You see, the very next day, I was to fly to London to prepare for the filming of an episode of the BBC TV show Who Do You Think You Are?, a very popular program in which celebrities have their genealogy investigated, and studious, balding men in tweed jackets with leather patches on the elbows help the celebs pore over ancient parchments wherein family secrets are hidden. But not for long of course, as a hitherto unpredictable secret is revealed, and then the celeb cries.