WDYTYA - tiny gripe

[heywood]

Of course she made a few huge assumptions about her ancestors based on little evidence, as most of them do . . . I may even have been guilty of a little of that myself in the early days   

Mike.

I am not sure (but could well be wrong  but I don’t think she, herself, made the assumptions. Any conclusions were led by the historians.
Sometimes, the person does go off into a bit of fantasy but I thought she was just told what might have been the case.
There was a good paperwork trail.

[Rishile]

Of course she made a few huge assumptions about her ancestors based on little evidence, as most of them do . . . I may even have been guilty of a little of that myself in the early days   

Mike.

I am not sure (but could well be wrong  but I don’t think she, herself, made the assumptions. Any conclusions were led by the historians.
Sometimes, the person does go off into a bit of fantasy but I thought she was just told what might have been the case.
There was a good paperwork trail.

I am not sure (but could well be wrong  but I think she didmake all the assumptions.  The historians seemed a bit bored and just kept nodding when she started assuming everything.  I felt she went into said fantasy and made the story what she wanted rather than what was documented.

We all see different things even when we are watching the same thing.

Maybe I'm being a bit biased because I didn't like it as much as Boy George last week or Lee Mack the week before.

Also, is it my imagination or are they doing more definite 'walking in their shoes' this series?  I've never noticed them do it so much in previous series.

Rishile

[lisalucie]

I much preferred the boy george and lee Mack ones too. I think this one seemed exceptionally scripted, I was shouting at the tele when she said to the one historian what does mixed race mean!
Also, maybe it was just me, but if they are throwing about theories that the lady who "inherited" (or not) the house was wet nurse/friend/former slave to the man whose will it was - why did they not put forward the possibility that he had fathered her children?

[heywood]

I watched Boy George again last evening to show a family member - enjoyed very much again.

I agree re the connection between Isaac and Caroline and the possibility of him being the children’s father.
I would have thought that his will would explain his intentions but presumably not.

[Finley 1]

Yep I get that -- they didn't obviously state he was 'DADDY'  but I bet most of us --- did 
Why not say - the word Maybe. 

Never mind, I watched it again last night to check, (well nothing else on) one or two things.  Nothing improved, too much luvy duvy kissing  -- eek -- but as you say one or two of the Historians, were phazed with her attitude.

Yes there was a good paper trail, shame she didn't digest it.  properly --

IMO  she set herself a task of SORTING the two points that she had been brought up to believe.  One that she was mixed race - and Two granny ran off and left the kids.

so she must be happy that she did sort both these points out - one way or the other.

xin

[Rishile]

so she must be happy that she did sort both these points out - one way or the other.

xin

It doesn't make for very interesting viewing though IMHO.

Rishile

[Finley 1]

Exactly   and I am dreading the next episode..

 

xin

[KGarrad]

I much preferred the boy george and lee Mack ones too. I think this one seemed exceptionally scripted, I was shouting at the tele when she said to the one historian what does mixed race mean!
Also, maybe it was just me, but if they are throwing about theories that the lady who "inherited" (or not) the house was wet nurse/friend/former slave to the man whose will it was - why did they not put forward the possibility that he had fathered her children?

Probably because this was in South Africa? And attitudes there may well be different to the UK?

[heywood]

so she must be happy that she did sort both these points out - one way or the other.

xin

It doesn't make for very interesting viewing though IMHO.

Rishile

Exactly   and I am dreading the next episode..

 

xin

I thought the content for both searches was very interesting. I can’t particularly take to Shirley Ballas and my reasons are probably very superficial but it has made me read about the Malay community in Cape Town of which I knew nothing.
It was different.