Annie Lennox - Who Do You Think You Are?

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

A new episode of BBC genealogy programme Who Do You Think You Are? will uncover the chequered family history of the 57-year-old Eurythmics star.

Shock: Annie Lennox discovers the scandalous past of her family in an upcoming episode of Who Do You Think You Are?

 

 

It reveals that her great-great-grandmother, Isabella McHardy, was hauled before the Kirk Session after giving birth to an illegitimate child.
For Miss Lennox, who knew nothing of her family beyond her grandparents and whose parents both died of cancer, it was quite a revelation.
She was shocked to discover that great-grandfather George Ferguson was born in 1852 out of wedlock.
His mother was called before the elders of the Church of Scotland, whose responsibility it was to maintain moral order among their congregation, and shamed for her transgression with William Ferguson.
The fascinating story is revealed in a preview of the programme, which will be aired on September 5 in the UK.
Miss Lennox’s episode uncovers an extraordinarily dark tale of tangled family relationships blighted by illegitimacy and poverty.

 

 

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