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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode #1: Samantha Womack
« Reply #63 on: Tuesday 21 August 12 12:01 BST (UK) »
I'm really looking forward to this one.  :)

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« Reply #64 on: Tuesday 21 August 12 12:02 BST (UK) »
It will be interesting to see if any of Gregg Wallace's ancestors had 'a sweet tooth'  :)

 ;D ;D ;D

You mean in the same way that lot's of Sam's were musicians Nick?

I wonder if any of mine were genealogists  8)
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« Reply #65 on: Tuesday 21 August 12 12:04 BST (UK) »

I wonder if any of mine were genealogists  8)

On second thoughts,surely they'd have left a better paper trail and married at least 9 months before having kids, if they were.
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« Reply #66 on: Thursday 23 August 12 00:54 BST (UK) »
I've just managed to catch up watching this - and I enjoyed it - but then I always find something to enjoy in WDYTA despite them skipping things and making assumptions.  Although it did make me laugh when they had her travelling up and down the country looking for service records. I kept following up the commentary with ... "or they could just have looked online".   ;D

A couple ofthings did confuse me though - perhaps I missed something.

In the news reports of the baby dying in the fire - it said the grandfather was Alfred Wright a music teacher.  She said they got the name wrong - but no mention was made of the fact that her father was supposed to be an accountant not a music teacher.  Or did I get confused with who is who?

And also - When Berthe was in the orphanage in 1901 she was 6 - yet when they found her in USA she was only 14 and on the boat was only 10. I know that ages are not always accurate but  it wasnt questioned. Unless I have got my dates confused.

And...I would have liked to have know how the father died which may have explained a bit about why the children were in the orphanage.

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