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Ruth Jones

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travelsafar Tue 27-Oct-20 09:05:33

Watched Who do you think you are last night with Ruth as the subject. She came across as such a lovely person, i really enjoyed last nights show. Her sense of pride when she found out about her great grand fathers seemed very genuine to me. Loved how she was with her mum too.

Jane10 Tue 27-Oct-20 14:24:27

I suspect that the programme makers must do a quick check into potential subjects pasts to see if they are worth investigating. So many people must have pretty straightforward genealogies of interest only to their direct family members.

EllanVannin Tue 27-Oct-20 14:31:46

I'd love to go further back with mine because HenryVIII's court jester was an ancestor of mine----Will Sommers.

It was an uncle of mine who'd delved back that far when I'd had little interest at the time unfortunately. Somewhere " among my souvenirs " I have that letter.

Alegrias2 Tue 27-Oct-20 15:41:39

I really enjoyed the program last night. I liked the photograph of the siblings!

I remember Michael Parkinson telling a story that he had been asked if he would take part. He said yes, they did some preliminary research on his family then came back and withdrew the offer because their stories were quite dull!

Luckygirl Tue 27-Oct-20 15:54:05

I have just watched it and it was very refreshing - just a normal nice non-actressy person enjoying finding out about her family.