Cheryl Questions Her Mum Joan On Secret Past | Who Do You Think You Are

[@mairead354]

They sound so alike and I can definitely see the similarity in their faces!

[@misplacedkiwi9498]

One thing I’ve noticed since looking into my own family’s ancestry is the beautiful writing used on official documents. The writing was absolutely gorgeous

[@jessicali8594]

Penmanship was a primary school subject. Prizes were awarded for it. Good handwriting was well respected.

[@pennychurchward1481]

It used be an apprenticeship. It was a good living being a writer of official documents.

[@annekalunn8567]

@@pennychurchward1481 if got Ridley on my mum side of the family when my dad get around to it go see if related to Cheryl

[@amechealle5918]

My oldest aunt was a school teacher and used to pester me to stick with my handwriting because it is beautiful. She’d say don’t get lazy, your handwriting is a gift.

[@cabbat]

Is anyone else soo surprised that she doesn’t have foreign ancestry?? She does not look English I always thought she’d have some Spanish Greek or Middle Eastern heritage.

[@whosthis7216]

cabbat doolab she’s very English looking. People in Newcastle are genetically some of the most “native” English people in the country, they’re pale but dark haired, like the “English rose” stereotype.

[@ribenariver]

Who’s This? They’re not actually, Yorkshire are the most ‘English’ while Wales and Scotland will have the pre-Anglo-Saxon English (Celts). Cheryl doesn’t look Anglo-Saxon. She clearly has some Celtic/Irish from her mother (possibly father too) but her colourings and features are not typically English or Celtic. Newcastle and South Shields had a lot of foreign sailors passing through or settling, and a link with Yemen. She may have a Yemeni ancestor (recent or distant) in any case it would probably have not been discussed. The North East has an old Yemeni community from as far back as the 18/19th century and still exists today

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

Always thought that too.

[@emmad1841]

cabbat doolab my mum and grandad are British and they are always confused for Italians did ancestry DNA mostly British only like 2% Italian and 1.3% Spanish guess it shows British people come in all looks

[@whosthis7216]

ebbandflow this actually isn’t accurate. Yorkshire was one of the main places Irish immigrants settled due to the industry there, those with roots in Yorkshire are likely to have a lot of Irish Celtic ancestry as well as Anglo-Saxon and Norman (and Scandinavian, both the north east and Yorkshire have interesting Viking history too). The north east port was used mainly to transport things from the north to London, its very unlikely other ethnicities would come to the NE and settle themselves, unlike more international ports like Liverpool where this did occur. The history of the North East is also one of massive English defence, and can be seen to this day on the border between Scotland and England and in old castles all over Northumberland. This area is the most homogenous of any main place in the country, and therefore is the most native. The modern “Geordie” accent even has strong links with “old English”.

[@katerinaliskova635]

Is it just me ho noticed that Cheryl is behaving like she’s never had conversation with her mother before??

[@persona8657]

the concept is stupid

[@sookymbo179]

It's just you

[@romilycyri2043]

Kateřina Lišková the shade is real 😂😂😂😂😂😂.

[@personalcheeses8073]

Kateřina Lišková The two of them are very close.But probably cagey because they’ve already done DNA tests

[@peace-now]

Her mother kept in the background. Shows class, not like most other celebrity child pushy mums.

[@yingyue9477]

I feel like Cheryl is the type of daughter that can go to her mom for anything, and she does go to her mom and tells her how she feels so cute😍

[@johnfothergill1581]

cheryl is a down to earth geordie lass from a working class council estate who has made it big in the world but has never changed or forgotten her roots which what makes her special

[@The_torero]

I've got a sneaking suspicion that the reason that everything was so "hush hush" on her mother's side is because someone slept with an ethnic person, and back in those days it was unacceptable. That's why Cheryl and her mom are so olive skinned.

[@sjkhan7751]

Cheryl mom looks mixed race more noticeable as a baby......

[@user-zi3ee8oj1i]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Sikyu-ye4ns]

back in those days britain was for british ,no white genocide so none to mix with

[@talksolot]

english don't have an ethnicity, they are dull neutrals

[@Sikyu-ye4ns]

@@talksolot english is the only etnicity that should be in england

[@kksss196]

Omg Cheryl's speaking voice and her mothers is so similar

[@Blank-km4qr]

It’s Geordi

[@BinoDist]

You don't know what you're going to find when you start digging into family history. A week ago, I found out that my grandmother had a brother I never knew existed. Apparently he was a bit of a rogue. How interesting that he was never spoken of, I was the little kid that should be seen and not heard, and it took until I was 70 to find out about his existence.

[@CraigGrant-sh3in]

She is gorgeous and then that beautiful accent . I could listen to her talk all day

[@GoodOlAllisonHarvard]

I always thought that Cheryl looked like she could have Egyptian, Middle Eastern, or Indian subcontinental/ South Asian heritage. 🤷🏽‍♀️ When they were looking at pictures of her grandmother, her grandmother’s sister, and great grandmother, they seemed like they *might* have mixed ancestry other than white. 🙂👍🏾

[@simplyela4802]

GoodOlAllisonHarvard lol nah

[@thehoneyeffect]

Not African. Perhaps Indian or Romany gypsy

[@user-li1gp2jw8k]

GoodOlAllisonHarvard Exactly, she clearly has foreign ancestry on her maternal side whether they care to acknowledge it or not. Either that or shes an Iberian Black Irish type like Catherine Zeta Jones.

[@angeladippolito4939]

GoodOlAllisonHarvard Q P

[@personalcheeses8073]

GoodOlAllisonHarvard Oh there’s something alright. A DNA test would be way more revealing

[@bloodsling]

Cheryl is too gorgeous,no one needs to be that pretty lol.

[@kamilahynas2327]

True words

[@patriciajrs46]

No offense intended, but who is Cheryl? I don't have tv, haven't for more than a year.

[@tenniswithric]

@@patriciajrs46 English singer and television personality. She's one of the judges on The X factor show.

[@beyourself2444]

She is pretty by English standards because they’re not generally good looking

[@o_huskywolfdean7]

@@tenniswithricAnd also a part of a band call Girls Aloud.

[@keineahnung6124]

You never know what may happen in a port city while the men are at sea.

[@ashsqx3246]

Cheryl should do one of those DNA origins tests lol

[@turquoiseblue9310]

She has Indian blood.

[@bluedasher74]

Could it be that her grandmother's family were gypsies? Gypsies came from India originally, so that would probably explain Cheryl and her mother's "ethnic" features.

[@bl00dhoney]

There is a very old Yemeni community in the north east. Newcastle is a port city, lots of foreign sailors through history.

[@personalcheeses8073]

bluedasher74 very possibly

[@FluWorldOrder]

Gypsies is extracted and abbreviated from the word EGYPTIAN. Ancient Egypt was invaded many times and the people fled. Like people do now from war torn areas.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

That's what I think. They definitely look like they could be gypsies.

[@jillybe1873]

Lots of gypsies up there, used to be chums

[@marrsbar5040]

Every Geordie kid has heard “kids should be seen and not heard” at one point, even me, and I’m only 21 haha

[@victorhopper6774]

every kid on the planet

[@kirstyscholoch7541]

Cheryls fellas have all made her feel inadequate, not good enough and shes suffered greatly because of that. Theyve made her feel that way because they know she is much better than them. Textbook case. Learn to love yourself before you let anyone in.

[@Sashyalove]

Well said Kirsty 👏👏

[@jojohackney6911]

Wow that's spot on and the reason why most beautiful women with good hearts are on their own I'd say too 👏

[@jenster29]

@@jojohackney6911 or because they don't learn their lesson and stop chasing assholes

[@jojohackney6911]

@@jenster29 you'll find that most nice men are too shy to chat to a woman like Cheryl Cole for fear of rejection. ..plus I don't think she chases arseholes. ..they pursue her

[@jenster29]

@@jojohackney6911 right but she doesn't reject the assholes .. all of her exes were the same character and a lot of women go after these guys. If a woman wants a nice regular guy she'll make it known that's what she wants. If she wants a bad boy that's what she'll get.

[@Helenhere16]

Cheryl is so pretty ❤️

[@afghaneagle9255]

I always wondered why Cheryl didnt look english, she looks more middle Eastern or Mediterranean

[@dianakiss5415]

If her great grandad was at sea and went to France she’s probably got Algerian roots possibly

[@turquoiseblue9310]

She has Indian blood on her mother’s side, according to what her mother Joan told a work colleague over 25 years ago

[@langraman8756]

her family have hidden any mix she may have

[@lr2ldn]

Cheryl is so 2009-2010.

[@Dingalingring]

Yeah, very true.

[@wordswitha7]

And you're a troll so...?

[@blackham7]

@@wordswitha7 It's true though Cheryl became irrelevant after the 2000s ended.

[@wordswitha7]

@@blackham7 you say that like its a fact.

[@blackham7]

@@wordswitha7 I said it like that because it is like that.

[@mlh4711]

her mums an attractive woman and hasn't had any "work" done.

[@tiaedwards3587]

The mother doesn't look white

[@jan-nn9ix]

yes she does. she just looks more Greek or Spanish or gypsy

[@The_torero]

I wouldn't be surprised if she had some Indian in her. Cheryl and her mother have always looked quite ethnic to me.

[@user-li1gp2jw8k]

Tia Edwards Thats because shes most likely Iberian... Meditaranean

[@ilikegreenthings6009]

She does look white just more exotic like Italian or Greek

[@nntflow7058]

Olga is a Eastern European name to begin with. So....

[@Fouloul.]

Her face doesn't move anymore. It's sad. She was gorgeous already.

[@ilikegreenthings6009]

I believe there's something else lurking in her mom's side. Cheryl is too pretty and exotic looking to be fully English.

[@ayshas288]

True, she looks Spanish/Middle eastern

[@ilikegreenthings6009]

@@_MrAvocado_ I believe english exists, they just tend to be kinda plain.

[@Missyprincess719]

She’s really pretty. But she really doesn’t look English all. She can pass for Greek/Italian or even Eastern European.

[@zazabrown732]

Too pretty to be fully English? Is beauty the reserve of mainland Europeans?

[@tariqmahmood7160]

+rebecca elizabeth why hellooooohooooohooo😍 how is one? You sound gorgeous pett I am from sunny birrrrrrmingham😂

[@misplacedkiwi9498]

I love Geordie accents. I’d move to Newcastle so I could listen to that all day ❤️❤️

[@ludy41]

Even when they are pi$$ed drunk and slumped in their vomit?

[@lucindawinehouse2002]

I’m from Newcastle and have the same accent as Cheryl

[@ribenariver]

I always thought Cheryl had some Yemeni ancestor. There is an old, long established Yemeni community in the North East.

[@marthamydear5869]

ebbandflow Yeah man

[@tractorhead971]

Prince Naseem Hamed for example eh.

[@weshasawi]

Her mom looks great!

[@jessicali8594]

Note Joan's wedding photo.

[@Chutney1luv]

I actually thought that her mother had African heritage, with that beautiful curly hair; as a child! She looked just like my mother looked; as a child! Beauriful!

[@jillybe1873]

Irish?

[@sarah.j.777]

​@@jillybe1873Yes, I'm Irish ethnicity & babies in our family always have curly hair.

[@jac85almeida]

Cheryl stunning as always ❤💃👑

[@rioangel8397]

Cheryl is stunning but the program is complete television bulls--t.

[@jdrancho1864]

I watch this with close=-captioning on, and they really have the hardest possible time with her accent.

[@peachesandcream.2612]

She is so beautiful!

[@sheilahales4313]

Yes and a violent thug

[@JDhappy81]

'The mother doesn't look white..... Cheryl looks Middle Eastern'. It's called spray tan's and Bronzer people! That Middle Eastern glow comes off with a baby wipe.

[@chan2009ify]

@Jenna Smith exactly

[@tamyhope5441]

😂😂😂 true I didn’t think of that but them eyes and colour and even some of her other features put up a strong argument?

[@ImGaga4Gaga96]

😂😅😂😅😂

[@heliotropezzz333]

Looks to be of Indian descent.

[@karentucker2161]

Or Italian....one of my friends family is Italian. I know all of them. It looks they have a little bit of that in cheryl and her mom

[@vanessamackay2322]

My grandmother had a cousin called Rene but we pronounced it "Reen" which rhymes with "seen". She was married to a "Tom".

[@allisonsteedman3416]

Ask anyone in the North East and they will tell you that Cheryl's mam is Yemeni. Also, it is common amongst the Yemeni population in the NE to change their names to DiCaprio in an attempt to appear Italian.

[@SayaniMitraThakur]

Gosh I love Cheryl and her accent.😁💖

[@hughw2377]

Cheryl looking at her mum like bitch have you been hiding secrets from me?!😂😂😂

[@countrymouse47]

I”m disappointed that the story stopped with her GGGrandfather being stationed in France.........are these just to give us the bug to start looking into our own stories? I like to know the endings!! LOL!

[@chrisparti]

Can you imagine one of Cheryl's future family finding out their ancestry in a few hundred years.. 🤣🤣

[@aspenrebel]

Well you had this gal in your family way back then. she grew up poor in council housing. then she became a singing star and a TV personality, and famous.

[@yinkalune7872]

Why she acting like never seen these pics before

[@stacycamacho59]

Sometimes we don't see a lot of old pictures because of so many secrets. I am 33 and have been finding photographs I have never seen before.

[@PHlophe]

its for effect.

[@founderofself]

Lol

[@Subscribe164]

Lol no chill

[@nntflow7058]

Cause see never seen these pics before.

[@bl00dhoney]

Newcastle is a flipping port city with one of the Yemeni community in the UK.

[@marystratford1312]

actually the Yemini community are predominantly in south shields not Newcastle and Newcastle is not a port

[@bl00dhoney]

@@marystratford1312 South Shield on the river Tyne and 4 miles downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne.

[@maryknowles55]

I’ve always thought Cheryl looks like she comes from the traveler community ( gypsies)

[@zoroastrianisticzoro297]

Her eyes and nose dont look typical british.

[@personalcheeses8073]

Mary Knowles travellers and gypsies are not the same thing

[@johnfothergill1581]

@@personalcheeses8073 bang on mary, travellers reside from all over uk,gypsies linked more to countries like romania,just another label

[@boulevard14]

@@personalcheeses8073 Don't think that's what she was referring to when she said "traveller community".

[@ThousandIsland_stare]

@@zoroastrianisticzoro297 Britain’s been invaded about 8 plus different times I don’t think there is a typical British look

[@OutLawWarriors4life]

I was adopted i just found my birth dad i would love to know more about family history

[@JoaoVictor-me8fq]

This is from semptember. How does she look like another person only 2 months after this.

[@zaraserpent7708]

Thought she'd have something foreign in her as both her and her mum have dark features.

[@personalcheeses8073]

zara Serpent Well of course she has. Birth certificates and family trees are one thing. DNA tells another story

[@henrychuailou6776]

She's so beautiful

[@mizzlaura]

I feel like I'm the scouse version of Joan, I grew up knowing nothing about my dad's side of the family except that he had two brothers and I only saw one, we could never speak to him or ask him questions about his family because he'd always get angry and tell us to mind our own business, it was only when I was older that I learned he was one of eleven himself and the reason why he was so hush hush about his family was because of his dad and how he treated them

[@EarthAcademy9]

The subtitles are hilarious!

[@amana1480]

4:00 Cheryl sounds so bored lool

[@vermilliongecko]

What's tragic is that 'Cheryl' has had to future-proof this episode by omitting any surname that may become obsolete within a year.

[@PHlophe]

she was smart.

[@paperchain1239]

Hillarious

[@nickm8874]

Vermillion 303 😆😆

[@aspenrebel]

She had to become a single name like Cher and Madonna. Doesn't look like Cher's ever gonna be a grandma. Don't know what's up with her daughter-in-law. she's a really nice person, beautiful body, and a beautiful singer.

[@feridedogan7653]

Her mom look like her older sister

[@scouser2010ify]

Not surprising seeing Cheryl’s mum were she gets her looks from she’s really pretty they both are

[@limonefiga6810]

Her mum lools like a poisoned dwarf

[@chloer2584]

They speak the same!🤩

[@MastersGraduate2023]

Cheryl's dimples must come from her dad.

[@rebeccacompton5307]

Angel Face dimples don’t always have to show in either parent, my brother has dimples but my mum and dad don’t.

[@mcivor321]

Callaghan is definitely Irish. 11 children also hints at Irish Catholic ancestors

[@debbie1060]

How has cheryl not seen a picture of her mum's mum and dad before. She acted surprised when looking at the photo. That's her own family!

[@o_huskywolfdean7]

You watch the video, her mother just told her that, she doesn’t know much about her family side. So, I guess. She probably never asked.

[@reidecember]

To be honest, I haven't seen a lot of photos of past family myself. So I'd be the same.

[@hibbiea8841]

She does not need a parachute when she fought for this love.

[@yaza1332]

I think her grandfather was Yemeni

[@wickednana3555]

Cheryl's mother looks mixed in her baby picture

[@jessicali8594]

... and in her wedding photo.

[@newrisingsun6785]

All the way from the back of Sheelds Rurd lol

[@g-ahh3076]

Why don't she just try dna test?

[@rhonahall2807]

Because they want to pad the programme out.

[@Ciaradexy]

Do you think all her ancestors did DNA tests and left their genetic info around for her to find?

[@patspadd8243]

Oh yes good idea

[@nntflow7058]

It doesn't give you the history of your family. They didn't know where your ancestor live. This program actually help celebrities finding actual documentation regarding their family members and their history.

[@dawnanderson4967]

@@nntflow7058 DNA test companies are more than just the test. You can learn about your ancestors and your DNA relatives, Keep up.😂✨

[@Yauieb]

Did not recognize her in the Thumbnail!

[@myahollandia3552]

No wonder Cheis so beautiful ❤look at her mother !!! Gorgeous

[@bigste5771]

How cheryl Has changed from sitting at mcdonalds at the top of shields rd as a kid talking to the boy racers 😂

[@xxxxxx-tq4mw]

The mom as a child looks Maori or Polynesian, but then she’d have been taught haka like every other Kiwi.

[@MissAhmed91]

Can anyone understand what she is saying?

[@annmitchell4663]

Yes.!

[@heliotropezzz333]

Yes

[@Hannah.hkp6]

They sound so similar!

[@PamelaTaylor]

She look a little like Lena horne

[@reeanne8843]

they both have the same birthday June 30 crazy connection

[@marthamydear5869]

Don’t we all, Pam

[@Svvn_]

The way Cheryl beat up that old black woman “black and blue”, makes me question where she got her anger from?🤔 Was it purely about race or just that she has issues which I doubt because there was nothing mentioned about domestic violence that Cheryl had witnessed or such!!!

[@patspadd8243]

Niya Seivwright it’s obvious she’s from a sinker council estate in a rough part of Newcastle and violence and vulgarity is all she knows and she has no acumen as emphasised by her scum accent

[@toke6859]

Maybe she's got some deep untapped emotions regarding her own 'black sheep' in the family lineage.... Or maybe it's just cos she's still a bit rough from the council estate upbringing she had. Don't get me wrong, I had a bit of a council estate upbringing myself so I know that it teaches you to look after yourself! I love Cheryl though - I plan to marry her! So let's not bash her too much eh? 😍😍😍

[@JBond-zf4dj]

@@patspadd8243 I think she has a lovely accent.

[@johnfothergill1581]

@@JBond-zf4dj i totally agree jennifer,a sweet geordie accent and unique in this part of the uk

[@freddieh8554]

Cheryl is spitting dabs of her Mam

[@barbaraturnbull3057]

On Cheryl I knowingly feel !!! Xxx

[@alexandrapomeroy8050]

I thought there would be Spanish there somewhere. Honestly the woman is absolutely beautiful.

[@kmm2442]

I love her jacket. Does anyone know who it is?

[@chadbrunswick7771]

Somebody been sneaking in the back door

[@peace-now]

Her mother is pretty.

[@leeohmoon231]

omg that chav accent :D and me nana me grannana AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (scream)!!!!

[@cherylmusic7546]

leeoh moon geordie is not a chavvy accent. How rude

[@idontwanttohearitidont4792]

@@cherylmusic7546 it is 😂

[@englishpeasant5303]

Taeyong's mullet I’m a Geordie and I’m certainly not a chav 🤣

[@emacarterxox]

@@englishpeasant5303 I'm a geordie and don't think it's chavvy accent, they've obviously never been to Sunderland or Middlesbrough ey hahaha

[@sharonlangley2175]

Nothing chav abt a geordie accent......!!!!!Im a geordie and 100% proud and...... 100% not a chavv,,,,,

[@hanorabrennan8846]

She is a stunning looking woman and lovely with it!

[@patspadd8243]

Hanora Brennan err I don’t think so

[@claireconolly8355]

Is there a follow up video???

[@QuirlosCanto]

Your mom is gorgeous!!!

[@diarys9064]

Their conversation and their looks remind me of Jada Picket Smith and her mother for some reason.

[@marystratford1312]

the subtitles are hilarious

[@Spudchucker92]

I reckon somewhere in her lineage is foreign blood. Compared to the others in Girls Aloud, Cheryl has the slightly olive toned skin, large dark eyes, dark hair. Don’t think it’s Middle Eastern, but definitely southern European, maybe Mediterranean descent. She definitely has more of a foreign look to her. She’s admitted she used to get bullied at school for her comparatively darker skin and thick hair and eyebrows, with kids saying she looked like a Pakistani. 😕 Would be interesting to see what a proper ancestry test to check her descent would show up.

[@ellismeah8110]

Lots of spray tans around

[@brumball2503]

the grandad was taking the picture. OFAH

[@lindapesnell5723]

❤️ Thank You ❤️

[@aspenrebel]

Like the old saying goes what difference does it make if the milk man did it? A little while ago I watched one show where some comedian actor guy was looking for family history on his mother's family, cause she didn't know anything about them. They found out that her grandfather had left his wife, her grandmother, never got a divorce, and ended up marrying another woman and having another family. So the baby his wife had wasn't his.

[@hanorabrennan8846]

Callaghan could be Irish!

[@annmitchell4663]

It is.

[@ajones23809]

Edith Annie really seems familiar.Any occupation links.I would visit the area she lived aswell. And look for old institutions like churches.

[@RLPiper]

Where the rest of this at

[@WhoDoYouThinkYouAre]

Check out the full episode on this playlist - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpqci2uDopd8pqM

[@sgd.6830]

Cheryl is so pretty 🥰

[@personalcheeses8073]

SGD .68 sycophant

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

dude, this is cool

[@ishashelare]

cheryl

[@debadev2179]

Love the accents

[@ashleycadet1578]

Cheryl 😍

[@sunflower9481]

If I were Cheryl I would get dna tested as well

[@victoriaana-toliansemenenk3423]

Olga is Slavic female name meaning "easy"

[@stephenbeacham9717]

Excellent example of gaslighting.

[@dawnlynch7691]

Bloody hell they sound like

[@moyurbird7829]

I think Cheryl is pretty only on the outside. Missing alot of priceless qualities.

[@kevinpena8367]

We want cheryl5

[@annawearing2246]

god she is unreal

[@eg2345]

Gathering in groups, yelling at each other doesn't make for an effective conversation. Maybe having a debate with a moderator would allow for learning and expressing thoughts and beliefs. These protests are emotionally driven by opposing each other in this environment. Nothing wrong with peaceful protests but they become not so peaceful eventually and the messages get lost by instances like this.