"no skeletons in our family cupboard"
My brother-in-law, who has an obviously Irish name, always denied any connection with Ireland until his sister began to research and uncovered some distasteful facts about a disreputable priest with an enthusiast eye for his lady parishioners and a bicycle.
Her interest waned very quickly.
You've missed the first two episodes of Roots (just noticed that we missed the second one last night) - hopefully, it might still be on line
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Jim