Made in China - 4. The end of the beginning
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What happens when one side of the nature nurture equation is a mystery?
Eva has always felt that she’s a product of her environment; her adoptive family, her upbringing - the life she remembers.
But what if her birth family shaped her more than she realises?
Eva explores how adoptees make sense of themselves when their genetic history is a mystery. She questions how much of who we are is shaped by our biology, how much comes from our upbringing. – and how to live with what can’t be known.
With adoptee Mia McGrath, Eva’s adoptive parents Moira and Chris, and neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow.
Writer, producer and presenter: Eva Brookes
Executive Producer: Peggy Sutton
Sound Designer & Mix Engineer: Jeff Emtman
Artwork: Ellie Walmsley
Assistant Commissioner: Prabhjit Bains
Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer
Made in China is a Reduced Listening Production with BBC Sounds Audio Lab.
Published on Tuesday, 10th February 2026.
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