In the latest episode of Questions & Ancestors host Alex Jones sits down with multi-award-winning actor and director Adrian Lester to explore his Caribbean heritage and family links to Jamaica. Adrian shares his motivation to find out where his family was taken from during the transatlantic slave trade, noting that for many, "history stops at the point where people were trafficked". There are centuries of family history that are likely to remain a mystery.

Guided by Ancestry’s senior genetic genealogist, Laura House, an AncestryDNA analysis traces Adrian's bloodline back to specific countries in Africa and connects him to thousands of living relatives, providing a springboard to search for more answers. Don’t miss the moment Adrian sees how a "jigsaw piece fits in" and his assumptions about his origins are shifted.

Plus, in this episode, Alex Jones explores her own genetic origins — is she really as Welsh as she believes?

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Host: Alex Jones

Senior Genetic Genealogist at Ancestry: Laura House, MSc.

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Executive producers: Tom Gadd, Andrea Paterson, Vanessa Woodgate

Creative director: Jonathan Clayton-Jones

Video producer: Ed Emsley

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Executive producers: Kellie Redmond, Geoff Jein

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