"Who Do You Think You Are" Series 13, Episode #1: Danny Dyer

[Primrose11]

Really enjoyed it. He was funny, and so amazed as his ancestors got higher and higher up the scale.
I have read a report that 99% of British people are descended from Edward III? Proving it, however, is the difficulty. Would love to find such ancestors and if I did I would be as gobsmacked as he was. I liked that he said it would give him more self confidence.
Would have liked to see him telling Aunty Sylvia about her illustrious ancestry.

[frostyknight]

Second one down is NI isn't it - Thursday 1st Dec 12.10am (Northern Ireland,Wales)

That's great! I hadn't noticed that Groom, thanks again.  . And thank you also JAKnighton. I'm really looking forward to seeing the episode.

[coombs]

Good episode. I have East End ancestors as well so can relate to Danny's ancestors. I am related to the Kray Twins as well.

I prefer the original narrator, Mark Strong.

[KGarrad]

I enjoyed the episode - proper genealogy!

Haven't changed my opinion of Danny Dyer, though. Can't stand the man!

[sallyyorks]

At first he had a Cockney wide boy swagger but then when he came out of the church, after learning of his aristocratic roots, he seemed to have lost his wide boy swagger and had an upright calm almost regal air about him, which I thought that was quite funny but nice. He seemed to take it all on board in an unselfconscious way, not false or affected but just happy being in the moment.
He seemed like a straight forward bloke and genuinely enthusiastic about family research and wanting to learn more about historical events.
Good episode

[LizzieW]

I really enjoyed this episode, although I don't normally like Danny Dyer, however, I found him really endearing tonight - even if he was acting - and I can see that he would really have been surprised at when he found out who he was descended from.  I know I was surprised when I found out I was descended from Royalty, even if it was only the Queen Consort of a King, rather than the king himself.  I'm sure there must be millions of us with a direct line to Royalty or their friends.

Let's hope the rest of the series is as entertaining.

[CBGenealogy]

Was surprisingly enjoyable - and nice genealogy - not just a story about one quite recent ancestor made into a whole show.

Quite endearing that he didn't know about Thomas Cromwell or that Jane Seymour's ancestry was going to lead to Edward III et al.
Being Irish, I'm not a royalist but my interest in their history was one of the first clues that I loved genealogy.

[Alan b]

I enjoyed the episode - proper genealogy!

Haven't changed my opinion of Danny Dyer, though. Can't stand the man!

My thoughts exactly, can't stand him but he did seem surprised about what was uncovered.

Had to laugh at his wife running off with that family chart and ending up ripping it in two at the end. 

[coombs]

Shows how many people with East End roots find their East End ancestors had family from East Anglia as the Gosnold family came from Suffolk, and Charles Buttivant was born 1804 in Norwich. Just looked him up on Anc.