Who Do You Think You Are Magazine Forum

As with every one of the WDYTYA stories I found Boris Johnson's story absolutely fascinating. Boris is a totally watchable character. I think that one of the great things about Boris's story is that of his great grandfather Ali Kemal. One can only wonder at the reasons why for at least two generations his story went largely untold, banished to that part of the family history that was never to be brought up “ever again”. ...

Boris Johnson's family research was very interesting indeed. On his grandfather's side of the family, he discovered how his great-grandfather (a journalist and politican) in Turkey was murdered due to his critics about the new Turkish politics - as far as I remember when I watched it!

On his grandmother's side of the family, Boris discovered how he's connected to royalty. His great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather was King George 2nd!

Richard Crane