If her roles in Broadchurch, Peep Show and The Night Manager, didn’t make you love Olivia Colman then there’s now another reason: the most recent episode of Who Do You Think You Are?

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In the genealogy series, the actor – due to play Elizabeth II in the next series of The Crown – traced her family roots far from her native Norfolk to Kolkata, where she discovered a letter written from her three times great-grandfather describing his blossoming romance with Colman’s three times great-grandmother.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eME8tDc6DyY

Colman's voice shook as she read one particular passage from the letter: “I took her hand again… and I did fancy that once or twice there was a little motion which might have said, ‘I am not indifferent to you.’”

Viewers couldn’t get over how sweet the moment was...

https://twitter.com/BBCOne/status/1016277197437521921

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Colman then dropped a quote that perfectly summed up the show…

https://twitter.com/misspallen/status/1016424626375811075

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Fans also couldn’t get over how enthusiastic Colman was, whooping with joy after chasing down her family history (“My great-great-great-grandmother is Indian! This is so exciting! I’m much more interesting than I thought I was!").

https://twitter.com/tracyfbaines/status/1016423924568133632

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In summary...

https://twitter.com/marcouk73/status/1016423534091034625

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Who Do You Think You Are? continues Monday, 9pm on BBC1

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