Who Do You Think You Are - Patrick Stewart 29th Aug

[Olde Crone]

Oh dear. I'm struggling to stay interested. It's a history lesson.

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[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by Olde Crone

Oh dear. I'm struggling to stay interested. It's a history lesson.

OC

Me too. Kept falling asleep. A history lesson and a lecture on post traumatic stress.

[SueinKent]

I struggled to stay awake, I found it really boring.

[Vicwinann]

Originally Posted by Margaret in Burton

Me too. Kept falling asleep. A history lesson and a lecture on post traumatic stress.

Isn't history what family history is all about? If you don't understand the events surrounding the decisions our dead ancestors made, even ones as closely connected as one's father, by knowing some of the social history also of the time, then personally I don't see the point in doing any family research at all. Its not just about collecting names, places, and dates.

[Rachel A]

I enjoyed it. Just because it focused on his father didn't make it boring at all. He had a violent father he didn't even see up to 5-years-old... and by looking at archives and the history of the time helped him to understand and accept him as a fellow human being.

[JessBow]

Originally Posted by Rachel A

I enjoyed it. Just because it focused on his father didn't make it boring at all. He had a violent father he didn't even see up to 5-years-old... and by looking at archives and the history of the time helped him to understand and accept him as a fellow human being.

I think they could have covered it as well, in less time though.
I'd like to have known where his mother came from too , and about his grandparents.

It DID help Patrick understand what made his father tick, but it didn't add a lot to what makes him who he is.

[JessBow]

Originally Posted by Vicwinann

Isn't history what family history is all about? If you don't understand the events surrounding the decisions our dead ancestors made, even ones as closely connected as one's father, by knowing some of the social history also of the time, then personally I don't see the point in doing any family research at all. Its not just about collecting names, places, and dates.

Yes but..... it got , shall we say, a little tedious?
As it was all it covered, just the generation pre Patrick.