Category: Illegitimacy
Episodes of The Family Histories Podcast featuring the topic of illegitimacy.
Illegitimate is a dated term once used to describe a child of an un-married mother, often with negative connotations that focused a sense of shame towards mother, child, and occasionally their wider family.
Other terms in historical records often include ‘base born’, ‘spurious child’ and ‘bastard’.
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S10EP07 – ‘The Glassworker’ with Lene D. Kottal
Host Andrew meets Danish genealogist Lene D. Kottal and hears about a woman whose smile hides a hard life, and they go looking for some Dræby DNA.
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S10EP02 – ‘The Disinherited’ with Simon Howard
Host Andrew meets family historian and heirloom re-uniter, Simon Howard, and hears about a woman whose father lives a better life than her and her mother…
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S09EP07 – ‘The Incorrigible’ with Karen Cummings
Andrew meets professional genealogist Dr. Karen Cummings, and hears about an incorrigible man, and they’re looking for some saliva!
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S08EP07 – ‘The Nationalist’ with Daniel Loftus
In this season finale, host Andrew Martin meets Daniel Loftus and hears about Project Infant, a Irish Nationalist, and goes looking for a couple in Mayo, Ireland.
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S07EP09 – ‘The Place’ with Angela Buckley, Nick Barratt and Christine Payne
In this special 50th birthday episode, host Andrew meets Dr. Angela Buckley, Dr. Nick Barratt, and Christine Payne at the Society of Genealogists…
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S07EP07 – ‘The Sailor’ with Morag Peers
Series Seven ends with Andrew meeting pro-genealogist Morag Peers. He hears about a young man’s adventure around the world, and they’re looking for clues on…
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S07EP03 – ‘The Elevated’ with Todd Lucero Sales
Andrew meets Filipino genealogist Todd Lucero Sales, and hears about a woman who had two children with an ageing Catholic priest, and they go looking for a mystery man from China.
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S07EP02 – ‘The Knitter’ with Dave Annal
Andrew meets genealogist Dave Annal and hears how an illegitimacy story suddenly unfolded, and they’re looking for the origins and fate of an Irish ancestor.