DNA Nation takes Ernie Dingo from great expectation to grand revelation

By Karl Quinn
Updated May 16 2016 - 12:33am, first published 12:00am
Ian Thorpe, Julia Zemiro and Ernie Dingo go back to where it all began in <i>DNA Nation</i>. Photo: SBS
Ian Thorpe, Julia Zemiro and Ernie Dingo go back to where it all began in <i>DNA Nation</i>. Photo: SBS
A child from the Hadza people in Tanzania, where Ian Thorpe, Julia Zemiro and Ernie Dingo go in search of their ancient origins. Photo: SBS
A child from the Hadza people in Tanzania, where Ian Thorpe, Julia Zemiro and Ernie Dingo go in search of their ancient origins. Photo: SBS

There are many revelations in DNA Nation, the three-part series in which Ian Thorpe, Julia Zemiro and Ernie Dingo travel back in time with the aid of genetic testing to discover where they really came from. But the greatest of them paradoxically says nothing new at all.

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