Rachel McAdams Learns Her Ancestors’ Loyalties | Who Do You Think You Are?

[@kokorobertco]

This show 100 years from now: "Well we found his tweet from 2012.."

[@footyfan101ful]

Yes!! We have found his instagram post from 2016.

[@dunyazade]

ROTFLOL.

[@rhanlon70]

"We know what they ate back then because they wouldn't stop posting pictures of it."

[@josephinemateo2553]

Y’all are so funny 😂

[@leeregno]

Damn. It's kind of funny that it will be true

[@KallieFrost]

Rachel’s sister looks like a mix of her and Jennifer Garner

[@jillreys6159]

Omg!!! You’re right!!!

[@canalandreaju]

lol

[@lufflyness]

In the thumbnail I thought it was Kate Mckinnon

[@chitraam1677]

that's the first thought i had whn i saw this vdo 😅

[@mariagabbott]

Spot on

[@Whyknot80]

The sister is definitely not easily confused with Rachel. The sister is good looking but Rachel’s eyes, smile and freeking aura is angelic, warm, and insanely insatiable. My personal opinion.

[@lacirimbelli0169]

I gree witch you. Rachel is really beauty

[@h0ckeyd]

Yeah, Rachel is incredibly beautiful. There really isn't any comparison.

[@MmeDesgranges]

I'll take Kayleen then since you guys are so fussy. Don't say I never took one for the team.

[@yoliswandlovu8842]

@@MmeDesgranges 😂😂😂😂😂

[@drpemium333]

Fully agree with you! Rachel is unmatched.

[@nhcsuck42]

Rachel Mcadams is so angelic!

[@whenfatkillsfat803]

Prettiest actress alive. Nice inside and a great actress. She’s the Canadian Michelle Pfeiffer.

[@Mel-g5l4r]

Her sister really looks like regina version of Rachel

[@Roxality]

Her sister and her are so much a like. They are both poised and graceful.

[@anniuyen]

WOW! They sound so alike!

[@leiajiang7877]

Honestly, some sisters have identical voices, i know a highschool freshman who sounded identical to her senior sister it literally was tripping me out

[@user-hw5ys6ng1l]

Rachel McAdams' sister looks more like Rachel McAdams than Rachel McAdams does .

[@linapesz313]

She really does

[@LeFleur80]

Wait what.....

[@BB-lg4nn]

That’s what I thought when I looked at the thumbnail. I only realized the blonde one was the sister when I watched the video.

[@brookemuzzatti9710]

facts

[@bjdis33]

in the intro pic she does for sure! lol. thought the red lipstick was Rachel

[@ruthking7884]

Her ancestor and my ancestor were in the same loyalist regiment. My ancestors also ended up with land in Johnstown and Elizabethtown. So cool. If you look on the list of disbanded troop, three names below James Gray is my four times great grandfather, Constant King.

[@alicelim8803]

I feel she is a down to earth and humble person. I like her

[@Stand663]

My grandfather is Canadian Scots. His grandfather was loyalist who fought the French and the Americans. They were both very loyal to Britain. My grandfather also volunteered in WW2

[@davidgray3321]

Without Canada WW2 could have turned out very differently. Great allies.

[@thewealduk9802]

Thank you from the old country.

[@AraaMunoz]

They have the same voice idk who's talking 😂😂😂😂

[@ankihansen2489]

2:44 Those synchronized voices sound funny!

[@bridget4858]

Rachel is so underrated. I am in love with her and I am a straight cis female. Ha, ha. She's so naturally beautiful and seems so nice.

[@FishermansFriend-ml7xf]

So you're just a female then. Cool.

[@chandlerbing9333]

Lol what the hell. She’s my favorite actress, but I have to include all that 😂

[@unknownxyz7]

So, Rachel's beauty is a family thing

[@Mugmoor]

Her brother is my neighbour. It abolutely is.

[@scarletredmagic6724]

Wow such a such a resemblance between Rachel and her sister there's no denying their siblings ✌️🍀💞🤗

[@alberteinsteinthejew]

My God, Rachel is an angel

[@IpsaScientiaPotest]

Most beautiful sisters omg

[@stevekima8881]

Isn't funny how as parents or even as society we care so much about having somone to carry our name or our legacy but unless your so famous your in the history books, youre forgotten by your great grand kids. Most of us wouldn't even remember anybody beyond our greats

[@KP-vg3zn]

That just depends on how you've been raised & taught about family. I actually live in the house my great grandfather built in 1930. My family on my grandfathers & grandmothers side still live on the same land from the 1700s. My daughter is even named after my great grandfather, Avery. Majority of the families where I live have been here for 100s of years and know their family history.

[@spaceman9599]

I disagree - many of the people turned up on these shows are not particularly famous, but there are still records. Otherwise Ancestry.com etc. would not really have many customers...

[@spaceman9599]

@@KP-vg3zn That's some solid sense of roots in the land, rare but laudable. Great that your famil (ies) valued it.

[@stevekima8881]

@@spaceman9599 so ur saying u know who ur great grandfather and great grandmother is?

[@spaceman9599]

@@stevekima8881 Yes. Easy to look up for most people in the UK due to good birth/death registers. We managed to get it back 5-7 generations on all branches, before internet was around to help. Not as easy for everyone - depends on the country, family circumstances, whether your family had moved around a lot (especially if due to war or other cause for refugee status), etc. But you'll note many of the people on the show are able to trace ancestors across generations and continents - however the show is misleading since obviously money is put behind the search. Still, there are many sites doing this digitally now.

[@raffa4456]

Look! It's Regina George and Rachel McAdams 😀

[@astronorts6222]

The McAdams sisters. Such nice voices to listen to. Omg.

[@AraFilmsFire]

prettiest woman on earth.

[@pnvgordinho]

Great DNA. Congrats to the mother.

[@shaungordon9737]

Those 2 are almost like twins

[@cmcardle]

I was saying the same thing! They look so much alike!

[@rolandoruiz7659]

Yes James’s loyalties paid off but it involved lots and lots of unimaginable sacrifices and endurance. Plus he still has to work that land to make it possible for his descendants to reap the rewards or continue to make the lives of future generations better.

[@lhuynh731]

She’s and her sister looked exactly like twins.

[@infinitalocura]

she is beautiful and talent i love her vibe

[@detectivehawk4976]

Shut up

[@patteel]

I'm descended from the American Gray family. The first of my Gray family settled in Jamestown Va in1608. His name was Thomas Gray.

[@bjdis33]

wow! thats so interesting!!

[@alalalala57]

@@lglovespleasurebunny no.

[@davidgray3321]

Are your Scottish Grays? We are.

[@cosettelaplante699]

Interesting story! I have been doing genealogical research on my family. My paternal side came to Quebec in the 1600's, via France. I have at least 3 Fille de Roi ancestors.

[@writtenIntheskys]

Omg Rachel is a Goddess

[@maranatha9082]

The way they looked at each other when they heard he was a drinker, made me wonder if there might be another example of this in their present familu🤔

[@kash7585]

I don’t see the “twin” thing. Both pretty. Love Ancestry stories. 💕

[@MissLionRose]

They look so much alike! especially their sad pensive eyes!

[@wesleyashton9813]

Was surprised to see that they visited my City of Plymouth and Bovisand house nearby, not the most glamorous of local houses but nice to see it still there

[@BikinFilmYok]

They're sooo beautiful.

[@kennethkustren9381]

My Maternal ancestry has Loyalist roots. Long Live the Commonwealth. GOD BLESSES HER MAJESTY, QUEEN ELIZABETH II .

[@bjdis33]

what a great story! thank you!

[@sebasrojas00]

They are both gorgeous

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

Lord she’s stunning, Her sisters extremely cute as well

[@uhpyarz6723]

All I can think of and hear in my mind when I see her is rob schneider dressed as a girl crying saying “it’s me, JESSICA!!” 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@jjcevering9411]

I commend any who find their ancestry (good or bad) "in public" Humbling. These sisters together remind me of together times with my many sisters.

[@hasanaldhwaea1052]

How generous is she my God

[@jacquesm6847]

They act the same with head tilts facial expressions movements truly sisters and it all comes from momas lifetime interactions ... 👍🏼😉❤️

[@karensanzz4172]

Damn, Why is she so fucking pretty?

[@ManKan510]

I like how at the end she said, we should acknowledge the people before us for the sacrifices they made that indirectly or directly made our lives better.... i just like how she left out the part where while her forefathers got land handed to them, indigenous people were being killed for that very land.

[@josephp.lapinski1099]

The Brits think they were saints

[@vivek27789]

And were the native Americans bloody saint and practiced non-violence? They were more brutal and did the same to each other. Just because they got vanquished doesn't make them bloody saints either. Harsh but God damn true.

[@auroradeleon7211]

We did that too in our family We are English, Spanish Chinese and Filipino

[@mayanezha1269]

So much beautiful in one family

[@azazali]

Why are all the stupid comments about Rachel Mcadams’ looks? Did anyone even watch the clip ?

[@adamdonovan4071]

because they are trying to suppress all the other comments about how she's descended from authoritarian traitors.

[@thecrow7]

@@adamdonovan4071 wow idiot comment... the war was not so cut and dry as you think... there were at least 20% of the population which were loyalists .. not traitors so they went to Canada. get over it!

[@devonmeyers8213]

🙋🏻‍♀️I did! I’m also enjoying the heck outta Adam Donovan’s comments. Hey, Adam: have you seen “the grudge”? I think it’s right up your alley, and Rachel McAdams isn’t even in it. I think the world needs your adorable take on anti-revolutionary war slights in modern media. Can you start a blog?

[@bjdis33]

ummm relax.

[@cassie4965]

@@thecrow7 they still are traitors to their people. And those acres they were granted as reward were stolen from indigenous people who were genocided soooooooo lets not forget nazis are nazis

[@terryhetherington3364]

Great episode!

[@ryanhuntrajput474]

Canada must always stay Loyalist GOD SAVE THE QUEEN AND HEAVEN BLESS THE COMMONWEALTH . 🇨🇦🇬🇧

[@DAR-ew6xc]

🤡

[@queennashoba7]

Indigenous will rise again✊✊✊

[@oldpossum57]

Really? The only satisfaction I have in the arrangement is that our Head of State is a non-entity that should stay on his side of the pond, unless he wants to pay his own way here. The vice-regal Governor General is another non-entity whom most cannot name. The Prime Minister is just the leader of a political party…and almost always an MP, but again, a non entity. Can you imagine having Bozo the Clown as your Head of State, as the Americans will on 20 January 2025.

[@CR055FIRE]

I have an approximate calculation for the genome of R. McAdams (backtracked to 100% lineal homogeneity - circa 1625). DAD - L. MCADAMS ---------- 12.50 Dutch 12.50 Southwest English (Devon) 25.00 Welsh 50.00 Irish MOM - S. GALE ---------- 50.00 Southwest English (Devon) 25.00 Cornish 17.50 Scottish 7.500 Irish R. MCADAMS ---------- 6.250 Dutch 6.250 Southwest English (Devon) 12.50 Welsh 25.00 Irish 25.00 Southwest English (Devon) 12.50 Cornish 8.750 Scottish 3.750 Irish R. MCADAMS TOTAL: ---------- 31.25 Southwest English (Devon) 28.75 Irish 12.50 Cornish 12.50 Welsh 8.750 Scottish 6.250 Dutch

[@garymcatear822]

McAdams is a Scottish surname. I know loads of McAdams in Glasgow alone.

[@CR055FIRE]

@@garymcatear822 What's your point.

[@garymcatear822]

@@CR055FIRE No point, just stating a fact.

[@CR055FIRE]

@@garymcatear822 i c

[@michellemarie1197]

Rachel was so pretty in the notebook

[@thewealduk9802]

Solid people true to thier roots.

[@TinaThompsonPlayingtheField]

Some of my family settled in New England in the U.S. and some went straight to Canada. Interesting to see how these migrations ended up.

[@123benny4]

"to make life better for people coming after them": yeah, coming to Canada!

[@michaelcarney6280]

Probably was good till Trudeau and then Castro Jr

[@abigailalonso2711]

Rachel's sister is gorgeous, but Rachel... wow! She's ridiculously beautiful 😍

[@jesuslovesyou534]

aawww....such a beautiful story......they look gorgeous in all their looks btw :))

[@jr.rivera7824]

They are soo beautiful

[@damirbabic7403]

Rachel and herr sister are both very very beautyfuuul 😍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ great documentary like 🥰👍

[@maryjokarladulnuan7409]

Big sacrifices were made for their respective families n for the next generations to learn from

[@whatever5922]

They’re so beautiful

[@talitam.8414]

They look so much alike OMG!

[@brandonthailand2062]

I have a patriot who's father was a Tory in my family tree. Also one member of the West Virginia cavalry,a saddler in the Civil war.

[@38bikashkumardehury99]

Rachel McAdams is the most beautiful women I have ever seen!!!!!and she is a super talented actress as well.

[@platogenova9573]

Gee, they’re lovely.

[@paulbromley6687]

No one mentions how loyal all Americans were prior to independence when fighting the Indians and the French, together we beat the French, many native Americans remained loyal to the crown and expected the treaties to be honoured. But that’s when the Turn coats got greedy and broke their oaths and the treaties to build America where some men are more equal than others. All the honourable people moved to Canada

[@oldpossum57]

Really? Then why were the British hoping, well into the late 1780s, that the Americans would rejoin the fold?

[@gwynaethatwood-pettit2468]

Gorgeous sisters!

[@1Ma9iN8tive]

Those McAdams girls … wow … great genes.

[@favoritecelebs7136]

They are beautiful

[@DemianRusosky]

I would totally donate my body and soul to continue Rachel McAdams family tree until the end of time.

[@voodoochild3859]

Damian that would be sad

[@msmolyansky]

Great Story. So true . Half of Canadians are originally from the US. Alexander Hamilton knew it would create a huge exodus of man power and money and was so against expulsion of loyalist but it fell on deaf ear of Congress and states. That is why Canadians fought bravely protecting their land in the shameful war of 1812.

[@juandavidrestrepoduran6007]

They aren't, because the US didn't exist back then.

[@DAR-ew6xc]

juan david restrepo duran yes it did...

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

And burnt down the White House

[@trentlandon9033]

Half of Canadians 😁 are you out of your senses.. Loyalists made a very tiny portion of the population that migrated to Canada... Most loyalists stayed in the USA

[@trentlandon9033]

@@juandavidrestrepoduran6007 jackass.. Usa was there before Canada was even born

[@AllanJohnSalgado]

THE QUEEN BEE!!!! MAKE HER COMEBACK AS GEORGINA PLEASE!!! SNL PLEASE!!!

[@Itsacamlife]

Rachel’s sister is so pretty

[@mcfamily46951]

At least they found where and what their ancestor did, but be nice if they also do the father side?

[@nancychartrand7808]

my grandfather was a MacDonald as well

[@adlerzwei]

Interesting. Her ancestors didn't betray their king. ^^

[@kevinhorgan2770]

Loyal to the end. GSTQ

[@tonyjames5444]

Interesting fact that 50% of colonists remained loyal to the Crown at this time.

[@kevincryan7220]

@@tonyjames5444 more like 1/3 Patriot, 1/3 neutral, 1/3 Cowards.... by the 2nd half of the war the Patriots were like 50-60%

[@kevincryan7220]

@acammtt anything better than cowardly frogs

[@mrsweetscottyd7890]

This is SO FETCH!

[@ruled_by_pluto]

it's a little funny how bad all the news is that these historians deliver. everybody wants their ancestors to be princes or something. i'm sure they weren't expecting "servant who died of alcohol withdrawals" and "they would have lived in quarters that were rife with diseases"

[@1sandinista]

So their Great-Great Grandfather was a Counter-Revolutionary.

[@aly8950]

Rachels eyes 😍

[@bergenswald]

I'm from the balkan, with all the conflicts we've had... God knows from where I've come.

[@onyxstone4618]

Take a DNA ancestry test.

[@melissahernandezm379]

Everyone commenting cutsie things and I’m just thinking of the indigenous people of North America.

[@ipeknielsen6068]

They are so cute. Didn't know she had a sister that is a make up artist.

[@Nomadicmillennial92]

God Save the Queen

[@prettybrowneyez3338]

They look so identical I thought they were TWINS!!

[@adammichael8312]

So what happened to the land??

[@e.belenbarajas5558]

I’m sure it’s still there ...

[@Clintsessentials]

This is special, thank you.

[@xbjrrtc]

2:44 "Five times"

[@Indeewoods]

Rachel probably never see's these comments as she's busy making movies and babies. Lol Fast forward 3 year from my last comment. I decided to really dig in and look at family history. What I found was a similar history to Rachel's ancestors. My family was originally in the U.S.A and the family became divided after the revolution however my great grandfather x5 was British Loyalist as well and faught at the battle Saratoga and ended up being a POW after the British lost. He too was given land in Ontario. It must have been a very difficult time for them. Rachel if you dig deeper you may be able to find out more history from when your family was in the U.S.

[@soccerchamp0511]

If you want to read a really good book about Loyalists during the Revolution there is one called "Tories" by Thomas B. Allen

[@Feb.00]

is that Regina George?

[@danniwalker9393]

Aziz Al-Mutairi yup its her

[@cosmicknight4665]

The one and only

[@raffa4456]

Which one is, tho?😂

[@stanbalo]

Regina George... How do I begin to explain Regina George?

[@ChaoticBad]

stanbalo Regina George is flawless

[@PeteV80]

No Shit!! I'm in what was Elizabethtown in Johnstown District. Modern Brockville Ontario. Whoa!

[@tatianaallen7001]

She is beautiful

[@gina2838]

Does nobody in the U. S. A. know history, Canada was built on United Empire Loyalists. This a big difference in the history of Canada. We were not created out of violence and revolution See the difference in the American and Canadian attitude. Learn some history

[@Koalatronic]

It was still created on violence as there were people living there when these new people arrived.

[@DAR-ew6xc]

Who are you talking to?

[@oldpossum57]

Well, no. You do not know Canadian history very well yourself.

[@jamessollazzo2966]

he's a drunk! LOL!!!

[@alexgg7499]

How old is this she never ages

[@690169016901]

Those girls have the same mannerisms

[@marikiemarie7622]

They sound alike but that's it. Lol

[@eckosandoi]

Rachel's sister looks like Regina George. 😁😁😁

[@lalagordo]

So grateful to your ancestors but not enough to keep it going.

[@jessicao955]

Tão parecidas.

[@Thelilmissbz]

They sound just alike