Overview

• Sam Thompson learned that his surname is actually De Courcy Thompson after discovering his ancestor Lesley fabricated the aristocratic prefix to enhance family prestige.
• His four-times great-grandfather, Charles Thompson, served with the Enniskillen Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Waterloo, assuaging fears of a problematic past.
• Marvin Humes traced his lineage to Jamaica where his great-grandmother sacrificed her own reunion with her children in 1958 to fund their journey to Britain.
• Sam met his long-lost cousin Connolly Patrick McCausland and learned their shared ancestor, land agent Robert McCausland, once owned property in Woolwich.
• DNA tests confirmed an unexpected ancestral link between Thompson and Humes, highlighting the surprising connections uncovered on the show.