TV Show: Who Do You Think You Are?
Aired on: 9:00 PM on September 6th, 2010 – Monday
Channel: BBC One Channel
Episode Details: Season 7 Episode 8
Episode Name: Hugh Quarshie
Preview:
Nine celebrities trace their family trees to explore the lives of their ancestors and uncover major themes in British social history.
Holby City actor Hugh Quarshie was born in Accra, Ghana, but moved to Britain with his parents as a small child. Hugh knows there is Dutch ancestry in his family, a reflection of centuries of Dutch influence on Ghana’s Gold Coast, but doesn’t know where that bloodline began.
Hugh starts by travelling to Ghana to find out more about this mixed heritage. He visits his Uncle Jimmy in Accra. Jimmy is the son of Hugh’s grandfather, William Reginald Phillips. He tells Hugh that his grandfather was a successful businessman, setting up a trading company. So where did he get the money to do this? Jimmy reveals that William’s mother was Anna Kamerling, who was half-Dutch and lived in a town called Elmina.
Who Do You Think You Are? Season 7 Episode 8 Hugh Quarshie
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