sister! This is because she was abducted from hospital shortly after her birth and grew up in a different family. She only finds out about her birth parents when her foster mother dies.

Antonia Wiedemann has built a new life for herself after the painful divorce from her husband Ludwig. In her animal boarding kennel in the countryside, she looks after everything that creeps and flies. Veterinarian Dr. Rafael Hansen even entrusts her with a jumping horse that its owner was about to take to the slaughterhouse. Antonia has a unique instinct for animals, but she prefers to avoid Rafael's cautious advances.

A woman flies to South Africa for the funeral of her younger sister, whom she loved but had rarely had a good relationship with.

A woman searches for her children, who have been abducted by her ex-husband, a member of the German 'Red Liberation Front'.