Heartache and healing
What's on TV|September 07, 2024
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill delves into unsettling family mysteries as she researches her ancestry...
CAREN CLARK, HANNAH DAVIES, NATASHA HOLT
Heartache and healing

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill uncovered tragedy and fortitude as she looked into her roots for Who Do You Think You Are?

The retired heptathlete, who won gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, investigated the harrowing story of why, in 1919, her two-times great-grandmother Emily Maud Powell, known as Maud, left her husband William and their children, including Jessica's greatgrandfather Jack, who never saw her again.

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