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Offline Brian & Berni

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Gene Detectives
« on: Wednesday 14 February 07 17:01 GMT (UK) »
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Gene Detectives

Mon 19 Feb, 9:15 am - 10:00 am  45mins

1/10.

New series which helps people to track down relatives who have been missing in their lives. Expert Anthony Adolph tracks down three possible relatives who must undergo a series of genealogy tests and only then can the real relative be identified.

The series starts with forty-something Jayne Hill who discovered at 12 that the man she thought was her dad was not her real father. Having never met him, will she be able to tell which of the three possible men is her father?  

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Re: Gene Detectives
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 14 February 07 18:43 GMT (UK) »
what channel is this on?

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Re: Gene Detectives
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 14 February 07 19:32 GMT (UK) »
acceber, it looks like BBC1 Monday to Friday mornings.

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Re: Gene Detectives
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 14 February 07 21:12 GMT (UK) »
that's a shame when most of us are at work............

and would i remember to set the video..................i think not  ::) ::)
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Re: Gene Detectives
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 14 February 07 21:22 GMT (UK) »
Not only Monday, but every morning, same time

... now, where's the instructions for the video ??
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Re: Gene Detectives
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 15 February 07 01:02 GMT (UK) »
This sounds like it's trivialising research into the genealogy equivalent of Blind Date...
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Re: Gene Detectives
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 15 February 07 01:45 GMT (UK) »
Sussex: Floate, West
Kent: Tuffee
Cheshire: Gradwell
Lancashire: Gradwell

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Re: Gene Detectives
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 15 February 07 11:54 GMT (UK) »
If you want to appear on the show:

http://www.findmypast.com/media/news/genesdetectives.jsp

Love to take part but dont think i have any thing that interesting to find ??? :'(
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Re: Gene Detectives
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 15 February 07 14:15 GMT (UK) »
This kind of thing could put Harry McFry out of business!   ;D ;D ;D

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