DNA tests reveals Johnny Cash’s first wife was black and her great-grandmother was a freed slave

Johnny Cash’s first wife was black and her great-great grandmother a slave, it has emerged – shocking the Cash family, and providing a dramatic posthumous twist to her remarkable story. Vivian Liberto died in 2005 at the age of 71, believing she was of mixed Italian and German ancestry. The daughter of a father of … Read more

Johnny Cash’s first wife was black and her great-grandmother was a freed slave

Johnny Cash’s first wife was black and her great-great grandmother a slave, it has emerged – shocking the Cash family, and providing a dramatic posthumous twist to her remarkable story. Vivian Liberto died in 2005 at the age of 71, believing she was of mixed Italian and German ancestry. The daughter of a father of … Read more

Princess Charlotte, six, looks the spitting image of her great-grandmother the Queen

Royal enthusiasts have gone wild over Princess Charlotte’s striking resemblance to her great-grandmother, the Queen. A photograph of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s daughter, who turns six today, was released by Kensington Palace to mark the occasion. Princess Charlotte appears happy and relaxed in a floral summer dress, with her long hair loose and tousled … Read more

Princess Charlotte, six, looks the spitting image of her great-grandmother the Queen

Royal enthusiasts have gone wild over Princess Charlotte’s striking resemblance to her great-grandmother, the Queen. A photograph of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s daughter, who turns six today, was released by Kensington Palace to mark the occasion. Princess Charlotte appears happy and relaxed in a floral summer dress, with her long hair loose and tousled … Read more

Pit bulls that mauled great-grandmother, 85, to death are put down

Lucille Downer, 85, suffered fatal injuries in the shocking attack, which saw dogs break through a fence into her garden in Rowley Regis The dogs who mauled an 85-year-old grandmother to death in a vicious attack in her own garden have been ‘humanely destroyed’, police have confirmed.   Lucille Downer suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced … Read more

Pit bulls that mauled great-grandmother, 85, to death are put down

Lucille Downer, 85, suffered fatal injuries in the shocking attack, which saw dogs break through a fence into her garden The dogs who mauled an 85-year-old grandmother to death in a vicious attack in her own garden have been ‘humanely destroyed’, police have confirmed.   Lucille Downer suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the … Read more

Arizona Great-grandmother, 102, joins in online PE class

Supergran! Sprightly 102-year-old joins in with great-grandson’s virtual gym class when they are reunited after a year apart due to Covid  Julia Fulkerson, 102, has been separated from her family for almost a year The Arizona centurion was kept in a bubble to protect her from Covid-19  She was re-united with several family members after … Read more

Arizona Great-grandmother, 102, joins in online PE class

Supergran! Sprightly 102-year-old joins in with great-grandson’s virtual gym class when they are reunited after a year apart due to Covid  Julia Fulkerson, 102, has been separated from her family for almost a year The Arizona centurion was kept in a bubble to protect her from Covid-19  She was re-united with several family members after … Read more

Great-grandmother who battled depression for 60 years kills herself after struggling during lockdown

A 79-year-old woman who battled mental health issues for decades took her life in the same spot as her sister after she ‘couldn’t go on’ during lockdown. Great-grandmother Hazel Duffield had struggled with depression for most of her life, and found her illness becoming unbearable over the last few months. Her sister’s own suicide and … Read more

National Trust rents out medieval manor owned by great-grandmother of Lady Jane Grey

A medieval manor house which was owned by the great-grandmother of Lady Jane Grey is to be closed to the public by the National Trust to allow it to be permanently rented as holiday accommodation.  Shute Barton, in the village of the same name near Axminster, Devon, dates from the 14th century and was owned … Read more