The actress said: "I'm going to cry now. But in 1918 he suffered a serious shrapnel wound and died at a hospital in Manchester. He was wounded in battle in 1917, recovered at hospital in England and re-joined his regiment in France. The 'Doctor Who' star discovered her war-hero great uncle was actually abandoned by his teenage mother when he was a toddler while filming the show. "My grandma Rita, who the whole story follows, she was a massive hoarder and I've absolutely, sentimentally taken that on - like I'll keep everything if I think, y'know, maybe in like 20 years this will be really interesting.".
duration : 0.32430s v4.2 - 2020-10-15 07:10:39, Doctor Who interactive universe set to expand. I've had a lot of rewards for it. "I was really nervous ... this will sound narcissistic, but I was really nervous it was going to be properly beige," chuckles Jodie Whittaker, 38, of her historical journey. "That's where I got my work ethic for my GCSEs from, right there," she chuckles. The journey also saw the actress explore some decidedly murky corners of the past, tracing back her Yorkshire roots and uncovering some unexpected revelations relating to her great, great grandfather. It's something so present.". "I think class is a really fascinating thing in this period of time, because it means so many different things," she says. I'm a control freak," she confesses. Jodie's great great grandmother Eliza Clements got pregnant after working in London as a servant for a 45-year-old man, who was married with two kids.

Tackling the subject of class, the actress openly admits "I don't even understand what class I am".

"Not seven, ten generations, y'know?

If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can contact IPSO here. "I felt very emotionally connected to the mining," recounts Whittaker. to be "slightly heartbreaking". She went on to have eight more children, but they left Walter behind. I'm an actor and I've transitioned [to] maybe middle class - my dad was brought up above that pub and my mum were brought up in that village - and I've always felt a very emotional connection to Yorkshire without needing to still live there. Jodie added: "I want to protect him and go ‘don’t do it’. As with past series of the show, the celebrities often make some life-changing - and life-affirming - discoveries. "Not knowing any beats to this person's life, Walter's life, it started on particularly shaky ground, y'know?". He was wounded in battle in 1917, recovered at hospital in England and re-joined his regiment in France. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Jodie Whittaker found researching her family tree for 'Who Do You Think You Are?' ©Copyright 2001-2020. "You should know these things and these stories shouldn't be watered down, and they should be passed on, but they should be passed on with the correct information. He turned 21 during World War I in 1914, initially signing up at a military hospital in Southampton before joining cavalry regiment the 10th Royal Hussars the following year. She said: "You fear this is a young girl being taken advantage of... "It’s just the idea of a little kid being left behind.

"Everything is this reveal ... And it's brilliant for that. 1. It's a journey Whittaker will hold onto and quite literally never forget, given the amount of physical documentation the star has amassed over filming. Jodie Whittaker found researching her family tree for Who Do You Think You Are to be slightly heartbreaking.The Doctor Who star discovered her war-hero great uncle was actually abandoned by his teenage mother when he was a toddler while filming the show.She said You fear this is a young girl being taken advantage of...Its just the idea of a little kid being left behind. to be "slightly heartbreaking".The 'Doctor Who' star discovered her war-hero great uncle … Jodie Whittaker on uncovering her family's past in Who Do You Think You Are? Jodie Whittaker to uncover 'uncomfortable truths' in Who Do You Think You Are. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Jodie Whittaker found researching her family tree for 'Who Do You Think You Are?'

"For me personally, it felt like I have a very strong identity with my mum, my dad and my brother as a family unit, but outside of that, at pretty much my grandparents, it stops there.". She got to bring him back to her home.". to be "slightly heartbreaking". But in 1918 he suffered a serious shrapnel wound and died at a hospital in Manchester. She returned to Lincolnshire aged 18, and gave birth to Jodie's great uncle Walter in 1893, and three years later she married and moved back to London with her husband. ", The new series of Who Do You Think You Are?

Jodie’s mother remembers being shunned as an Auckland at school and remembering the strikes of the 1980s, Jodie feels uncomfortable about the connection with ‘scabs’. Whittaker's episode delves into the very nature of the link between class and her identity, raising questions about the north of England, alongside emotional links she had never really explored. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. © 2020 FemaleFirst Ltd. all rights reserved.

"That has been something that has been a mentality and an emotional thing passed on. Airing this autumn, the four-part series will see Whittaker discover more about her heritage, alongside Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones, comedian David Walliams and actress and activist Liz Carr. https://www.famechain.com/family-tree/72638/jodie-whittaker Working his way up from a child labourer in a Yorkshire coal mine to becoming a mine owner himself, the tale darkens when Whittaker discovers that he kept the family mines open during the biggest UK mining strikes of the 1920s. The 'Doctor Who' star discovered her war-hero great uncle was actually abandoned by his teenage mother when he was a toddler while filming the show. Jodie added: "I want to protect him and go ‘don’t do it’. "I have found handing over control really hard. She said: "You fear this is a young girl being taken advantage of... "It’s just the idea of a little kid being left behind. "There's things that I was given, y'know, marriage certificates, death certificates, things like that, you get copies of that and I think it's about preservation. Jodie broke down in tears when she discovered he was buried in East Finchley, north London, which is where his mother Eliza had lived. Jodie Whittaker found researching her family tree for 'Who Do You Think You Are?' I wonder if she saw him again.”. v5.00a - 0.97126s [RUM] 2020-10-15 10:18:32, Win a copy of Anne of Green Gables on DVD, Win a copy of Free State of Jones on DVD or Blu-Ray, Why you need to get matched betting in 2017, Doctor Who interactive universe set to expand. "I wasn't nervous about finding out anything that wasn't necessarily comfortable," confesses the Doctor Who star. airs on BBC One at 9pm on Monday 12 October. Returning to our screens for a seventeenth series, the hit show sees Doctor Who and Broadchurch star Jodie Whittaker live up to her Time Lord credentials by heading back in time to unravel her family's ancestry.