DNA Family Secrets

tv show

poster for DNA Family Secrets

15 total episodes

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3 seasons

First Aired March 02, 2021

Overview

Stacey Dooley is meeting people across the UK who want to unlock mysteries hidden within their genetic code. Working with one of the UK’s leading geneticists, as well as genealogists, social workers and doctors, she uses the very latest DNA technology to reveal lost heritage, track down missing relatives and detect debilitating diseases before it is too late.

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Episode 3

Season 2 - Episode 3 - 1h 58m

Air Date

May 25, 2022

Overview

Forty-six-year-old Mel only found out as a teenager that she was conceived using a sperm donor. Now she wants to see if she can find her biological father’s identity by decoding her DNA - and discovers far more than she ever expected. Fi always knew she was adopted. What she didn't know until later in life was that her father murdered her birth mother. Fi wants to know if it is possible to inherit a 'murder gene'. Bahaa escaped the war in Syria but now wants to know if he carries a potentially deadly mutation in his DNA.