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Ancestors in the Attic

Season 3 2008 - 2009

  • 2008-09-07T00:00:00Z on History
  • 30m
  • 6h (12 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Documentary
Got any secrets in your family tree, skeletons in ye olde ancestral closet? Were your ancestors sinner or saints, royals or rogues? Part personal drama, part CSI-like forensic investigation and part historical revelation, Ancestors in the Attic reveals to Canadians not only their roots, but also the diverse stories that make up the history of our country.

12 episodes

Season Premiere

2008-09-07T00:00:00Z

3x01 Lost Brothers

Season Premiere

3x01 Lost Brothers

  • 2008-09-07T00:00:00Z30m

Robbie McCauley is no ordinary 17-year-old. While his friends play hockey, Robbie has been chasing a family mystery. Growing up, he always knew about his great-great grandmother, Ada, who was born in 19th century London, England and put up for adoption as a child. At the age of twelve, Ada was sent to Canada and never saw her family again. Robbie has asked Ancestors in the Attic for help in tracking down Ada's lost brothers, and finally reuniting her long lost family.

2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

3x02 Brothers John

3x02 Brothers John

  • 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z30m

Joe Kyle searches for his brother John who was left behind in Ireland for reasons unknown.

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

3x03 Mary

3x03 Mary

  • 2008-10-05T00:00:00Z30m

Mary and her adoptive family travel to South Korea searching for her birth parents.

2008-10-19T00:00:00Z

3x04 Spirit Lake

3x04 Spirit Lake

  • 2008-10-19T00:00:00Z30m

Jerry tries to find out the truth about Spirit Lake and one of the darkest chapters in Canadian history.

2008-11-12T01:00:00Z

3x05 Autograph Book

3x05 Autograph Book

  • 2008-11-12T01:00:00Z30m

Dick Steppler discovers an autograph book belonging to a WWI nurse in a sewing machine.

2008-11-16T01:00:00Z

3x06 Cenotaph(1)

3x06 Cenotaph(1)

  • 2008-11-16T01:00:00Z30m

A school assignment researching 35 students who fought and died in WWII uncovers two wartime mysteries.

2008-11-23T01:00:00Z

3x07 Cenotaph(2)

3x07 Cenotaph(2)

  • 2008-11-23T01:00:00Z30m

A school assignment researching 35 students who fought and died in WWII uncovers two wartime mysteries.

2008-11-30T01:00:00Z

3x08 Missing Daughter

3x08 Missing Daughter

  • 2008-11-30T01:00:00Z30m

Don Halls searches for the daughter of Jim and Alice Bolton, to tell her about the father she never knew.

2008-12-12T01:00:00Z

3x09 Cecilia

3x09 Cecilia

  • 2008-12-12T01:00:00Z30m

Cecilia searches for her roots after she discovers her dad is not her biological father.

2008-12-29T01:00:00Z

3x10 Missing Pieces

3x10 Missing Pieces

  • 2008-12-29T01:00:00Z30m

Ken Endo travels to Japan hoping to put the missing pieces of his family together.

2009-02-01T01:00:00Z

3x11 Amber Valley

3x11 Amber Valley

  • 2009-02-01T01:00:00Z30m

Lester Mapp retraces his family's journey through Oklahoma and Texas.

2009-02-08T01:00:00Z

3x12 Zebadee

3x12 Zebadee

  • 2009-02-08T01:00:00Z30m

Zebadee Nungak searches for his grandfather, a Scottish fur trader named William Mackenzie Peter, who disappeared in 1930.

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