BBC "Who Do You Think You Are?" Frank Gardner (WDYTYA Series 12 Episode 7)

[LizzieW]

Yes, having spent many a frustrating hour falling over and into dips in churchyards, I have to say I was quite astonished how simple finding the stone seemed for the programme!!

Like you, with my husband we've walked up and down graveyards looking for my ancestors, on one occasion in the pouring rain and just as I was about to give up after about 2 hours, for some unknown reason I decided to look behind a bush that had grown right up to a wall.  There was my 2 x g.grandfather's gravestone and more importantly it showed that his wife was also buried there, even though she had died over 40 miles away.

On the other hand, we went to a graveyard in Cumbria, my husband went one way and I went another and immediately in front of me was the grave I'd been looking for.  With lots of names and information on it - so it can happen.

[lisalucie]

Only just caught up with this episode as I thought it'd be as dire as they seem to be lately...how wrong was I?!!?
Loved it!! Firstly he came across as suck a lovely man, secondly the 1st part about his great grandad and nan the poor last that went insane was fascinating! And just wow at them tracing him back to William the conquerer!!
Absolutely loved this episode and as a King and queen geek since I was a little girl I'm always impressed by royalty being mentioned in family trees 
More like this please wdytya x

[LeicsandWarksAncestors]

I am always amused when they show direct connections through to royalty in this case around 30 generations back. WDYTYA are well aware that Kings and Queens removed and added descendants to fit in with their preferred ancestors. Whole lines were sometimes removed and replaced with a better one. Always take these trees with two pinches of salt!

[hdw]

Well, now that BBC One Scotland has finally got round to airing this programme, I'm very pleased to have seen it and I agree with the various complimentary comments on this thread. Now I'm just wondering who Frank's Gardner forebears were!

Harry

[lisalucie]

I am always amused when they show direct connections through to royalty in this case around 30 generations back. WDYTYA are well aware that Kings and Queens removed and added descendants to fit in with their preferred ancestors. Whole lines were sometimes removed and replaced with a better one. Always take these trees with two pinches of salt!

Was a bit disappointed they missed out how all kings and queens were descended from Adam and Eve...thus direct defendants of God! Sure I saw a wdytya before with the actual family tree type scroll showing this 

[Yorkslady]

Being connected to the Stanhope family myself, I was interested to check his tree, but dissapointed to come across an error. His Mary /Margaret Jerningham who married Thomas Stanhope would appear to be the daughter of John Jermingham and sister of Edward Jermingham who married Mary Scrope. As his tree was supposed to ascend  through Mary Scrope up to William the  Conqueror, if what I found is correct, then he would not be a direct descendant. I would be happy to be proved wrong!

[DavidG02]

Was a bit disappointed they missed out how all kings and queens were descended from Adam and Eve...thus direct defendants of God! Sure I saw a wdytya before with the actual family tree type scroll showing this 

Wasn't that the rower? Matthew Pinsent?

[Romilly]

Was a bit disappointed they missed out how all kings and queens were descended from Adam and Eve...thus direct defendants of God! Sure I saw a wdytya before with the actual family tree type scroll showing this 

Wasn't that the rower? Matthew Pinsent?

Yes, - already mentioned earlier in this thread.

Romilly.

[lisalucie]

Yeah that was him...I enjoyed that episode too.
And sorry, I hadn't read all the thread.
Really enjoyed this one anyway.
Lisa