Who Do You Think You Are (UK) - series 22 announced

[Jebber]

I had no idea who she was but I really enjoyed the Diane Morgan  episode.  It was good to see something rather different to those of some of the big names. She seemed genuinely interested, particularly with the connection to Germany. So many people seem to be unaware that there was a lot of crossing the channel for work in both directions  long before WW1

 I also liked Diane's determination to return the Death Penny to a member of his family and how much it was appreciated. I always think it so sad when you see people selling their family military  medals and other articles just because they didn't know them personally.

[Biggles50]

As for the Will Young show . It was entertaining and good to hear about the Grandfather's life . The only part I thought was "corny" was going back 14 generations to a King!. This is too far back .

I have 14 generations going back from myself!
Add in my daughters and grandchildren and I have 16 generations on my tree.

I don't consider that as "too far back".

My Wife’s direct line goes back to her 40x Great Grandparents.

Tis only numbers, find one Gateway and things go ballistic.

You find a direct relationship not only to King Edward II, he who was disposed of allegedly by use of a red hot poker but also to the family who orchestrated his demise.

BTW.  My Half Brother’s direct line goes back to the same pair of xGreat Grandparents.

Downside being my Mrs is a distant Cousin of Danny Dyer and Boris Johnson and all the other celebrities who have royal lineage.

[jc26red]

As for the Will Young show . It was entertaining and good to hear about the Grandfather's life . The only part I thought was "corny" was going back 14 generations to a King!. This is too far back .

I have 14 generations going back from myself!
Add in my daughters and grandchildren and I have 16 generations on my tree.

I don't consider that as "too far back".

My Wife’s direct line goes back to her 40x Great Grandparents.

Tis only numbers, find one Gateway and things go ballistic.

You find a direct relationship not only to King Edward II, he who was disposed of allegedly by use of a red hot poker but also to the family who orchestrated his demise.

BTW.  My Half Brother’s direct line goes back to the same pair of xGreat Grandparents.

Downside being my Mrs is a distant Cousin of Danny Dyer and Boris Johnson and all the other celebrities who have royal lineage.

Your wife is distantly related to my husband too then  we won’t talk about the DD connection

Actually Will Young’s line was running along a parallel line to my husband’s line and the name Young does appear as close to his line and appears in quite a few documents though not related as far as I can see. My husband’s 5x great uncle was baron, Sir William Blakeney, a well known military man who was also governor of Gibraltar later in life, quite a few of his Creed nephews were in his regiment and one we to off to Prince Edward Island… note this is a generation before Will’s relative and another one ended up in Australia. I need to check my tree as the full Young  name was familiar to me already

[coombs]

I am a distant cousin of the Krays, someone else had researched their tree and said so on another FH forum and said they had a distinctive surname that I had in my tree, and I checked and it was also my ancestors from Shoreditch in the 1700s. I am quite pleased, and would rather be related to Ron and Reg than Danny Dyer.

Maybe they need a WDYTYA for deceased famous people, or infamous people such as the Krays. 

[jc26red]

I am a distant cousin of the Krays, someone else had researched their tree and said so on another FH forum and said they had a distinctive surname that I had in my tree, and I checked and it was also my ancestors from Shoreditch in the 1700s. I am quite pleased, and would rather be related to Ron and Reg than Danny Dyer.

Maybe they need a WDYTYA for deceased famous people, or infamous people such as the Krays. 

like that idea!  might give a few people a shock though!  on my husband’s maternal side Lilly Langtry was godmother to a relative 😂

[ThrelfallYorky]

Whatever posh is, then my mob were def. not it! Farmhands, farmers, ships' carpenters, cabinet makers, all northern bits of the islands of G.B., nowt from down south, really, and all very "pleb." TY

[coombs]

I have several Essex ancestors who were mariners and seamen. One of them lost a ship he owned off the coast of Plymouth in Devon in 1812. He survived, unless he had someone sailing for him, but the ancestor then died in 1817 off the coast of Southend.

[Rena]

Whatever posh is, then my mob were def. not it! Farmhands, farmers, ships' carpenters, cabinet makers, all northern bits of the islands of G.B., nowt from down south, really, and all very "pleb." TY

If they were "posh" then they must have had sufficient money to pay for cool ship cabins when they sailed off to foreign lands to pick up a few souvenirs.

P = Port side (left hand side)
O = Out
S = Starboard side (right hand side)
H = Home.

As the ships sailed from the UK into warm and very warm territory, the sun  shone into the Starboard cabins which made it extremely uncomfortable for  lady passengers who wore many layers of long garments.  Hence they wanted to be cool in the Port side cabins, etc.

I too have a ship's carpenter in the family tree and I have yet to discover whether he stayed on land, or sailed with the wooden ships of the period in order to mend anything that got smashed in violent storms at sea.

[Top-of-the-hill]

   "nowt from down south, really, and all very "pleb." TY"
 Nothing from up North in my ancestry, but it doesn't make us posh. No farmers, just ag labs.