About this season
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.
Episodes (12)
1. Lost Brothers
Aired 6 September 2008 • 30 min
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.
2. Brothers John
Aired 13 September 2008 • 30 min
Joe Kyle searches for his brother John who was left behind in Ireland for reasons unknown.
3. Mary
Aired 4 October 2008 • 30 min
Mary and her adoptive family travel to South Korea searching for her birth parents.
4. Spirit Lake
Aired 18 October 2008 • 30 min
Jerry tries to find out the truth about Spirit Lake and one of the darkest chapters in Canadian history.
5. Autograph Book
Aired 11 November 2008 • 30 min
Dick Steppler discovers an autograph book belonging to a WWI nurse in a sewing machine.
6. Cenotaph(1)
Aired 15 November 2008 • 30 min
A school assignment researching 35 students who fought and died in WWII uncovers two wartime mysteries.
7. Cenotaph(2)
Aired 22 November 2008 • 30 min
A school assignment researching 35 students who fought and died in WWII uncovers two wartime mysteries.
8. Missing Daughter
Aired 29 November 2008 • 30 min
Don Halls searches for the daughter of Jim and Alice Bolton, to tell her about the father she never knew.
9. Cecilia
Aired 11 December 2008 • 30 min
Cecilia searches for her roots after she discovers her dad is not her biological father.
10. Missing Pieces
Aired 28 December 2008 • 30 min
Ken Endo travels to Japan hoping to put the missing pieces of his family together.
11. Amber Valley
Aired 31 January 2009 • 30 min
Lester Mapp retraces his family's journey through Oklahoma and Texas.
12. Zebadee
Aired 7 February 2009 • 30 min
Zebadee Nungak searches for his grandfather, a Scottish fur trader named William Mackenzie Peter, who disappeared in 1930.