Ant and Dec's DNA Journey ITV1

[Crimson Dynamo]

last night at 9pm and tonight 9pm

What a delightful show that was :love:

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[Toy Soldier]

"In a bizarre turn of events, 32.5% of Dec's DNA could not be verified as human."

[Cherie]

The fact that Ant went into Rehab two weeks after finding out he shared DNA with half an Irish Village and they all had surnames like McPartlin :laugh:

The guy who added a 'D' 15 years ago so he is now McPartland :hehe:

[Cherie]

Looking forward to New Yark

[Crimson Dynamo]

the joy Ant felt when he found out his great grandfather was a war hero and Dec's was a "habitual drunk" :laugh2:

[Cherie]

the joy Ant felt when he found out his great grandfather was a war hero and Dec's was a "habitual drunk" :laugh2:

:joker:

[Beastie]

Can't wait for the second part tonight. Such a touching show.

[Niamh.]

The fact that Ant went into Rehab two weeks after finding out he shared DNA with half an Irish Village and they all had surnames like McPartlin :laugh:

The guy who added a 'D' 15 years ago so he is now McPartland :hehe:

I know, I said that to Gav as well :oh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

imagine if he had found out about his Scottish genes...?

:worry:

[Cherie]

I know, I said that to Gav as well :oh:

The woman singing sent him over the edge?

[Crimson Dynamo]

The woman singing sent him over the edge?

such a happy song, i have no idea why?


:hehe:

[Niamh.]

See how red his eyes looked in the 2017 footage compared to the newer bits?

[Crimson Dynamo]

See how red his eyes looked in the 2017 footage compared to the newer bits?

and he had terrible bags under his eyes from disrupted sleep, unlike now

[Cherie]

See how red his eyes looked in the 2017 footage compared to the newer bits?

Yeah he looks so much better now.

I think Dec's reaction was very heartfelt as well at how angry he was to begin with, I think we can all empathise

[Niamh.]

Yeah he looks so much better now.

I think Dec's reaction was very heartfelt as well at how angry he was to begin with, I think we can all empathise

Yeah definitely.

[Cherie]

Walking the dogs :flutter: , Ant with the Lab and Dec with a sausage dog, its just so them :joker:

[Niamh.]

Walking the dogs :flutter: , Ant with the Lab and Dec with a sausage dog, its just so them :joker:

I like when Ant threw the ball at the lab and the lab just let it hit off her head :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

just the start when Dec says that this should have gone out in 2017

cut to a sheepish Ant..."yeah...sorry about that"

:joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

one of the best 3 hours of the year that was

[Cherie]

how mad that Dec is related to the family that run the helicopters off the Pier in New York, that house :amazed:

[Crimson Dynamo]

how mad that Dec is related to the family that run the helicopters off the Pier in New York, that house :amazed:

That house was amazing, unlike the first cousins house we saw in NY

[Liam-]

one of the best 3 hours of the year that was

It was joyous, the first episode was kind of uncomfortable seeing how.. erratic Ant was, but their interviews later were so honest and raw, it was lovely to see

[Crimson Dynamo]

The TL did my family tree last year right back to like the 15th century and we are also related. tbh once you get to your GG grandparents you literally are related to everyone and you have cousins all over the shop

[Cherie]

Barbara in Fermoy saying Dec looked like her cousin, she was desperate for the relation to be Dec :joker: and the guy in the funeral home :love: he was as stiff as a corpse himself :omgno:

[Cherie]

The TL did my family tree last year right back to like the 15th century and we are also related. tbh once you get to your GG grandparents you literally are related to everyone and you have cousins all over the shop

oh I would love someone to do that for me

[Crimson Dynamo]

oh I would love someone to do that for me

Its not too hard you know, the TL goes obsessive about things like this and is at it night and day. I found out that I drive by the house my GG grandfather on my mums side used to live at once a week and that the TL lived for many years about 50 feet from where my Mums G Grandparents lived for many many years. One of the TL's relations was called Edward the Worm Slayer :omgno:

[Toy Soldier]

Edward the Worm Slayer :omgno:

Marsh? :think:

[Toy Soldier]

The TL did my family tree last year right back to like the 15th century and we are also related. tbh once you get to your GG grandparents you literally are related to everyone and you have cousins all over the shop

I was going to say there's less chance for me and my wife because we're from very different areas BUT my dad's maternal family (if you go back 3 or 4 generations) was Irish Catholic, and her mum's family is Irish Catholic going back just one generation (both her maternal grandparents migrated from Ireland as adults) so I guess there's potential there :umm2:.

If you stay around the same area for life everyone does seem to be related in some way or other though. In my teens it transpired that my best friend at school is actually some form of "numbered/removed" cousin... my grandfather and his great-grandfather were 1st cousins. So not even that distant :joker:

[edit]3rd cousins once removed. I've just used a calcumerlator on google :hee:

[Oliver_W]

Its not too hard you know, the TL goes obsessive about things like this and is at it night and day. I found out that I drive by the house my GG grandfather on my mums side used to live at once a week and that the TL lived for many years about 50 feet from where my Mums G Grandparents lived for many many years. One of the TL's relations was called Edward the Worm Slayer :omgno:

haha I'm gonna guess it's worm as in "wyrm", so he killed dragons :dance:

[Niamh.]

Actually, Gavins surname is Scottish and I think one of his relatives did a family history search and they're from Scotland going back not too long ago, so he might be related to you both TS and LT :laugh: Both my parents have very irish names though, it would be interesting to do a search, where do you even start with it?

[Crimson Dynamo]

If we assume that there is a new generation every twenty-five years, an ancestor born 1,000 years before you would be 40 generations removed from you. You would have 2,199,023,255,550 (that’s 2 trillion, 199 billion, 23 million, 255 thousand, 550) unique ancestors born in the previous 40 generations, assuming no overlap (that is, none of your ancestors were cousins to other ancestors).

https://blog.eogn.com/2018/01/26/how-many-ancestors-do-you-have/

[Crimson Dynamo]

Actually, Gavins surname is Scottish and I think one of his relatives did a family history search and they're from Scotland going back not too long ago, so he might be related to you both TS and LT :laugh: Both my parents have very irish names though, it would be interesting to do a search, where do you even start with it?

spit in a wee bottle and send it off

[Niamh.]

spit in a wee bottle and send it off

Where? Ancestery.com or something like that?

[Oliver_W]

spit in a wee bottle and send it off

Surely you should wee in a wee bottle and spit in a spit bottle?

[Cherie]

I am very tempted now to do it, but after sharing one of the very few bus journeys recently with a woman who is convinced she is the actual Queen (and she had a big file of papers to prove it) and that Liz and Philip are going to be ousted any day now, I'm worried I might be Liz's long lost daughter :omgno:

[Niamh.]

I am very tempted now to do it, but after sharing one of the very few bus journeys recently with a woman who is convinced she is the actual Queen (and she had a big file of papers to prove it) and that Liz and Philip are going to be ousted any day now, I'm worried I might be Liz's long lost daughter :omgno:

:laugh2:

[Cherie]

:laugh2:

How do these things happen to me, she turned to me and ask me if I was English, what she meant was did I speak English as she wanted to show me her fat file on how she is the actual heir to the throne :laugh:

[Niamh.]

How do these things happen to me, she turned to me and ask me if I was English, what she meant was did I speak English as she wanted to show me her fat file on how she is the actual heir to the throne :laugh:

Those things always happen to Gavin, I'm an expert at giving off "don't talk to me" vibes to strangers :hehe:

[Cherie]

Those things always happen to Gavin, I'm an expert at giving off "don't talk to me" vibes to strangers :hehe:

I thought she wanted directions :fist: she was very upset when I said I had to get off

[Beso]

I must watch this on catchup, I've seen a lot of people crowing about how good this show was...was kelso featured at all?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Where? Ancestery.com or something like that?

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