Putting your family jigsaw together – Using DNA to identify birth family – a film

This 40 minute film was made for an appearance at The Genealogy Show in Spring 2022.
It takes us through what DNA is, and how it can be used to work out who our birth father and birth mother are.
You might particularly enjoy the section on smarties

(Louise discovered later that day that she had covid. All the earlier tests had been negative. So if she sounds dreadful, blame it on that!)

Watch the film here

You can read our written articles covering much of the same ground below if you like to take in information that way.

Finding my birth father

How DNA works when finding family

DNA testing: The practicalities and how it works

DNA tools you can use to help