Meeting My Long Lost Cousins in Europe: Amsterdam

[@Elke_KB]

The odds of chatting with a random stranger and discovering you are related. Very cool.

[@ThatSuzanneSchmid]

@@Elke_KB heck, lol, I watched this video and discovered he's related to my chemistry professor. It's a small world! 😄

[@YouB3anz]

technically the odds are 100%

[@AspenWeaver-m8n]

I am from the States, and all my ancestors are all Western European, really. I booked a trip to London and Copenhagen. My danish side is super recent, like the last 80 years, and I know I have cousins there and have their contact info, but I felt awkward to ask. But this kind of gave me a sign to reach out to them while I am over there. They still are on the farm, that my great father raised pigs on. Back in the 30s.

[@iamalexwolf]

@@AspenWeaver-m8n Most people would be excited to meet new family members so go for it :)

[@vbrown6445]

How wonderful that the nice red-haired chocolatier turned out to be a cousin! It sounds like a wonderful trip. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@raadgeverbescherming]

This is beutiful story. Visiting locoation of your bloodlines and walking around makes it beutiful Holiday and gives more body to your family history

[@sharonvik7643]

What a great adventure!! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!! :-)

[@LoneGRoEnt]

Dude the fact you even have pictures of some of these guys way back blows my mind.

[@_PJW_]

0:49 : so you are related to the Coronel family. You might want to look into that too. And you should definitely revisit Amsterdam. So many spots you have missed. Like Sal Meijer's Sandwichshop of all places.

[@annatomasso5226]

Sounds like a wonderful adventure!, I always enjoy visiting my own ancestorial towns.

[@lollylula6399]

I enjoyed this so much. I love how you presented/edited it, really professional and enjoyable. I appreciated seeing the maps, and day numbers, and seeing your family tree to understand more the connections. I really would like to go on an ancestral places trip like this. Half of me is where I'm from so I've got to visit places/buildings/cemeteries connected to my English side - and before they took the old slabs up from our market square I used to love walking there knowing so many of my ancestors had walked on them too. The other half of me is from Poland. I've found names of my ancestors and the villages they came from. The emotional side of finding/not being able to find relatives & ancestors and what happened to them (my grandparents were taken during WWII) was heavy so I've taken a break for a while but hope to be able to find out more one day.

[@ESCAGEDOWOODWORKING]

Very powerful, thank you for sharing!

[@anetzband1383]

Oh, I loved it. I probably won't ever get to see the town where my grandfather was born way back in 1879, but I almost made it the year before covid. It was so fulfilling to hear your journey day by day. I do hop so much that you will be able to return for a longer time.

[@feelswriter]

So well put together! My ancestors were here from Holland early on with the East India Trading Company I think ... Different view of the Netherlands ;)

[@a.slatopolsky82]

Very moving story, specially in the monument in honor to the victims of the Shoah and see all those members of your family murdered. On the other side, to put light into our family ancestry is freeing and brings a deeper understading of who we are. Thank you for sharing your amazing work with us :)

[@raadgeverbescherming]

As dutchguy i enjoyed how you speak out gehaktballen. It funny but he you do your best speak it corretcly. :)

[@GazilionPT]

Great storyteller. I must admit I got hungry. 😁

[@tcconnection]

Thank you so much for sharing your history and tour, fascinating. So sorry for what family members went through.

[@mompofelski4191]

Aww. That is so neat to have this experience and connection with distant cousins. I am so happy you could do this. JUST SO YOU KNOW - THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES. GOD HAS HIS HAND IN THE DETAILS OF YOUR LIFE. MEETING A COUSIN HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD...COME ON. It was MEANT to be.

[@lyngusrobb5323]

So blessed to hear your family reunion/genealogy journey story. Sounds like a successful trip and it's inspiring for those of us who wonder if they should try.

[@marcyzaslow1961]

That had to be a trip of a lifetime. Some of my history parallels yours, so I have had the vicarious pleasure of seeing your film ❤

[@RoseBee]

Amazing video! Would you be able to find your ancestors' stones with something like ground penetrating radar? It would be very interesting to get a catalogue of pictures of the stones, I think, if they're still readable. Peat is rather acidic and could really deteriorate the headstones, I fear...

[@GeneaVlogger]

If only I had the money! In the late 1800s, there was a man named David Henriques de Castro who cataloged and mapped the entire cemetery. Most of the graves after that have been documented pretty well, so they know where most everyone is buried. Would be nice to have images of all the stones!

[@truthseekercoolbeans6741]

Thanks for sharing! Sounds like a very awesome trip. Hope you are able to go live there for a few months. Would totally be a fabulous time.

[@irenehabes-quene2839]

Here from the Netherlands, good you enjoyed your Dutch trip. Droste is not a very popular chocolate anymore but that’s just not to the point. I am amazed of what you have found. I have an American-in-law and recognise the same dedication to researching his family tree. Hè has mostly Norwegian ancestors but also connections to Holland so that’s cool for him as he’s married to a Dutch person. Our ancestors were refugees from France fleeing for the Huguenot persecution by Catholics, we still bear the French Surname.

[@CarlaMarcelisMICH]

So glad you made this video. What an important contribution to Jewish Dutch history. It always gets me crying to see the wall of names and any details of the Shoah. New information to me was the saving of the babies. So when you spoke of Hannah’s children and that two weren’t killed in the Shoah, I saw that the direct forefather of the three cousins going to the cemetery died in 1944 and so I would assume that he was killed in Auschwitz and maybe his child, the next generation survived the Shoah this is in the video at 17:21. Did you find any survivors who were actually born in the concentration camps, another terrible part of history!

[@IronicleseAndSardoniclese]

Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing! 😁

[@jimiwhat79]

Mmm my comment disappeared again. Oh well maybe on your next visit also visit the Asjkenazische Jewish cemetery on Zeeburg, 80% was buried there from 1714 to 1914.

[@IvoTichelaar]

Huis de Pinto is now kind of a community center run by locals. As far as I understand, the building had to be either demolished or restored. The then-current owner died and the building fell into disrepair. It was acquired by the city and restored. My employer used a space there for meetings. It is a beautiful building. My grandparents hid a Jewish man from the razzias. They also supported Jews in hiding elsewhere, which were unfortunately caught. Protecting their neighbours seemed obvious to them, however they did not believe the rumours about genocide. When the Holocaust/Shoah was confirmed to be true, they were devastated. Did they try hard enough? Could they have fit another person in their attic to hide? I don't think they were ever at ease with their efforts.

[@oldhag8139]

I just ran across your channel...sooo interesting..I have had Ancestry and 23 & me, testing done. I also, have been working on my family tree, for over 20 years, with very surprising results..

[@cyrielwollring4622]

Great video. Have you visited the Anne Frankhuis, the museum of the hideout of the Frank and other family? It gives a good impression of a hide out during Word war Two. Do book a visit in andvance.

[@youserawaiting3876]

The statue that is shown after the wall monument is "De dokwerker" (dock-worker) and refers to the mass strike that was held to protest the German razzia's on Jews. It has been the only public protest action in occupied Europe against these razzia's.

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

You were in my country! haha btw MyHeritage changed my results from 81,8 North-Western European, 16,8 English and 1,4% Irish, Scottish to 100% Netherlands (and Flanders). Which I am not 100% Netherlands, because I have a German men in my family tree so I should have some German in there that came to Netherlands in 1830 aside from the Flanders and Dutch. But we are Roman Catholic ( from Sourthern Netherlands: North-Brabant) and my grandma has dark hair, dark eyes and tans easily so somehow I thought there would be something Iberian or Italian in there also because the Spanish invaded our country in the past. My sister did have 2,9% Italian in there though, but she is the only one so far that has that. My grandma, father and I do not have any Iberian or Italian in there. My grandma had 1,1% Finish that was quite random in there, but they also renewed her results and now she is 100% Netherlands too.

[@ThatSuzanneSchmid]

Re. Sarah Lopes Dias, was this a common last name in her era? I ask because after I watched this video, someone I know posted on Facebook that they are in London looking at headstones and she mentioned a great great grandmother with the same surname. She also mentioned Amsterdam and that this relative was Jewish, buried in the Sephardic Jewish Cemetery in Miles End in London.

[@GeneaVlogger]

The Lopes Dias family in London were part of the Chuts movement I mentioned and many who went to London are actually from Sarah Lopes Dias' brother Samuel Lopes Dias. So the grave you saw someone post about was likely a relative of mine.

[@mfrancldonnay]

Yes - the grave was my great great grandmother’s and we are related.

[@ThatSuzanneSchmid]

@@mfrancldonnay so awesome!

[@ThatSuzanneSchmid]

@@GeneaVlogger I suddenly remembered that I have many DNA matches in Amsterdam. I searched on myHeritage and found that 3 matches have Nunes in their tree. One relative has Sara Lopes Diaz and Lea Nunes Vaz. I don't know if that's how I'm related to them. Do you have a GEDmatch ID to compare? I'm assuming all these matches are on my paternal side (Jamaica)

[@benbryson1022]

It's so sad that there are so many graves that are covered. Is there a project that is trying to uncover them?

[@GeneaVlogger]

Not really, the cemetery's funds only allow for basic upkeep. It would take a significant donation to allow a project like that to happen, which I hope to happen someday, but at the moment there doesn't seem to be anyone willing to step up who has the funding available.

[@OP-1000]

Ha! That chocolate shopkeeper has a sister in law who is also a KZbinr.

[@ninaalceraz-gc4vh]

Is all of the city that beautiful? So fun.

[@tcconnection]

Do you please have a link to this Forever Learn website you mentioned?

[@kevartje1295]

Gehaktballen are not a typical Dutch meal, it just means meatballs XD. Stamppot is a typical Dutch meal, I dont know if you had stamppot with meatballs but that would be a typical Dutch meal.

[@DanSolo871]

Time 4:05 - I feel you cling to taste sensations of the past when you were a kid. You need to let go of this and move on. There are so many foods that I refused to eat for many years because I could not, would not eat when I was a kid. As I've gotten older, I would try these foods again and they would be palatable, sometimes good. That's not to say I will eat a yam today, but cauliflower, brussel sprouts, asparagus, creamed spinach are all foods I can eat today. If your grandpa or dad let you have a sip of scotch when you were eleven and your reaction was, "GOOD GOD! How can someone drink that stuff?" but today, you have no problem getting a scotch at a social event, then your sense of taste changed. It's the same with food.

[@GeneaVlogger]

I feel like you're making a pretty big assumption about me. Your comment honestly makes it sound like you think I haven't changed my eating habits since I was 10 years old. Just because I know I don't like certain foods doesn't mean I don't constantly try foods. I worked 10+ years in kitchens, at various types of restaurants, and I had to constantly taste foods I was cooking but disliked. Some things just never tasted any better, but I did learn a lot about what I didn't like and why I didn't like it. People have this misconception that if everyone forced themselves to eat something over and over that it will suddenly taste good (change their hedonic response), but that isn't always going to be the case. This is especially true for supertasters, which I am, because certain tastes are much more intense and unpleasant. As an example, many dairy foods are too intense for me, so I don't like cheese by itself, alfredo pasta, or even cheesecake. I used to do for prep work for years and cheesecake was as unpleasant to me the first time I ate it as it was the hundredth time I ate it, but the only way to properly check taste and consistency was taking a bite. But I also learned what I liked and how to include things I didn't like, but were good for me, in a way that it didn't cause issue.

[@joshdanao4987]

Hi, just wondering what program do you use for your family tree by the way?

[@GeneaVlogger]

The family trees I showed in the video were made using Canva, although I typically use Ancestry and Geni for my family tree building.

[@joshdanao4987]

@@GeneaVlogger hi okay thanks! And for that descendant chart, that is from Canva yes?

[@tcconnection]

How much dna is shared when it's 3rd and 5th cousins, and removed a couple times? Sincere question, so I can make sense of my research.

[@Tom-ds5uk]

I got a question. My ancestry DNA says that my DNA is 95 percent from central-south Asia and 5 percent from North India. What you make of this ? I was born in north India.

[@kitty_s23456]

@@Tom-ds5uk hi. Maybe your ancestors migrated from Central-south Asia to North India? I suggest to ask your parents or grandparents if there was migration in your family. I know of a Chinese guy (who looks entirely Han Chinese) but he found traces of North Indian/ Pakistani DNA as well as Russian/ Siberian DNA. Turned out that in one side of his family, his ancestors lived in the border regions of China/ North India. In another side of his family, his ancestors lived in the border region of Siberia. There must have been mixing then.

[@AntonioDellElceUK]

Hi... (Sorry bit off-topic): Have you seen the new "pro" features in AncestryDNA? Still missing segment information and still a bit buggy/beta to me (but for them it could be (old) "normal"..............no .... comment). Will you do a video about these features? Thanks!

[@GeneaVlogger]

Yes, I have been using the pro features for a while and so far the shared matches tool seems to be the only worthwhile tool. It has been quite buggy for me as well. Not sure if I will make a video about it, but I might.

[@brandonspriggs7717]

Did you speak to any of the rabbis in any of the synagogues to see if that had any records? (To trace your family)

[@earthmoonstars2013]

can I ask you about a person you have on one of your Geni accounts?

[@obanana4054]

In your opinion, what’s the safest and most ethical DNA company?

[@gwae48]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@BetsyEimers]

The mirrors weren't symbolically cracked. It was violently destroyed shorty after it was placed. The city and artist decided to keep it like this as a symbol and warning against antisemitism.

[@dutchman7623]

The mirrors were intentionally cracked to illustrate that even the sky, at day or night, will never reflect or look as it did before Auschwitz... And yes, the monument was damaged, and repaired. The glass plates over the mirrors were broken. They had to be replaced because damp prevented reflection.

[@GeneaVlogger]

Interesting, I hadn't heard about that before.

[@BetsyEimers]

@@GeneaVlogger meanwhile it has already been damaged 5 times.😢

[@Szimicards]

Im 100% European. I however dont understand the 9% italian and 8.5% Iberian. Ive made a family tree, a proffesional helped me and all seems to check out, and all are Hungarian, Dutch (some moved from France around 1700) or German. I cant find any italians or Iberians, though it should be a 3rd grandfather or something right?

[@jewhunterbiden]

europe has known a lot of migration through the ages, and genealogy can only get you back so far

[@aberlour15]

Another video with your favorite amsterdam shop Cacau & Spice: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4a5d2aggpyNhpY

[@MikeMcMulholland-d5f]

You look like everyone's Irish uncle.