Last chance to get £27 DNA kits in Black Friday sale as two women uncover life-changing family secrets

If you’ve been telling yourself you’ll get round to buying one of those discounted DNA kits, this weekend really is your last chance. And as two women found out, snapping up a Black Friday DNA kit deal isn’t just about saving a few quid – it can completely rewrite the story you thought you knew about your own life.

Christina Buckler, from Bristol, had always felt slightly out of place within her own family. As a child she’d laugh about tanning far quicker than anyone else, and her mum would occasionally drop the cryptic line: “You’re not the milkman’s, you’re the sailor’s.” It sounded like one of those throwaway comments families repeat without much thought, so Christina never read too much into it.

Fast forward to a Black Friday sale decades later, when she picked up a £27 MyHeritage DNA kit mainly out of curiosity. But once her results came back, everything suddenly made sense. That old family joke? It wasn’t a joke at all. Her biological father wasn’t the man who raised her — he was a Marine Commando named Ray.

The revelations didn’t stop there. The test also connected Christina to seven half-siblings and an ancestral line stretching right back to William the Conqueror. For the first time, she understood why she’d always felt different. She did fit somewhere — just not where she’d always believed.

Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the globe, another woman was approaching her own breakthrough moment.

Alison Spence, who grew up in Cannonvale, Australia, had spent years searching for her birth mother. Adopted as an infant, she lived with a steady mix of hope and frustration — and a MyHeritage subscription that was about to run out. Just days before it expired, she got the alert she’d been desperate for: a first cousin match. Christina.

“I was at my wits’ end and ready to give up,” Alison said. “When I got that match — and then her message — I was completely blown away.”

The two connected immediately. Messages turned into calls, and calls turned into emotional late-night conversations. Then came the twist neither expected.

As Christina examined Alison’s details, something clicked — the dates, the adoption information, small pieces of the puzzle sliding together. She realised Alison was the daughter of her beloved Auntie Madeleine, who had been forced to give up a baby under deeply painful circumstances more than 50 years earlier.

Breaking the news to her aunt, now 80 and in poor health, proved to be an emotional moment. Decades of unanswered questions were suddenly replaced with relief and happiness. Madeleine, who had long carried quiet heartbreak, was “over the moon.”

When Alison eventually came face-to-face with her biological mother, she was stunned by how alike they looked — a familiar face she’d never known she shared.

“MyHeritage brought us together and helped us find a belonging we didn’t realise we were missing,” they said.

The same Black Friday deal Christina took advantage of is back again, letting you explore your own heritage for just £27 — a huge 67% off.

Click here to learn more and grab the offer while it’s still live.