Oscar-winner Kate discovers her four-times great grandfather, Anders Jonsson, was a stable groom on an estate where workers were paid in tokens rather than cash so they could never leave. Kate says: “Good for you – I’d have stolen the potatoes too.”But when told he went to jail, she adds: “That’s horrible. His poor wife lost her baby and her husband within six months and was left with four children, including my great, great, great grandfather Johan Christian. Kate tells the show, which airs on BBC1 next month, that she had no idea of mum Sally’s Swedish ancestry. She says: “When Mum died, it was like the North Star just dropped out of the sky.

Source: Daily Mirror July 15, 2019 20:52 UTC