I have two episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? to write about this week, to play catch-up!
Hollywood actress Kate Winslet's episode featured a lot of tears but, luckily, no ships hitting icebergs.
Kate's maternal family were from Sweden, and it was interesting to hear about the history of a country we don't hear much about here in the UK.
The stories of desperation and poverty, however, will be familiar to many families.
Interesting to see also was the 'son/sen' and 'dottir' system in Sweden, not dissimilar to the 'ap' system in Wales, and other 'son of' names going further back in history.
Catherine Ryan's Who Do You Think You Are? episode, on the other hand, featured a lot of laughter!
Comedian Catherine was hoping to find that her family were English, because she lives in England... and Canada is cold!
Mostly, and much to her annoyance, her family were Canadian. And before that Canadian. And before that... Canadian.
Much like with Jack and Michael Whitehall, what made this episode a joy to watch was the humour she brought to every situation - along with her charming unpredictability!
I particularly enjoyed when she was mocking her Victorian teenage ancestor's 'poetic tantrum!'
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