An interesting night on Who Do You Think You Are?
When Rita Wilson travelled to Greece, the birthplace of her father, and Bulgaria where her father Alex, who was previously named Assan Ibrahimoff had moved to before leaving for the United States in 1949.
In tears at several instances upon discovering her father had previously married and that she had a half brother called Emil - tragically her father's wife died three days after the birth and Emil died mere months later.
She then discovered her father had been forced to join the military and then dismissed from the army and jailed for just over 2 years after he stole 28 plastic bottles. He was later interred in a labour camp in Bulgaria in 1946 after he tried to leave the country, and when he finally managed to escape he became an enemy of the state.
Rita also learned that her father’s half-brother has been found in Bulgaria. She met her uncle, Ferhat Ibrahimoff, now 96, as they hugged and cried together.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2123126/Tom-Hanks-wife-Rita-Wilson-breaks-discovering-brother-died-baby-Who-Do-You-Think-You-Are.html#ixzz1qiHVcsNW
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