Josh Groban's Ancestry is in the Heavens | Who Do You Think You Are?

Josh Groban traces his family roots to Germany, where his eight times great-grandfather was a man devoted to faith, music and astronomy. A shocking prediction put him at odds with his community, Josh learns. | For more, visit www.tlc.com/tv-shows/who-do-yo...
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[@divox9pqr]

So interesting to learn he has German Lutheran roots with deep musical inclinations.

[@rosemarymartinez5797]

I just love Josh's humility and beautiful voice.

[@jillcampbell6821]

Classy gentleman-so talented and intelligent. Very kind hearted too.

[@sabrinamiller4405]

His ancestor studied a Great Comet and he was in the Broadway musical Natasha Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.

[@redwoods7370]

Josh Groban is a very special person and a national treasure.

[@vervideosgiros1156]

A world treasure! 😊

[@poppyz6816]

Yesssss!

[@kennethhirlinger3014]

Even greater than his unparalleled voice is his personality and humanity!

[@jillbursell9356]

He seems so down to earth and attaches little importance to fame or money. I think it's more about the art of his music and getting it right. He;s a perfectionist. I try to follow some of the music in the languages he is brave enough to record them in. I took French so the French ones are easiest but Italian and Spanish are not so easy. He is special and I think will be for a long long time to come.

[@jeantonu9362]

Kenneth Hirlinger /

[@jjcevering9411]

I wholeheartedly concur

[@vervideosgiros1156]

@@jillbursell9356 His accent in Italian and Portuguese is wonderful! His accent in French is really good. His accent in Spanish is good.

[@roseannerussell7034]

I wish i had money or was famous enough to get this done

[@chihuahuense831]

roseanne russell ...go in family search.org it's free and covers world wide...let's saying that if you do your family tree and you have other distant relatives that have information about your ancestor then you will find information about your ancestor a lot easily

[@roseannerussell7034]

ChicanaChihuaz thank you so much for the idea. I will try it however it may be a bit of a problem. You see caribbean families were not very well documented. Men had children with several women on the side and it wasnt unusual for women to have several men either so whats on the paper compared to the real situation may not be the same.

[@chihuahuense831]

roseanne russell , i never knew that..Good luck finding your ancestors..!!☺

[@jenniferfrost7713]

The Mormons have family history centers in many cities that are free for you to search and trace your family lineage hundreds of years back.

[@lylestavast7652]

familysearch.org gets you to the same records online...

[@nessa-marks]

the family history with haley’s comet really ties together his role in the great comet of 1812!

[@thephoenixcloud]

Doing my family research the last 3 years, I found out that Josh and I share this relative. This blew my mind. I found the full episode about a year and a half ago, its really been a special thing to not only find this amazing person but to actually have the privilege of having this much information has been really special. Finding this really set me off into a deep journey of putting together my family tree. It would be interesting to see if Josh and i still have any connections now in the tree. Im from Pennsylvania where this American journey starts with the Zimmerman's....just so crazy. I have spent my adult life performing and singing also so it just further reinforces that certain things just stay in the DNA and keep going.

[@kaidenonbway]

Same!

[@poppyz6816]

Wow that’s amazing!

[@caseyfarthing5660]

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[@topmog]

So far, one of the most interesting family histories.

[@AndySaenz]

His German ancestor was an astronomer! I knew that's why he's got a Heavenly voice.

[@pattyfinnpadidiver]

AndySaenz haha! There you go. Mystery solved 😃😇

[@cak8132]

This was so interesting to see. I am primarily Irish but I am also about 12% German. My German ancestors came from Bavaria and the Rhineland Palatinate in western Germany.

[@sundance81677]

I mean, its pretty amazing when you think about it. The man held on so strongly to his beliefs to the day he died.

[@annettewilliams1932]

All Jehovah Witnesses maintain there integrity even if they are threaten with death. Today in Russia we are ban from practicing. Threaten with prison if we do not stop our way of worshiping our God JEHOVAH the creator and our law giver.

[@TinyDancer888]

Wow, that's some history. Josh Groban is very bright.

[@jjcevering9411]

This is amazing enjoyable to watch you through this Josh. Love & Respect from a fellow believer and a religious student. 🌼⛅⛪

[@cynthiapickett7403]

Fascinating story; I have Mennonite and Amish in my ancestry, along with Quaker. Groban is about a 14th cousin.

[@petrakhaldoun-schweiker6763]

I am so honoured that one of my favourite singers shares some similarities with me. His German ancestors came from the same county (Ludwigsburg) as I. I was born and raised near Bietigheim. So he is partly swabian, which is the region, where Daimler, Porsche and Audi were "invented", in short a real think tank . But it also means you work with discipline and are cautious with your money. Greetings from Waiblingen, Stuttgart

[@dagmarl4447]

Schaffe, schaffe Jaesle bauen?

[@dagmarl4447]

Schaffe, schaffe Haeusle bauen?

[@crackindenpockets6211]

ey ey mein vater ist in diesem video ahahahahah

[@artemicionkupo4367]

Absolutely love his dark eyes.

[@cherylslatton3718]

My fiancee German norwegian Lutheran zlso Josh cool .My Grandmother dads mom full german. Keep up your beautiful singing Mr. Josh Groban we all love to hear you sing amazing voice!

[@lisamartinez6899]

Love it . I wonder if the music is genetic as well as the spirit inside !

[@determineddi2044]

That was really fascinating.

[@manders76]

Johann, Margaretha, and the Great Comet of 1694?

[@meiraloraduncan8953]

Amanda McClendon Very interesting that Josh goes on to be in a play The Great Comet on Broadway .

[@mlr4524]

@@meiraloraduncan8953 Oh wow - that is uncanny. I've never heard of this play - thank you.

[@theresahenderson3534]

Wow!

[@vervideosgiros1156]

And Zimmerman, besides being and astronomer, he was a music teacher and he wrote several books about music!

[@abelgonzalez3950]

It’s crazy how people can go that far back. I’m still wondering what’s before my grandma and grandpa.

[@streamofawareness]

We never really know how far back our stories go, but sometimes in looking back we see our own faces in our ancestors. :)

[@OdysseyMosaic]

Very interesting!

[@tomnook9713]

hes so adorable, God bless him :)

[@francosdracos8104]

-Laura Alvarez Talero pickle rick

[@difang8165]

may elohim most high elshaddai

[@rridderbusch518]

USA here. One of the men helping him has surname Rückert. I have an ancestor Rückert. Coincidently, the only grandchild I will ever have was born in Tübingen. My daughter was teaching Human Genetics at that same University. My DNA is 59% German on Ancestry.

[@Mellmick26]

I got to take part in the “Halie’s commit” experience at the “Telus world of science “ “space and science museum “ when I was in grade 5

[@catherinecrow5662]

What a story his ancestor lived

[@rosesilveira344]

What a great advice she gave her father about breaking generational patterns.

[@evelynmcmanus7959]

I have been trying to get this whole episode. I can only get snippets of it.

[@vervideosgiros1156]

There was a video with rhe whole episode but there isn't here anymore 😢

[@gracefields9420]

So beautiful 🕊

[@kimbeyer9315]

i love that awesome voice...his songs are beautiful....GOD BLESS HIM!!!!

[@YossefDPerez]

I felt sad to hear his ancestor died so young, probably anxiety took part on it...as he was so disheartened. Thank God we have Josh among us today(among all the crappy “artists”

[@Katie2986]

Not really that young- 50 was beyond average life expectancy for Europeans in 1700

[@LUCKYIRISHLADY77]

I am adopted. I wish i could find out the whole story of my birth. Who my father's side and who he was.

[@francaperotti5934]

You can throw your DNA it's amazing what you can find out

[@benitasteffan7404]

SHANNON BRANTLEY I’m adopted too. I know my birth name but not my parents first names. I have a birth brother and sister also. I have some infor but not much. But my adopted parent were wonderful people . I was born in Italy.

[@jjcevering9411]

Praying for you dear and all adoption families, all involved. 💐🌺💜💙💗💛💖

[@690169016901]

23 and me. My daughter sent for dna and discovered a link to another direct family member. After putting some little known family history together we were able to put her in contact with her birth father. Pretty amazing.

[@shawneevee7490]

Their history is meaningless. All that matters is the future you create for yourself and the legacy you leave for those you love. I’m adopted too.

[@ginafrontino9236]

Amazing and I 💜💜💜💜 Josh Groban

[@samspade3227]

Mine crossed to Pennsylvania 10 years earlier, they were Quakers. Freedom is a strong voice only to some.

[@izziegroban2820]

SVP, une traduction en français...Merci ( une fan de Josh Groban)

[@jillbursell9356]

Moi aussi. J'adore Mr. Groban.

[@jaquelinefirmino2074]

👏🌟👼🌌🍀JOSH GROBAN, O SEU DOM ENCANTADOR, A SUA MARAVILHOSA VOZ LAPIDANDO DIVINAMENTE POESIAS MUSICALIZADAS E A SUA ESSÊNCIA D LINDA ÁUREA SILENCIAM DORES GRITANTES. AGRADEÇO A VOCÊ D CORAÇÃO COM MUITA E SINCERA VERDADE EM NOME D TODAS AS PESSOAS QUE APRECIAM ASSIM COMO EU ARTES QUE MAIS PARECEM MILAGRES🙏🇧🇷 Jaqueline Santos👼🍀💫.

[@51Saffron]

The whole show was good.

[@Agapesgate]

Very Interesting! You have such a Heritage and History. You were destined to be YOU, who You Are Today! This is your Gift that was given to you.

[@whitevader007]

Never, never expected that Mr Zimmerman has his last resting place in Rotterdam. When I was a joung lad I remember a specific name which I have read on a cemetary. Never forgot that name, on that old..old grave. It was Zimmerman..

[@phalinimcleod8819]

Wow! Interesting that the name Zimmerman made an impression on you!

[@1987SuperMummy]

Sometimes things do pop out to us. When I was around 6 or 7 I saw a book and never ever forgot the name or cover of it. I was a very good reader at that age and I opened the book and didn't understand any of it. A copy of that book found it's way to me 2 decades later and it changed my life. That book was the Celestine Prophecy.

[@francinegray9383]

@@1987SuperMummy Yes. Sometimes things pop up to give you a roadmap or some other knowledge you need. On an average busy day you're likely to dismiss these small signals. Nothing necessarily mystical here, but often strands stored in your subconscious mind for later use. I noticed as you did that the info easily gets stored before you are able to use it, then comes back in maturity.

[@dorajonesgarcia4330]

Interesting!!!

[@wendyelsey2636]

Great story it’s good &somtimes not soo good two find out about your acesters happy hunting 🌹🌟

[@santarosaamandaarmas2561]

Nice that.

[@followerofChrist26]

I feel Ryan Reynolds would do a good job playing him in a documentary film. They have the same voice and look similar.

[@perrinfan]

Tübingen is a beautiful city.

[@catherinemartina6469]

I thought the title "Master" in the years 1600's-1700's is a title for an "under aged" man with no formal title such as "Gentleman", Priest or Scholar. And a Cooper is a barrel maker.

[@mariaodoroaga9410]

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[@danapertile106]

I would have sworn that Josh was of clearly Jewish ancestry. He looks very Jewish to me... If I were him, I would take a DNA test that would tell him more about the countries his ancestors came from.

[@c0ronariu5]

I read somewhere that his father’s family were Jewish originally but converted several generations ago. This clip was about his maternal lineage.

[@vervideosgiros1156]

This ancester of his is from his mom's father side. She has norwegian ancestry from her mother's side. Josh's dad has ukrainian and polish ancestry. Josh's great grandfather (Josh's grandfather, from his dad's father side) went to the USA in late XIX century.

[@Ricca_Day]

Checked and storied ancestry... Each of us has one and some... Each of us geeks to make some and leave some. Let us choose wisely the legacies we desire and cultivate forward... yes? Had I uncovered these writings, I would not have interpreted these writings as either desperate or crazy, but as utterly faithful and committed to the Source of his understanding of where he was within the timeline of the Great Mystery of Almighty G0D. A single thread doth not the Fabric weave of itself... but only sees within its own course... a far Higher Purpose and Design. -Ricca -November, 1 2019 🍃🦋🍃💙🍃🦋🍃

[@markbrown7913]

When I saw the Zimmerman ancestor in Iowa I was kind of hoping they would connect it to the Zimmerman family in Hibbing, MN that gave us Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan.

[@ln2559]

Whoa. Ok, now I have some more research to do today! My family immigrated from Germany and Switzerland to Pennsylvania...and I grew up here all my life in PA. We do have Zimmerman's in my family on my Mom's Mom's side and we have not only Lutherans in our family, but also Anabaptists. I'm really intrigued now.

[@luna7km]

You'll probably find some percentage of Askenazi Jewish in your DNA. Zimmerman along with names like Kümmel ( now Kimmel), Lederman/Leatherman/Letterman and a few others have Jewish roots (Moldovan mostly with some Turkish and Sephardic).

[@ln2559]

@@luna7km Nope, I just checked. No Ashkenazi Jew. My family left Switzerland and Germany in the late 1600s into the 1700s.

[@luna7km]

@@ln2559 You had a DNA test that quickly? A lot of the Ashkenazi Jewish did hide their religion and adopted German sounding names.

[@ln2559]

@@luna7km I've HAD the results of my DNA test for almost four years already. I'm not Ashkenazi Jew, I can assure you.

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

Comet sighted! -1 Stability

[@kaidenonbway]

Groban is about an 8th cousin, 2 times removed

[@an.dr.16561]

I knew David dobrik looked familiar

[@timclark2818]

My dad... He's Dr. Jonathan Clark.

[@cara2676]

I keep getting Josh Groban and Rogan Josh confused.

[@hannahmore9118]

I have genealogy records going back 40 generations on one side and 12 on another. But its the stories I don't know.

[@susanrobinson2728]

The information on the paperwork tells the story. It's a paper jigsaw.

[@nillyk5671]

Did you take a dna test. Sometimes our dna doesn't match the paper trail.

[@adarodriguez4619]

I love it so doI

[@pseudoname3159]

This is the dude who did an ass kick duel cover of Simon & Garfunkels Bridge over Troubled Waters with Brian McKnight. If you guys want to hear some good singing turn off your pop radio and KZbin that shit real quick

[@jillbursell9356]

Yes they did this duet on David Foster's Hitman Returns which I bought as soon as I heard it. Love Brian McKnight too. The DVD for me is so great to watch. Has Neo singing Michael Jackson's What About Us.

[@kkibela]

Wow thanks for the tip

[@cherylslatton3718]

Hooh Ya! Yeah all us Germans Love it Josh. We all love you so much! Youre awesome!

[@TrautsEwol]

No idea who this chap is but he didn’t know he was German when is last name is Groban 😂 A bit like having the last name jones and not knowing you were welsh 😂

[@vervideosgiros1156]

Nothing to do with that! This ancester of his is from his mom's father side and his name, Groban, is from his dad's side. His great grandfather went from Ukraine to the USA in late XIX century. His family name was Grobansky (or Grabinsky-I saw the 2 writings and I don't know which is the correct one) and when he went to the USA he shortened his name to Groban.

[@patrickporco6972]

Amazing history...sounds to me as thiugh the deacon was fleeing Germany under threat of religious persecution

[@TheKatchour]

❤️❤️❤️

[@zzzroxyzzz]

eh PA wasn't always like that, look up hex hollow/rehmeyers hollow

[@jimbrown4652]

💙

[@msbatres4970]

Blessed by your deacon grandpa. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@CrystalTwinStar]

💙🙏💙

[@sophiee.h]

29 January 2015

[@pamelajohnson2748]

I thought he was Irish he looks s o Irish.hes very handsome.

[@mariom6368]

I wonder who are my ancestors

[@skippymagrue]

Mr X Write down everything you know, talk to your family and write down what they know, and start researching.

[@curly208]

Ancestry.com has an amazing wealth of documents. Your answers may be there!

[@lottery8889]

WHOM tf is that Kyle betit I love him!!!

[@nancychartrand7808]

does anyone else have a hard time hearing his affirmations

[@annamo9354]

Hihi...so you're a 'bloody geermin'!! Herzlich Willkommen mein Freund!

[@nancychartrand7808]

oh sorry wrong post I just commented on

[@jonathonthalheimer7342]

My mothers side of the family is directly linked to this tree.

[@phalinimcleod8819]

Cool!

[@rachelolvera4495]

Wow

[@rachelclark1301]

My mom studies her family tree thru Ancestry.com. My tenth great grandfather and Johan Jacob Zimmerman were brothers! So Josh is my distant cousin. How are you related?

[@margo3367]

I find it odd that they focused solely on the man when it was the woman and her children who made their way in America, not an easy thing to do as an immigrant. I guess that's why they call it his-story.

[@soniac8532]

Stop being a dick. he was trying to find out where his family and why they came over here and they focused on him because he was the one that was trying to come to America and died before that happened

[@TacticalOwl7]

We need to find Josh Groban’s relationship with Casey Tatum and his brother. Maybe an uncle muscle connection.

[@wernermatrisch2]

Great talented singer - don't like "any" of his records, but a lot !

[@aube2577]

Does AIl Infps act the same? Sigh he's so cute God

[@mulherenascentista]

Josh is ENFP

[@AndySaenz]

He should do a 23andMe genetic test! And see if he has any other European roots in his ancestry.

[@vervideosgiros1156]

He has. His mom's has norwegian roots by her mother's side. They went to the USA in middle XIX century.

[@jameshumphreys9715]

The British theme tune is better than the American one.

[@Lakshyam9]

He looks like Sonu Nigam's twin

[@wendybaker9599]

Oh this is interesting this branch of the Zimmerman family is in my Ancestry

[@patriciajrs46]

I know a girl, woman now, who had a daughter with my brother. Her name was Zimmerman.

[@christinebrown7545]

Never heard of him.

[@vervideosgiros1156]

There's a Google... Instead of stating that you don't know him, like if that was important, you could've googled him...

[@wendymiller3364]

Never heard of him

[@vervideosgiros1156]

Probably you heard him singing You Raise Me Up.

[@Notepad37]

"One should believe whatever they believe at any cost" well, thats an extremely dangerous and wrong headed thought.

[@sweetnsour3693]

I know right. It really depends, that statement. On the situation.

[@Dachdogoriginal]

My family all came from.Germany. They were Lutheran. And they all settled by the Ohio Pennsylvania border. After the first world War. And they all are crazy. Haha. Fortunately as I child we moved across country and I left home early. Lol.

[@tonialeeneslein240]

My family is from Germany also and settled in Bedford Pennsylvania in 1865.

[@siyabongamngomezulu9743]

Did your family have to change their surname ? I have read that in The US during ww1 there were many German families who changed their surnames, e.g Müeller to Miller, Schoeman to Shoeman etc.

[@Dachdogoriginal]

@@siyabongamngomezulu9743 No. It was Biery in the dad side. Some Biery had the ie reversed. So Beiry. And they think the now Brierly was maybe part of that clan.

[@kennethhirlinger3014]

Or should that be humaneness?

[@GlobetrotterBR]

So, his ancestor was a kind of Jim Jones from the old times.

[@kathymorris4587]

Josh, I believe God is calling you to Him! Surrender! You are searching! It is Him who wants you to come to Him! Spiritually, I see it! God bless you! Kathy from Washington state!

[@rontownsend8235]

Isn't everybody's?????????

[@ilciavargas7318]

So he was a religious fanatic!.

[@vervideosgiros1156]

No, he wasn't! He had to leave because he was against some people in the clergy. He was talking about planets when The Church at that time was refusing to understand that it wasn't the Sun that round around the Earth, but the other way around!

[@difang8165]

deur

[@nillyk5671]

He is cute 😅

[@rinaarakelian9523]

They wa.t to thake you babe run

[@rachelledayrit2225]

Whoa... If am not mistaken the ex wife of our President Duterte is Zimmerman and they came from Germany,What if they related to each other...?

[@vervideosgiros1156]

Zimmerman is a very common name.

[@jessicaallen1048]

😡how dare u!!