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Mel C reveals she broke down in tears as she discovered her family's history with activism and struggles to survive the Great Famine
The Spice Girl, 50, explored her history for Thursday's episode of Who Do You Think You Are? and has now shared some of the biggest surprises about her past.
While both sides of Melanie's family are from Liverpool, she learns that her great-great-great-grandparents Patrick Flaherty and Catherine Burns were from County Limerick, and travelled to see a farm where they lived. It left millions facing starvation, and so Patrick's landlord put the farm up for sale, meaning the couple were forced to move to Limerick City, where they were 'landless labourers' before heading to Liverpool in 1855. He eventually worked his way up from a baker to an insurance manager, but in 1860 he was charged with embezzlement, and while the cast was later dropped, he was forced to move to Liverpool to restart his career aresh.
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