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EPISODE · Jun 21, 2026 · 18 MIN

Discovering yourself through your ancestors

from Life Matters - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Around 26 million people worldwide have taken an at-home DNA test to discover their ancestry. For some, there's simply a curiosity about the stories of their forbears. For others, it's a quest to understand themselves better. So what's behind this yearning to connect with our past? And what does learning about those previous generations teach us about ourselves?

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