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Ancestors in the Attic

All Episodes 2006 - 2010

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  • 2006-10-19T00:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 1d 30m (49 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.

49 episodes

Series Premiere

2006-10-19T00:00:00Z

1x01 Worldwide Search

Series Premiere

1x01 Worldwide Search

  • 2006-10-19T00:00:00Z30m

A worldwide search for people's most interesting ancestors.

2006-10-26T00:00:00Z

1x02 Murder in Manitoba

1x02 Murder in Manitoba

  • 2006-10-26T00:00:00Z30m

A murder on a Manitoba farm leads A woman to a lost cousin.

1x03 Irish Princess & Secret Life

  • 2006-11-02T01:00:00Z30m

Irish princess of Newfoundland; war hero who deserted his family to live a secret life in England.

2006-11-11T01:00:00Z

1x04 Dog Tags

1x04 Dog Tags

  • 2006-11-11T01:00:00Z30m

An Englishman journeys to three continents, in search of a soldier who wore the World War II dog tag he found in his backyard.

2006-11-16T01:00:00Z

1x05 Shakespeare

1x05 Shakespeare

  • 2006-11-16T01:00:00Z30m

An Englishman journeys to three continents, in search of a soldier who wore the World War II dog tag he found in his backyard.

2006-11-30T01:00:00Z

1x06 Royal Connections?

1x06 Royal Connections?

  • 2006-11-30T01:00:00Z30m

An Oshawa woman wants to know if she's related to the British Royal Family, or is it pure balderdash.

2006-12-10T01:00:00Z

1x07 The Plains of Abraham

1x07 The Plains of Abraham

  • 2006-12-10T01:00:00Z30m

Wendy Cosby wants to confirm that her ancestor cradled the head of Gen. James Wolfe at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec.

2006-12-14T01:00:00Z

1x08 Roadster

1x08 Roadster

  • 2006-12-14T01:00:00Z30m

Gar Darroch searches for the original owner of his 1931 Model A Deluxe Ford Roadster.

2006-12-21T01:00:00Z

1x09 War Hero

1x09 War Hero

  • 2006-12-21T01:00:00Z30m

Mike Ryan seeks to tell a long-lost relative about her war hero father.

2007-01-04T01:00:00Z

1x10 The Canada Kid

1x10 The Canada Kid

  • 2007-01-04T01:00:00Z30m

Family legend has it that Tracey Kinch of Alberta is related to The Canada Kid.

2007-01-18T01:00:00Z

1x11 Coffin Ship Mystery

1x11 Coffin Ship Mystery

  • 2007-01-18T01:00:00Z30m

An Ontario man wants to uncover the mystery of a coffin ship.

1x12 Distinguished Flying Cross

  • 2007-01-25T01:00:00Z30m

A Surrey, B.C. man wants to discover whether his great-uncle died in action earning the Distinguished Flying Cross.

2007-02-01T01:00:00Z

1x13 Mysteries of the Father

1x13 Mysteries of the Father

  • 2007-02-01T01:00:00Z30m

A woman's search for answers about her father's mysterious ancestry uncovers secrets and intrigue.

2007-02-15T01:00:00Z

1x14 Oil Portraits

1x14 Oil Portraits

  • 2007-02-15T01:00:00Z30m

A 19th century rural doctor rumored to have willed oil portraits of himself to each of his 13 children.

2007-02-22T01:00:00Z

1x15 Reader's Digest

1x15 Reader's Digest

  • 2007-02-22T01:00:00Z30m

Erin Phelan documents the search for her ancestors in Reader's Digest.

1x16 Journey to the Emerald Isle

  • 2007-03-08T01:00:00Z30m

Erin Phelan travels to Ireland to see if she can locate lost relatives.

Season Premiere

2007-08-19T00:00:00Z

2x01 Birth Mother

Season Premiere

2x01 Birth Mother

  • 2007-08-19T00:00:00Z30m

Christine finds her birth family and has an emotional meeting with her brother.

2x02 Funk, Fights and Funny Money

  • 2007-08-26T00:00:00Z30m

Kevin Howes creates a landmark CD of unknown music.

2007-09-02T00:00:00Z

2x03 Skeletons in the Closet

2x03 Skeletons in the Closet

  • 2007-09-02T00:00:00Z30m

Hat Creek Ranch, in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley according to many, is haunted by a number of ghosts. Jeff and Paul chase down the legends and track the ghosts.

2007-09-30T00:00:00Z

2x04 Lincoln's Assassin

2x04 Lincoln's Assassin

  • 2007-09-30T00:00:00Z30m

Man searches for the truth about his ancestor's involvement in the capture of John Wilkes Booth; Latter Day Saint's Family History Library.

A Dutchman finds a bracelet on WWII battleground in Germany; a woman finds out about her ancestors in the Napoleonic War.

2007-10-14T00:00:00Z

2x06 Icelandic Horsemen

2x06 Icelandic Horsemen

  • 2007-10-14T00:00:00Z30m

Icelanders travel across Canada to discover a 130 year old mystery of their ancestors.

An Alberta woman wants to know if an Indian frame was given by Indian chief Big Bear; Montreal abandoned house.

2x08 Dave's Father & White Peter

  • 2007-11-29T01:00:00Z30m

Dave traces his father's past; Shirley Godfried-Clingersmith believes she is a descendant of White Peter.

Jeff Douglas finds out if an engaged couple are cousins; the Eckards find out if they descend from founders of Unionville; Laura searches her Loyalist connections.

Jeff Douglas investigates the librarian who saved the Library of Parliament; Jim Lomas searches for German roots; the missing pages of one of the most rare manuscripts.

2008-01-27T01:00:00Z

2x11 Roots

2x11 Roots

  • 2008-01-27T01:00:00Z30m

A Toronto woman travels deep into the heart of Cameroon on a journey to unlock the secrets of her past.

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.

Season Premiere

2010-01-08T01:00:00Z

4x01 The Chinese Connection

Season Premiere

4x01 The Chinese Connection

  • 2010-01-08T01:00:00Z30m

When she was in Grade 3, Denice Brown made a startling discovery - she was part Chinese. Despite asking, her father refused to ever tell her anything about her Chinese ancestry or about his life before arriving in Canada.

4x02 The Legend of Cyril Gardner

  • 2010-01-08T01:00:00Z30m

Jonathan Hart is an unusual 15-yr-old: while his friends are off chasing girls, Jonathan’s been chasing a mystery. He has long been captivated by the legend of Cyril Gardner, a relative who fought in WWI

During WWII, Al Lambert's plane was shot down over German-occupied France and he went missing. For 5 months, his family feared the worst. Then they heard he was alive. Although Al Lambert lived a long life, he never told his family what happened during those 5 months.

2010-01-15T01:00:00Z

4x04 Clem and Angus

4x04 Clem and Angus

  • 2010-01-15T01:00:00Z30m

Neither Tami Georgi nor Kathie Mackie planned to fall for a WWI soldier. A few years ago, Tami bought a batch of post cards on Ebay written by Clement Peake, a young Canadian soldier. Kathie found her soldier in an abandoned house in Cape Breton.

2010-01-22T01:00:00Z

4x05 Sidor's Saga

4x05 Sidor's Saga

  • 2010-01-22T01:00:00Z30m

After fleeing Eastern Europe in 1928, Sidor treasured letters from home.

2010-01-22T01:00:00Z

4x06 Journey to Ortona

4x06 Journey to Ortona

  • 2010-01-22T01:00:00Z30m

Melville Madden, a 28-year-old, spends Christmas Eve in one of the bloodiest battles in history.

2010-01-29T01:00:00Z

4x07 Slavery Roots

4x07 Slavery Roots

  • 2010-01-29T01:00:00Z30m

Bob Stoutley recently discovered that his father took a dramatic secret to the grave.

2010-01-29T01:00:00Z

4x08 Russian Daughter

4x08 Russian Daughter

  • 2010-01-29T01:00:00Z30m

When she was 13, Natalia's father was forced out of the country to avoid execution.

2010-02-05T01:00:00Z

4x09 The Secret

4x09 The Secret

  • 2010-02-05T01:00:00Z30m

Marguerite searches for answers to her mother's breakdown and the destruction of her own life.

2010-02-05T01:00:00Z

4x10 Black Market Baby?

4x10 Black Market Baby?

  • 2010-02-05T01:00:00Z30m

Christiane travels to Switzerland in search of the parents who gave her up.

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