Searching for C11

Australian Story Season 19 Episode 28

Overview:
At the age of 21, aeronautical engineer Lauren Burns was told a family secret that turned her world upside down.

Barbara Burns revealed that Lauren was conceived in a Melbourne clinic using donor sperm. The man she knew as her father was infertile.

Mrs Burns says the culture at the time was to 'take the child home and forget how it was conceived. Just pretend it was your child and nobody knew.'

Helped by her mother, Lauren embarked on a long and arduous search to discover the identity of her donor father – a man she knew only as 'C11' – from the first letter of his surname and his height, 5'11".

Four fruitless years later, Lauren had one final card to play. What she managed to finally discover was truly astonishing.

'Searching For C11', a two part Australian Story special, untangles a complex ethical and emotional web involving not just Lauren Burns but two other young women...

Genre : Documentary, News

Actors : Caroline Jones

Release Date : 2014-08-11

Duration : 30 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 19)

The Other Side
1. The Other Side
The Back of His Mind
2. The Back of His Mind
No Half Measures
3. No Half Measures
Call Me Cate
4. Call Me Cate
His Driving Force
5. His Driving Force
An Unnatural History
6. An Unnatural History
The House of Tara
7. The House of Tara
Out of the Box
8. Out of the Box
Set in Stone
9. Set in Stone
A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 1
10. A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 1
A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 2
11. A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 2
A Man Called Boy
12. A Man Called Boy
A Very Good Rascal
13. A Very Good Rascal
The Edge of the Mountain
14. The Edge of the Mountain
In Tracy's Corner
15. In Tracy's Corner
All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 1
16. All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 1
All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 2
17. All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 2
Out of the Kitchen
18. Out of the Kitchen
The Last Commando , Part 1
19. The Last Commando , Part 1
The Last Commando , Part 2
20. The Last Commando , Part 2
Driving Miss Davis
21. Driving Miss Davis
Forget Me Not
22. Forget Me Not
Talk of the Town
23. Talk of the Town
The Game Changer
24. The Game Changer
Leaps and Bounds
25. Leaps and Bounds
Divide and Conquer
26. Divide and Conquer
Lock Me Away
27. Lock Me Away
Searching for C11
28. Searching for C11
Searching for C11 (2)
29. Searching for C11 (2)
Before the Storm
30. Before the Storm
Out of the Shoebox
31. Out of the Shoebox
Getting the Hang of It
32. Getting the Hang of It
The Past Is a Foreign Country
33. The Past Is a Foreign Country
The Past Is a Foreign Country (2)
34. The Past Is a Foreign Country (2)
The Pursuit of Happiness
35. The Pursuit of Happiness
I Am Jack
36. I Am Jack
Vanishing Act
37. Vanishing Act
The Innocent
38. The Innocent
The Innocent (2)
39. The Innocent (2)
How I Met Your Father
40. How I Met Your Father
Just Call Me Bob
41. Just Call Me Bob
Just Call Me Bob (2)
42. Just Call Me Bob (2)
Letter from Wooleen
43. Letter from Wooleen

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