In an edition of Who Do You Think You Are? aired on 19 August 2009, Freeman discovered that his grandfather, Leonard Freeman, was a medic who was killed a couple of days before the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940 World War II.
Dalam episode Who Do You Think You Are? yang ditayangkan pada tanggal 19 Agustus 2009, Freeman menemukan bahwa kakeknya, Leonard Freeman, adalah seorang dokter yang dibunuh beberapa hari sebelum evakuasi Dunkirk pada awal Perang Dunia II.