May 2012 - Genes Reunited Blog

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Welcome to the new Genes Reunited blog!

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  • The Genes Reunited Team will be writing blogs and keeping you up to date with changes happening on the site.
  • In the future we hope to have guest bloggers that will be able to give you tips and advice as to how to trace your family history.
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Long Lost Family – Series 2 Episode 6


Published in Genes Reunited Blog on 25 May 2012 16:53 : long lost family tv : 2 comments : 8886 views

Anne Clegg is 48 and a mother of three but she has always wanted to find her birth mother and has been looking for nearly 20 years without success. She was only 6 weeks old when her mother gave her up for adoption to a couple who lived in Essex.


Long Lost Family – Series 2 Episode 5


Published in Genes Reunited Blog on 21 May 2012 19:06 : long lost family tv : 0 comments : 5565 views

After a week's break Long Lost Family returned to our screens this week. It was another episode that tugged at the heart strings where two people were both looking for their parents. First of all we meet Bridget. She had no idea that she had been adopted until the age of 11. She was at an interview at a local boarding school and her mother turned to the House Master and told him that Bridget had been adopted. She had simply presumed that Bridget had already worked it out for herself.


Long Lost Family – Series 2 Episode 4


Published in Genes Reunited Blog on 8 May 2012 18:49 : long lost family tv : 0 comments : 8415 views

Did you see the fourth episode of Long Lost Family on Thursday? It featured two very different but extremely emotional stories.


Finding Living Relatives


Published in Genes Reunited Blog on 8 May 2012 10:26 : genes reunited boards living relatives : 25 comments : 6035 views

Family history isn't just about finding your ancestors. For some of you it can be about reuniting with your living relatives. We have put together a short guide on how Genes Reunited can help you find your family.