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.