Claim: Angela Hartnett was born in Kent to Patrick Hartnett, an Irish sailor in the Merchant Navy who died when she was seven years old, and Giuliana Pesci, who refused to move the young family to Upminster.
Evidence: Angela Hartnett was born in Kent to Patrick Hartnett, an Irish sailor in the Merchant Navy and Giuliana Pesci, a Welsh mother whose parents had migrated from Bardi in Italy to the Welsh town of Ferndale. Her father died when she was seven years old. Her mother Giuliana moved the young family (older brother and younger sister) to Upminster to be closer to both sets of grandparents, where they were brought up by their Italian maternal grandmother whilst Giuliana worked long hours as a dinner lady and nanny.