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Sonja Smits
OfficialThough I've appeared on Canadian TV programmes Street Legal, Traders and The Eleventh Hour, I grew up on a dairy farm in the Ottawa Valley, the daughter of Dutch immigrants. As a participant in the new CBC series, Who Do You Think You Are? (cbc.ca/whodoyouthinkyouare?.ca), I discovered my family roots with the help of genealogists and historians. My journey into my past has taken me all over Holland and reveals teachers, cloth fluffers, resistance fighters and the truth regarding a legend involving a wealthy ancestor!
What does "family" mean to you?
It wasn't so long ago that the definition of family meant the traditional nuclear unit -- mother, father and 2.4 kids. Over the years, everything from the sandwich generation to same-sex marriage to urban tribes has changed the way we perceive families. What does family mean to you?
While I am fortunate to have close family ties, it is a sad reality that many children around the world are abandoned or orphaned. I am proud to support the Children's Bridge Foundation (cbfoundation.com), a Canadian registered charity that provides educational and developmental aid for orphaned and abandoned children.
Yahoo! Canada Answers Staff Note: This is the real Sonja Smits!
Catch Sonja on the CBC's geneaology program Who Do You Think You Are? (cbc.ca/whodoyouthinkyouare?.ca) on Thurs. Nov. 1, where she will be researching her roots. Her journey takes her all over Holland and reveals teachers, cloth fluffers, resistance fighters and the truth regarding a legend involving a wealthy ancestor!
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