Declassified file reveals Chilean president’s British connections
Apr 07, 2020
2 minutes
Plans by the UK government to welcome President Patricio Aylwin of Chile with a family tree showing his Welsh roots hit a snag when a genealogist discovered that his great grandfather wasn’t Welsh, according to a newly declassified file.
The file, which has just been released by The National Archives, records efforts by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to research Aylwin’s heritage for
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