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new moves to mature skillfully this is one of the world's top three rather. we start off with the royal wedding it's a little over a week until the big day when prince harry and meghan markle will tie the knot. the actress has been living in the limelight for quite some time that won't change once she becomes part of the royal family much is known about that ancestry of course but what about her like many americans our forefathers hail from europe varian your remarks reporter hendrik belling took a closer look at her family tree. prince harry and making markel my new fairy tale royal couple. her paternal ancestors probably came from this village. population seven hundred nine and france just a few kilometers from the german border.

this is where my research has brought me. i'm standing here in the middle of. this could be where meghan marcos ancestors once lived a piece of information which took a lot of work to uncover. the search began several months ago and often back at the edge of the black forest the town was all the flutter since a popular magazine reported meghan markle has ancestors from the area i was excited to and asked the mayor and the town archivist about it. keeps all the town's church records he's rather skeptical about the often connection. to see if you look there were lots of men and women who had similar names on top and there's a very real possibility that her name was transcribed incorrectly. many names

were written in thailand. you can. indeed we couldn't find an entry for the markle family anywhere here. in the lead to often but i came up empty. it was back to the drawing board for me. in berlin my search brings up geologists in the united states the new england historic geneological society has already traced some of meghan michaels ancestors they gave me a hot tip that points to. now it's a matter of finding the right sources. i start with meghan marcos grandfather gordon arnold. this marriage certificate from one thousand nine hundred one reveals the name of his father. according to the one thousand and ten us census eighteen year old isaac was living with his father george in pennsylvania. george's father was interned named. as

shown by a marriage certificate from one thousand nine hundred. a death certificate issued for. in one thousand ten named his father as frederick mark and a census from eight hundred fifty confirmed it. frederick's grave can be found in the snyder town cemetery in center county. and the grave of his father johann henry but the certificate of johan's baptism in seven hundred seventy two gives his name is henry son of henry america and henry is the emigrant from europe i was looking for. who arrived with his father in america in seven hundred fifty four. on the ship. he was listed as the passenger. my next stop was the regional archives and what i found so far.

as my. first confidence in your sources and second those sources have to produce the documents you need. and only when you've got the documents together can you assume that the trail leads to. this archive preserves all the church records from the region we searched through the baptismal records from the years in question. it turns out that the greatest challenge is decipher the old fashioned handwriting we go through one year after another and hit the jackpot in seven hundred thirty to. register his son's baptism. i see this is the very same. jr this is the original now we can be sure it's not a false lead. we found a possible line of descent. to meghan markle but it would take years of research to

nail down proof. guns and some are very precise but with others you know we're no for sure because on the document we just saw for instance no mother was listed there could have been many people with the name frederick mark. good or bad either name. even with all the evidence that points. we still can't be truly certain still deputy mayor. is excited about the possibility of a connection to a future royal he shows me some of his typical have to invert house it's. just. more a bit off track surrounded by forests fields and orchards there's a lot of nature and that's nice it makes for the charm that's true.

and what do the villagers say about this tidbit. lineage definitely comes from merrill yes sir. century most people here were farmers the area was traded back and forth between french and german principalities to this day some people here speak german others french some are catholic and others protestant one of the villages oldest structures is the fourteenth century church steeple it's possible the baptism of hindmarsh martin took place here in the old part of the church in seven hundred thirty two. most of the homes date back to the nineteenth century but some of the even older buildings can often yield clues to their original residence . in jesus' whole here's the date the house was built seventeen twenty one with the

initial but that's just in four million that's the surname moved and we can say it might have been more on to america than the two of the families who lived in this village at the time. in fluent. but today nobody by the name of miracle lives around here. so it was interesting to spend a day here where meghan michaels ancestors might have lived it especially after looking into the genealogy and such depth gives the town a whole new meaning when the guns on little bit. number of famous tranquillity may just get interrupted in the near future especially if meghan markle and prince harry drop by to see where her european ancestors may have come from. now let's get caught up with what's happening around europe and today's express we're making stops in lisbon and can but first we look at the upcoming role wedding

from a different perspective. and in the british town of windsor a city basing the upcoming wedding of prince harry and make it mark. with a specially built replica of windsor castle. it's located just five kilometers from the original casa where the royal couple will tie the knot on may nineteenth alongside lego figures of the bride and groom the seaming through its miniature visions of the royal family as well as invited guests and onlookers eleven model make is you some sixty thousand bricks to build the replica. let the euro visit and so god does try to it's. the first of two semifinals for this year's euro bijan song contest took place in lisbon on tuesday evening ten of the nineteen participants qualified for the grand finale being included big favorite. representing israel with their song toy. and

any of the singing for you go for cyprus the total of twenty six candidates who compete in saturday's fun. the seventy first cannes film festival picked up on tuesday with a star studded red carpet featuring the likes of martin scorsese and kristen stewart but the spotlight was focused on friday about them and penelope cruz the oscar winning actor has played the lead in the festival's opening film everybody knows from iranian director. it's one of twenty one films competing for the palme d'or the festival runs until may nineteenth. but. have you ever called a movie as a film festival and this week's audience survey we want to know how you most like to enjoy films so add to our website www dot com slash lifestyle and join in by

taking part you'll be entered in our prize draw and in with a chance of winning a euro max wristwatch. now let's turn to the subject of bruce nauman is one of the world's most renowned and respected contemporary artists now a swiss museum has dedicated an entire exhibition to his fifty year career at the show laga in basel disappearing acts showcases his key works of art as well as revealing previously unseen installations. the astounding art of bruce now it's been fifty years since now my first began exploring the highs and lows of the human condition. his pieces investigate what it means to be trapped within convention's by rigid mindsets are inside established social order. and once in a while the artist appears in his own installation. this is bruce on

this horse. now mine is shine avoids t.v. interviews so his long time friend in the exhibitions carried her explains is over for him. i guess it's always about who are with you know how to have them i grounded this earth. sometimes i feel less crowded sometimes i feel like i'm floating and i don't know what direction. all these things i think are possible if you bring your own experience the retrospective in the shallows are guns vast rooms unfolds like a chronological obstacle course over one hundred seventy pieces are on display including video works sculptures installations neons drawings sounds and noises viewers finish the art park or feeling visually and physically exhausted that's

part of the concept. for a curator it's like oh my god you know to have to leave that out it's demanding. is what makes us a lot of. we exist and hollow and bruce makes us very aware of tall apollo as a material. time and space are central themes in the man's work he pioneered performance and video art. he paced to studio in a never ending loop and wriggled through one of his early corridor installations. so if we can hold ambiguity close to us not be afraid of it understand actually that it's offering us more than one opportunity more than one truth then i think we begin to actually open or horizon.

the piece is supposed to also open the viewer's physical horizons anyone who's creases through the small corridor is performing just as no man did as a young man then there is his famous cage installation which brings associations with factory farming as well as society's constraints. grossest challenging us i believe as citizens. to pay attention to their vigilant. and to be resistant. so what are we supposed to see increased now men's latest large scale video work is the artist dissolving an intangible self-portrait either way his presence can be felt in the impressive exhibition.

value or to make it into something but. now we go from a basel arts gallery to a garridge and belong yet it's really. although it doesn't really look like a garridge since architect francesco check out early transformed it into a spacious modern home he specializes in popping up old buildings we took a closer look at the renovation as part of our regular series your max the locks. from the outside this building doesn't look particularly special. welcome to my house come follow me. francesco check out alley lives at the back where you'd usually expect to find a garage. here's my house. francesco shares this

completely open plan apartment with his wife. the architect and his team came across the apartment in twenty twelve when it looked very different. it was a dilapidated garage used as a storage space. the space was a garage so was very sustainable economic terms and that we immediately see to put a shine he said this that part. impressive part and then we start to melding mixing it together in order to find their right solution in functional terms for this house. the first challenge was to open it up to daylight. the doors were replaced with french windows that opened onto a terrace. plants and greenery to blur the boundary between inside into. the view onto a park and to the sense of spaciousness there was no need to install

a heating system or the pipes on the ceiling to provide warmth from the apartment block we try to maintain this duster ottawa's fearing dust identity while maintaining this open space as you can see and concentrate. main service is. a black box. inside the black box is the bathroom. it's a feature that gives the room structure while replacing. so everything in here is speaks about geometry about her faces volumes. black lines what's her face is black boxes all white boxes so we choose to put these big black box inside these i was in order to module eight there's hope and space.

flowing space from kitchens are leaving room to badger makes us run. up some stamps on top of the box. overlooks the kitchen. is just a mattress on the floor which is fine. why you have to sleep in a simple room. meter and seventy high. clearly asleep here like i am in a tent. in a camping something like that. sleeping sleeping and me everything else. you're trying just to holds meetings there's plenty of. customers. as are the kitchen fittings.

is made of concrete slabs origami like the aesthetic is pared down understated. they'd use to hide all the cows that house. make living life in order to have empty spaces spaces free to flow and the true for all the functional so every all their stocking is over there in the plexiglass and gold is a sort of aesthetic atmosphere of course bought on the back side there are there is the entropy of the house ok. francesco's garage house is a work in progress is planning a second black box to allow for extensions. the apartment comprises just ninety square metres but that's more than enough for him and his wife. in italian i leave.

speaks. and i'll be talking to you means also dress so they are to leave like a dress so in aus that really fits you like a perfect tailor made dress for us is the main goal. francesco check out early has created a homemade snug and stylish drink to go around affordable. living in a garage sounds like you would be scruffy but not in this one here in brooklyn you know. looks rather cozy next report features a man who lives life outside the comfort zone free run a demetrius kissimmee this is used to adrenaline coursing through his veins his poncho for park or means that what ever obstacle is in his way he'll find a way over it and is even able to make a living out of his hobby

a sport which he considers a way of life although it's definitely not for the faint hearted. dimitris kisan he does dk for sure loves obstacles dk is greece's best known free run. for eleven years now he's been jumping and rolling over what ever comes his way he combines elements from breakdowns martial arts and i could batiks. to do tricks and his friends free running isn't just a sport it's a way of life. everybody running teaches us to overcome obstacles whether and cities or in nature but. it

also teaches us how to overcome challenges in our lives. you can teach you a lot. of really benefit from it. every day demetrius spent six hours practicing new moves he enjoys doing this with his free running friends in his hometown of testimony if we run a scene is there a supportive. and i want. him out one thing i've learned from free running is this you're always better than you were the day before but you never stop improving your skills constantly develop your abilities you know. twenty three year old dimitris is able to make a living from free running and he's constantly participating in competitions like the twenty seventeen las vegas jump off championships which was staged by the world free running and could federation. was in twenty fourteen and twenty fifteen dimitris won the free running competition on greece a century knee island that catapulted him to play since then red bull has become

his sponsor dimitris as the instagram account has one hundred forty five thousand. and follow is and his facebook page has over sixty five thousand fans. but. i thought about it just that you've got to have a unique skills that will draw people's attention if you want to promote a product but that you've got to spend hours in front of a mirror honing your presentational skills and practicing outdoors so you're quire many different abilities that. dk actively promotes rerunning in greece together with his mayor he managed to have the city's first ever popular and free running park built in two thousand and twelve this is where dimitris honed his latest move the wall trick which involves multiple spins it was part of my because my friends are an important part of what i do. with album and i couldn't make the videos i do. i wouldn't enjoy

practicing without them but they make it so much more fun of the gun or. i when demetrios shows up his spectacular tricks near tourist attractions like to saloniki is all byzantine says he will audiences are guaranteed. that he is well aware that he can practice his sports for ever. i think i just think. it was just that i've got some ideas what i can do if i can't continue this sport at some point. but i'll either become a free running coach. or i'll open a gym in my home city of. america but rather than after you've been able. to be anything. but demetrius wants to protect his skills to become one of the world's

top free run is. that's all we have. time for today but we'll be back tomorrow of course with another healthy dose of european lifestyle and culture then follow us on our facebook and instagram pages at d.f.w. your inbox a large amount. of. time on your own max dream team vanilla be cruisin javier bardem the center of attention when they're filming open piece years festival they play the leads in the psycho thriller everybody know they've already made many films together your romance interviewed the pair of oscar winning actors on the french riviera glitz glamour and great cinema next time max.

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