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On a recent Mediterranean holiday, our good friend Hamish Blake sought to follow his Family Roots to uncover his great-grandmother’s very birthplace in the\u00a0Italian Island of Sicily. But how? Town records or DNA? No. Something much more powerful. Accompanied by his lovely wife Zoe, the Blakes set out on an mission lead by pure instinct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The worldly wisdom of Hamish Blake teaches us that when it comes to following your roots, all the technology in the world is no match for erm, instinct?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,28,2,3],"tags":[398,70],"authors":[],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destination","category-europe","category-experiences","category-explore","tag-follow-your-roots","tag-sicily","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHamish Blake follows his roots to Sicily - Expedia AU Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The worldly wisdom of Hamish Blake teaches us that when it comes to following your roots, all the technology in the world is no match for erm, instinct?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/hamish-blake-follow-his-roots-to-sicily\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hamish Blake follows his roots to Sicily - 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