Questions & Ancestors with Alex Jones

In the final episode of Questions & Ancestors , host Alex Jones sits down with actor and comedian Alan Davies to delve into his family history. From the challenges of his early childhood to his curiosity about the origin of the "Davies" name, Alan explores his roots to uncover the truth behind family lore, including the rumour of a relative who was a one-legged Canadian "Mountie". Guided by An...

In the latest episode of Questions & Ancestors , host Alex Jones sits down with renowned sports broadcaster Hayley McQueen to delve into her family roots and dig into her Celtic heritage. From a family of footballers, including her father, legendary Scottish international Gordon McQueen, Hayley shares her long-standing curiosity about rumoured connections to Ireland and speculation about Vikin...

In the latest episode of Questions & Ancestors host Alex Jones sits down with multi-award-winning actor and director Adrian Lester to explore his Caribbean heritage and family links to Jamaica. Adrian shares his motivation to find out where his family was taken from during the transatlantic slave trade, noting that for many, "history stops at the point where people were trafficked". There are...

Famous faces discover their roots with Questions and Ancestors from Ancestry! In this episode, host Alex Jones is joined by double Olympic gold medalist Victoria Pendleton and senior genetic genealogist Laura House, to uncover the secrets hidden within Victoria’s family tree. Despite expecting nothing out of the ordinary, Victoria discovers an extraordinary story of resilience in her great-great-g...

Ever wondered if your family rumours are actually true? In this episode of Questions & Ancestors , host Alex Jones sits down with legendary comedian and former barrister Clive Anderson to swap courtroom wits for some serious family drama. Guided by Ancestry genealogist Laura House, a surprising DNA test completely rewrites Clive’s maternal history, uncovering a 19th-century court scandal, seve...

In this debut episode, much-loved British comedian Sally Phillips sits down with Alex Jones to unpack the answers to the questions she has about her family story, especially the life of her maternal grandmother, May Wheeldon. “We found out at her funeral that she was adopted, and we didn’t know that,” Sally says. Was this really a traumatic part of May’s life that no one had known anything about,...

Have you ever wondered about your family history and where your story really starts? Perhaps you have unanswered questions about the missing branches of your family tree, or you’d like to know more about the ancestors that made you who you are?  British TV presenter Alex Jones will be asking these very questions in this new podcast series Questions & Ancestors where she’ll be going on a p...