Search for roots lifts Friends Reunited

The popularity of the Who Do You Think You Are? TV show about celebrity family trees has inspired a stellar performance at Friends Reunited, the online company that helps people find old schoolmates and track their family trees.

The company has seen pre-tax profits climb by more than 50% to £3.6m in the year to December 2003 on sales of £7.4m, according to accounts just filed at Companies House

“There has been a real growth in interest in genealogy, driven by programmes such as Who Do You Think You Are?,” said Michael Murphy, chief executive.

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