David Tennant Finds Out About His Grandfather's Football Career - Who Do You Think You Are?

David found out from his Mother that his Grandfather use to play football professionally. To find out more about Archie's footballing career, David pays a visit to his Uncle John, who reveals that, after being capped for the Scottish Juniors, Archie was signed by Derry City Football Club. Famous for playing the time-traveller Dr Who, David Tennant has decided to abandon the Tardis and investigate his own history. David was born in Bathgate, a post-industrial town between Glasgow and Edinburgh, in 1971. His father, Alexander McDonald, is a minister in the Church of Scotland. David changed his second name, as many actors do. Tennant being inspired by The Pet Shop Boy's Neil Tennant. Beginning his historical investigations by focusing on his father's side of the family, David quickly discovered that the paper trail goes cold relatively early on. This means David's hope of tracing his family back to the time of the clans would take a huge amount of research, so he instead turned his attention to the ancestry of his maternal grandfather, Archie McLeod. ▶ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE 🔔 : http://bit.ly/WDYTYAyt Check out our podcast 👉 http://bit.ly/WhoDoPodcast 📺 All episodes of Who Do You Think You Are are now available on iPlayer https://bbc.in/3Wiqs9w ▶ J.K. Rowling | Who Do You Think You Are?: http://bit.ly/JKRowIing ▶ David Tennant | Who Do You Think You Are?: http://bit.ly/DavidTenn ▶ Martin Freeman | Who Do You Think You Are?: http://bit.ly/MartinFre ▶ Graham Norton | Who Do You Think You Are?: http://bit.ly/GrahamNort In each episode one of Britain's best-loved celebrities traces their family tree to reveal the surprising, extraordinary and often moving stories of their ancestors. We publish new videos twice a week with the most memorable moments from the show. Subscribe now and click on the bell 🔔 to get notifications every time we upload a new video! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER ⇨   / wdytya_uk   CHECK OUT THE WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE WEBSITE ⇨ http://bit.ly/WdytyaBBC