Going Through the 1800 Barrier. People who have researched their family roots will know the problem of getting back beyond 1800. With no civil registration, records become much more difficult to find. George Redmonds reveals how DNA analysis can provide a way to identify relationships back to the Middle Ages, when hereditary surnames were stabilising afterthe bouts of plague in the latter half of the 14th century.
Producer Sandra Sykes. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4