Orphan Smith

My Father’s Secret

By: BBC Studios

Narrated by: Megan Follows, Turi King

When a DNA test blows apart her father’s hidden identity many years after his death, Deb finds she has a sister, Barbara, and an entirely new family she never knew. As the sisters work to unravel more of their father’s secrets, they find his connection to a dark chapter of British-Canadian history. Will the sisters finally get to the bottom of their father’s past? Or are some secrets meant to stay buried forever?

From BBC Studios, the producers of hits such as Stalked and To Catch a Scorpion as well as Audible Originals Mother, Neighbor, Russian Spy and I Am Not Nicholas comes Orphan Smith: My Father’s Secret, a gripping seven-part series that follows a daughter’s search for the truth.

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Great storytelling

Great listen on a story not often spoken about. I would highly recommend a listen. Once it began I had to listen all the way through

intriguing story!

great info and presented well. captivating to learn about this aspect of history thru the lens of specific family impact.

Amazing true story

I learned about a time 100 years ago of how poor children were shipped to Canada for cheap labor

Beautiful and devastating.

Very well done. As a Canadian, with English ancestry, I wonder if my great grandfather came over this way because there is very little information on him prior to his arrival in Canada. Not once in my public education or university classes was this discussed.

Awareness on the issue of the children’s welfare from that time period.

Pace was a bit slow on delivering the info. Had to speed up 1.5. However, the delivery was compassionate and nurturing in the way narrated and that human interaction was very deliberate.