I've been watching a lot of WDYTYA episodes from the UK and Australia on You Tube lately. The US version has really wound down and had very short seasons in recent years. The UK originated the show and seems to do a much more polished version. The Aussies do a very good job as well.
Maybe our celebs just don't have as interesting stories to tell. A few have also gotten on their political bandwagons in recent seasons. Of course, I'm still looking forward to the new US season.
It was really interesting hearing a couple of genealogists who have worked on the show talk about how stories are selected or rejected. No secrets were given away on episodes however. Darn it!
Finding Your Roots has good episodes now and again. Episodes having a central theme and cramming three stories into an hour takes away from the really interesting stories.
The funniest thing about the Australia WDYTYA is the number of celebs that are thrilled with finding convict ancestors.
Americans don't seem to get that excited over ancestors who were indentured servants. That's as close a comparison as I can come up with. [Many of those indentured had been in prison in England.]
Give the UK and AU versions a try!
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