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

[Skoosh]

Quite right too! Was the paternity of Edward III not somewhat in doubt?

Skoosh.

[pharmaT]

I thought he was geniuinely interested, although I got the impression it hadn't all sunk in.  I don't think it would all sink in for me if all my research was presented to me and I hadn't seen it before.  No matter who your ancestors are I reckon it would be a bit much to take in all at once.  I mean what I know so far about mine I have uncovered gradually over 17 years and even then I have "oh wow really" moments.

Did I misread? did someone say he wasn't directly descended from Edward III? he was his 22nd grt grandfather, to me that is a direct ancestor.  Indirect would be grt aunts and uncles etc.

I also think the number of 22grt grandparents we have will be complicated by the likelihood of cousins or second cousin marrying at some point over 22 generations making some grt grandparents  related twice over, or more.

I am jealous though, would love to know who my 20xgrt grandparents were.

[KGarrad]

Even an 1838 Wedding newspaper notice of a marriage, I found very recently, says her father was "of Old, in this County".

Old, is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old,_Northamptonshire

[chempat]

Mark,

Was that a joke about 'of Old' or are you not aware of Old in Daventry?

Snap. posted anyway.

[ankerdine]

An interesting episode but didn't know DD at all.

Some of the family tree information was too quickly passed over for my liking though.

Forgive my ignorance but does this mean that we are all related to one another here in England. Am I related to my husband other than through our marriage?

Judy

[BushInn1746]

Even an 1838 Wedding newspaper notice of a marriage, I found very recently, says her father was "of Old, in this County".

Old, is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old,_Northamptonshire

Thank you.

Oh dear, I was not aware of a place called Old. I hadn't done anything with this yet.

I might be barking up the wrong tree, or down the wrong line!

Anyway, I'll say no more, as thread is about Dyer.

Regards Mark

[tillypeg]

Would love to know what Lord Tim Tollemache thought about the whole idea of being related to DD   Helmingham Hall and gardens look absolutely stunning on their website, I've never been but would like to visit some day.  Perhaps DD will be invited back for afternoon tea.

[pharmaT]

An interesting episode but didn't know DD at all.

Some of the family tree information was too quickly passed over for my liking though.

Forgive my ignorance but does this mean that we are all related to one another here in England. Am I related to my husband other than through our marriage?

Judy

We are all related somewhere along the line but could easily be 30th or 40th great grandparents we share or even further back so for most people records wouldn't allow us to go back far enough to find the link. However when a family has lived in a rural area over a few centuries it is common to find cousin's or second cousins marrying. When I was at school (village school) I was the only one in the class who wasn't related to at least one other classmate.

[BushInn1746]

Some of the family tree information was too quickly passed over for my liking though.

The freelance researcher Laura Berry Genealogist suddenly appeared with a sheet of paper that went back a number of generations and much hard work, that she (and possibly her team) did, went unfeatured.

One moment they were discussing Albert Buttivant and Whitechapel of the 1850s, his parents, then suddenly this long list appeared, back to the Robert Gosnold marriage with Anne Tollemache.

The Lord was very polite and friendly, but seemed rather amused, I felt.
Regards Mark