A Family Tree: United after 50 years...
Jul 25, 2014, 09:29 AM
(Broadcast on BBC Stoke & BBC WM, July 2014)
Last week you may remember we visited the new Staffordshire Family Archives -- a collection of records dating back to 1538, which have been put online.
Our reporter Emma Thomas stepped back in time with a little help from the County Council's historian tracing her family tree.
Well it seems one BBC listener who heard that recognised more than a few family names and called us to introduce herself as Emma's long-lost relative.
So naturally Emma thought it was only right to set up a reunion. Here's what happened....
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Our reporter Emma Thomas in conversation with her dad Michael and his long lost second cousin Carole Wright from Wolverhampton.