Every Family Has A Secret
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In this masterfully crafted observational documentary series, distinguished Australian historian Professor Grace Karskens investigates her Dutch family during World War II, exploring what her father’s role in the Resistance was, and where his brother, a suspected member of the S.S, disappeared to?
54:00In this masterfully crafted observational documentary series, Koori woman Paula Morrison traces the difficult life of her tormented Austrian born father, uncovering disturbing allegiances to the Nazi party within her family's European history.
53:49Melbourne academic Dr Sofia Rios Miranda examines whether there is any truth to persistent family rumours that her great grandparents abducted a British baby boy, raising him as their own. Meanwhile, adoptee Dr Penny Mackieson investigates how she was a victim of a baby swap at a Melbourne hospital in 1963.
53:53This series takes audiences on a truly global adventure. Participants travel to Mexico, Greece, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, and The Netherlands in a bid to solve gripping family mysteries. Among the questions being posed: Did my great grandparents abduct a newborn child? What happened to the uncle who went mis...
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53:34Growing up, the identity of Linda Lawless' father was kept hidden from her. Only recently Linda learnt the startling truth - her father was a Catholic priest. Confronted with shame and sometimes denial, Linda has been grappling to be recognised. She is now hoping to discover more about the father she never knew, to find co...
54:34Arrernte woman Danielle Chisholm seeks answers to a 100 year old mystery - is she descended from an illegitimate child born to Prince Edward VIII after his 1920 tour of Australia and therefore a member of the British Royal family?
55:20Indian born siblings Priti Gatto and Prashant Ieraci go in search of the truth surrounding their mother's death, and the family they left behind when they were adopted by an Italian-Australian couple.
55:27South Australian businessman Peter Eden searches for the truth about his Hungarian born father. Was he a war criminal responsible for a murderous rampage in Budapest during World War II?
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Sydney businessman Lance Innes sets out to search for the truth about his mysterious father, Al Gorcey, who walked out on his family when Lance was just 18 months old. Lance wants to know - was his father a spy or simply a conman? Perth journalist Michelle White investigates her mother's hidden criminal past. Having promis... 52:38 Expired
Sydney woman Li Ying Andrews searches for her lost past. Abandoned by an Uncle at an acrobatic school in Taiwan when she was just a small child, Li Ying grew up never even knowing her real name or her birthdate. Perth woman Marie-Anne Keefe, adopted as an infant, goes in search of her biological father after a terrible tra... 53:21 Expired
Angela Hamilton searches for the truth about her brutal father, whom she suspects had collaborated with Nazis during World War II. The discovery of her father's wartime I.D. document leads Angela on an extraordinary journey through modern day Romania, following her father's footsteps to confront the dark secret hidden in h...Season 2 54:14
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Perth mother Elizabeth Brierley and Paris based Australian ex-pat Paul Morris investigate how their lives were forever altered by their parents’ secrets and their close connection to crimes and corruption. 55:30 Expired
Perth teacher Matthieu Heimel and Sydney business woman Kerry Stevenson investigate the mysteries surrounding their mothers. 55:44 Expired
Ellis Treleaven always believed she had been born in Amsterdam towards the end of WWII. Shocked to discover she had actually been born in a Nazi concentration camp and ghetto, she traces her mother’s path through the Holocaust, to uncover the secrets surrounding her birth.