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Episode Synopsis
An at-home DNA test - taken by chance when a game of golf is rained off - forces one man and three women to reassess everything they thought they knew about their families. It’s the perfect gift for the person who already has everything. It promises to tell you who you really are, and how you’re connected to the world. A present that will reveal your genetic past – but could also disrupt your future.In the first series of The Gift, Jenny Kleeman looked at the extraordinary truths that can unravel when people take at-home DNA tests like Ancestry and 23andMe.For the second series, Jenny is going deeper into the unintended consequences - the aftershocks - set in motion when people link up to the enormous global DNA database.Reconnecting and rupturing families, uprooting identities, unearthing long-buried secrets - what happens after technology, genealogy and identity collide?Presenter: Jenny Kleeman
Producer: Conor Garrett
Production Coordinator: Gill Huggett
Editor: Philip Sellars
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan ClarkeThe Gift is a BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Radio 4
Producer: Conor Garrett
Production Coordinator: Gill Huggett
Editor: Philip Sellars
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan ClarkeThe Gift is a BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Radio 4
More episodes of the podcast The Gift
Introducing The Gift
04/09/2023
1. Fraud
11/09/2023
2. Justice
18/09/2023
3. Mistakes
25/09/2023
4. Race
02/10/2023
5. Health
09/10/2023
6. Secrets
16/10/2023
Bonus Episode: Hacked
08/02/2024
Introducing The Gift - Series 2
28/10/2024
2. Switched - Part 2
02/11/2024
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