Who do you think you are series 20

[coombs]

I have an ancestor from Essex whose family trace back to Colchester and one of them ancestors was born in 1570 to a Suffolk dad and a Lincolnshire mother. Her dad was a mayor and alderman and her mum was a Midlands girl with a father who owned land in Elston, Notts.

Anyway I did enjoy the Andrew Lloyd Webber episode, always liked him.

[Cats1723]

Interesting unfortunately I do not live in the Uk so will be unable to watch it, I was particularly interested in Bear Grylls, as supposedly we share some of the same ancestors, we are very remote from each other, I was hoping that a our mutual ancestors may have be highlighted but going by the trailers so far I have spotted they are going to concentrate on his grandfather's WW2 exploits and his descent on his mothers side from Robert the Bruce,  Bear on his father's side  is also descended from Edward IV through his illegitimate son Arthur "6th Viscount Lisle. so I do not believe our mutual ancestors will be highlighted

[ChrissieL]

After having visitors for a week I finally got round to watching the Andrew Lloyd Webber story. I thought it was a great start to the series. He was really interested in his family and keen to find out as much as he could about them. Lovely to see him showing the musical score to his brother at the end. I wonder if Julian had a go at playing it?

[Petros]

Fortunate to get back to 11x GGparents. I can only manage one 10xGGparent and he was born ca 1520!

[candleflame]

I didn’t enjoy the Claire Foy edition as much, though there were some interesting parts.

[ThrelfallYorky]

Not too bad, the Claire Foy one, but no really interesting stuff.....
TY

[Davedrave]

I’ve just watched the Bear Grylls episode. Some interesting bits, but I had to smile when his “21x great grandfather” was revealed (Robert the Bruce). Not referred to as “one of your x number of 21x gt grandfathers” (I haven’t yet worked out how many that pretty massive number would be). The programme always refers to these relationships as if you have just the odd great grandfather in each generation on each side of the family. I wonder how many people share the same ancestor. Quite a sizeable number I imagine.

EDIT
I think that theoretically Robert the Bruce would be one of his 8,388,608  21x great grandparents

[trish1120]

I tend to download the episodes so I can pause it where the family tree and connections are shown.
When watching they scroll up too fast!

I find it interesting that most of the interesting connections follow the female line

[ThrelfallYorky]

Ended up gritting my teeth at the "Bear" Grylls one. Don't think I'd get on with him, seemed very self-satisfied..... and as other have said, yes, well, at that many "greats..."?
TY