This is a very basic ancestry chart showing the author's direct ancestors from Pennant Melangell parish and other parts of the Tanat Valley in Montgomeryshire/Powys and Denbighshire, Wales. Researching this family history led him to Pennant Melangell and to St Melangell's Church and was the inspiration for the novel. There is a lot more information on these people, so if you think that you may share a common ancestor, contact us. It is known that some people in this area emigrated to the Judson area of Blue Earth Co, Minnesota, USA, and that there were also links with the Pennsylvania Welsh. The author suspects that some of his extended family emigrated and has featured emigration in the novel, but he has not established a personal link beyond doubt.

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