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 an...
10 Dec 202116min
The Princes in the Tower: Could Scientific Analysis Help Identify the Remains in Westminster Abbey?
Are the remains in the urn in Westminster Abbey really those of the Princes in the Tower? And how could scientific analysis help answer this question?
1 Dec 202121min
The Sperm Donor‘s Dilemma - Professor Turi King
Professor Turi King discusses the implications of wide spread use of DNA matching services and being a sperm donor or a sperm donor child.
27 Nov 20217min
Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys and the Discovery of DNA Fingerprinting
On the morning of Monday September 10th, 1984, Alec Jeffreys, an as yet little-known scientist was looking at a result of an experiment, he’d set running the week previous. He was trying to look at ge...
17 Sep 202112min
How DNA Inheritance Works - Professor Turi King
Professor Turi King discusses how 3 different parts of our DNA are inherited from our mothers and fathers.
17 Sep 20215min
The Genetic Analysis of King Richard III - Professor Turi King
Professor Turi King discusses the findings of the genetic and genealogical analysis in the King Richard III case. This includes the genealogical research, and the results of the mitochondrial and Y ch...
16 Sep 202130min
