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Natalie Bassingthwaighte couldn't contain her emotions after making a shocking discovery about her grandmother on Tuesday's episode of Who Do You Think You Are?
The 45-year-old performer travelled to Peelwood, a country town in NSW, where her maternal grandmother, Gwen, was raised.
'I had heard a story that my grandma's mum wasn't her mum. It was brushed over and it wasn't really talked about, and I don't really know anything outside of that,' she admitted.
Tears: Natalie Bassingthwaighte couldn't contain her emotions after making a shocking discovery about her grandmother on Tuesday's episode of Who Do You Think You Are?
Sitting down with a genealogist, Natalie was shown her grandmother's birth certificate, where she discovered Gwen's mother's name was Florence, and the father was not listed.
The genealogist explained that Florence had given birth to Gwen out of wedlock when she was 22 years old.
'The beliefs back then were if a woman had a child out of wedlock, she either married the father or the baby was adopted,' explained the genealogist.
'I had heard a story that my grandma's mum wasn't her mum. It was brushed over and
