MARTIN and Roman Kemp were in floods of tears on ITV's DNA Journey tonight after the singer was told his gran was sent to a workhouse aged 10.
The pair discovered Martin's grandmother, Eliza Crisp, was ripped away from her dad and brothers after her own mother was sent off to an asylum.
The Spandau Ballet and EastEnders star, 59, and his radio DJ son, 28, discovered the heartbreaking childhood story of Eliza early on in the episode, but at the end of the show they visited the workhouse where she had lived for five years.
They tragically heard how the workhouse was "notorious" for beating children until they passed out and it even featured in Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist.
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