Episode
Who Do You Think You Are?: Dev Griffin
Overview
Dev Griffin learns about his ancestry, including momentous stories from Ireland and some very personal details from his great-grandparents' lives in Jamaica.
Details
- Series
- Who Do You Think You Are?
- Season
- Season 20
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2023-07-13
- Runtime
- 58 min
Episode context
Dev Griffin is Episode 7 in Series 20 of Who Do You Think You Are?. It aired on 2023-07-13. The runtime is 58 min.
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