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* Perhaps the two biggest crowning moments are during the Series 4 Sir Matthew Pinsent and Series 7 Alexander Armstrong episodes, [[spoiler: during which both of them are able to trace their lineage back to the 15th century and powerful families and nobillity (particularly Armstrong, who is descended from Dukes and whose family STILL owns land in Northumberland). But then they are told they can go back even further, and great scrolls are brought out (and grand music begins playing) which reveals them both to be descendants of William the Conqueror, the man who changed Britain forever when he led the Norman invasion in 1066!]]

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* Perhaps the two biggest crowning moments are during the Series 4 Sir Matthew Pinsent and Series 7 Alexander Armstrong episodes, [[spoiler: during which both of them are able to trace their lineage back to the 15th century and powerful families and nobillity (particularly Armstrong, who is descended from Dukes and whose family STILL owns land in Northumberland). But then they are told they can go back even further, and great scrolls are brought out (and grand music begins playing) which reveals them both to be descendants of William the Conqueror, the man who changed Britain forever when he led the Norman invasion in 1066!]]1066!
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* On the US version, Jim Parsons learns that his six-times great-grandfather is Louis-François Trouard, a celebrated French architect who not only served King Louis XV, but was also good friends with the likes of author Guillaume Raynal, UsefulNotes/JohnAdams, and even Creator/BenjaminFranklin!
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* Perhaps the two biggest crowning moment are during the Series 4 Sir Matthew Pinsent and Series 7 Alexander Armstrong episodes, [[spoiler: during which both of them are able to trace their lineage back to the 15th century and powerful families and nobillity (particularly Armstrong, who is descended from Dukes and whose family STILL owns land in Northumberland). But then they are told they can go back even further, and great scrolls are brought out (and grand music begins playing) which reveals them both to be descendants of William the Conquerer, the man who changed Britain forever when he led the Norman invasion in 1066!]]
** Mayor of London UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson discovered in his episode that he was descended from an illegitimate daughter of King George II, and therefore by extension, could also trace his family back to William the Conqueror and beyond.

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* Perhaps the two biggest crowning moment moments are during the Series 4 Sir Matthew Pinsent and Series 7 Alexander Armstrong episodes, [[spoiler: during which both of them are able to trace their lineage back to the 15th century and powerful families and nobillity (particularly Armstrong, who is descended from Dukes and whose family STILL owns land in Northumberland). But then they are told they can go back even further, and great scrolls are brought out (and grand music begins playing) which reveals them both to be descendants of William the Conquerer, Conqueror, the man who changed Britain forever when he led the Norman invasion in 1066!]]
** * Mayor of London UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson discovered in his episode that he was descended from an illegitimate daughter of King George II, and therefore by extension, could also trace his family back to William the Conqueror and beyond.
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** Mayor of London BorisJohnson discovered in his episode that he was descended from an illegitimate daughter of King George II, and therefore by extension, could also trace his family back to William the Conqueror and beyond.

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** Mayor of London BorisJohnson UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson discovered in his episode that he was descended from an illegitimate daughter of King George II, and therefore by extension, could also trace his family back to William the Conqueror and beyond.
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** Mayor of London BorisJohnson discovered in his episode that he was descended from an illegitimate daughter of King George II, and therefore by extension, could also trace his family back to William the Conqueror and beyond.

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** Mayor of London BorisJohnson discovered in his episode that he was descended from an illegitimate daughter of King George II, and therefore by extension, could also trace his family back to William the Conqueror and beyond.beyond.
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* Perhaps the two biggest crowning moment are during the Series 4 Sir Matthew Pinsent and Series 7 Alexander Armstrong episodes, [[spoiler: during which both of them are able to trace their lineage back to the 15th century and powerful families and nobillity (particularly Armstrong, who is descended from Dukes and whose family STILL owns land in Northumberland). But then they are told they can go back even further, and great scrolls are brought out (and grand music begins playing) which reveals them both to be descendants of William the Conquerer, the man who changed Britain forever when he led the Norman invasion in 1066!]]

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* Perhaps the two biggest crowning moment are during the Series 4 Sir Matthew Pinsent and Series 7 Alexander Armstrong episodes, [[spoiler: during which both of them are able to trace their lineage back to the 15th century and powerful families and nobillity (particularly Armstrong, who is descended from Dukes and whose family STILL owns land in Northumberland). But then they are told they can go back even further, and great scrolls are brought out (and grand music begins playing) which reveals them both to be descendants of William the Conquerer, the man who changed Britain forever when he led the Norman invasion in 1066!]]1066!]]
** Mayor of London BorisJohnson discovered in his episode that he was descended from an illegitimate daughter of King George II, and therefore by extension, could also trace his family back to William the Conqueror and beyond.

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