Mandy Moore became emotional when she discovered the fate of her four times great grandmother in an Irish workhouse on the season premiere of the US version of Who Do You Think You Are. Mandy Moore became emotional when she discovered the fate of her four times great grandmother in an Irish workhouse on the season premiere of the US version of Who Do You Think You Are. Mandy Moore reduced to tears over Irish ancestor who died in workhouse during Famine on Who Do You Think You AreThe This is Us star believed her family had originated in England before emigrating to the US, but in the course of the TLC show she discovered that her great, great, great, great grandmother Mary Flynn died at the age of 40 in an Irish workhouse. Mandy Moore on Who Do You Think You Are? Mandy said, "To know that my four times great grandmother passed away in a place like this and the horrific conditions you described, is really... it's just very tragic."

Source: Irish Independent December 05, 2018 11:37 UTC