DNA Family Secrets

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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 5

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Laura, Julie and a trio of siblings look for answers about their families via DNA testing.

Adopted Laura is searching for any siblings, Anthony, Sally and Karen want to uncover the truth about their father’s other child, and Julie is looking for answers about her ancestry.

Laura was born with disabilities and put up for adoption. Now a mother herself, she has decided to look for biological relatives. Anthony and sisters Karen and Sally are looking for a half-sibling they believe their father had while stationed as a soldier in postwar Germany. Julie wants to establish her heritage once and for all, for herself and her daughter.

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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