• by Larissa Faw , January 30, 2018

Ancestry and Droga5 London are acknowledging the divisiveness about Brexit with its new campaign aimed at British residents.

For the first time as a brand, Ancestry is creating what it calls an "event status roadblock moment" to launch the new ad. Every major network in the UK, including Channel 4 and ITV, showed the new creative at 8:10 p.m. on January 29, to help Ancestry hit over 100 million views within the launch month.

Ancestry will be driving further incremental reach through YouTube and Facebook platforms.

The creative is based on the insight that the average British person has 60% DNA from somewhere in Europe. The ad celebrates the cultural and ancestral ties millions of British have to Europe.

"As a global company, we are relentlessly focused on creating culturally relevant content through a local lens in each of our markets," stated Vineet Mehra, executive vice president and CMO Ancestry. "Our new campaign, rises above the divisive debates surrounding Brexit and shares the idea that while the U.K. may be leaving the E.U., Europe will quite literally never leave the U.K.

"Once again showing that the ties that bind each of us can never be broken."