Researching family history can be a fascinating experience. Your ancestor’s life story could make you very proud – they could have been a well respected person in their community or they may well have even been the inventor of something…
Family history is becoming increasingly popular here in the UK and many believe it's because of television shows like Who Do You Think You Are? - Sarah Jessica Parker being the latest star to appear in the hit BBC series. It's always interesting to find out about our past - where we come from, who we are. People enjoy digging up their family secrets and seeing if they have any interesting ancestors...
For such an important scientist you would have thought that Charles Darwin would have known better when it came to picking a mother for his children but his choice of partner may be the reason why three of his 10 children died so young: Darwin's wife was also his cousin...
Award winning director Spike Lee got the shock of his life when he was introduced to his long lost cousin, an elderly white woman from Atlanta, Georgia. Lee took part in the TV series "Who do you think you are? U.S" expecting to find out more information about the lives of slavery that his ancestors experienced but what he actually found was that he is descended from slave owners...