- DURATION 60 mins
Event Description
When, at the age of 24, I discovered that my grandad had had four children with three different women over a period of 40 years, I felt a mission coming on! I had always known my dad and had heard about Uncle Bob but the other two were a complete mystery to me. Without even knowing their names, I embarked on a seemingly impossible quest to trace them and their descendants which took me to the other side of the world: a world in which fact is stranger than fiction.
- Duration: 60 mins
- Online Zoom event: Join from your computer, phone or tablet (no replay available)
Ben Nicholls has been researching his own family history since 2001. His paternal grandfather was a shadowy figure who died long before his birth and his journey into his family’s past started with his grandfather’s birth certificate. Ben has gone on to learn about the lives of thousands of his relatives throughout the centuries and connected with many living cousins across the world. He is an established public speaker and has written three novels based on family history.
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