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Roots in India

Sam Merry traces his family's Indian roots, exploring his great-grandmother's move from India to Nottinghamshire after marrying a British soldier.

Sally Magnusson presents the series exploring the practice of researching family history.

Sally and resident genealogist Nick Barratt explore family roots in India. Sam Merry's Indian great-grandmother was disowned by her family when she married a British soldier. Moving with him to Nottinghamshire, she never spoke of her homeland again. Now, more than a 100 years later, Sam wants to trace his family's Indian roots, and wonders what his ancestor's new life in Mansfield would have been like.

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30 minutes

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  • Mon 14 Sep 200916:30