Comments on: Who do you think you are is back!

By: Suzanne Rogers

Suzanne Rogers — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:21:01 +0000

Since Who Do You Think You Are isn’t broadcast in the US, will it be possible for us to see the programs on the internet after they’ve been broadcast in the IK?
Thanks

By: Mary Phillips

Mary Phillips — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:48:13 +0000

Boris Johnson and Jodie Kidd, without a doubt – both of them had that dream-come-true element we’d all love to experience. Boris’s ancestry was sheer glamour (can’t you just see the Hanover looks?) and Jodie’s enviably ancient line, going so far afield and then all the way back home again, was stunning.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:56:23 +0000

without doubt Sue Johnsons episode was my favourite. How her discoveries changed the way she saw her ancestors was absolutely beautiful.

By: Larraine Ledwidge

Larraine Ledwidge — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:47:14 +0000

I just love them all and have watched some of twice.I am following my family history,weather finding out a new branch of family or things you didn’t know about is all exciting.I somewhere in our lineage we have a famous gunsmith,a music hall male impersonator and stonemasons going back generations.there is also soposed to be a diver who dived off the Great Orme(have to yet confirm this)and I am still looking for the black sheep of the family.good hunting to all those looking for there past.

By: Sally Sargeant

Sally Sargeant — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:48:36 +0000

Not only time and expertise but also cash, I’d love to be able to pop along to all the places I have discovered, stay a few nights sit and study old records and return home ready to pack for the next adventure to who knows where. Sending for Birth death and marriage certs can run up as very costly when your excitement grows and your eager to find out more. Its a great hobby, I’m totally hooked and I could spend a fortune if I had a fortune to spend. Still I shall look forward to seeing the next series of “who do you think youe are” Kate Humble’s was the best for me as my grandfather was killed in the Senghenydd mine disaster (the biggest ever) it will be 100 years in 2013.

By: Kenneth Naylor

Kenneth Naylor — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:16:00 +0000

I used to think that I had no family connections outside of Bradford and a mining village in Durham but then I struck lucky mostly from an obscure Co. Durham mining connection, other very helpful family researchers piled in and suddenly I found connections in Ireland,NZ.Australia,the USA and Canada not to mention London.There is so much to now work on including William The Conqueror (or one of his Knights anyway and connections to the Civil War) and all thanks to records and internet access – if only I had more time and expertise!.

By: Chris R

Chris R — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:59:35 +0000

In response to karyn, why not hold a competition? Get people to submit either their most interesting ancestor, or their most baffling puzzle. The BBC researchers then select 10 or so that they think they can research further or that are the most interesting, and the public vote on them. The best three then go forward to a special programme to be shown during BBC Children in Need, with all profits from the phone vote going to the same charity.

Chris.

By: Wendy Law

Wendy Law — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:43:29 +0000

As a New Zealander living in Australia, we are lucky enough to view both English and American “Who Do You Think You Are”. The episodes are absolutely brilliant and I am so looking forward to a new series. Can’t give a favourite … they are all fantastic and informative. I do agree with Karyn asking for an average person having their family tree tracked – my hand is up for that one please being ready, willing and able!!!!

By: karyn

karyn — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:56:16 +0000

It would be really great if they took an average person not a celebrtiy and helped them track there family I’d be facinated.

By: karyn

karyn — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:55:14 +0000

I’d love to the the british version in the U.S. I have family from the UK and most of my research is from there
Plus it would be really great if they took an average person not a celebrtiy and helped them track there family I’d be facinated.