I’m from Slovenia, a little country with approximately 2 million citizens, settled in between Austria, Italy, Hungary and Croatia. My roots are not Welsh at all (not that I would know of) but here I am, learning, or ...

I was born and bred in England and the only Welsh ancestors I have are quite far back in my mum’s family. But I’ve always loved visiting Wales and am a huge fan of Welsh-language bands such as Super Furry Animals ...

12 years ago at the 2011 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol in Wrecsam, Geraint met SSiW and SSiW met Geraint, an event that would change his life in more ways than he could have ever imagined. Though Geraint’s father was ...

Hello all, so after putting it off for no real good reason other than being a bit nervous I finally had my first conversation in Welsh today – and it was great! I live in London and don’t have anyone I know ...

I am half Welsh, half irish, brought up in England. I now live in South Wales. My father was a Welsh speaker and wanted me to learn Welsh. I found that very difficult living in England. Now I live here it would be ...

It has been a lifetime ambition for me to learn Welsh – I am now in my 60’s. All my ancestors spoke welsh on both sides – from Caernarfon on my Nains side and Rhosllannerchrugog on my Taids. My Dad was ...

I didn’t expect to move to Wales. I came to the UK from America to study after all that time home during Covid made me decide to finally in my late 30’s pursue a degree. My partner is from England, so I looked into ...

I fell in love with Wales while visiting from Southern California as a teenager. I stayed with a lovely host family in a small village near Cardiff while my parents were off doing something on their own. Over tea in the ...

I originally wanted to learn Welsh because I have no contact with family, and my siblings and I were never really taught any family history, and since (as far as I know), our main ancestry is Welsh, I figured learning ...

My husband is from South Wales and never learned to speak Welsh. We moved to Carmarthenshire in 2020 just before lockdown. I took early retirement from Teaching and my aim was to volunteer in our village school. Our ...