The Gift

A podcast by BBC Radio 4

Categories:

Society & Culture

17 Episodes

  1. Preview - DNA Trail: The Promise - Episode 1

    Published: 3/10/2025

  2. Bonus Episode: Searching

    Published: 2/22/2025

  3. 6. Superdonor

    Published: 11/4/2024

  4. 5. Donor

    Published: 11/4/2024

  5. 4. Taboo

    Published: 11/4/2024

  6. 3. Sold

    Published: 11/4/2024

  7. 2. Switched - Part 2

    Published: 11/2/2024

  8. 1. Switched - Part 1

    Published: 11/2/2024

  9. Introducing The Gift - Series 2

    Published: 10/28/2024

  10. Bonus Episode: Hacked

    Published: 2/8/2024

  11. 6. Secrets

    Published: 10/16/2023

  12. 5. Health

    Published: 10/9/2023

  13. 4. Race

    Published: 10/2/2023

  14. 3. Mistakes

    Published: 9/25/2023

  15. 2. Justice

    Published: 9/18/2023

  16. 1. Fraud

    Published: 9/11/2023

  17. Introducing The Gift

    Published: 9/4/2023

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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.In a brand new bonus episode, Searching – available on BBC Sounds from 22 February, 2025 – Jenny meets a family who are in a race against time to find the baby they believe was switched at birth.