The Chase star Anne Hegerty once revealed the “terrible” reason her mum told her not to look into their family tree.
Anne, who appears as The Governess on The Chase, learnt more about her family’s past in DNA Journey on ITV in 2022.
Anne Hegerty on DNA Journey
The Governess, aka Anne, learned more about her family’s past on DNA Journey.
The 65-year-old, along with fellow The Chase star, Shaun Wallace, delved into their respective family trees together in the series.
In the episode, which aired in April 2022, Anne found out that she’s related to royalty.
However, Anne revealed that her mum didn’t want her to look into her family history when she was growing up.
“I did know a fair bit about my family. There were certain mysteries I wanted sorted,” she told The Sun‘s TV magazine about doing the show.
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Anne then said that there were things she did and didn’t know about her family.
She said that even with the things she did know, she wanted to learn more about them.
“As a child, I was always curious about this stuff and my mother was always very repressive and: ‘No, no, no. Nobody needs to know about their family tree,” she said.
Anne revealed that she thinks her mum didn’t want her digging because there’s “quite a bit of posh” on her mum’s side.
She said that her mum probably didn’t want her to grow up to be a “terrible snob” if she found out about the poshness in their family.
However, Anne joked that she already is a “terrible snob”, meaning her family tree has nothing to hide.
Anne then went on to say that despite her mum’s apprehension about looking at the family tree, she was looking forward to sharing her findings with her.
“My mum’s suffering with dementia so she can’t appreciate… So what myself and my brother are going to do is go to the home and watch it with her,” she said at the time.
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