"I am an Acadian." "Huh?"

[@paulgutman1838]

I live in Maine and grew up in a home where French was spoken every day. When I was little, neurologists and psychologists tried to convince my parents NOT to speak French to me (or even in the house!) because it would (supposedly!) "confuse" me. (What a load of crap!) I am thankful to say that my parents did NOT listen. J'ai commencé l'école sans parler un mot d'anglais...

[@Cerulean0987]

Paul Gutman I'm from N. Maine too. My mother grew up in a settlement by Ashland, Me and called Frenchville. (not on the map). ,She spoke a broken French before she spoke English. My great grandmother didn't speak a word of English.

[@terioze9]

Ce serait génial si le Comté d'Aroostook devenait officiellement bilingue. Les écoles du comté deviendraient donc bilingues.

[@bobmanbob3885]

I like to watch the tv program American Loggers they are from Millinocket ME the Pelletier family i am sure that they still speak French at home because they still have a French accent when speaking English ! Robert Mandeville un de vos cousins du Québec !

[@paulouellette7917]

Your last comment: moi tout.

[@dhebert111]

I wasn't aware there were French speakers in Maine until a couple years ago. I know there's French speakers everywhere but I never thought of Maine as having French there. I'm from New Brunswick and we share a border, a border that's not too old so it shouldn't have been such a surprise. Then I saw that there was an Acadian national park there, it made sense. I'm from the Acadian Peninsula in NB. We grow up speaking both and NB is the only Officially bilingual province. Sometimes you have one speaker talking in English and the other in French and both understand each other perfectly. Those psychologists were very ignorant. People all over the world grow up speaking 2 to 5 languages at a time. I think it makes a person a bit smarter. They end up knowing more and accept more culture, they can usually get along with anyone from anywhere. Good for you though, having what seems to be great, forward thinking parents.

[@SeanLalonde]

In Louisiana we have a festival called Festival de Acadian et Creole, its on the tenth of october.

[@TheAcadianGuy]

+MRCR33PZ Sean On my birthday! Awesome!

[@CleverNameTBD]

I caught the FB video footage of it this year. Just moved from Lafayette to Texas for work last year and damn I miss it.

[@dhebert111]

Hey there cuzn. I'm from the Acadian Peninsula in Northern New Brunswick Canada. "La fête des Acadiens" or "Acadia Day" is on August 15th. Acadians from all over the world flood the homeland. There's alot that come from Louisiana. It's the biggest celebration around here by far and it usually lasts around a week leading up to the 15th and a couple days after too. If you ever get the chance, I'd encourage anyone to come over, it's a really good time. I'm proud to say that Acadians are among the most hospitable people in the world. Now that I know about your festival, I'm going to look into going over for that too.

[@JimDorman]

@@dhebert111 My second Great Grandmother was Marine Hebert from Arichat, Cape Breton. I do not have a French last name. My great grandmother met and married a descendant of English planters from Nova Scotia. But, I hope to visit soon and attend Acadia Day.

[@andregregoire1175]

Anyone who possesses Acadian roots or ancestry is an Acadian descendant regardless of what language they now speak. Their are over 3 million Acadians living in Quebec. 1760 `` La Petite Rochelle`` ``the Acadian Alamo`` If the notion of Empires was so grand why did it cause so much pain to humanity? As an Acadian person I refuse to be controlled politically and wish to remain free forever. I am a direct descendant of a heroic people who were dispossessed of their ancestral homeland and survived genocide. Acadians as a people had historically never possessed any kind of military or political power, what would be the point of a few hundred souls butting heads with Empires. Not many people are aware of the real reason of the British armed invasion into Acadian territory; the answer is simple, it was an economic expansion. The English had been prevented from penetrating into Acadian territory, controlling the people and therefore the economy; because of the constant state of war with the Eastern Algonquin peoples of the Wabanaki confederacy of whom the Migamagi were a member. The North Eastern Algonquian peoples are the only Amerindian peoples on the entire Atlantic coast to have escaped extermination. The single most important aspect of the historical entity I refer to as`` La Petite Rochelle ``is that it was a turning point of sorts for the Acadian survivors of the deportation. The individuals I refer to as the,`` Acadian Patriot Privateers`` are by far the most heroic group of Acadian patriots because of the number of people they were able to assist as a direct result of their trades and occupations acquired from inshore shipping and fishing. Any sailor or boat builder was an important asset to the refugees as far as travelling long distances with large family groups with less overall loss of life from exposure or starvation. Joseph Leblanc dit Le Maigre and his son in law Joseph Dugas for instance made many hundreds of voyages facing extreme danger in Acadian waters. It was their courage and dedication that enabled so many Acadians to escape death or deportation and remain within traditional Acadian territory. Their daring and knowledge enabled them to sail at night and hide during light hours. 1757 saw the arrival of the first large group of refugees from Isle St Jean with Joseph Leblanc. Small groups of survivors trickled in increasing the population to 1503 by the beginning of the battle of the Ristigouche in July 1760. Having been inadvertently rearmed by the chance arrival of a small French relief squadron diverted from its route to Quebec, the Acadian fighters coalesced into a last stand fighting force of over 400 hardened militiamen. Five years on the run had taught them well of the scorched earth policy of the English and the fate of resistance fighters. They were well aware what would happen if the enemy got on shore on the evening of July 8 1760; Eleven o’clock was the turning point for the Acadians. Well hidden in the bush on shore marksmen concentrated their fire on the closest boats preventing a landing that evening. The English ships all left the Bay des Chaleurs and did not return until November with Major Elliot to force a French surrender. What many of the Acadian refugees did during that English absence was to flee again to hide in most of the rivers around the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Bay des Chaleurs. They literally crawled out of the woods for years after, repopulating the area until Lord Dalhousie freaked out about the possibility of having two French speaking provinces on his hands, so he promptly annexed the Gaspésie to the province of Quebec. Our entire historical heritage is part of Acadian history, because it happened inside Acadian territory; as described by Samuel de Champlain and Nicholas Denys. French Canadian history is no more Acadian history than for instance New Yorkers history is Virginian history. Andre Gregoire. An Acadian survivor.

[@paulhenderson7716]

Here's a story of Acadian bravado 1755 that's not well known. www.museeacadien.ca/english/archives/articles/56.htm

[@madisonthorne4181]

André Grégoire just because acadians lived there didn’t make them officially bilingual you guys aren’t officially bilingual New Brunswick is because we where the only province of Canada they spoke the two languages to sign the treaty

[@laviothmartel9813]

Let Quebec become indipendent and take Nova scotia. Viva nouvelle Acadia!

[@EdinburghFive]

@@laviothmartel9813 Why take Nova Scotia? It has a very small French population?

[@ericst-laurent8161]

Tres beau temoignagne merci. Je suis du Quebec et j'ai ete souvent en vacance au NB. Je trouve que les Acadiens sont le peuple le plus chaleureux et acceuillant. Et j'adore leurs accent 😊

[@belleofacadia]

Thank you for mentioning we are an ETHNIC group too. I can't speak any French but I am Acadian, my mom was put up for adoption at birth and adopted by Anglophones but all birth family can speak French. I want to learn it.

[@danielpoirier5904]

Most Acadians are Metis and we are all gaining our rights in NS. Follow our movement here you would be a part of that. Its exciting:)

[@marc.b.weed.extream9480]

is ok 1/3 of my flamly just speek english

[@EdinburghFive]

@@danielpoirier5904 "Most Acadians" are not Métis. There are no Métis in the eastern regions of Canada. Just because an Acadian may (and I stress the may) have an Indigenous ancestor, it is usually was in the 1600s. This means the amount of Indigenous DNA today in a descendant would be less than 1%. This does not a Métis make. Also, Acadians do not live a Métis cultural lifestyle. To be a Métis is more than being of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry. The movement today by Acadians and Québécoise claiming indigeneity tends to be one of two things: it is a racist movement trying to usurp Indigenous rights, or for those who hold some kind of misplaced quilt for how Indigenous people have been treated and by shifting racial groups become the victim group.

[@aikirunner]

I'm much like you. My Acadian mother went to Montreal to give birth and enter me into adoption. She was from the Cocagne, NB. My adoptive family was anglophone and eventually moved to the US.

[@ericst-laurent8161]

you are right on one point: it is not the % of DNA that makes us a metis or an autochthon but rather our culture. I have a Malicite Viger great-grandmother and I don't consider myself metis at all. I also have another great grandmother of British origin and I am very far from being British for that. my culture and my identity are deeply Quebecois

[@MaeNotEast]

You'd be surprised to find out how many with the last name "White" don't know that they're really Leblancs! Or didn't know until they started doing their family tree. There was a woman I used to talk with on a BB back in the 90s and when she found out her great-great-something was Leblanc AND an Acadian she said she was laughing and crying at the same time and couldn't stop either. She didn't know why she was so emotional. I can understand how she felt.

[@michelsavoie1097]

My name is Michel Savoie and I'm an Acadian descendant of Germain Savoie first son of Francois and Catherine Lejeune-Briard . Francois Savoie arrived in Acadie in the year 1652. My ancestors were incuded in the deportation of 1755.

[@jxliospeaks]

Hey cousin! Same here!

[@fyurileblanc7206]

i have traced the savoie family all the way back into spain and italy.

[@fizzmcdermott902]

allo cousin, Chu un Savoie aussi

[@dhebert111]

There's a lot of Savoie's here in the Acadian Peninsula NewBrunswick Canada. I got lots of cousins with that last name.

[@colbyperron9274]

You are forgetting the Acadians in Madawaska Maine. In the St. John river valley.

[@9thGenerationCajun]

+Colby Perron Did the culture stick around? I grew up in south Louisiana and it really stuck here until 1950's the gov. stepped in and tried to make kids stop speaking french. Perron is a name I've seen here many times by the way.

[@colbyperron9274]

+9thGenerationCajun the culture has stayed with many in the north. Madawaska, the St. John River Valley, Van Buren, Grande aisle, Presque Isle these are all places you will still find Acadian French spoken, the foods like chicken stew, ployes, tourtière are all still eaten, the flag is flown every where many are still very devout Catholics. The people are very proud to be Acadian. Every year there is a festival to celebrate the Acadian heritage. The bishop of the Diocese of Portland comes and celebrates mass in French. It is a very vibrant community. There are also the Acadian people that fled to Quebec during the English expulsions. They still hold on to their heritage. There are many that live in Louisville Quebec. I grew up in a town where half the people were québécois and the other half were Acadian.

[@EpicGamer-tw9bu]

I’m from there.

[@EpicGamer-tw9bu]

Colby Perron your forgetting grand falls.

[@stephanosnormandusdelacroi8570]

Smart French Canadians know that there's actually more Franco Americans than there are of us.

[@DrBeeSpeaks]

I have Acadian in my bloodline. I am Cajun and creole. My ancestor was Robert Cormier he arrived from France to Canada in 1644. He was one of the original to colonize the new world. And lots of the Acadians moved to Louisiana ❤️✨...where my relatives still are.

[@terioze9]

Then you're much more North American than the vast majority of Americans/Canadians. Almost 5 centuries on this continent :) I hope you will transmit this rich heritage to your children.

[@Dom-fx4kt]

Funnily enough I'm not even American or Canadian, from London UK and of mostly Irish decent, but my great grand father was from Louisiana descended from the exiled French Acadians. That's the reason why I have a French surname *Blanchard* but I don't even speak a word of French haha. But the Blanchard's have been in Acadia since the early 1600's also.

[@urirknme]

He was my ancestor as well. We are cousins. 10th cousins but yeah lol

[@StephenJDunn1982]

Robert Cormier and Marie Perrault would be my 10x Grand Parents well hello distant cousin

[@gwendalduforum]

You speak French ?

[@LadyClare]

I am Acadian as well. My Father's family is all in the Acadian Peninsula, but sadly I really do not know most of them. My Grandparents left the area and after my Grandfather, no one learned to speak French. I still consider myself Acadian, but I do wish I could experience more of my own history. Hopefully I will get to join in the Acadian celebrations this summer. Thanks for the great video.

[@dhebert111]

I know that this is an old post, but I'm curious. Did you ever get to make it over here to Acadia? I'm an Acadian, born and raised in the Acadian Peninsula. I hope that you have. If not, "Acadia Day" is always on the 15th of August. Thousands upon thousands of people from all over the world get together for around a week of celebrations. Don't worry about accommodations either, theres always room. It's beautiful here in the summer too. The people are what makes this place great though. We love introducing our culture to people. Most wouldn't even dream of charging you for a great fresh lobster supper. I'm not exaggerating either. I could go on and on, but if you have any questions, just respond to this comment.

[@theycallmethehunter5096]

*_Am I Cajun if I just really like jazz?_*

[@fyurileblanc7206]

and if you made it to louisiana, you are called cajun - like me. some acadians changed their names to english versions to escape detection when they wanted to stay alive during the extermination of acadians. and yeah, we have always been inclusive. leblanc's are often seen as the surname white or wyatt. ledoux are often seen as sweet. look around and you will find a lot of acadians who have english surnames now. what i don't understand, why do yall consider us cajuns as a separate group? we are descended from acadia too. our ancestors just managed to make it from wherever they were sent to or from acadia in three separate waves. the first managed to get here directly from acadia in boats. then there were two other waves who migrated from other parts of america, canada, and europe after the expulsion.

[@EdinburghFive]

There was no "extermination" of Acadians. Extermination implies the wiping out by killing. Although the deportation was a brutal act it was the removing of the Acadians from the region. There was no slaughter. Those who were not rounded up and deported carried out a guerilla war against the British troops. This was part of the Seven Years War. There were certainly deaths during this period. No Acadians went directly from Acadia in boats to Louisiana either on their own or sent there by the British.

[@eastsdcountyguy]

This video is so informative. I am direct descendant of Pierre Thibodeau who came from France to Nova Scotia. I was not raised in my Acadian heritage. I've had to learn my heritage as an adult. A lot of my ancestors married anglo's and the Acadian culture was lost. What I enjoy the most about my heritage is that all of us Acadians are related one way or another. We are one big family!

[@pintsizedlife]

I am also just learning about my Acadian heritage in my adulthood, I came to this video to start looking into it. AND I am also related to Pierre Thibobeau!

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

Same story for me as well. My birth father is full Acadian and they are all still in Maine. I'm also trying to now learn as an adult.

[@thecapturban]

Which also means yall are related to a shit ton of ppl in South de Louisiana

[@gwendalduforum]

Learn French ;)

[@cameowood]

This is a great video - Thanks so much. I recently discovered that my grandmother was the child of two Acadian francophone families from Grand Pre, the Dugas and Ethier families. We would eat Poutine rapee fairly regularly. There are a few other oddities about my grandmother that I recently discovered were apparently Acadian traditions. I am planning a trip up to Canada soon to visit the places where my grandparents were born and lived. I'm always very appreciative of videos like yours.

[@La.máquina.de.los.sueños]

To say that Quebecois are different because they have their own province and flag is like to say that english Ontarians are different from the other english Canadians because they have their own province and flag... The flag only represent our identity as province (even if it's often associate to the french-quebecois's cultural identity), as provincial flag, it also represent ALL Quebecois, french or not... it also work for "having our own province" (but since the large majority of Quebec's citizens are french, our provincial governement reflect that reality and therefore is more french-oriented, but it still include non-french Quebecois). The main differences resides in the fact that due to centuries of imposed seperation (with the british conquest and english governement/policies), we culturaly/linguistically evolved differently (great example: our different "poutines" as you mentionned... but also our different level of industrialisation, our GDP and internationnal exchanges/exposure). Historically/culturally, we became different only after the british conquest in the 1750's, Quebec's population was already pretty large and could'nt be deported or massively killed. Therefore, the Enlish governements had to deal with us... so they burnt our houses and fields, they took our dignity, they manipulated us, and turned the french-Quebecois into a cheap labor class (almost slave'like, no access to politics, nor to education, nor to higher ranked jobs). Submitted and dishonored by the laws and the catholic clergy ("to suffer in this life granting us an eternal one" ), till the 1930's the french-Quebecois was internationnaly known as the poorest community/nation in America, worse than the black communities in the USA, with America's highest infintile death rate, and was almost totaly illiterate.. a situation who led to the Quebec's "revolution tranquile" and the separatist-nationalist movement in the 1960's. Acadia also suffered much due to other british tactics of forced assimilation (deportations, genocides etc), but because of it's small population, everything been/is much harder (like to get recognition and rights). We once been the largest nation of America (New-France & Louisiana), and we (french-canadians) suffered much from the British conquest (but differently). We already been one united great nation, but we been divided by the ennemy... and weirdly i commented your video in the language of these who tortured us and caused our cultural divisions. Pretty ironic is'nt it!! :P

[@colleenwhite3664]

thank you!I knew I am french Acadian,as my ancestors name was leblanc,but,was changed to white,many moons ago,thanks for your comment!!

[@gregorythibeau2475]

I'm an Acadian. I don't speak but a few words of French. None of the Old French as my Grandmother spoke. Everyone in my family spoke french except my dad who was obsessed with being American. Before he died he spoke of how he regretted not allowing us to learn French.

[@Tibidomj]

Great job! I am a Cajun cousin down in the USA. Really enjoyed the explanation and the humor. If you need any help with the questions on Cajuns or other history just let me know! Take care....Michael Thibodeaux

[@doriswhite1348]

I appreciate the very interesting comments in here. Am part Acadian on my mother's side, LeGoff of Richibucto, NB. Have been up there; beautiful area. My mother's people wound up in Massachusetts, USA, where I was born. When I was in elementary school (the 1950s), she was cooking and using a can of evaporated milk with the brand of Evangeline. She showed the label to me and told me about Longfellow's poem by the same name. ("Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's first epic poem, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie, published in 1847, is a story of loss and devotion set against the deportation of the Acadian people in 1755.") She mentioned only a little about the Expulsion, giving some of the history and saying that, "Some bad things happened." I was fortunate that in 2004 my Canadian-American friend and I went to the Maritimes for the 400th year celebration. The highlight of that trip was being at the sunrise Native Canadian ceremony facing St. Croix Island on the St. Croix River. I got "smugged".

[@oldpossum57]

Smudging is a good practice.

[@nyashachidzero2339]

Thanks for explaining, not something you have explained every day! Great to understand

[@mindy88888888]

I think you did a great job with this presentation; all the important topics and information, and just enough explanation to keep people's attention. LOVE it that you were so smart in how you laid it out, and that you included MAPS!! i'm now going to look further into acadian festivals and museums. Can't thank you enough

[@TripWagstaff5213]

I'm pretty sure Acadia also included the Gaspé and about half of Maine

[@EdinburghFive]

You are correct.

[@Patriote17]

Acadians have been deported, many refugees move in Québec. Almost all Québecers can say they have a Acadian ancestor. Some Acadians have been deported in the Englsih colonies but later move in Louisiana were they became Cajuns.

[@amyremington381]

Decendent of Claude Petitpas and today, August 15 we are proudly flying our flag and teaching our children our history. We live in Michigan. Thank you for your video !

[@zenkyotonoimi]

Merci pour cette vidéo Zeroteku. Je vais faire mon "franchouillard" comme on dit en France, mais j'aurais bien voulu que tu sous-titres ta vidéo en acadien ou en anglais, car il est difficile de tout comprendre pour les gens qui ne sont pas de langue maternelle anglaise. Sinon, juste une remarque pour l'orthographe de tes phrases dans les différentes langues : En français et en québécois, il faut écrire "stationné" et "cour" (et en acadien, "stationné" aussi).

[@3XLDave]

Thank you for this :) You've given a very personal, thoughtful response to the question of Acadian culture and identity. I enjoyed it. I'm American, and developed an interest in this when I read that approx. 2 million people in the US speak French as a first language. And I thought, "Really?? That's like 2 out of every 325, which seems like a lot, so where are these people?" My quest for answers led me to knowledge of Acadia. Bien fait, merci encore !

[@terioze9]

There are many French expats in California (especially in the Silicon Valley).

[@bassackwards6184]

Thanks for the video as a Canadian who grew up in Ontario I appreciate being able to learn about the other parts of Canada. Good for you for keeping it alive.

[@wesfreneaux9728]

My ancestors were among those who fled Acadia for Louisiana

[@Hav-Bills27]

A lot of people think they are a part of the Acadia-Louisiana history but are actually the people who were moved in after the originals were kicked out. After obtaining the land they also inherited the history of the land. The Acadian expulsion and the Indian removal act did not only target the the same exact people they are just two of several instances in history of this happening.

[@EdinburghFive]

Hi@@Hav-Bills27 Are you saying there was an "Indian removal" from Nova Scotia during the eighteenth-century?

[@Hav-Bills27]

@@EdinburghFive Yes. Between 1750s-1790s. Its referred to as the Acadian Expulsion.

[@EdinburghFive]

Hi @Javaar Williams Glad to see you have an interest in the Acadians. Your post though is in error. The Indigenous people of Nova Scotia and region are known as the Mi'kmaq and they were not removed from the colony in an expulsion. The Acadians were French settlers. They were not Indigenous or Métis. The Expulsion of the Acadians and Deportation of the Acadians, are terms to reference the period beginning in 1755 and ending in the 1760s, when the Acadians were physically removed from the colony. The period of 1750 to 1790 approximates the period known was the Grand Dérangement. The Grand Dérangement references more than just the expulsion period, by including their stay in the British America colonies, England, and France, and then the greater diaspora of Acadians that occurs when, of their own accord, they immigrate to places such as Louisiana, Saint-Domingue, and even as far away as the Falkland Islands.

[@Hav-Bills27]

@@EdinburghFive Yes the Acadians were actually French Huguenot Protestants like the Plymouth Colony (so-called Puritans) supposedly who were escaping persecution What you have to understand is that this is one of the places that they fled to where they already had friends and family with established trade networks The only thing that separated these people from the Micmac was the fact that they had a different religion There was always a connection with this areas of what you call Canada and Louisiana via the Appalachian Mountains this colony that the Acadians started actually came before the Virginia colony this colony was then ceded to the British early 1700s With that being said the actuality of the matter is that all colonies were the equivalent of military outpost for the majority and they were established to cleanse or purify or purge the nearby surrounding areas Through these efforts Women were enslaved men were killed and young boys forced into military servitude As well as pows thrown into slave labor and being shipped all of over the place One of the last and one of the greatest expulsions in the 1790s came as a result of the American revolution because the American revolution is tied to the French revolution protestant reform there one in the same and the hundreds of people fled again to Nova Scotia where they had friends and family in establish networks and was again expelled from the area

[@G.R.V-v4g]

I learned through Ancestry my maternal grandmother's maternal side (great-grandmother) had mixed Acadian and Mi'kmaq. They assimilated into the white/English/Irish/Scottish communities in Newfoundland and any suggestion of French or Indigenous ancestry was met with anger and denial by my aunts whenever we asked about my great-grandmother.

[@chaostheoryrulz6080]

I don't think there necessarily has to be a tri-dichotomy between culture ( language), ethnicity ( French), and geography ( Canadian). Maybe the best definition would be people who are descendant from Acadian French settlers ( New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)? My family for example are Louisiana Creole but we are direct descendants of Josephs Broussard and the Le Normand family. When we did Ancestry DNA we were quite shocked to find that many of our matches are in Canada and Nova Scotia. We are listed with the Acadian migrations and I think what underscores our communities is our French Heritage: We are very proud people!!

[@Mainehunter2]

I was born and raised in Maine. I had a Pepé that I was very close with, that helped me connect with my franco-american roots. I thought my entire french line (the majority and the one I identify with) came from Québec. However, I discovered that one of my pepé's grandfathers was Acadien-français from the Maine-New Brunswick border. (Le nom est PARENT). And much to my surprise, I had a paternal acadien line (Le nom est d'Entremont ou en anglais: Dentremont). I really enjoyed your video and can somewhat relate. If asked, I usually say I'm Franco-American or that I come from both Québecois and Acadien heritage. That usually prompts the question "What is an acadian/acadia?"

[@9thGenerationCajun]

For the record Cajuns didn't term themselves Cajun they were given that name in the early 1900's by a english speaker,,Also we were given the derogatory term ''Coonass'' but today much like young black kids even white kids run around calling each other the ''N'' word,We now use the term Coonass when discribing Cajuns- Most Cajuns have Spanish and or Native roots also,I do,My grandfather & great grandfather were listed as ''French Creole'' at birth.

[@westerneagle87]

+9thGenerationCajun Not to mention the government barring schools in Louisiana from teaching in French since 1920s. I've been doing a lot of research trying to connect to these roots, and the language is the most important part to me (very few people speak the Cajun dialect, and they are mostly over age 55).

[@jacenath8197]

Many Cajuns and Creole also have some African admixture as well. I actually have a significant amount of African heritage (from Slaves in Louisiana) from that side of my family

[@jacenath8197]

The history is quite interesting :)

[@jasondaigle4718]

Using the word " slaves " today don't bring any justice to the past. I am half Acadian and half British descendant... And those 2 don't really get along to this day.

[@jacenath8197]

I was not trying to "justify" anything that happened in the past. I was merely stating a fact about my background. Using the word "slaves" is just simply a statement of fact- no one can deny that because the Africans who were brought here were brought in the bondage of slavery. I can also say that I'm descended from Asian Indians who were forcefully indentured in Fiji, or from English and Spanish aristocrats and that wouldn't justify past events either. I was making a comment about how this interests me because it connects to my heritage. Anyway, have a great day.

[@jonathanmallet9099]

me and my brother are half Acadian. we actually failed french up here in Alberta because our dad was teaching us Acadian french which to the schools was wrong.

[@terioze9]

You should watch French youtubers. Some are very helpful to learn the language.

[@nos212100]

Hello Jean, I wanted to know, have you ever done research into your family history? I noticed that your last name is Arseneau if your youtube username is correct. I am from Louisiana and my last name is Arceneaux (same name, spelled differently). My ancestors, which include Francois and Michel Arceneaux, went to Quebec from France in the early 1600's. His cousin, Pierre, went to Acadia later on and formed the Acadian-Arceneaux family. Was just wondering. Thank you!

[@belleofacadia]

Can anyone link me to the Acadian anthem I have been trying to find it.

[@xpozzo1596]

acadian from magdalen island here !! love the acadian people love the acadian music !

[@bobmanbob3885]

Je suis allé 3 fois aux iles de la Madeleine ! Le paysage y est magnifique et les gens tellement chaleureux , à mon deuxième voyage fin des années 70 début 80 ? J'y ai même rencontré Gerry Boulet d'Offenbach au café de la Grave !

[@sillynin1]

Thanks for educating others on who we are. My family moved to the Boston area when I was little. I can't tell how many people call me a French Canadian. I'm not. With the exception of Mi'mak (?) and a tiny bit of Irish, I'm full blooded Acadien. I was born in Cape Breton and visit my Dad's village of Cheticamp as often as possible. PS: Don't tell too many people about us though. I'd hate to have the little villages over run with tourists who are just driving through.

[@CleverNameTBD]

As a cajun, please dont call our different versions of French messed up. Acadian, Quebecois, cajun, Belgian, etc.. They're just different. Standard french is just standard, not correct. It's not even used in all corners of France.

[@dhebert111]

Shout out from Paquetville (Acadian peninsula), nice video, well done well done.

[@questfortruth85]

I'm from BC and I just learned alot from this. Thanks for posting!

[@josephkondrat3062]

Some of my ancestors were from Grand Pre and Port Royal in the 1600's. I have not had to speak French since my grand mother died in 1961.

[@lacoune60]

I'm also a descendant of Michel Haché Gallant. Both my grandmothers were Haché. I remember my great grandfather telling us about is great grandfather being a Gallant. So proud to be Acadien!

[@danielpoirier5904]

Michel Haché Gallant was eskimo/native as most acadians. Look into your native ancestry. We are all Metis originally from NS and will have our rights soon here:)

[@L4k3rF4N]

Daniel Poirier Eskimo? I assumed mi'kmaq. I am as well. Edmee and Catherine Lejeune are my grandparents in many generations. Has anyone joined any metis organizations? Many of the mi'kmaq would prefer to say that their cousins do not exist.

[@9thGenerationCajun]

+Murielle Benoit Look up Tab Benoit,The Cajun Blues man from South Louisiana,One of my great grandmothers is a Benoit,Many here in Louisiana

[@jeanluc1404]

This is such a fun video...Le Franglais qu'on peut voir ici...awesome. An insightful & practical way to look at an historically gruesome event. Would enjoy meeting this dude for a nice long coffee at Tim Horton's (naturellement)

[@zeroteku]

Hello! Arseneau (in northern New Brunswick and Quebec) or Arsenault (in southern New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia) is a very common name in the region. But I did do some research, and you're right, I would be an ancestor of Pierre Arseneau/Arsenault/Arseneault/Arcenaux from Rochefort, so, you can say we're family!

[@johnarsenault233]

I also am a descendant of Pierre Arsenault.

[@SeanLalonde]

Im a Lalonde, my family is from Nova Scotia!

[@doriswhite1348]

WOW! Your people go waaaay back. One of my LeGoff (NB) ancestors married a Horton. A group of them then went on to Windsor, NS. Eventually most to Massachusetts. The one time I got to Windsor I visited a Catholic Church there (St. John's?). It was where my maternal grandmother was baptized. I love the Maritimes --I'm so far away now.

[@hiraethchild]

I am half-er from Nova Scotia. Sadly we lost the language in recent generations. France never freely give up territory. They struggled with England over the so-called "new world" and lost. The Acadians who were born in the territory and the Mi'kmaq (who were there for thousands), got caught in the middle of this power struggle. It culminated in the Grand D'érangement of course and later the Reservation system. Like you, I am descended from "The People of the Woods," also Mi'kmaq. Vive L'Acadie!!

[@stephanosnormandusdelacroi8570]

Yep most of us are dark and don't burn in the sun thanks to our indigenous native friends and family.

[@heyo3846]

Woohoo! Nova Scotia here too! :)

[@andregregoire1175]

An Acadian is someone who knows who he or she is, where they originated,and what happened in between. I was once told by an old lady from new Zealand, whom i mistook for an Australian. no I'm not from Australia i'm an Acadian from New Zeeland, i know where i came from, and how i got there.

[@Arathae]

@zeroteku what soft spot? I'm acadian and i didn't know a cajun was associated with us until i started reading about the history (which is not tought in school or wasnt when i went)

[@elainebmack]

I am an American who has very recently gotten interested in Acadian history and culture. Your posting has answered a lot of basic questions I had. One day I will visit your part of Canada as I enjoy learning about different cultures. I am attracted to the climate of that region, cold, snow, and all! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@rogerdrisdelle8448]

In New-Brunswick, i would start by visiting the small town of Caraquet. It's the standard place to start that has a lot of historical information of the Acadians. They also have the Acadian Village, which is a tourist attraction, a old-town replica of an Acadian village and how they lived back in the day. Very informative and enjoyable. For a more modern look on how Acadians live in a mixed community, i would suggest you visit Campbellton. There, you have Acadians living next to Mi'gmaq native americans, an English population and also bordering Quebec. The area is also extremely scenic. I suggest visiting in the September - October time-frame, when the leaves are turning color. Thank me later. Now for a look into how the Acadian people live, I would go visit the Bouctouche/Richibuctou area. Beautiful area and a big population of Acadians. They live peacefully but do have a different culture then non-Acadians. The dialect changes from different areas of the province but we all understand each other. Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island do have some population of Acadians but most now live in New-Brunswick. I've visited all provinces and am an Acadian from New-Brunswick. I'd be happy to share any information i know to help you along.

[@elainebmack]

john doe. Thank you for all this very detailed information. I may not get to these areas until next year, but you have given me something to chew on for sure!

[@rogerdrisdelle8448]

Any time. Feel free to ask me anything. I'll answer as best i can :)

[@Pipes570]

Well, the fact that the french part of my family are Gallants, myself included, and directly stem from P.E.I. (many of my family moved to the Ottawa Valley, but still have a lot of relatives back east) which comes from Michel Haché-Gallant and his wife Anne Cormier. The Haché-Gallant family was the first Acadian family to inhabit P.E.I. So, I'd pretty much well say that would define one of the main parts of my bloodline.

[@NuLiForm]

mi hubby's granma was Acadian, Kathrine Fay, she came up from Lousiana...his granpa was French.. Bourbon, lived in exile in Cornwall till crossing the pond

[@NuLiForm]

Nu Liform he just told me her last name might have been another variation other than just Fay, because it was not healthy nor condusive to a future to use certain names or race here in the northeast during their lifetime

[@kevinrees5855]

Bien fait mon ami ! I have an Irish Welsh name but I am mostly Acadian - my family includes Vincents, Heberts, Thibodeauxs, Prejeans, Benoits and way too many Broussards. I work as a French tour guide and speak fluent Cajun French. I am always amused at all of the different French accents I encounter. But we all have the same heart !

[@LarryNathanielPhoto]

My 8x great grandfather was Laurent Gaudin, who controlled the fort there. I am not sure if he was Acadian or not but some of the wives from this family line were.

[@qbttf]

The three first family of Acadia are Hachey/Arseneault/Galant ! My great great great grandfathers name is Michel Hache Galant

[@StephenJDunn1982]

Claude Hachey Michel Hache Gallant is my 8x Great Grandfather :)

[@hoya1961]

This depends on which settlement you speak of, there are more than one first ,so to speak. They settled the Islands, PEI, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and in the main land. They were moved about by the British.

[@gmedic68]

Michel Hache-Gallant is my 8th Great Grandfather :) !

[@waynemclaughlin96]

I address my self as a Scottish/Irish/ Acadian and proud of it. But I am also a Canadian too. My parents spoke French while I was growing up as well as my grandparents and aunts and uncles and some of my cousins. But me and my siblings did not spoke French in our house because our parents spoke to us in English instead. I think it was mainly because by the time my parents moved away from the Acadian Peninsula of Northeast New Brunswick they have learned to speak English themselves and by them moving to Saint John it didn't matter to them because Saint John is an Engish speaking town and the stepping stone to finally moving all the way to Toronto where I was born while my older siblings were born in New Brunswick. I often wonder if my parents had chosen to move to Montreal instead of Toronto would I be speaking French fluently by now? Who knows???

[@zeroteku]

Thanks! And I would never laugh at that, I learned English playing video games, and a bunch of history playing Civilization!

[@gabigallant7917]

Moi je suis acadienne mais je vit à l'île du prince Édouard et je vais au festival acadien tout les ans et la dernière journée du festival était hier

[@damichaud]

I was born in northern Maine on the Canadian border and am of Acadian and French Canadian descent.

[@sharondoucet5260]

this is great! and you have a very lovely voice

[@samjones42ify]

Very cool, thanks for posting. I've been studying some Canadian history lately. Don't laugh, but I got into it when I started playing Assassins Creed 3. Ok, laugh if you want, but I've more about the French and Indian War, the conflict between the British and the French in the 18th century, and yes, the sad plight of the Acadians that resulted from the struggle to control Colonial North American than I ever did in school. I'd be interested to know more about some of linguistic differences.

[@dcfreak23]

Fyi, in European French it is standard to say "j'ai garé ma voiture" instead of stationner... stationner just sounds too formal.

[@ConnortheCanaanite]

Vive La Acadia! My grandmother grew up hearing French spoken, unfortunately, she didn’t learn to speak it herself but knows some. So I’m attempting to revive such!

[@fingerslip666]

ousquer memramcook? le village ou le drapeaux a ete fondee?! why isn't memramcook mentioned!? the birthplace of the flag and the anthem! seems like during the last ten years, every one has forgotten about us here in memramcook! wtf?

[@PhilippeDucduOrleans]

yes a cajun is a acadien history and u did great explaining it dude. now mon ami come down to de louisiane and meet some cajuns.

[@HammerFlap]

First off, good info on Acadia and the french culture in New Brunswick/Nouveau Brunswick! I'm an Irish/French descendant since my ancestors got off the boat. I found the whole French-Indian War section of your video (for such an important part of the Acadian Culture) to be overlooked and misaligned with historical views. Anyways, I was wondering what you think of the situation in current N.B. (the separation between french and english kids in schools, the separate health care facilities, having to be bilingual for government positions regardless if everyone can speak a common language and general blatant segregation the two languages). Makes me ashamed to live here to be honest, squabbling over scraps of a dying province where the only jobs that allow living wages are Government positions. How does language = culture... never. I commend you for saying that it doesn't too. Theres a lot of political wrangling happening in this Province trying to keep everyone un-unified (COUGH Irving) Sorry for going off on a rant but this is a huge issue here right now and to be honest I don't have a lot of French friends to get input from. No Hate lol

[@maximeschmitt2094]

Looks like you're an Anglo, and nothing else.

[@virgorising7388]

And the Melansons were originally English. There is Basque (Bugaret) Dutch/Flanders (Forest), Irish (Cassey, Roger) all mixed in -- all Acadian.

[@9thGenerationCajun]

Any Dit Richelieu Leger's out their?? Or related to Angelique Pinet from Port Royal?

[@ShikisaiMaki]

Ça me fait plaisir! How long are you planning to stay in Japan? Who knows maybe we'll meet someday :P East-Canadians unite!

[@kaylacote5376]

Beau vidéo! Très bien expliqué!

[@Patriote17]

Es-tu un Acadien ou un Anglo du Nouveau Brunswick qui se prend pour un Acadien? Tu dis que les Québecois sont racistes mais nous sommes de la même ethnie. Le peuple Québecois est très ouvert, la plupart considèrent les Acadiens comme des frères.

[@stevenhoskins7850]

That Acadian flag looks a lot like a proposed Texas flag, that didn't catch on. While watching the video I started thinking these folks kind of remind me of Cajuns. Ha! Then you spelled it out for me. Cajun food is TOP NOTCH! It's been too long since I've been to a good old fashioned Cajun Boil!

[@tsukihime33]

No it's actually a good thing! I really do wish that my french was better so that I could communicate better with my relatives, but I wasn't taught it at home, so unfortunately I'm not as fluent as I'd like to be.

[@fomalhauto]

Are you a descendant of Hugh Arsenault of Acadia! I am related to Bob Arsenault through him.

[@davidmtwombly4647]

My ancestors were one of the 100 French settlers who came to Canada and our name was French

[@jamesidk1575]

Chu pas acadien ethniquement mais j’ai grandi parlant avec mes amis à l’école et merde lmao. When I moved to Rochester ny and eventually Southern Maine I lost a lot of it and the french I know now is basically français du québécois with a thick American English accent. Someday I wanna go back to northern Maine and hear people speak the way I used to

[@maurojav30]

@Dow1755 c'est triste...mais pourquoi vous, entre vous, francophones du canada, ne faites plus d'échange au but de plus et mieux vous connaître?

[@Tibidomj]

sounds great!!..Also, congratulations on the two hockey golds. If we have to lose then losing to Canada makes it a little easier to accept. (LOL,,watch out in 2014)

[@virgorising7388]

After 50 years Acadians considered themselves a people. My mother's line is pure Cajun and Creole and goes back to Abraham Dugas, Joseph Broussard and Louis Robichaud. In south west Louisiana most have the same roots if they are real Acadians. I get that people who grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, for example, call themselves Cajun because Acadian culture by its nature welcomes everybody. I've lately been looking into the Maritime history of the Acadian's apres 1755. Fascinating. Vive l'Acadie!

[@melissablondegirl]

I'm a arseneau and Boudreau! Thank you for this vid!

[@nexitball7699]

I'm related to you then, I have ancestors who married a Boudreau!

[@andymica]

I was part of a trade show in Quebec City last April representing L'Acadie de la Nouvelle Ecosse (Nova Scotia) and was amazed at how many people with Acadian last names didn't know they we're Acadian. Believe or not, many Leblanc's didn't know they were.

[@heyo3846]

Nova Scotia here ! Lots of Acadian roots here! :)

[@sunmoonstarrays]

AKKADIANS (AKKADIA) there is a place Recent ancient orient and the Iberian peninsula areas

[@laulau125]

Acadian VS Québécois? Je n'ai jamais réussit à voir la différence culturelle entre mon père Gaspésien et ma mère Acadienne! Je n'ai jamais réussit à voir la différence culturelle entre mon père Québécois de la Gaspésie et ma mère de Caraquet, NB sur la péninsule acadienne! Mes ancêtres ont pêchés la morue des deux cotés de la baie des chaleurs. Mes recherches généalogiques m'ont appris que mes ancêtres des deux rives de la baie-des-chaleurs revenaient avec plus que de la morue... … mais bien avec les plus belles filles des deux rives ! De plus, la Gaspésie a été peuplée par les Acadiens après la déportation, avant que ceux-ci se rendent sur la péninsule acadienne ! C’est ce qui fait que je partage cette belle dualité depuis des siècles! D’ailleurs, les acadiens des deux rives ont un autre point en commun, c'est-à-dire le métissage avec les Mi'kmaq et Wolastoqiyik. Je crois que ces histoires sont du "diviser pour régner" révisionniste et fédéraste canadian! Moi en tout cas, je suis Québécois d'origine Acadienne, comme ceux de la Gaspésie, des Iles de la Madeleine et de la Côte Nord. On estimait, en 1996, qu'il y un million de Québécois avec un patronyme (nom de famille) acadien (étude Léger et Léger), et 3 millions de Québécois avec des ancêtres acadiens (Étude UQAM), soit environ 1 francophone au Québec sur deux! Vous insinuez que les Acadiens et les Métis ne peuvent être Québécois ?

[@La.máquina.de.los.sueños]

+Laurent Desbois, en tant que Quêbécois, faudrait aussi alors inclure une grande partie des franco-Ontariens,, des milliers de New-Brunswickois, plusieurs centaines de milliers d'Américains et des quantités de franco-canadiens (Manitoba, C-B etc)... Après combien de générations on peut se considérer comme faisant parti de la communauté qui nous accueil (par assimilation partielle ou totale), ou que notre communauté ne fait plus parti de celle qui l'a vue naitre (par divergeances linguistique culturel et social)? Mon premier ancêtre en sol canadien venait d'Angleterre et a été capturé à Terre-Neuve en 1697 , son nom et prénom ont été francisé... Alors après plus de 200 ans, dois-je me considérer comme un Québécois , ou encore comme un Anglais (malgré des dizaines de mariages avec des Québécois-es, et que ma culture et langue sont québécoises... et qu'à part mon nom de famille, mon bagage génétique Anglais représente sans doute même pas 2%)? La famille de ma mère fait parti des premières arrivées en Amérique, quoi qu'elle soit très peu répendue (elle provenait de Belgique, a migré en France dans les années 1500, avant de migré ici dans les années 1600). Alors, puis-ce que je ne suis pas un Tremblay, Ouimet, Dupuis ou un Roy, puis-je quand même dire que j'suis Québécois? XD Comme toi, je déplore toutes les divisions entre les communautés francophone du Canada, après tout, on est des survivants de la défunte Nouvelle-France. C'est plaisant de voir le Québec vouloir se donner un pays, mais c'est dommage que les autres communautés francophone du Canada soient laissées pour compte dans le processus. Si le Québec fait renaitre la Nouvelle-France, je vois pas comment ca pourrait l'être sans y joindre une parti du Nouveau Brunswick et de l'Ontario,... car nous sommes qu'un seul peuple, issue d'une seule et même nation francophone (mais avec plein d'accents régionnaux). :) p.s. concernant les patronymes des Québécois; les Acadiens et les Québécois (et les autres francophones en Amérique) ont migré en Nouvelle-France à la même époque, et tous venaient des mêmes régions en France (Normandie, Picardie, Bretagne, centre-ouest)... alors il est plus que normal que plusieurs noms de familles soient les mêmes sur ce qui était le territoire de la Nouvelle-France. Aussi, il faut se rappelé que les provinces actuelles ne sont pas fait de la Nouvelle-France, mais celui de la conquête Britannique (Ont, Qc, N-B, T-N, I-P-E étaient l'unique territoire de la Nouvelle-France... donc les populations migraient facilement sans avoir d'identité linguistique/culturelle lié à une province). En se fiant qu'aux patronymes, on pourrait inversement dire que la plupart des Acadiens(es) sont d'origine Québécois(es)... seul des profiles génétique associés aux livres de débarquements et actes de naissances/marriages pourrait trancher, et même encore là, ça voudrait pas dire grand chose (comme je disais plus haut) car tous proviennent des mêmes régions de France.

[@terioze9]

Pour moi, on devrait juste s'appeler "Canadiens". C'est comme ça que les Britshits appelaient nos ancêtres au 19e siècle. Un Canadien était un habitant de Nouvelle-France.

[@clairealexander1346]

Where does Charles De Menou D'aulnay figure in all of this? I, too, am trying to figure out my roots.

[@EdinburghFive]

D'Aulnay became governor of Acadia after the death of Isaac de Razilly in 1635. He largely abandons the LaHave settlement and moves the colonist back to Port Royal (the old Scottish fort at what is now Annapolis Royal, and not to be confused with the earlier Port Royal (Habitation) that is located a few kilometres down the Annapolis Basin.)

[@pinkorchid87]

I am of acadien and Canadian decent my mothers being the Canadian and my father being acadien my last name is melanson or melancon as the acadiens would have spelled it but just wanted to also let you know that many acadiens also settled in Connecticut Boston mass and maine...I being from Connecticut i wish i grew up knowing the acadian language i took perisian french in school for 3 years because i live in america and that is all i had acess too i wish i knew different though

[@terioze9]

The Acadians understand standard French but the French and the other Francophones from Switzerland, Belgium or Monaco don't really understand Acadian French. I mean, they understand just 50% of what they say.

[@sterob1696]

A lot of Acadians that were deported, came back in Acadia a few years after the deportation. Others allied with the Native and manage to survive by hiding during this war. The British toke all of there land and goods, and force them to be deported. Today, most of the best land in New-Brunswick do belongs to English community. I would say that a good number of Acadians who are linving in Acadia have been deported.

[@michellebp2010]

I'm acadian too from NS my ancestors were lucky we hit and stayed but forced to learn english benoit our family founded tracadie ns acadian flag is the France flag with the yellow star over the blue I have an acadian fiddle keychain

[@wavejumpinseadoo]

I'm 3/4 Acadian, lol. My mom is fully Acadian from West Pubnico and my grandmother was full blooded Acadian from Havre Boucher, but my great grand parents never taught my grandmother French so my dad speaks no French. My mom taught me French and so I guess you could say that I'm re-injecting it back into that bloodline, lol.

[@faelismaegnus]

Interesting post. I'm a Cajun with roots in Spain, Germany, Native America (Ishak), Wales, and Ireland (or Scotland). I'm a Cajun American, but harbor no ill will towards Canada - although I tire of the typical anti-USA Canadian attitude. Are you Acadians in Canada anti-US too? I heard you mention that your riding was socialist. Are you also socialist?

[@terioze9]

Real Acadians are catholic. Real Catholics can't be socialist or communist.

[@jackmendelson4879]

Thank You for sharing this

[@edwudaedwardsaulnier6880]

Be careful not to confuse 'Acadian French' with 'Chiac'. Your example 'J'ai parke la char dans le yard' sounds more like 'Chiac.'

[@waynemclaughlin96]

edwuda Edward Saulnier You're right Chiac is spoken mainly around the Moncton area of New Brunswick, and mainly by the younger generation. The older generation speak Acadian French the way it has been for centuries.

[@aksb2482]

What's the difference between the two?

[@madisonthorne4181]

Aks chiac is French word and English word spoken together in one sentence

[@madisonthorne4181]

Wayne McLaughlin not all older people who grew up in Moncton do my moms family lived in Moncton and all spoke chiac It has nothing to do with generations Sure the younger generation use it more often but my moms in her mid 40’s and has always spoken chiac

[@dhebert111]

I'm from the Acadian Peninsula and although I love my Chiac brethren, it's like hearing nails on a chalkboard 😅

[@virgorising7388]

I know nothing about the origin of the french they speak except that it's15th century. Are you implying it has occitan elements? That's the ancient tongue of Languedoc. Some of the Acadian families were from the Languedoc.

[@aliciadoiron8481]

thank you! you hve been a big help.

[@kingskei1]

What about the river valley area

[@jonathansgarden9128]

I am Acadian through my Cajun mother. The ones from Louisiana. Descended from Daniel LeBlanc (1604) and Joseph Broussard

[@EdinburghFive]

Daniel Leblanc shows up in the 1671 Acadian census. He was 45 years of age thus he was born in 1626.

[@jonathansgarden9128]

@@EdinburghFive you’re right I was describing another ancestor, my bad. I am descended from the 1626 one

[@damageincorporatedmetal43v73]

F[Explic]it, did my donation make it ???

[@MaeNotEast]

In Quebec it's "J'ai parké ma char. Okay, so maybe that's joual, but it's a lot more fun than French or English. lol

[@ShikisaiMaki]

Yeah I know you're in Kobe right? Well I have friends from Kobe so I will probably visit! ^_^

[@MaxxVelocity]

I just recently discovered that I'm directly descended from the very first French to become Acadian. I'd like to help restore a community for us, but I am finding no such efforts seems to exist in any accessible channel.

[@EdinburghFive]

What do you mean by "I'd like to help restore a community for us"?

[@elainebmack]

Actually, I have a question. Do you need to know Acadian French to visit these areas?

[@rogerdrisdelle8448]

not at all, although it helps in certain context. Don't be scared to tell an Acadian you didn't understand what they meant. They'll laugh and explain it

[@elainebmack]

Acadians sound like down-to-earth folk. I look forward to meeting them in the future.

[@rogerdrisdelle8448]

That they are :) very friendly and open people.

[@Havvyer]

I only heard the word Acadian about a decade ago, before moving to Canada. I'm originally Venezuelan. My curiosity's grown a bit more as my boyfriend's a French-speaking Acadian himself. @zeroteky, I've also enjoyed your video. 🙂