Joe Swash’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ He recently participated in the popular show. , which helps people trace their ancestors. While filming the episode, the actress was thrilled with her results, which revealed a surprising detail about her ancestry.
Joe Swash gets emotional after the ancestry test
Swash wanted to know more details about his father’s family when he joined the show. ‘Who do you think you are?’ in the video that shows the film being shot. , the ‘EastEnders’ star looks thrilled at the revelations.While talking about her family and how things have been in the past, the actor said, “The past for me has been something I haven’t avoided, but I’ve had no interest in it. I lost my father when I was quite young. He was quite young, only 39. I was only 12.”He also added how he coped with the grief of losing his father at such a young age, mentioning that many things at home have changed a lot what was passed down. He added: “When my father was alive, my house was full of life and laughter, and then when my father died, it was a house full of sadness and grief for a long time. He spent a lot of time trying to get over that period.”In the show, she wanted to know more about where her father was from, which included a possible connection to the Italian mafia. After testing, she learns that there is a connection between her great-grandfather and the suffragist Sylvia Pankhurst. She was a well-known feminist, socialist and anti-fascist activist in the 1880s. Through the test, he found out that his father was an active activist of his time and was very involved with the Communist Workers movement that was going on at that time.
How Joe Swash felt after learning about his ancestors
After getting more clarity on where Swash was coming from, the actor couldn’t help but get emotional. “It really fills me with a lot of pride to think that he was still struggling in life, being Italian, living where they lived, but he was still worried about what was going on in the world and about fascism.”He was proud of his great-grandfather and all the struggle he had experienced in his time. Not only that, but he talked about the obstacles he faced and how he persevered for what he believed was right.
Joe Swash on how his life is now
The actor also assessed how his life is now. He shared that he and his partner, Stacey Solomon, share 5 children and are quite busy taking care of them all the time. “My life is pretty chaotic. My job is pretty chaotic; it can take me everywhere, and the hours are erratic. And when I get home, we have five kids to take care of. So every once in a while, I don’t do enough, I like to go fishing.”Swash and Solomon have four children namely: Harry, Rex, Rose and Belle. The actor is stepfather to Stacey’s two older sons, Zachary and Leighton, from a previous marriage
