TV Alex: My shock over ancestor owning slaves
Daily Express|October 16, 2021
HORRIFIED Alex Scott fought back tears after discovering her 19th-century Jamaican ancestor owned slaves – and had children with one of them.
Nicola Methven
TV Alex: My shock over ancestor owning slaves

The former Arsenal and England footballer made the grim discovery while on the Caribbean island to trace her lineage on her father’s side for the BBC show Who Do You Think You Are?

Alex, 37, was incredulous when records showed her rich four times great-grandfather Robert Coombs owned 26 slaves from 1817 to 1832.

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