WDYTYA Series 14 #4 Adil Ray

[nanny jan]

Am I the only one who watched and enjoyed this?  My only connection is a very brief stay in Kenya about 20 years ago.

[Rhododendron]

You're not the only one nanny jan.  I watched it too.  Adil was so natural and confident.  And what an intriguing ancestry he had.

[Jebber]

Am I the only one who watched and enjoyed this?  My only connection is a very brief stay in Kenya about 20 years ago.

Although having no personal interest in those areas, I also found it interesting and enjoyable.

[Lydart]

For me, this was pure joy !   I used to live in or near Kisumu, and was last there in March this year.

I get my phone topped up in the Orange shop next to his grandfathers tin-workshop, and I know the mosque, and the family house  .... got photos somewhere !

As a genealogy programme, I can see it wouldn't appeal to most watchers of WDYTYA, as there were none of the paper chases we all indulge in, but surely it shows the amount of information that can be gleaned from talking to the older generation, and listening to their memories and knowledge of the past.   I am constantly telling African friends to record what their elderly aunts and parents can tell them, for once they are gone ...... haven't we all said 'Oh I wish I'd talked more to Granny about the family' ??

(No idea who the subject of the programme is though !)

I shall watch it again, just for pure indulgence ....



Oh .... and can I add its not possible any more to travel from Nairobi to Kisumu by train; most people fly or go by road ... six hours by dodgy road by car, or eight hours by bus .... or 40 minutes to fly !     

[KGarrad]

I enjoyed this episode

It made a pleasant change from the usual paper-chase. Agree with you Lydart.

Adil Rey is an actor, comedian and presenter. Probably most famous for his comedy series "Citizen Khan". He is almost unrecognisable underneath the make-up, false beard, and clothing

[Skoosh]

Top Marks!

Skoosh.

[smudwhisk]

I enjoyed it too.

[Christine53]

Glad you all enjoyed it. I'm afraid I went to sleep !

Perhaps I should try again.
 

[jim1]

I have a problem connecting to these types of programmes but that's just me.
It did seem to me though that he knew quite a lot about his family to start with. I noticed that when asking his mom questions he prompted her with the answers.
The producer was determined to squeeze someone of interest out of it & settled on his 4XGrandfather's sister being the mother of the local "king".
Nice for him though.