Paddy McGuinness discovers hidden connection to US President Joe Biden as he delves into his ancestry on new series of Who Do You Think You Are

Paddy McGuinness is set to discover that he has a hidden connection to US President Joe Biden on the new series of Who Do You Think You Are?. But he was shocked to discover his great-great-grandparents Mark McGuinness and Winifred Malloy lived close to the 81-year-old U.S. President's ancestor, Edward Blewitt, in Ballina, County Mayo. Paddy was shocked to discover his great-great-grandparents Mark McGuinness and Winifred Malloy lived close to the 81-year-old U.S. President's ancestor, Edward Blewitt, in Ballina, County Mayo 'I think the biggest highlight for me was actually seeing my granddad's war medal. During the episode, which will air on August 22, Paddy will also take a look at his grandfather's medal won for his brave actions during the Second World War Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania yet traces his roots back to County Louth and County Mayo During an event at the White House in March 2023 to celebrate St Patrick's Day, Mr Biden was described by current Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar as 'unmistakably a son of Ireland' Another of the US President's great-great-grandfathers, Owen Finnegan, was a shoemaker from Co. Louth who emigrated to America in 1849. Danny Dyer discovered that his line of descent winds back to the 16th century, and Henry VIII's brutish adviser Thomas Cromwell Dame Judi Dench was agog to learn how her father, Reginald, earned his Military Cross and bar in the First World War Pictured, Dame Judi Dench's family holiday in France.