John Hurt Visits His Cousin In North Yorkshire - Who Do You Think You Are?

After Searching through databases of street directories and parish records of the Holborn area to find out where the Staffords lived, John takes to the streets of Croydon to track down the location of the school his Great Grandmother once worked at.
From the moment John Hurt first set foot in Ireland, he felt a strong affinity to it - he felt that it was his home. Equipped with a family tale that his great grandmother, Emma Stafford, was the illegitimate daughter of the Earl of Sligo, John sets out on the trail of his Irish roots - and to see if this story is true.
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[@dianeheveranrothaar5120]

It is maddening to try and make sense of these stories with no indication of the order of the videos. It would be so easy to put us out of our misery by adding a number to each part of a person’s story!

[@da_pawz]

Yeah I can fee you. And I don't really know where to stream from my country, there're avaliable in amazon prime but they're too expensive for me to buy, so this youtube videos are the only way to watch...

[@christinagiannaros9817]

Snap, I've thought this for a long time, it's so chaotic and frustrating.

[@songofsunrise]

I think it's very likely that she stayed on to teach there not because she liked it so much there but because she had nowhere else to go...

[@candyclews4047]

absolutely - shades of Jane Eyre!

[@jlp2061]

Few respectable options.

[@adeladevere2013]

My thoughts exactly.

[@leehutchinson7005]

But the video is about a relative in Croydon!

[@johnmonk66]

where the hell is this cousin?

[@sophiee.h]

26 September 2007

[@dannick3043]

All those Muppets in Croydon don't realise they're walking past a legend

[@christinagiannaros9817]

He never did find out who his g. grandmother's father was, it got pushed to the side once his g. grandfather's story took over, still curious as her schooling was paid for, so it was someone with money, dna testing might have come in useful.

[@johnwebsterwallace4884]

DNA.

[@beboplady1542]

His brother needs to take a DNA test since John passed away. I hope the brother is still alive.

[@billiondollardan]

John was physically fit wasn't he? It must have been due to his alcohol intake. I'd better start drinking

[@zweij]

Come on, this was rude...

[@mike62mcmanus]

It looks like the suit was bought at a second-hand shop.

[@leehutchinson7005]

Errr where is North Yorks?

[@justinwellington6448]

So many africans, tragic.