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Patti Newton: our horrifying family secret

The star breaks down in tears. - by Grace Back
  • 06 Mar 2018

We're used to seeing Patti Newton's bubbly and energetic side, but a recent discovery of a shocking family secret has left the 73-year-old saddened. 

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Newton reveals that researchers on an upcoming season of SBS' Who Do You Think You Are? discovered a horrifying piece of family history. 

The show traces the ancestry of celebrities and returns next month, where Patti's episode will air. 

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The wife of TV legend Bert Newton told The Telegraph that the distressing discovery came when looking in to her father's paternal family tree. 

'Every time someone would mention the series before I did it, they'd say 'I wonder what they'll find?' And I'd say, 'Oh, they'll probably find a murderer and I'll die'. And they did', she told the newspaper.

On Patti's paternal line, the death of an infant baby several generations back sparked a media frenzy and subsequent criminal trial. 

The Aussie star knew nothing of this shocking lineage, and the discovery led her to break down in tears. 

'I had no idea it would be so dramatic,' she told The Telegraph, as she reportedly 'dissolved into tears.'

The show returns to air on SBS April 17.  

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While I was on the QE11 today 1974 my beautiful dad passed at 53 ,he was allergic to the dye they put in him. So sad he missed so many amazing things,I miss him everyday,RIP Matt xx
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