About this episode

The episode provides an update on the investigation into British soldiers who fathered children in Kenya and disappeared.

What’s been happening in our investigation since the last episode? Tristan Redman talks to season host Ivana Davidovic and lawyer James Netto for the latest on Cathy, Peter and Yvonne, the Kenyans who are seeking relationships with their army dads. We also hear about the response from listeners to the series. Searching for Soldier Dad follows DNA detectives as they track down the British soldiers who fathered children in Kenya then disappeared. With access to every stage of this cutting-edge process, we followed a team of lawyers and a leading geneticist as they travelled to Kenya to help locate the British soldiers who fathered children then vanished, witnessing the groundbreaking legal and scientific detective work used to find the missing dads. Searching for Soldier Dad is a BBC Long Form Audio production for the BBC World Service.

People in this episode

Host: Tristan Redman

Guests: Ivana Davidovic, James Netto

Topics covered

• investigation
• family relationships
• DNA detectives
• British soldiers
• Kenya
• legal work
• genetic research

Keywords

• investigation
• DNA
• British soldiers
• Kenya
• family
• legal
• geneticist
• relationships
• podcast
• BBC

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC, BBC World Service

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