David Bowie's family tree and how you can trace your own
Note: I actually started drafting this blog post some time ago. Like many others, I was shocked and saddened at the unexpected news of David Bowie's passing. I therefore decided to wait for a while before finally publishing this article in its complete form today (18 July). ---------------------------- It's no secret among those who know me that genealogy is a major passion of mine. When I was a child, my grandmother would often tell me stories about how she'd grown up in rural Wales, evoking images of a way of life that no longer exists. I always had it in the back of my mind to draw up a family tree. Sadly, I never managed to do so during my grandmother's lifetime, mainly because I wasn't sure how to go about it. Building a family tree! That changed in around 2009, when I became aware of the BBC series " W ho Do You Think You Are? ". The premise of it is that they take famous people and trace back their roots, using historical do...