
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
We’re a nation obsessed with genealogy. Millions of us are gripped by TV shows like 'Who Do You Think You Are', where genealogists show celebrities their famous ancestors - like Danny Dyer being descended from Edward III, the first Plantagent King! But what if Danny doesn’t get exclusive bragging rights? With the help of mathematician Hannah Fry and Habsburg Royal Historian professor Martyn Rady, population geneticist Dr Adam Rutherford sets out to prove that we're all descended from royalty, revealing along the way that family trees are not the perfect tool for tracing your heritage. But can it really be true? Can we all be descended from Henry VIII or Charlemagne!?
4.3
257257 ratings
We’re a nation obsessed with genealogy. Millions of us are gripped by TV shows like 'Who Do You Think You Are', where genealogists show celebrities their famous ancestors - like Danny Dyer being descended from Edward III, the first Plantagent King! But what if Danny doesn’t get exclusive bragging rights? With the help of mathematician Hannah Fry and Habsburg Royal Historian professor Martyn Rady, population geneticist Dr Adam Rutherford sets out to prove that we're all descended from royalty, revealing along the way that family trees are not the perfect tool for tracing your heritage. But can it really be true? Can we all be descended from Henry VIII or Charlemagne!?
5,390 Listeners
393 Listeners
1,856 Listeners
37 Listeners
7,823 Listeners
312 Listeners
106 Listeners
490 Listeners
1,773 Listeners
1,058 Listeners
902 Listeners
73 Listeners
589 Listeners
944 Listeners
2,084 Listeners
2,085 Listeners
1,058 Listeners
1,895 Listeners
821 Listeners
757 Listeners
78 Listeners
748 Listeners
3,023 Listeners
79 Listeners