Does it matter who Robert Rinder is, as long as he has a compelling story about his ancestry? Having seen the programme I was very engaged, and touched by what his family went through. You have to be a very focussed genealogist not to go off piste (as my wife calls it) every so often, when you come across someone who has just about scraped on to your family tree, but appears to have had an interesting life that is worth investigating.

Agree with you completely Nick. Over the years, there have been a good number of Jewish and Holocaust stories on WDYTYA, though not for a while. This one was timely, I thought, compelling and devastating. And I fancied my working-class Victorians had it rough in Glasgow and Sheffield! I also fancy more people will know Robert Rinder from Strictly than anything else (as I'll admit is true for me). He was an unexpectedly good dancer. Celia Renshaw in Sheffield Blog: www.morgansite.wordpress.com On 14 August 2018 at 08:57, Nick Higton <nick@higton.co.uk> wrote: > Does it matter who Robert Rinder is, as long as he has a compelling story > about his ancestry? Having seen the programme I was very engaged, and > touched by what his family went through. > > You have to be a very focussed genealogist not to go off piste (as my wife > calls it) every so often, when you come across someone who has just about > scraped on to your family tree, but appears to have had an interesting life > that is worth investigating. > > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb. > com/listindexes/search/derbysgen > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

In a nutshell, no it doesn't matter a jot whether you know the subject I do not watch that sort of program as a general rule so don't know him and have no great interest in his show But his family story was well worth watching In the past with a few exceptions I have usually watched the episode again the next day, which I shall with this one A few of the last shows haven't merited a second viewing, Boy George was one exception Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 14/08/2018 08:57, Nick Higton wrote: > Does it matter who Robert Rinder is, as long as he has a compelling > story about his ancestry? Having seen the programme I was very engaged, > and touched by what his family went through. > > You have to be a very focussed genealogist not to go off piste (as my > wife calls it) every so often, when you come across someone who has just > about scraped on to your family tree, but appears to have had an > interesting life that is worth investigating.