Africa Eye
DNA detectives track down the British soldiers who fathered children in Kenya then disappeared, leaving the children and their mothers without support. It's?a quest to find a missing part of the children's identities. With access to every stage of this?cutting-edge?process, we follow as a team of lawyers and a leading geneticist travel to Kenya to help?locate?the British soldiers who fathered children then vanished. We?witness?the groundbreaking legal and scientific detective work used to find the missing dads. Lawyers believe British soldiers stationed at the army base in Nanyuki, Kenya, may have fathered hundreds of children over decades - the oldest we meet is now 70, the youngest just 18 months old. What's?at stake is more than the reputation of the British army and the UK's post-colonial legacy. The mixed-heritage children have in some cases been ostracised by their communities and denied a chance of British citizenship since birth - something which could transform their lives.
Saturday, 5 September 1 airing
03:30
BBC News
Abandoned: Searching for Soldier Dad
Sunday, 6 September 1 airing
02:30
BBC News
Abandoned: Searching for Soldier Dad
Monday, 7 September 1 airing
01:30
BBC News
Abandoned: Searching for Soldier Dad
