Ex-England and Arsenal full back Alex Scott MBE is quickly becoming one of the BBC ’s most popular pundits. As a footballer, Scott won league titles with Arsenal, represented GB at the London Olympics in 2012 and made more than 100 appearances for the Lionesses. After retiring in 2017, the Arsenal legend took to the screen as a pundit and worked on the 2018 FIFA World Cup with the BBC. In the summer of 2021, Alex took over as the host of BBC’s Football Focus and became the first female presenter in the show's 47-year history.

Alex Scott's Who Do you Think You Are? episode

We all know Scott for her footballing and presenting skills, but recently we took a closer look at her life as she ventured into her family ancestry. The 38-year-old knew of her Jamaican heritage but also learned of her Jewish roots, connected to her mother's Lithuanian side of the family.