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Talk about getting to know the family better. A service operated by Kensington Tours and the genealogy website Ancestry provides a fascinating chance for people to connect with their heritage on a far deeper level than a typical tourist trip – by going to the very places their ancestors lived. One traveler who has taken a "personal heritage journey" with Kensington Tours is Elizabeth Dobson of London, Ontario.



She became interested in genealogy after she retired in 2015, she told Fox News Digital in a phone interview. MAN TRAVELS THE WORLD ON A CRUISE SHIP FOR FREE AFTER QUITTING HIS DAY JOB: 'HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH' "My dad, before he died, told me that we had an artist in the family [who] was in the royal court," she said. Dobson made it her mission to find out as much as she could about her great-great-grandfather, William Charles Thomas Dobson.

She had a membership with Ancestry, she said, and had even had her DNA analyzed by the company. Elizabeth Dobson, at right, and her niece Laura Dobson, are shown enjoying a pint at the Spyglass Inn on the Isle of Wight. Elizabeth Dobson's great-great-grandfather died in one of the inn's rented apartments, she said.

She signed up for a "personal heritage tour" to better understand her family history. (Elizabeth Dobson) "I signed up for a heritage tour, which involved genealogists doing professional research on my great-great-grandfather and forwarding t.

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