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How Your Sex and Your Environment Affect Your Hearing - Professor Turi King
Apr 23, 2025
13m 57s
DNA Family Secrets: What Happened to My Sister? Viv's Story
Nov 17, 2024
19m 25s
DNA Family Secrets: Can I Find My Father? Sarah's Story
Sep 13, 2024
14m 55s
The Curious Case of Kaspar Hauser - Professor Turi King
Jul 31, 2024
16m 11s
DNA Family Secrets: Was I Lied to About My Mother's Death? Jean's Story
Mar 31, 2024
17m 43s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 4/23/25 | How Your Sex and Your Environment Affect Your Hearing - Professor Turi King | Professor Turi King discusses the results of a scientific paper about the evolution of hearing, which explores the combined impact of biological and environmental factors on how our ears respond to sound. The study was the brainchild of Dr. Patricia Balaresque who got really interested in the different factors, such as our sex or environment, that might have shaped our hearing sensitivity. This groundbreaking study, ‘Sex, and Environment Shape Cochlear Sensitivity in Human Populations Worldwide,’ is published in Scientific reports. It was led by Dr Patricia Balaresque at the Centre for Biodiversity and Environmental Research (CRBE) in Toulouse, supported by the Eco-Anthropology unit (EA-CNRS Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle / University of Paris) and the Toulouse Institute of Research in Computer Science (IRIT-CNRS / University of Toulouse) and others. | 13m 57s | ||||||
| 11/17/24 | DNA Family Secrets: What Happened to My Sister? Viv's Story | In Ireland during the 1940s, the stigma meant that most unmarried mothers had no option but to place their babies for adoption. 72-year-old Viv came on DNA Family Secrets hoping to find her older sister, who was taken from her mum as the baby. | 19m 25s | ||||||
| 9/13/24 | DNA Family Secrets: Can I Find My Father? Sarah's Story | In the last 50 years, the number of single parent households in the UK has almost quadrupled to 23%. 43-year-old Sarah never met here dad and came to DNA Family Secrets to see if he could be found. | 14m 55s | ||||||
| 7/31/24 | The Curious Case of Kaspar Hauser - Professor Turi King | The mystery of Kaspar Hauser and whether he was the hereditary Prince of Baden is considered to be one of the greatest historical mysteries of the 19th century. Previous genetic research trying to answer the question gave conflicting results. Professor Turi King discusses her work and the work carried out by the team, led by Walther Parson, which brought new genetic techniques to bear on the question and which shows that Kaspar Hauser was not the hereditary Prince of Baden. | 16m 11s | ||||||
| 3/31/24 | ![]() DNA Family Secrets: Was I Lied to About My Mother's Death? Jean's Story | 91-year-old Jean was evacuated in World War II. She never saw her mother again and was told that she died before the war ended. She appeared on series three of DNA Family Secrets to try and find out if the stories about her mother’s death were true. | 17m 43s | ||||||
| 12/18/23 | My Family’s Secret: Sir Paul Nurse | Sir Paul Nurse was in his 50s when he discovered that the person he thought was his sister was his mum and the couple he thought were his parents were really his grandparents. With all of them now passed away, there was no one he could ask as to the identity of his father. Years later, he took a DNA test and Professor Turi King traced his father for him. | 30m 24s | ||||||
| 6/2/23 | ![]() How Chromosomes Get Their X Shape - Interview With Professor Daniel Panne | Professor Daniel Panne discusses his work looking at the structure of chromosomes. | 14m 45s | ||||||
| 5/19/23 | ![]() DNA Family Secrets: Where Is My Father From? Matthew’s Story | Nearly a 100,000 people in Britain were brought up in foster care in the 1970s, 50-year-old Matthew was one of them. Although he knew his birth mother was English, he didn’t know his father’s identity. Matthew appeared on the second series of DNA Family Secrets to try and find out where his father was from. | 15m 31s | ||||||
| 4/5/23 | DNA Family Secrets: Did My Family Escape the Holocaust? Jackie’s Story | Jackie is one of over three million children orphaned during World War II, for nearly 60 years, he and his wife Lita have been searching for any information about his past. | 17m 54s | ||||||
| 3/28/23 | DNA Family Secrets: Who Is My Sperm Donor Father? Mel’s Story | Over 6000 sperm donor babies were born in the UK in the 1970s. 46-year-old Mel, only found out as a teenager that she is one of them. | 14m 06s | ||||||
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| 3/16/23 | HFEA: Proposed Changes to the UK Fertility Law - Professor Turi King | Geneticist Professor Turi King shares her views on donor anonymity in response to the HFEA (Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority) opening a consultation on UK fertility law. | 5m 38s | ||||||
| 3/9/23 | DNA Family Secrets: Do I Have a Secret Sister? Janet’s Story | As well as having the ability to reveal our ancestry, one of the biggest surprises that comes from DNA testing, is the discovery of unknown family members. 62-year-old Janet had always wondered if analysing her DNA might reveal a mystery from her father’s past. | 18m 33s | ||||||
| 2/6/23 | DNA Family Secrets: Who Is My Dad? Richard’s Story | Nearly 1 in 12 children, in the 1970s, were raised by a single parent. 52-year-old Richard has always wanted to know the identity of his father and wondered if testing his DNA could finally give him some answers. | 21m 50s | ||||||
| 12/14/22 | DNA Family Secrets: Is My Father a British Soldier? Clare’s Story | Like over a million of us in the UK, 38-year-old Clare had never met her father. She was told he was a British soldier stationed in Northern Ireland, during the troubles. She featured on series 2 of DNA Family Secrets, hoping to find out if this story her mother told her was true. | 13m 47s | ||||||
| 12/7/22 | DNA Family Secrets: Where Was Our Birth Father From? The Triplets’ Story | Triplets, David, Philip, and Peter were adopted when they were four years old and had never known the identity of their birth father. They hoped appearing on DNA Family Secrets and having their DNA analysed could solve the mystery of their ethnicity. | 19m 14s | ||||||
| 10/27/22 | DNA Family Secrets: What Is My Ethnicity? Janine’s Story | Janine has lived her entire life never knowing the identity or heritage of her birth father. Her white British mum always kept her true parentage a secret. | 18m 10s | ||||||
| 9/24/22 | A brief History of Sudeley Castle and Gardens: Interview With Derek Maddock | Professor Turi King discusses the history of Sudeley Castle with it’s archivist, Derek Maddock. | 19m 09s | ||||||
| 9/17/22 | DNA Family Secrets: Do I Have Sperm Donor Siblings? Tink’s Story | Over 45,000 people in the UK are conceived through sperm donors. 25-year-old Tink, only found out as a teenager that she is one of them. Tink came to DNA Family Secrets because she wanted to test her DNA to learn about her ancestry and find out if she might have any half brothers or sisters. | 13m 28s | ||||||
| 8/9/22 | DNA Test Kits Are Changing Donor-Conceived Families - Professor Turi King | A UK law, passed on April 1 2005, means anyone conceived from a donated sperm, egg, or embryo, can find out the identity of their donor parent once they reach adulthood. But thanks to at-home DNA testing, many donor-conceived people are already uncovering their biological origins, in what can be an emotionally difficult process. | 6m 57s | ||||||
| 6/18/22 | How Double Child-Murderer Colin Pitchfork Was Caught - Interview With DCS David Baker (Retired) | Professor Turi King speaking with Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker (retired), about tracking down double child-murderer Colin Pitchfork. A case that made history for being the first criminal case, in which someone was proved to be innocent, on the basis of genetic evidence. Also, the first time that genetic evidence was used to convict somebody. | 26m 32s | ||||||
| 1/30/22 | DNA Family Secrets: Who Is My Birth Mother? Margaret’s Story | Around three-quarters of a million people in the UK are adopted, but before the law changed in 1975, most adoptees never knew the identity of their birth parents. Margaret was adopted when she was just six months old, ”My mum and dad tried for family, but it wasn’t successful, so they went to see the priest and the priest put them in touch with the adoption agency in Southport. Southport and Liverpool a lot of Irish ladies came over, for the adoption. So, I’ve made up this story that she was an Irish lady, she came over had me and probably went back to Ireland.” | 12m 43s | ||||||
| 1/22/22 | DNA Family Secrets: What Happened to My Father? Bill’s Story | During World War II 240,000 African American GIs were stationed in the UK, many had relationships with local women, which resulted in the birth of two thousand mixed-race babies. Bill is one of them. | 16m 39s | ||||||
| 1/4/22 | The Genetics of Taste - Professor Turi King | Hands up who likes brussel sprouts? How are you with broccoli? I ask because we know that our genetic make-up goes some way to explaining whether you’ll be fine eating some foods, such as broccoli and brussel sprouts, that others find too bitter to nibble on. | 5m 48s | ||||||
| 12/15/21 | We Are All Related to Royalty - Professor Turi King | On an episode of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?‘ the comedian, Josh Widdicombe, found out he was descended from King Edward I. Just how common is this being related to royalty. Is it some sort of celebrity thing or are we all related to royalty? | 12m 20s | ||||||
| 12/10/21 | DNA Family Secrets: Who Is My Biological Father? Richard‘s Story | Around 1 in 50 people do not have the biological father they think they have. 53-year-old Richard discovered he wasn’t blood related to the man who raised him and came to DNA Family Secrets seeking answers. | 16m 05s | ||||||
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