The Gift
By BBC Radio 4
Without us realising, an enormous DNA database has been created online. It holds the secrets of your true identity and promises to reveal untold family connections. But what happens when online ancestry tests reveal more than you had bargained for?
Across two series, Jenny Kleeman meets the men and women whose lives changed forever after they opened a box that contained a DNA test. Exposing scandals, upending identities, solving mysteries and delivering life-changing news - Jenny investigates what happens when genealogy, technology and identity collide.
Latest episode
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Introducing The Gift
Have you ever been curious enough to try and find out who you really are? -
1. Fraud
A DNA test given as a birthday present exposes a scandal at the heart of Harley Street. -
2. Justice
A son's quest to learn more about his late father unexpectedly reveals a shocking crime. -
3. Mistakes
A family must turn detective to find the couple who had IVF at the same time as them -
4. Race
The anxieties of navigating a newfound racial identity. -
5. Health
When a home DNA test reveals you may be predisposed to serious illness -
6. Secrets
How home DNA tests have brought family secrets - once thought long buried - into the light -
Bonus Episode: Hacked
Jenny Kleeman asks if a recent, unprecedented DNA data theft was racially motivated. -
Introducing The Gift - Series 2
Jenny Kleeman meets more people whose lives have been changed forever by home DNA tests. -
1. Switched - Part 1
One man and three women are forced to reassess everything they knew about their families.
