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by Ancestry® Team
10 April 2023

Key Takeaways

  • Brian Cox learned about the incredible WWI service of his grandfather, a man named James McCann, previously unknown to him.
  • The actor came with a family mystery about his grandfather, whose troubled life and military story were unconfirmed.
  • Ancestry® supports the PBS show Finding Your Roots, where new episodes air Tuesdays at 8/7c on PBS.

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Brian Cox, known as the Roy family patriarch in HBO’s Succession, learns about the incredible service of his grandfather in WWI, unknown to him for most of his life.

“Actor Brian Cox came to me with a mystery. Brian’s maternal grandfather, a man named James McCann, died before Brian was born after a very troubled life. Growing up, Brian’s mother had told him that James had served in the military, but Brian’s many efforts to investigate the story had come to nothing. Even a photo of James that Brian recalled from his childhood had disappeared….”

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Watch all new episodes of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Tuesdays at 8/7c on PBS. Learn more or check your local PBS listings.

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