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Questions & Ancestors with Alex Jones

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Ancestry
Victoria Pendleton
Adoption
Family History
Genealogy
Trevor Bannister
Celebrity Genealogy
DNA
UK Celebrities
Telegraph Media Group
May (rebecca Tilley Fletcher Johnson Story)
Llanelli
Cheltenham

Have you ever wondered about your family history and where your story really starts?

Join British TV presenter Alex Jones as she sits down with well-known celebrities including broadcaster and writer Clive Anderson, comedian Sally Phillips, actor Alan Davies, double Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton, actor Adrian Lester and sports reporter Hayley McQueen. They’ll be joined by Laura House, Ancest... more

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In the final episode of Questions & Ancestors, host Alex Jones sits down with actor and comedian Alan Davies to delve into his family history. From the challenges of his early childhood to his curiosity about the origin of the "Davies" name, Alan exp... more

In the latest episode of Questions & Ancestors, host Alex Jones sits down with renowned sports broadcaster Hayley McQueen to delve into her family roots and dig into her Celtic heritage. From a family of footballers, including her father, legendary S... more

In the latest episode of Questions & Ancestors host Alex Jones sits down with multi-award-winning actor and director Adrian Lester to explore his Caribbean heritage and family links to Jamaica. Adrian shares his motivation to find out where his famil... more

Famous faces discover their roots with Questions and Ancestors from Ancestry! In this episode, host Alex Jones is joined by double Olympic gold medalist Victoria Pendleton and senior genetic genealogist Laura House, to uncover the secrets hidden with... more

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Alan Davies
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Sally Phillips
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Clive Anderson
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Adrian Lester
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Victoria Pendleton
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Hayley McQueen
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Victoria Pendleton: the Olympic hero discovers resilience deep in her family history
Q: How do you think learning about Trevor Bannister changes your view of your own path?
The story of Trevor's perseverance, reclaiming his maternal identity, and his later life helping others resonates with Victoria, offering a concrete example of resilience shaping purpose.
Victoria Pendleton: the Olympic hero discovers resilience deep in her family history
Q: What was most surprising about the DNA and ancestral journey for you?
She is struck by how Midlands roots and an almost entirely English regional composition still connect to bold, boundary-pushing traits like drive and ambition.
Victoria Pendleton: the Olympic hero discovers resilience deep in her family history
Q: What do you know at the start about your family history and are there any myths you've heard?
Victoria shares that her family myths are mostly lighthearted and centered on the Pendleton name, with no dramatic legends—yet the investigation reveals a compelling tale of resilience.
Sally Phillips unravels a mystery family adoption
Q: Does this mean that the adoptive mum and the birth mum would have been present at the baptism?
It's most likely they both attended, indicating a desire to maintain a link between the families and to acknowledge May's origins in a formal setting.
Sally Phillips unravels a mystery family adoption
Q: So what makes this baptism record unique, what I've never seen before, is that while John is her adoptive father, Rebecca is her birth mother. And I've never seen a baptism for an adopted child that names both the adoptive parent and the birth parent.
The record explicitly links May's birth mother and adoptive parents in a baptism entry, preserving a dual lineage at a time when informal adoptions were common, which provides a unique window into how families documented adoption in the early 20th century.

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