I found more than 3,000 long-lost relatives after discovering my great-gran had cheated on her husband
A MUSICIAN discovered more than three,000 long-lost kinfolk after discovering his great-gran had cheated on her husband.
Bob Brooker, 72, decided to research his household tree in lockdown.
He loaded a DNA test into Ancestry.co.uk and was contacted by Jack Torch, who was a match.
They might discover no hyperlink until Bob discovered Jack's Italian grandad Antonio Tocci lived in Tooting, South London, in 1891 — reverse his own great-gran Annie Woombell.
She acquired pregnant while her husband served with the Royal Marines and stored the paternity secret.
Organ grinder Antonio fathered at the least 13 youngsters — with three,136 dwelling descendants who've their own Facebook group.
Bob, of Lyme Regis, Dorset, stated: "He appeared like a real character.
"It's an excellent story.
"If I was a novelist I'd have written a ebook about it however I'm a musician so I wrote a music as an alternative.
"There's so many in my new-found family that if all of my family members every buy a replica, it'll be successful."
He now aims to visit relations in Frosinone, Lazio.
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