My Irish Great-Great-Grandfather: A Teacher & An Undertaker? | On The Red Dot - Family Mysteries

Daniel Martin is Eurasian through and through. His individual identity is a symphony of ancestries spanning across multiple countries and continents on his maternal and paternal sides of his family. But while he’s acutely aware of his Eurasian descent, he knows little of the first white ancestor, Robert Scully, on his maternal side, who came to Asia and began Daniel’s Eurasian lineage. Who was his first Caucasian ancestor and why did he choose to stay?
Armed with one clue in the Scully book, Daniel left for Taiping, Perak, where his ancestors first arrived from Ireland. What Daniel discovered surprised him. He learned about out what his maternal great great grandfather did for a living and also caught a glimpse into his love life.
00:00 Who is Daniel Martin?
00:42 Why did my great-great-grandfather come to Malaya?
02:59 Looking through church records in Perak, Malaysia
05:05 Finding their marriage certificate from 1897
08:19 History of Europeans in Taiping, Perak
11:07 Would their interracial marriage have been accepted?
12:59 What happened to my great-great-grandmother?
14:58 A teacher and an undertaker?
17:12 Visiting the oldest undertaker in Malaysia
19:04 What happened to great-great-grandpa's children?
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[@tejashirah1434]

As a Singaporean Eurasian from the Dragon/De Souza family, thank you very much for sharing this beautiful story!

[@andrewho18]

One of the best episodes of this series! But it feels like there could be a part 2 to this!

[@viviankwan1101]

Thank you for sharing the beautiful story. It reminded me of my search for my own ancestry and I couldn’t help but feel emotional (too) when Daniel found the marriage certificate of his great-great-grandparents. We all come from somewhere. This video gives thanks to the love ones who came before us.. without whom… we would not be breathing and alive today 🙏

[@user-wt2ip3bo3t]

An honest question, something I've never understood about this search for your own ancestry. I'm not talking about immediate family like parents, but great-grandparents etc: What does it change? If you find out that your great-great-grandma was a) an Italian princess or b) an Italian prostitute - what does it change about your own identity?

[@viviankwan1101]

@@user-wt2ip3bo3t For those of Eastern Asian descent, (in my case, ethnic Southern Han Chinese who migrated to Singapore four generations ago), finding our ancestral connection allows us to include our names in the ancestral records. I was not able to connect with the right ancestral family group. Therefore, other than my paternal grandfather, none of our names are included in the lineage. That branch of the family tree is broken. No changes or impact to our daily lives Just at it gives us the opportunity to connect back with our extended families..

[@user-wt2ip3bo3t]

@@viviankwan1101 thanks for answering

[@stargazeronesixseven]

😮🙏 Brought back many old & fond memories of Malaysians & Singaporeans' colleagues that had Eurasian ancestries ... The Fernandez , Collins , Cochranes , Texeira etc., ... Their families were pioneers in Malaya , Penang , Malacca & Singapore's Teaching Institutions , Lawyers , Town Planners , Railroad Masters , Postal Services , Minimarts , Supermarkets , Governmental Administrative Departments , Electricity Power Station & Water Treatment Plants Management , Plantation Estate Supervisors , Shipping & Aviation Pioneering Senior Management & the setting up of many SPCA , Zoological Gardens back then too! 🙏 Thank You So Much CNA for these tear inducing walking back to many Malaysians & Singaporeans ancestry memory lanes ... 🙏🌷🌿🍎🍊🌍✌💜🕊🇸🇬🇲🇾🇬🇧🇳🇱

[@Ali_art]

No way! Cochrane of cheras?

[@rogeretiennedelacruz3000]

Matthias Wong looks mixed too. Great that Daniel was able to trace his first European and Asian ancestors. I cannot locate my ancestor and Malay ancestors

[@kgjt1241]

the way he talks to his mom be like a journalists and a field expert

[@bobafett5757]

*Waiting for CNA to release latest 2 parts documentary on elderly dying alone in SG featuring trauma cleaner*

[@bobafett5757]

*Great documentary need more of it especially those Peranakan roots that link their ancestors to Malay and even Arab Middle East root also Isreal root*

[@katetang1372]

Great family tree .. I knew about your surname Scully since I was a kid 50 year’s ago. Thank you

[@lissachu3581]

very interesting and beautiful story

[@yunn26]

Beautiful story.

[@Chrstabelho82]

Maybe part 2?

[@laurelnotley9541]

My beautiful and now passed away cousin Theresa was Eurasian from Singapore. I miss her. I miss her Mee Siem and her Mrs. Ellis Handy Cookbooks too.

[@alifrizuan7480]

This kind documentary remind me of shows like Who Do You Think You Are? and Roots

[@bernadettepillai]

Yes my hometown Taiping & the church I was baptized as a baby 😁

[@Leah-br6xu]

Awe

[@TLCTLC-cg6cm]

So cute❤

[@EmeraldsQuartzLight]

Horrifying wake up please

[@Djiejejdj]

Wtf what? Horrifying because?

[@Djiejejdj]

​@@EmeraldsQuartzLight Gaza is horrifying..

[@Djiejejdj]

​@@EmeraldsQuartzLightdrama much

[@CH1LDOFTHEMOON]

This story need's a part two. Time to find your cousins?

[@TLCTLC-cg6cm]

Her name was Theresa Scully nee Danker. So her maiden name was Danker, meaning she also has a German ancestor, right? Scully was the Eurasian husband ancestor, not mother. I think.

[@retr0gaminghub]

His great - grandfather marriage💍 was 126 years old

[@somerslim25]

Eurasians play a big part in singapore nation builder, just like the other races

[@rcs3681]

So well spoken both of them are. How rare to find local Singaporeans speaking so eloquently.

[@JasbirSingh-DailyFootyNews]

Nice story but Daniel Martin looks more Indian than Irish 😂

[@queen84sasha]

He looks Filipino...not Indian not even Chinese or European... Catherine Goh prolly Peranakan not full Chinese..

[@seans5586]

He looks Malay peranakan European mix. No signs of south Asian descent

[@bobafett5757]

He looks more Red Indian and also cross between Arab and Insreali and Mongolian cos he got unique Pan Asian look thats enigmatic

[@Ali_art]

​@@bobafett5757 you just describe a malay guy

[@Ali_art]

@@bobafett5757 have you met a malay?

[@queen84sasha]

Would've been funny if her name was Scully nee Mulder 👽😂

[@misterbig9025]

I thought it's a 23andme thing

[@lazandsen]

It is definitely an ancestral dna type of programme. There is a series on telly in the UK called Who Do you think you are.

[@lazandsen]

This CNA programme is a Who Do You Think You Are type of programme.

[@Awordforangeleaves]

I don’t care

[@tenga3tango]

Oreo lah.

[@SoBiased]

Must look into CECA ancestors too

[@ngrobert5054]

Type CECa