Who do you think you are?

Who do you think you are?By Paula Acton

Who Am I?Born in an English Village

Blonde Hair

Blue Eyes

Christened in St Marys, a Church of England Church

Attended Church of England Schools

Had a traditional British education

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But Maybe its asking the wrong Question?

Instead of who do you think you are? It should be...

WHY ARE YOU WHO YOU ARE?

On the one hand I have a heritage that is linked with the role of coloniser

But on the other...

Are those who suffered from colonisation nearer to home

Census Records from my family tree on Ancestory.co.uk

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Image; SuperStock_1746-214Ejectment of Irish Tenantry, From The Illustrated London News, December 1848, Ebenezer Landells, (1808-1860 British), Wood engraving

Images; http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/Irish/Irish_pf.html

Image; Famine Memorial, Custom House Quay, Dublin, Ireland, Google images Potato famine

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