Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? is a TV show on Yesterday. Lost connections and unfamiliar histories are revealed as celebrities trace their family trees. Discover stories of courage, joy, sacrifice and resilience - everyone has a tale to tell. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 18 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2025.
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Who Do You Think You Are?
YouTuber Joe Sugg aptly discovers that one of his ancestors was involved in one of the earliest forms of communications technology, electrical telegraphs. Another survived the Great Fire of London.
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Celebrity genealogy series. National treasure June Brown unravels her Jewish heritage and discovers how momentous historical events shaped her family's destiny.
Series 3
Barbara Windsor traces her maternal grandfather to the east London docks and discovers that she's related to the artist Constable.
Series 18
Singer Pixie Lott has heard that she may have Italian ancestry from Verona, but instead she discovers ancestors battling poverty in London and three generations of military musicians.
Series 16
Sharon Osbourne uncovers the difficult circumstances of her mother’s and grandmother’s lives, and is stunned to learn that her great-grandmother was born in the US.
Former TOWIE star Mark Wright discovers that his ancestors included an Andalucian master swordsman and a Spaniard who was burned at the stake during the Inquisition.
Series 15
Shirley Ballas investigates a family story that her maternal great-grandmother abandoned her husband and children for a more exciting life in America.
Series 20
Chris and Xand van Tulleken discover more about their Dutch heritage. Their research uncovers stories of ambition and true love but also a connection to a shameful part of history.
Series 18
Judi Dench begins her journey by trying to find out how her father won his gallantry medals during the First World War. Her investigations then lead her to 16th-century Denmark.
Series 21
Gemma Collins goes on an emotional journey, discovering why her mother was fostered, connecting with a long-lost cousin and finding out her Essex roots go back over 200 years.
Olly Murs explores his grandfather’s Latvian roots and discovers his great-grandparents were circus performers, and how a wartime decision led to a tragic family estrangement.
Jessica Ennis-Hill discovers the truth behind a family mystery and finds out about her Jamaican four-time great-grandfather’s journey from enslavement to land ownership.
Actor, presenter and deaf rights campaigner Rose Ayling-Ellis goes in search of her family history. She encounters a pub landlady and hunts for a rumoured Italian connection.
Paddy McGuinness uncovers his grandfather’s vital work in World War II, how his other grandfather was involved in the Boer War and the family’s journey from Ireland to Bolton.
Melanie Chisholm is fascinated to discover that her ancestors include a moneylender, a campaigner for social reform and a family fleeing the famine in Ireland.
Vicky McClure goes on an emotional journey to Taiwan to find out what happened when her great-grandfather was captured as a prisoner of war in World War II.
Series 19
Sue Perkins delves into the German branch of her family, uncovering a harrowing tale of refugees fleeing back and forth across east European borders during the Second World War.
Series 18
Presenter and former footballer Alex Scott learns about her Jewish ancestry and travels to Jamaica for the first time in her life to find out about her great-great-grandmother.