Girl power!

Spice Girl Mel Con finding resilient relatives in her family tree...

- NATASHA HOLT, CAREN CLARK

Q How did you feel looking into your ancestry?

A Honoured and nervous. As I've got older, ve become more curious about what came before me. For years, I've been singing Who Do You Think You Are [with the Spice Girls], so this is a full-circle moment.

Q You were raised in Widnes, near Liverpool, and started your journey for the show by learning about your Liverpudlian paternal great-grandmother, Mary Bilsborough. What can you tell us about her?