GAVIN & Stacey star Ruth Jones broke down in tears after hearing the sad story of one of her ancestors. The Nessa star, 55, made an emotional appearance on the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?
last night. She became overwhelmed after learning about her grandfather, who laid the groundwork for the NHS, only to be shut out by it.
One viewer tweeted: "Did anyone just watch ‘Who do you think you are’ with Ruth Jones? "What an amazing story of her grandfather who worked for years for the Medical Associations in South Wales (which I didn’t know about but were basically the model for the NHS) only to be rejected for an NHS role." Henry Richard Jones lobbied Health Minister Aneurin Bevan to look into forming a national health service.
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