# @bbcnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXW0F6IgUPM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64269200-bbcnews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/7c7d3de13e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-04-20T14:15:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

For decades, children born near a British military base in Kenya were left without answers and without their fathers.

Now, for the first time in UK family courts, commercial DNA databases are being combined with legal action to help Kenyans identify and contact their fathers.

Tap the link in @BBCNews’s bio to read more.

#Kenya #BBCAfricaEye #BBCNews

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- **Views:** 1,251,355
- **Likes:** 80,932
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 2,966

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## Tags

bbcnews, bbcafricaeye, kenya

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