Australian celebrities play detective as they go in search of their family history, revealing secrets from the past. Along the way there will be scandal, adultery, pioneers, bushrangers, artists and royalty. Join the trail of discovery to uncover where these celebrities came from as they find out just who they think they are.
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
From roots in the Deep South to the slums of New Jersey, "Who Do You Think You Are?" follows the journeys of some of the most well-known names in American popular culture. Watch as celebrities discover unknown details about themselves and their families while researching their ancestry with the help of historians and genealogical experts.
Tio svensk-amerikaner kommer till Sverige för att få uppleva det land där de har sina rötter. Tårar, kulturkrockar och mycket skratt blandas med tävlingar som har anknytning till svenska seder och myter.
Hans namn var Kunta Kinte. Kidnappad från Afrika och förd till Amerika som slav 1767, han vägrade att använda det namn som han blev tilldelad som slav - Toby. Hans släkt förde det förflutna vidare, viskade namnet Kunta Kinte från generation till generation, ända tills historien hamnade hos en ung pojke i Tennessee. Hans namn var Alex Haley. Denna pojke spred Kunta Kintes historia över hela världen. Med utgångspunkt i en familjs berättelse, spred Haley och hans Pulizer Prize-vinnande Rötter sin historia över Amerika och hela världen.
A docudrama series focusing on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection; it uses reconstruction of the 19th century with present day documentary.
Americans of Norwegian descent, but who have never visited Norway, compete in various tasks while traveling the country, aiming to win $50,000 and meet their Norwegian relatives.
Got any secrets in your family tree, skeletons in ye olde ancestral closet? Were your ancestors sinner or saints, royals or rogues? Part personal drama, part CSI-like forensic investigation and part historical revelation, Ancestors in the Attic reveals to Canadians not only their roots, but also the diverse stories that make up the history of our country.
Popular Irish personalities trace their roots, and this journey through generations of ordinary lives reveals extraordinary stories.
A Norwegian genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
Well known Canadians set out to discover their family roots.
Investigative genetic genealogist CeCe Moore uses her unique research skills to transform the face of crime solving. By working with police departments and crime scene DNA, Moore is able to trace the path of a violent criminal's family tree to reveal their identity and help bring them to justice.