Poppy girl

Anyone watch Vanessa Williams last night I thought she was super nice and the show was quite interesting.

cindyabs

Very interesting! I told DH to get on the stick with his research, if the descendant of slaves can find info he ought to be able to do some digging in Shropshire!!

Also the poster on here that had offered help in tree tracing found some info on my dad's paternal side to a previously unknown link with the Tate clan in Northumberland.

Poppy girl

WOW!! thats amazing I gave up with it all and thought it best left to the experts, I am still interested but my patience was getting very thin on ancestory.com.

lisa67

Taped it. Waiting for a quiet night in to watch it uninterrupted

SarahG

Me too. I was out with friends to see "The Kings Speech" so I'll probably watch it tomorrow. There's nothing on TV tomorrow night worth watching anyway!

Poppy girl

The show with Kim Catrell last night was great but it was the same as the one I saw back in the UK last year on thier version!

Mummy in the foothills

I saw that one last night. Never seen it before. It was really interesting.

cindyabs

Another one where the man buggers off to start a new life and leaves his original family in the lurch.

Just Jenney

I watched that last night, although only the last 15-20 minutes. I thought it was very moving, very emotional. As usual, I surprised myself by finding my eyes welling up, because I got to see Kim Cattrall as a normal, regular person, not her personae that is so famous.

I think what's fascinating about this show is that many people are interested in celebrities' lives -- for whatever reason -- but this show not only allows the viewer to learn something about the celebrity, but to actually see the celebrity discovering and unfolding their own family history for themselves.

I have yet to watch an episode of "Who Do You Think You Are?" and not find it incredibly touching. And moreover, it reminds the viewer that these celebrities are really just people like the rest of us who have something to learn from their ancestors' pasts.

~ Jenney

Mummy in the foothills

I saw Rosie O'Donnell last week (I think it was last week) she was really moved when she toured the old workhouse where her family had been in Ireland before they were sponsored for emigration to Canada. It was pretty bleak I worked in a hospital that was a converted workhouse and it was down right spooky at night. The one she was in had been just kept as it was.

Englishmum

I enjoyed watching Kim Catrall too - had to smile when everyone was offering her a cup of tea (after all, she was filming in England!).

For anyone who would like to see an episode which has already been shown on TV, you can watch via this link:

http://www.hulu.com/who-do-you-think-you-are

There are a lot of British programmes on Hulu.com (eg. Doc Martin, Kingdom, comedies, drama)

http://science.discovery.com/videos/...oad-promo.html (Promo on Hulu for "An Idiot Abroad"...an English guy getting into scrapes in foreign countries - I don't have or want to subscribe to the Discovery Science channel so it's the only way I can see it!)

http://www.hulu.com/search?query=an+...d&st=1&fs=null - the episodes available

Just Jenney

When Kim the conversation had been very solemn and quite serious and sad. Finally, after several minutes there was a long pause, and then -- "Would you like a cuppa tea?" SO English!

In British TV and films, it's amazing how many scenes where things are getting a tad too awkward, uncomfortable or emotional are quickly brought to an end by someone asking, "How 'bout some tea?" LOL

~ Jenney

Poppy girl

He would of liked BE then

paddingtongreen

Why should he?
I think my paternal grandfather was from Shropshire but if your other half is anything like me, he is scared they might be from Wales!

cindyabs

Too late, he found a Lloyd in the tree. Also, his family liked, and still do as a matter of fact, to holiday in Llandudno. We honeymooned in Llanwrst too.