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Stacey Dooley helps people find answers to life-changing questions using the power of DNA.

Stacey Dooley helps people find answers to life-changing questions through the power of a DNA test.

Over 26 million of us have taken a DNA test in the past decade. This growing popularity of genetic testing has created worldwide databases that allow us to ask questions previously impossible to answer about our families, ancestry and health.

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, Professor Turi King, 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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DNA Family Secrets: Series 3: Episode 1

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Sarah, Jean, Tanya and Kim are all hoping DNA can help unlock secrets from their past.

Olympic athlete Sarah wants to find her father. Jean, 91, wants to know if her mum died during WW2, and twins Tanya and Kim want to discover their origins before time runs out

Stacey meets ex-Olympian Sarah, who's searching for the father who returned to America before her birth.

After 91-year-old Jean was evacuated during the Second World War, she was told her mother had died, but she now has doubts and is searching for the truth.

Sisters Tanya and Kim were internationally adopted as toddlers and believe this was because of China’s one-child policy - they're desperate to know about their origins, with their search more urgent than ever due to Tanya’s declining health.

DNA Family Secrets: Series 3

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Stacey Dooley helps people unlock mysteries hidden in their DNA.

Stacey Dooley helps people unlock life-changing secrets in their DNA; from revealing unknown siblings and missing relatives to discovering the truth about long held family secrets.

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