Cheryl Questions Her Mum Joan On Secret Past | Who Do You Think You Are

Cheryl's mum Joan reveals how her family history might be hiding some secrets. Will Cheryl be able to find out the truth? What were her grandparents hiding?

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[mairead]

They sound so alike and I can definitely see the similarity in their faces!

[misplacedkiwi]

One thing I’ve noticed since looking into my own family’s ancestry is the beautiful writing used on official documents. The writing was absolutely gorgeous

[katerinaliskova]

Is it just me ho noticed that Cheryl is behaving like she’s never had conversation with her mother before??

[yingyue]

I feel like Cheryl is the type of daughter that can go to her mom for anything, and she does go to her mom and tells her how she feels so cute😍

[cabbat]

Is anyone else soo surprised that she doesn’t have foreign ancestry?? She does not look English I always thought she’d have some Spanish Greek or Middle Eastern heritage.

[The_torero]

I've got a sneaking suspicion that the reason that everything was so "hush hush" on her mother's side is because someone slept with an ethnic person, and back in those days it was unacceptable. That's why Cheryl and her mom are so olive skinned.

[BinoDist]

You don't know what you're going to find when you start digging into family history. A week ago, I found out that my grandmother had a brother I never knew existed. Apparently he was a bit of a rogue. How interesting that he was never spoken of, I was the little kid that should be seen and not heard, and it took until I was 70 to find out about his existence.

[kksss]

Omg Cheryl's speaking voice and her mothers is so similar

[marrsbar]

Every Geordie kid has heard “kids should be seen and not heard” at one point, even me, and I’m only 21 haha

[CraigGrant-shin]

She is gorgeous and then that beautiful accent . I could listen to her talk all day

[ashsqx]

Cheryl should do one of those DNA origins tests lol

[bloodsling]

Cheryl is too gorgeous, no one needs to be that pretty lol.

[keineahnung]

You never know what may happen in a port city while the men are at sea.

[bluedasher]

Could it be that her grandmother's family were gypsies? Gypsies came from India originally, so that would probably explain Cheryl and her mother's "ethnic" features.

[ilikegreenthings]

I believe there's something else lurking in her mom's side. Cheryl is too pretty and exotic looking to be fully English.

[JDhappy]

'The mother doesn't look Cheryl looks Middle Eastern'. It's called spray tan's and Bronzer people! That Middle Eastern glow comes off with a baby wipe.

[langraman]

her family have hidden any mix she may have

[GoodOlAllisonHarvard]

I always thought that Cheryl looked like she could have Egyptian, Middle Eastern, or Indian subcontinental/ South Asian heritage. 🤷🏽‍♀️ When they were looking at pictures of her grandmother, her grandmother’s sister, and great grandmother, they seemed like they *might* have mixed ancestry other than white. 🙂👍🏾

[myahollandia]

No wonder Cheis so beautiful ❤look at her mother !!! Gorgeous

[kirstyscholoch]

Cheryls fellas have all made her feel inadequate, not good enough and shes suffered greatly because of that. Theyve made her feel that way because they know she is much better than them. Textbook case. Learn to love yourself before you let anyone in.