TV presenter and journalist Lisa Wilkinson discovers a tough but tragic female convict on her mother's side and a dedicated soldier on duty in India on her father's side of her family tree.
Legendary television presenter and entertainer Bert Newton learns about heroism and tragedy in World War II on his father's side, and troubled men and suffragette women on his mother's side.
Actor Cameron Daddo follows an epic tale of love, tribulation and loyalty among the first convicts and settlers in Australia on his mother's side, and a historical aristocratic intrigue on his father's Cornwallian Daddo side of the family.
Swimming gold medalist and record holder Lisa Curry researches her German ancestors on her mother's side and her Irish ancestors on her father's side to see where her talents came from.
Comedienne Denise Scott learns about secrets, lies and tragedies on her mother's side and convicts, perseverance through tragedy and surprisingly modern thinking on her father's side of the family where Denise's funny bone comes from.
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, learns about her heroic ancestor who joined the Royal Navy as a teen, and how extreme poverty of industrial England forced her other ancestors to find new life in Australia.
Country star Troy Cassar-Daley learns about the horrors his father's parents went through during the Axis' siege of Malta in WWII and the hardships his mother's indigenous ancestors faced in late 19th century Australia.
