Tina Arena - "Who Do You Think You Are?" (2010)

[@claudiahansen4938]

One of the most deeply moving episodes I have ever watched.

[@alidabotes6264]

That poem she wrote was incredible & had me crying after misty eyes all through the Sicilian search. So happy she's at peace & I know she & her Mum will now bond. Lovely ending.

[@janettescott580]

Tina from QLD I started crying before you did. This was a very touching story.. Incredible lives lead. God Bless.

[@trishaprett7721]

Simply the most emotional episode of this programme.❤️

[@carokat1111]

One of the best episodes ever.

[@Daisy.florina]

not 'ever ' that is American phrase, it "the best episode that has ever been ''

[@HeartOfOphiuchus]

Thank you for sharing your deeply moving journey Tina. As someone else commented, so many of us can relate. It isn't until we come to know what our family have been through, as to why they are/were a certain way.. and then things start to make more sense, and we can begin to make peace with certain aspects of our lives.

[@ChrisPfluger]

Much LOVE/RESPECT to you Tina from an Australian! Thank you for being such a much-loved, entertainment/singer icon for us all in Oz - as a child (70’s); teen (80’s) - then beyond intentionally! Such a beautiful, smart, multi-lingual, international, entertainment talent. 💜 This KZbin attests that YOU have SOUGHT information, then acknowledged, & honoured your ancestors 💜 & of their horrifically, difficult circumstances during past, historically difficult times. Thanks for telling their story! 💜 We ALL benefit! 🤗💜

[@debrah7548]

From bitterness and anger to forgiveness and empathy, and then pride. A heartrending, but beautiful walk with this young lady. My heart has been touched and blown open by her story.

[@kjmax1068]

This is a heart-rending story. I keep wondering if Tina did a DNA test. Bravo to her to understanding her roots.

[@jeanhawken4482]

Adore Tina . She has given us so much joy

[@pipfox7834]

Oh! First few seconds show beautiful Spencer Street train station in Melbournes heart! As it used to be...now its a mangled mess so ugly it would damage your eyes to look at it. Thankyou for a glimpse of a grand old dame as she once was...now a memory only 😢

[@user-zx2tm5vi3i]

Wow! What an amazing, compelling story. This caring for others seems to be a powerful vocation through generations. I was moved to tears. And, to find the link to music. To suffer so and still look for beauty is a testament to strength of spirit. Thank you for sharing all this. It is truly a heritage to be both proud and humbled by. Than you.

[@mfb6310]

Truly heartbreaking and incredibly heartwarming. We are so blessed and spoiled with ignorance and selfish arrogance ... until we look a little deeper into what incredible history made us so valuable.

[@judithclark2823]

What a story, what a journey to finally find peace and a sense of belonging.

[@theresawarchulski5339]

Omg, l cried real tears for you, Tina Wow, what a journey so happy you found some peace finally.. ❤

[@Daisy.florina]

Why OMG ? noy Allah, Buddha, etc????? why is it always, . is seems OMG has become a normal phrase using the same way and in the same words.

[@carlrowland3757]

One of the best episodes of this show I have seen

[@TheKayc136]

My own Nan never spoke really of her past. When she was asked, she got so upset my mum said they didn't like to ask. Nan said her mum and two sisters had died at the end of WW1 during a flu epidemic. Her father was killed by a train and she was put in a convent until her eldest brother returned from the war and demanded she was released in his care. From what she said about unmarried mothers there, it was a Magdalene Home. She disappears from all records from the age of eleven until she married my grandad. I would love to know what happened in those fourteen years. On a strange note, I have always had a vision of my ideal home. Three stories high, up a path over looking a stream. When i visited the house where my nan was born, it was exactly as I had pictured. Yet my nan had left there as a tiny little girl and never spoke of it. Yet, I coyld describe that house exactly as it was, for years before I visited it. Also the night before I had my youngest I dreamt of my Nan and she said I was having a little girl and to call her Emma, it was a family name. My husband laughed as the scan predicted a boy. Yet Emma was born that morning, the image of my Nan, and years later I found that "Emma" was Nans grandmother's name. When we visited Nan's home town fir the first time when my Emma was six, she directed us through streets and shortcuts like she had lived there for years. I do think the past does impact on us, and its not until we research our ancestors that we truly understand why.

[@dawntompkins6427]

What a special story! ❤

[@Dml888cool]

This is an incredible story! Thank you for sharing your own special yet heartwarming story. ♥️

[@chantalhill9268]

It absolutely does! I booked a hotel ACROSS the street from where my immigrant father from Ireland was born (not knowing) and where his father was the town barber! (I've been cutting hair my whole life, not knowing..) Genetics are strong!

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

I think we inherit genetic memories, this has been proven to happen in mice, so why not in humans.mf? I had a friend who had a kidney transplant. Afterwards she started liking certain things she didn't like before. She told me she thought it was related to her transplant while l thought it was all nonsense and that she had watched too many " unexplained mysteries" type of shows , well a few years after the transplant she was given permission to contact the family of the donor and discovered that the things she had started liking were things her donor had liked. Coincidence? I honestly don't know.

[@wendyryder2708]

This video is beautiful and heart breaking! I used to watch Tina when she was little on Young Talent Time! AMAZING voice!

[@audrapotaka9915]

Wow what an amazing journey of unveiling lots of hidden realities, and so beautiful. Thankyou for sharing. Such an honor to feel a part of this revelation. xxx

[@cjfulbright]

I've been in tears, it's a heartbreaking family story. A story of hardship and survival.😢

[@Lila-BeamMeUpAlready]

How lovely to hear the guitarist sing. If only he could visit Melbourne, Authentic Italian nights

[@kellyraffaele171]

I was absolutely rivetted to the screen. What an incredible journey and an equally incredible story.

[@BlueSaphire70]

What a sad and yet uplifting episode this was! Tina went on such an extraordinary journey, where she discovered her ancestors' stories and in doing so, made sense of her own. It's very humbling to hear stories like the ones of her Nono and Nana, who grew up with so many strikes against them. They were so incredibly strong.

[@susanbanack4855]

Such a healing journey for this young woman!

[@anonfornow359]

Ach so heartbreaking. Its lovely to see her make peace and thr beautiful gift of compassion for lives she didnt understand until seeing them herself. I cried for her grandfather. What a burden he bore. Thank you for sharing.

[@jacquietremain5743]

Grew up watching Tina on young talent time. I was 12 when I left England. I was called a dirty pom. Don't really know why as I was kept spotless. It's sad to leave your whole family behind.😂❤

[@Harley_Girl68]

She should do some DNA Genealogy. She might find who her grandmother’s family is.

[@alidabotes6264]

Very good suggestion. I have been wondering if the unmarried woman who adopted her Nona until age 7 wasn't perhaps her mother who had a change of heart. Her father may have been a married man.

[@MiaHessMusic]

I don't know who this lovely woman is but I so enjoyed her journey! Now I need to listen to her perform. Thanks!

[@theresamilne9101]

Probably the most enlightening bit of recent history I could have hoped to learn. Astonishing to realise how privileged I and so many others are to have been born in the circumstances we were. Deeply humbling

[@mariabettega3513]

Thank you Tina for taking that journey, I feel that all us children of migrants have the same questions and yearnings to find what paths we came from. To understand the parents in a new land is to understand everything, even ourselves.

[@katella]

It is good when young people are interested in their family's past. My grandchildren and great-grandchildren have shown no interest.

[@ElliotOracle]

This just made me cry. So beautiful. ❤

[@dominiqueparisi4618]

That was incredible

[@kathimorrical9912]

Great episode! I, too, had never heard of Tina, but what a fascinating family! 😊Tho i do find myself wondering why that retired American detective doesnt have his own show?

[@tinaarena.gallery]

Good question!

[@katella]

He probably doesn't want to work that much. It would be unnatural 😂. Why do more than you have to? ( I live in the Mediterranean too😊)

[@jpld6703]

Très émouvant, d'autant que nous sommes nombreux à s'être trouvé dans des situations familiales comparables, voire similaires. Tu as toute ma sympathie et mon amour.

[@desleighcoombs2067]

Grew up watching Tina ❤ awesome and heartfelt story.

[@miastupid7911]

Thank you for posting. It was beautiful. And her poem. Thank you.

[@JacknVictor]

I forgot about this singer. Watching this, it would have been better renamed to "Who do WE think YOU are?" Because the difference between who you think someone is, and the reality can be miles off. Very interesting video.

[@kathrynw6373]

The young, single woman who watched after the baby from near birth for eight years before her death, could that have not been the actual mother or family?

[@dawntompkins6427]

That was exactly what I thought.

[@antidoteify]

hahah 4:48 oh I love the way he sicillian comes out ;) Lovely, moving episode. 5:50 The south, Sicilly, Naples and Calabria where very very rich before italian unification. Someone (anglo french powers) were afraid to loose economical dominace when Suez was about. Naples had huge habor more gold than Vatican and connection with Russia. The south became very poor and retrogade because for 30 years schools where closed.9:24 I love that she speaks italian, she has a beautyful voice and way of speaking.

[@joanneschmitt8806]

What a story. She's so beautiful. I'd never heard of Tina Arena. I'll look up her music now..

[@kateseverein7650]

This was spell binding, thank you so much - love from South Africa

[@josivanalves3734]

Tina, still beautiful!🥰

[@alidabotes6264]

Tina, seems to have a lovely soul. Not many of us would have made such an effort & been so open minded. Thrilled for you & thank you for taking us on your incredible journey.

[@Andrea-Marie]

Wow. Very moving.

[@flannerymonaghan-morris4825]

Wow her dad sure was handsome! Could have been in the movies if he chose to be…and her mom is so beautiful too.

[@yogiine]

❤❤❤❤ Awsome Lady. Awsome story.

[@simplyme8593]

Wow, many coincidences in this story. I guess history repeats itself in circles. I find too that my life has similar struggles to my mother and her grandmother. I just wish I knew more details about my ancestors' past.

[@CFL641]

So Very Heartbreaking, I Had a lot of Question about my Dads family History.., And Background.. Took me over 10 Years to finally figure it out.

[@paisleycover]

Beautiful story. Beautiful ladies.

[@Julie-xz6cd]

Very touching

[@maryannweldin4633]

This is one the best trips.

[@ashleybellofsydney]

Tina is related to the be Carzo family. The Catalfimo family is directly descended from the Carzo line.

[@lonestarbellepk]

So touching

[@naominzaomi1202]

A journey of a lifetime.

[@christinagiannaros9817]

I'm curious if Tina did a dna test to try to find her nonna's blood family or maybe she didn't want to go there? Amazing culture and people but yes a history of dark times and struggles.

[@tinaarena.gallery]

Actually, considering how ancient the record was, I doubt a DNA test would give her the results she was expecting; plus, I doubt Italy is a country where DNA tests are something prevalent to find ancestry, etc, you see? This is my view only, but would be something interesting to research! :)

[@ytu77]

Carmela ❤❤❤What a woman❤❤❤❤

[@katysummer9418]

You shouldn't judge people for their behaviour before you know the why they act a certain way. People are victims of their own upbringing.

[@katella]

Yes! I find it disturbing that these days it is all about "cutting toxic people out of your life." Young people have no understanding, like this young woman, of what their parents life experience was. My mother lived through two world wars and was a refugee, torn away from her family as a young child. She had many fears, insecurities and some less than pleasant defense mechanisms. My father had suffered racism and fought in two wars. He had different set of problematic behaviours. They were not ideal parents but I from the time I was a small child I was aware that they had been damaged by life. The things kids today expect from their parents is incredible and their expectations unrealistic and unkind.

[@sharoncoulton3679]

It was so horrible the Racism and being called a Wog as a Child of the same age as Tina, by Friends Parents as well as School Children, when you were born here.

[@mercedesherman4514]

Well done ..

[@katella]

I had to laugh when I saw that "certificate" with the coat of arms. Something like this has been advertised on television and in small adverts in magazines in the US since, at least, the 60's. Some bogus company that preys on naive people. My father is an indigenous North American. When the white people came around and insisted on writing everything down, they couldn't understand or didn't care to note the real name but just gave out a name. At least our family sounded somewhat like it's actual pronunciation. But it is incorrect. One of my Uncles thought it would be fun to order one of these "certificates". It said that we belonged to an ancient line of polish kings!😂 So, I had to chuckle a bit at her gullibility. My Uncle framed and hung the thing on the wall as an object of amusement. But then we knew our real history so it could only ever have been a joke.

[@debbie4808]

Wow 🙏🫂

[@Daisy.florina]

It does not matter her parents looking after the community, children always come first, is was about abandonment but they children become abandoned .

[@patobrien6364]

what a crazy mixed up individual 😎

[@luiscobos123]

But she is white and european, even western european, and quite attractive. Man, australians were racists to everyone

[@s.lucius8853]

This was done in 2010, long before DNA testing became mainstream. Hopefully she will revisit this journey via DNA testing

[@aariley2]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@keelieinwonderland]

Does someone know the spelling of the song

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

Foundling wheels actually date back to the 18th century

[@mariacorrales6386]

My mother in law married by proxy as well in Greece. She has one photo of herself in a borrowed wedding dress and her husband in a suit, taken one week prior to the wedding day because he was leaving towards USA before her.

[@bokchoydoggie6489]

Italians celebrate their ancestors im not surprised that she thought the old people were a priority

[@katella]

And the daughter grew up resenting the time and effort that was given to the old people.

[@lauraIngleswilder74]

She seemed to be angry at everyone

[@tinaarena.gallery]

I think it was a reflection of all the bottled up emotions she might've had maybe and the whole journey was complicated as well. We can't blame her

[@suewinston-elliott2674]

Tina ❤ wondering if you did a DNA test & did that help with this search ? This is prob 3rd time I've watched it. Interesting for us & beautiful for your Son & family. ❤

[@Wyz369]

Not really appropriate to describe the foundlings as abandoned as though they are to blame. Their history is obviously UNKNOWN.....the circumstances often dictated by the mores of societyat the time...very judgemental.

[@nancybrowning3380]

Wouldn,t a dna test find more family, maybe your grandmothers parents. Would be interesting to find out.

[@susanlovesjava4961]

There needs to be something to compare the DNA to, so probably not.

[@ivydickson7596]

I also have Italian grandparents and was told there's not a lot of DNA testing in Italy.

[@nancybrowning3380]

@@ivydickson7596 thats odd. I also have italian grandparents. maybe they don,t want children coming out of their past.

[@bridgwll]

This show does take & do DNA test.

[@annarosetarot]

the classical music never played couldnt hear it lol

[@iggyg1370]

It could be because of copyright rules

[@Lila-BeamMeUpAlready]

That transition at 13:45 was very poignant

[@jimmycricket7385]

I'm struck by how much more egalitarian tribal societies are than so called civilized societies.

[@goodtogo3]

DNA would maybe help

[@JanetMacleod-zw6uq]

Do a DNA test to find your grandmother's blood relatives

[@maricogan2903]

I hope that Tina becomes less self centered as this progresses. Like all parents, they worked log hours to provide for their children. "I felt last." Please.....Oh cool! I might be nobility.

[@susanlovesjava4961]

She seems to have a lot of fantasies about her ancestors.

[@TheCurlyclub]

I can understand how Tina might have felt. Running a care home is an all consuming job.

[@bridgwll]

God forbid she is human.

[@debmccudden242]

Not to mention she has been working herself from the age of 7

[@serenepeacefulrelaxingmusi3874]

Tina is actually a very generous-hearted individual herself. Every time there has been a disaster in Australia and they have asked her to perform free of charge to benefit those Australians in need, she has willingly and very tirelessly given on herself in powerful performances onstage. Tina's a lot like her parents and grandparents in that way. We can't know why she felt the way she did because we weren't there. That doesn't mean her feelings were not legitimate. Taking care of elderly people is very demanding and time consuming, and it is something that takes your time, 24/7, 365 days per year. She is a very beautiful human, with a loving heart. Look how humbly she admitted to her feelings and change of heart once she understood. I think she reacted like anyone else would to the notion that she could be related to nobility. It would be interesting to search through, because their historical records are more well-kept, usually because they have the means to do so.

[@chloeuntrau4588]

Surprised...She seems to know nothing of the world, its history! surprised that kids were working in mines at 6 years old! well yes! did'nt she go to school, or read to know that? all her reactions are studied to add drama to her story...bad actress! it does'nt work.

[@TheCurlyclub]

Tina has a beautiful speaking voice as well as a beautiful singing voice. I saw her in Evita in Melbourne, her performance was a triumph.

[@soniatriana9091]

Wow! Having never heard of this Singer, I have to say, she shared so much of her raw emotions - I think we all can relate to the anger we harbor within ourselves & look to target & blame others! Tina is extremely lucky to have this video that documents when her empathy & sudden transformation in her heart & soul change from hatred & anger to peace & love towards those family members she now understands much, much better!

[@dee2251]

She has a beautiful voice. Check out her sing ‘Whistle down the wind’. Goosebumps.

[@jeanhawken4482]

Fabulous singer. Treated poorly by Aussie radio stations. Not the first woman to be treated like rubbish.

[@jeanhawken4482]

Tina’s voice is fabulous

[@denisemahoney232]

I love her singing..."I am in Chains."

[@tinaarena.gallery]

Dear user, please go check some of her work. She's impeccable, she's funny, she's intelligent, she's a really good person to "spend" time with 🙏🏼 If I can recommend something, I recommend you listen to "In Deep"; "I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You"; her cover of "My Heart Will Go On"; and check her performance on the movie "Promise" (maybe I can upload it here... 🤞🏼). I think you'll like her :) If you like Evita, check her rendition of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina". If you're a bit religious check "Hallelujah" and "Ave Maria"

[@angelareimann6433]

Stunning photo of the parents as a young couple ❤

[@gissyb1]

I liked Tina Arena in the 90s. What a amazing story

[@tinaarena.gallery]

I hope you still like her now 🤭 she still is pretty amazing!

[@bridgwll]

She catches, trains, trams, buses or taxis, when she can , when she goes to interviews. No special cars for her.

[@AnoJanJan]

This is one of the most bittersweet episodes and makes you think how the many threads throughout our history shape us. There have been scientific studies that show that the mental & environmental of a mother at conception & during pregnancy have a direct impact on genetics and DNA.

[@libbysukiyaki]

Tina, I admired you from the beginning and never saw you as anything different from me as a little Aussie girl, except a much better singer! lol!

[@manricobianchini5276]

Yes. You need to watch the Andrew Lloyd Webber birthday event. She is a wonderful singer. Very talented. Love her voice! Beautiful lady with a beautiful soul.

[@NeilDENNEY]

I am 63 and still clearly remember you first appearance on YTT

[@dinahjackson8146]

Beautiful story.❤❤❤ Maybe try, DNA. 😃

[@carinevalery3053]

... ainsi vient sa voix des profondeurs de son histoire... et quelle voix !

[@corvus1374]

Her parents were both very attractive people

[@miriammuskal5402]

What a beautiful video More power to you

[@vernelledouglas1801]

Wow 24,000 marriages by proxy in the 20th Century. So fascinating to learn about this. Something about Ms. Tina reminds me of Leah Remini.

[@libbysukiyaki]

This was incredibly touching. Love Tina!

[@gaylewhauwhau3972]

She can sing beautiful voice, beautiful woman.

[@mrs.cracker4622]

This was so moving to watch. I think many of us have had similar revelations after learning our family history. We can be very mistaken & judgemental when we're young. Praise God that Miss Arena was blessed to be able to appreciate & understand her dear mother before it was too late.

[@edelmary1131]

thank you Tina, I always thought you had a big heart through how you sang ...keep up the charity and trust , Jesus loves you and your nonna will be in heaven guiding you....

[@deeoh3708]

I'm so glad Tina reconciled her feelings for her Grandfather. They both love music, how amazing.

[@graciousbeth]

King James Version Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. James1:27