{"id":1660,"date":"2009-03-03T19:53:10","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T02:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2009-03-03T19:53:10","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T02:53:10","slug":"who-do-you-think-you-are-highlights-the-ancestry-of-british-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=1660","title":{"rendered":"Who Do You Think You Are? Highlights the Ancestry of British Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/whodoyouthinkyouare-logo.jpg\" alt=\"whodoyouthinkyouare-logo\" title=\"whodoyouthinkyouare-logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"50\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1667\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/\">Who Do You Think You Are?<\/a> has been popular on British television for years. The program is finally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/Primetime\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">making it&#8217;s way to America<\/a>, but it&#8217;s actually got a history on the BBC. Last night, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/new-stories\/kevin-whately\/index.shtml\">actor Kevan Whately was featured<\/a>, but there have been 40 stars who &#8220;came before.&#8221;  The following links go directly to the BBC website stories, photos and videos of individuals in this elite group.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/david-baddiel.shtml\">David Baddiel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/nicky-campbell.shtml\">Nicky Campbell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/gurinder-chadha.shtml\">Gurinder Chadna<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/jeremy-clarkson.shtml\">Jeremy Clarkson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/julian-clary.shtml\">Julian Clary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/david-dickinson.shtml\">David Dickinson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/stephen-fry.shtml\">Stephen Fry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/lesley-garrett.shtml\">Lesley Garrett<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/sheila-hancock.shtml\">Sheila Hancock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/ainsley-harriott.shtml\">Ainsley Harriott<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/ian-hislop.shtml\">Ian Hislop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/jane-horrocks.shtml\">Jane Horrocks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/john-hurt.shtml\">John Hurt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/jeremy-irons.shtml\">Jeremy Irons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/colin-jackson.shtml\">Colin Jackson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/boris-johnson.shtml\">Boris Johnson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/sue-johnston.shtml\">Sue Johnston<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/griff-rhys-jones.shtml\">Griff Rhys Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/natasha-kaplinsky.shtml\">Natasha Kaplinsky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/patsy-kensit.shtml\">Patsy Kensit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/jodie-kidd.shtml\">Jodie Kidd<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/nigella-lawson.shtml\">Niglia Lawson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/robert-lindsay.shtml\">Robert Lindsay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/laurence-llewelyn-bowen.shtml\">Laurence Llewlyn-Bowen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/alistair-mcgowan.shtml\">Alistair McGowan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/graham-norton.shtml\">Graham Norton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/bill-oddie.shtml\">Bill Oddie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/jeremy-paxman.shtml\">Jeremy Paxman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/matthew-pinsent.shtml\">Mathew Pinsent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/esther-rantzen.shtml\">Esther Rantzen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/amanda-redman.shtml\">Amanda Redman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/vic-reeves.shtml\">Vic Reeves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/julia-sawalha.shtml\">Julia Sawalha<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/jerry-springer.shtml\">Jerry Springer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/moira-stuart.shtml\">Moira Stuart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/david-suchet.shtml\">David Suchet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/meera-syal.shtml\">Meera Syal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/david-tennant.shtml\">David Tennant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/carol-vorderman.shtml\">Carol Vorderman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/whodoyouthinkyouare\/past-stories\/barbara-windsor.shtml\">Barbara Windsor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Do You Think You Are? has been popular on British television for years. The program is finally making it&#8217;s way to America, but it&#8217;s actually got a history on the BBC. Last night, actor Kevan Whately was featured, but <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=1660\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Who Do You Think You Are? Highlights the Ancestry of British Stars<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,8,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-british-records","category-celebrity-genealogy","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1660"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}