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@catgrrrl53 ай бұрын
I would love to be able to have stuff like this figured out for us a large part of my family tree is missing and several of us can't figure it out
@FlyOverZone3 ай бұрын
Funny, I don't recall the passengers of the Mayflower being big slavers. Other than their being 400 years difference why would people of the Mayflower differ so much from their great granddaughter? In fact, weren't the passengers of the Mayflower fleeing oppression?
@JaneAustenAteMyCat3 ай бұрын
I already know my great grandfather was a crook. He took his family on the run. They had to squat in a cellar. By all accounts his wife, my great grandmother, was a saint, putting up with him. I wonder if she was too ashamed or just resigned to her lot? Because in those days you didn't get divorced and as a mother of seven she couldn't exactly leave, not in those days
@cbeuning3 ай бұрын
I have tested mine & family DNA and found previously unknown information. But nothing as shaking as some of these. Well, except for that one curiosity I have not puzzled out yet.
@FrankOgden3 ай бұрын
I would want help tracing my family tree. I have done a lot of research, but I am looking for confirmation of what I have found. I am working on the confirmation but would like some help.
@diontaerespress36022 ай бұрын
Being a black American and being suprised that you have a white ancestor is crazy to me. Also all familys have secrets at some point, none of this is that wild.
@Sababbby2 ай бұрын
It's just disheartening not surprising - because no one wishes for their grandmothers to be abused.
@blakpearl10382 ай бұрын
Not all African Americans have white ancestry.
@cavsomecadence61172 ай бұрын
@@blakpearl1038Then they are African… but we have proof now… but why do people care that much? It’s The LACK of mixing is important .. esp before having children.
@diontaerespress36022 ай бұрын
@blakpearl1038 not sure when I said that but ok
@parabelluminvicta83802 ай бұрын
@@Sababbby It's just disheartening to see there were black slavers owner too but in america nobody talks about it. Hipocrisy at 100%
@msl01013 ай бұрын
How could Sunny not know that she'd have Spanish ancestry if all Puerto Ricans are a mix of indigenous Taino, Africans, and Spaniards? There is no such thing as "Puerto Rican" DNA markers. It'd be a mix of Caribbean indian, European, and African. I though everyone knew this.
@snideremark3 ай бұрын
She lied to herself.
@rosameryrojas-delcerro10593 ай бұрын
Yes, people from the Caribbean are some of the most genetically ambiguous people in the Western Hemisphere. Sad that US history classes ignore the history right off the southern coast of Florida as if we don't celebrate Columbus Day when he never set one shoe on the continental US..
@rosameryrojas-delcerro10593 ай бұрын
Too bad that US history classes don't even mention much about the history just South of Florida, as if we don't celebrate Columbus day even though he never set foot in the continental US. People from the Caribbean are some of the most ethnica//y ambiguous people in the Western Hemisphere because of that history.
@csnide67023 ай бұрын
i mean... just LOOK at her .... looks Latin.
@snideremark3 ай бұрын
To only rely on history class for your education about anything is pure laziness. Sunny Hostin is a grown adult who should have an understanding of many things beyond what the classroom may have taught her.
@Onora6193 ай бұрын
A nice reminder that if you go back far enough we're all related to heroes and villians, commoners and kings.
@cmaden783 ай бұрын
That England sent crooks to the U.S. makes "Florida man" make sense 😂
@ariel3939393 ай бұрын
@@cmaden78 😂😂😂
@cheryljones53273 ай бұрын
And each other
@celebrityrog2 ай бұрын
We aren’t all related but we may have a single piece of DNA in common which isn’t indicative of direct lineage. This is disclosed when you take DNA tests and it shows a result like say Charlemagne as a relative isnt a direct relative but that most Europeans share a single strand in common.
@johnconnor40402 ай бұрын
And Outlaws
@mazeyJazz2 ай бұрын
I'm so fascinated by the fact that some of these African American actors activists who are light skinned, didn't think there was European ethnicity. .....
@evamaria6442 ай бұрын
It's ALWAYS the light skin blacks who claim they are so black when everyone knows by looking at them that they have white somewhere in their line, especially, people like Angela Davis.
@ky116222 ай бұрын
Right like how can you not know?
@GCKMimi2 ай бұрын
I think in America, there's a mental block of sorts. If you look white, have white-looking parents, and don't see anyone of another race in your immediate family, you assume you're white. Same with being black. And if it's something you take pride in - for good or ill - learning otherwise can be a shock. I'm white as paper so I would be shocked if I had a non-white ancestor just because that's not something I've thought of
@littlemy1773Ай бұрын
It’s amazing how racist and full of hate they reveal themsleves to be as well. Imagine if a white celeb acted all grossed out by black ancestry the world would melt down
@tanishawannaminajАй бұрын
right??? lmao they are all very dense 💀
@shaldana3 ай бұрын
This is an awesome show, but these people are millionaires. They get presented with this beautiful book with expensive research -- which they can afford. I'd rather watch a show where this is done for those who can't afford it.
@angelaj89582 ай бұрын
Years ago, I requested a quote from Ancestry for help finding the lineage of a single individual ancestor, and was quoted $2500
@seedy802 ай бұрын
Serious question. Are these people celebrities? I only recognised two or 3 names.
@ronallens62042 ай бұрын
They are celebrities in their field... never a fan of van halen so no big deal to me.. most "guests" are lefties so fawn over and they DO fawn over them for rateings, but it is always fun to see the black sheep trotted out only because once the bones are dug up, they cant be buried again in the digital age... i remember a research project where like this show, they compared the "respectable" line of a historical person with the illegitimate like of the children of his mistress. As many famous people came from the "respectable" side as criminals of repute frim the dark side... it was an interesting article
@LadyScaper2 ай бұрын
Are all these people millionaires? Not all celebrities are millionaires. You’d be surprised what celebrities actually get paid.
@helenemathee64162 ай бұрын
I printed out all the documentation I could find and made my own scrapbook. I got the idea from seeing that black book. I laminated most to preserve and are thinking of gifting the different branches of our family. There is a thrill whenever I find new information.
@ricardoleonor16472 ай бұрын
This lady was half Puerto Rican....and she was SHOCKED that she had Spaniard Slave owner ancestors....really? Shocked.... we Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans all know this...
@idgafjackson66862 ай бұрын
Puerto Rican is a nationality not an ethnicity
@unicaonesimo2 ай бұрын
Just wondering. it implies that ALL Spanish inhabitants of Puerto Rico were slave owners, which I highly doubt.
@emem28632 ай бұрын
Yeah. She didn't come off as very knowledgeable. In the picture,her mother looked mostly white, which would mean her mother is mostly Spanish.
@tefachay2 ай бұрын
bro known nothing of puerto rico. XD soooo american she thinks puertorican are a race that poofed out of thin air
@traceymcgowan83232 ай бұрын
I loved it when they find out they have white Ancestors and they have Ancestors who were slave owners, the shock on there faces, is a thousand words 🤣. The Democrats all come from slave owners ?
@imagesinla85752 ай бұрын
I was working as a photojournalist, and I was covering a big annual arts event in Laguna Beach, California. I saw LeVar Burton with his wife, and I asked if I could get a photo of them for the newspaper. He was reluctant, and he said his wife was distracted with something else at the moment, but he'd find me later so I could take the picture. Naturally I thought he was brushing me off, but about 30 minutes later, he found me and said they were ready to have their picture taken. LeVar Burton is a class act.
@edwardfletcher77902 ай бұрын
It's LeVar, and yeah he's an awesome guy 👍
@WilfChadwick2 ай бұрын
That's all very nice, he's also a racist MFer!
@imagesinla85752 ай бұрын
@@edwardfletcher7790 It's actually LeVar not Levar.
@edwardfletcher77902 ай бұрын
@@imagesinla8575 Cheers, fixed 🙏
@rambledogs20122 ай бұрын
@@imagesinla8575 It's actually La Forge
@carolharrison-gj1zi2 ай бұрын
I am a certified family historian and have written over 30 family histories. Nothing surprises me anymore. You learn of families and backgrounds that the research family never knew. It is shocking to the families but I often hear it makes sense. So don't be afraid to devl into your family history. If we let this pratice go, the younger generations will never know their family backgrounds. Remember "Your family name was given to you from many removed gernerations. Respect who they were and who you have become. Happy Hunting!
@DeborahWright-j7f2 ай бұрын
Hi Carol! Do you only write family histories from.the USA?
@evangelinasmusicАй бұрын
Hi! Since everyone in the comments talks about how expensive this is, can you give an idea of what the ballpark price is for this service?
@shaleighreynolds3494Ай бұрын
@@carolharrison-gj1zi how do you start
@hannibalbarca43722 ай бұрын
It's always amazing to see obviously mixed people "Shocked" to discover that they are genetically part European...
@virtuouslady56792 ай бұрын
no one is mixed....smh
@kyontherocks2 ай бұрын
@@virtuouslady5679 Actually, everyone's mixed.
@wettermoney2 ай бұрын
Exactly.
@melaniewalker40602 ай бұрын
Ikr?!
@melaniewalker40602 ай бұрын
@kyontherocks that's just not true. There are 100 percent people.
@mnellis232 ай бұрын
After my father passed away I found out his Great Grandfather was born a slave, in South Carolina 1836 He escaped slavery and fought in the Civil War not once but Twice. I have been on a journey to find out more about my dad's side of the family.
@dawnfrancis22472 ай бұрын
Bless him.
@sylvialawrence44312 ай бұрын
Yes, my roots are traced back to Augustine Washington, Jr. (George's half-brother).Both my paternal and maternal great-grandfathers served in 54th of Massachusetts during Civil War. Our family was always fortunate to have preserved genetic/historical records. Also, not to be mean-spirited, but just wanted to correct you...he was born INTO slavery, rather than born a slave. We are all born free, created in the image of God. It's man's evil ignorance that can sometimes interfere with that. ❤
@JesusIsLordLasVegas2 ай бұрын
What is your racial appearance & how do you identify today?
@mnellis232 ай бұрын
I am white, however, no one really knew about my great great grandfather. I am fortunate that a cousin of mine found out the truth about my family. My great grandfather was white, while my great grandmother was mixed, according to the census marked her as black. After the civil war mixed races could not marry however, they found a way to be married all the same. My great great grandfather was on the steps when Lincoln signed the emancipation, approximate was signed in 1863.I have a picture of my great great grandfather, his daughter (my great grandmother) and a photo of my grandmother. My great great grandmother was a very beautiful lady and I wished I could have met my grandmother but she passed 2 months before I was born. My great great grandfather fought along with General Custer.
@mnellis232 ай бұрын
Your right, but my great great grandfather was born in Charleston South Carolina, and he was listed as a slave. He escaped slavery by hiding in the cargo area of a ship and we went on a boat.by the means of the Erie Canal. He found freedom in Onondaga County NY
@MT-cn1nh2 ай бұрын
I wish everyone could access their own family history despite cost. I think everyone deserves to learn about their direct ancestors, even more so adoptees. Wishing everyone love
@AMAPOLAKAI-xy3pr2 ай бұрын
There's numerous sites available online you can use for your search for free
@skywalker66482 ай бұрын
You can if you take time to go to a library or do some research. The records are there, and you can also order documents at a low fee. To go way back into the 1600's may require a genealogist tho depending on your background.
@randolph692 ай бұрын
You can do it yourself for free. All you need is a metro library account to access their genealogy websites. Without the library card, you'd have to pay. Fold3 and Ancestry are amazing
@robinN-xl3sx2 ай бұрын
My great 6:29 kept a diary since she was a child. And through her daughter I was able to find out about my Great Great grandfather who was a slave and enlisted in the Cicil War when Lincoln allowed African Americans to join the Union Army. He enlisted, then he was transferred to the Navy and came home a freed man and was able to purchase land along with his 2 brothers in law. I also have an official government record of his slave owner filing for and receiving reparations for losing her " slave" due to his enlistment. I also have letters that he wrote when he was trying to receive his Naval pension.
@I_Of_Providence2 ай бұрын
@@skywalker6648 unfortunately for Polynesians like me it's not really possible since Polynesians have no written language and everything passed down is through oral history. which means by the time it comes to you, the story and the details have most likely significantly changed. at least my descendants can know about me since i live and grew up in America.
@ankina862 ай бұрын
Larry David's mom Regina had to be born in Poland because by her name there is "nieślubna" written. In Polish it means that she was a child born out of wedlock. It could explain why she didn't want talk about her past and I don't blame her because folks were really judgmental back then and she probably went through hell.
@lcarlson6631Ай бұрын
Thank you for that tidbit of information! I had no idea.
@bogeyb2009 күн бұрын
nieslublna simply means unmarried. Was that in reference to Regina? or her child?
@TheSapphireSprit2 ай бұрын
I was adopted and found my birth mother before DNA companies started. My birth mother told me who my father was. I had a half sister that was born before me so I signed up for every DMA site possible. The father that my mother had listed lived in Georgia and absolutely none of my relatives lived in or near Georgia. I finally decided that what she had told me was false. I hired a genetic genealogist and found my real father. Though he was deceased it was absolutely amazing. I was abandoned by my mother at one month and placed in foster care. I was adopted by a highly abusive family where, outside of school, I worked day and night. My father was abandoned by his mother at the age of one, then placed in an orphanage. He was taken out by his uncle when he was old enough to work on the farm. He was abused and worked to the bone. Talk about your generational trauma. Good news is I met my half sister (his daughter) and we aren’t physically alike but our personalities are amazingly similar.
@JoDo7772 ай бұрын
Similar. Both sides were whacked😂❤😂
@JeanetteFaith2 ай бұрын
How sad. My mother was also a horribly abusive woman. I used to wish someone would adopt me. Oh well. I survived but I never loved my mother.
@PanglossDr2 ай бұрын
That's a tough start.
@karencreighton79392 ай бұрын
Wishing you all healing ❤
@hilaryjohns40492 ай бұрын
@@JeanetteFaithSo sad to read what people have suffered. I had wonderful parents and wonderful parents in law. I was blessed. 🇬🇧
@Andy_Mark2 ай бұрын
Viola is a giant of a person. "Silence is always interesting..." That's strong.
@naturallynobay58502 ай бұрын
I was thinking that also. She has immense presence. Almost intense
@speedypaint7221Ай бұрын
You should watch that episode, she's so intense. Said some very interesting things, that clip was just the tip.
@slmmgurl67832 ай бұрын
My mother always said old people have some deep secrets.
@skywalker66482 ай бұрын
Fact is, talking about certain things could result in serious consequences, even death back then.
@misstrcarter2 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness! My sister used to work in a nursing home and she said those deathbed confessions were something else.
@WarrioroftheAges2 ай бұрын
The boomer generation and above are the Keepers of Secrets. Sadly, most of the secrets get found out and they can be severely traumatizing for the ones who stumble upon the truth.
@DavidNefelimSlayer2 ай бұрын
and deep secretions.
@skywalker66482 ай бұрын
@@DavidNefelimSlayer Probably just you. Must run in the family, lol.
@richardcanedo16142 ай бұрын
How in the world is Don Cheadle not on this list?? He was told that his ancestors included enslaved African Americans, which he fully expected, but also indigenous Cherokees, which he did not expect but was intrigued by (even happy about?), and that those Cherokee ancestors OWNED SLAVES, at which he was stunned, to say the least. On his face one could see his whole sense of "self" crumble and change. I remember this vividly because Cheadle is one of my favorite actors -- he's in many terrific movies, but even in poor films he always gives interesting, subtle performances. As always, we are not responsible for our ancestors' misdeeds, but learning about them can be a shock, especially when they run so hard against our expectations, assumptions, or what we've been told.
@evamaria6442 ай бұрын
I think it's foolishness to think that everyone has a distant relative that was good. People has got to know that we are descended from bad people too. In America there is nothing pure about us we're a bunch of mixed nuts period. This is why I didn't want to know my relatives. I know the stories of the rascals that were alive so, am I to think the past were any better?
@corneliusalterego6527Ай бұрын
One of the important things to keep in mind is that there was a lot of diversity between different groups, even within what you would call the same tribe. Some Africans were indeed slaves within the tribes. But some we’re free, but were listed as slaves in order to satisfy societal norms.
@richardcanedo1614Ай бұрын
@@corneliusalterego6527 I'm not sure what you mean here: "listed" where? Census forms didn't include slaves (since they were legally "property," not people), and Cheadle found out that some (one? I don't recall) of his ancestors held slaves through probate/inheritance records. So I'm really asking: where in Oklahoma records of any kind would a free black person be listed as a slave, and how would that fulfill which "societal norms"?
@irisshalurhad79012 ай бұрын
Did Suni know nothing of Puerto Rico’s history before the show? 😂
@gorillaonbarscalisthenics28662 ай бұрын
Exactly lol made mo sense as Puerto Rico is Spanish and black mixed
@hannibalbarca43722 ай бұрын
Average American ...
@sacredshogun63252 ай бұрын
Puerto Rico is a melting pot of beautifulness. So many parts of the world, so many cultures into one that proudly say “We are Puertorricans even if we were born on the moon”. Our ancestry is rich and skin color means nothing, to ancestry we say “and your grandma, where is she” again, meaning we are a melting pot, a gorgeous melting pot. 🇵🇷❤️🇵🇷
@raysha99322 ай бұрын
@@gorillaonbarscalisthenics2866and also arawak indian
@ShantalhaitianPrincess2 ай бұрын
well they dont teach anything about the island in American schools
@daniaa.oliva-pena73382 ай бұрын
Angela Davis story was the most shocking . I'm sure after hearing her ancestors coming on The Mayflower was not something she ever expected.
@catinthehat9062 ай бұрын
This is what makes me laugh, why would you be embarrassed about being descended from refugees fleeing religious persecution, unless are you just obsessing about their skin colour?
@psp7852 ай бұрын
@@catinthehat906 if you know who she is it's was shocking
@celticmulato26092 ай бұрын
The woman is obviously Mulato ( Black and White mix) why would she be surprised is beyond me! 🤔
@modvsone2 ай бұрын
@@celticmulato2609because usually those roots doesn’t go back like. It’s usually a slaveowner using their property and their ancestors just go back to Europe. Considering her being a life long civil rights activist, it’s shocking to have ancestors from the mayflower. A story that is foundational to American propaganda.
@celticmulato26092 ай бұрын
@modvsone No its not shocking! She is obviously Mixed race and alot of American Mulattoes are in denial of their European heritage and looking at her I highly doubt it had anything to do with a slave master as slavery ended in 1865 and that Gates would have mentioned that if it was the case. All that woman had to do is just look at her family and look at herself in the mirror and notice that real or most or predominantly Black peoples don't look like her ; she is just feigning surprise just like Sunny Holstein was surprised that her mum is White and has Spanish ancestry despite being from Puerto Rico.
@interestedbystander1962 ай бұрын
Sonny Hostin didn't know her ancestors were Spanish? Well, where does she think Puerto Ricans come from?
@bananasmoothie59602 ай бұрын
“I always thought of myself as Puerto Rican. I didn’t think my family was originally from Spain “ like yes sweetie you are still Puerto Rican but Puerto Rico was colonized by Spain almost all of Latin America has. Has she never opened a history book? 💀💀💀
@kimstringfellow64932 ай бұрын
Magic
@Riddlewrappedenigma2 ай бұрын
Now you know why she qualifies to be on “The View”
@handsomeman-pm9vy2 ай бұрын
@@bananasmoothie5960 DemonCrats open a history book? Never happen. How can a college graduate not know the relation between Spain and Puerto Rico? Oh well, that is our education system.
@JorgeGonzalez-bz1nx2 ай бұрын
Hahaha...yup
@Aksk9072 ай бұрын
Being Puerto Rican and not thinking you’re gonna be Spanish is wild. Mexican for example literally means mixed indigenous and Spanish.
@el-Cu9432Ай бұрын
Not necessarily.
@Aksk907Ай бұрын
@@el-Cu9432 yes necessarily. That’s what the word means. Weather or not a person is that by dna is another story
@uncleruckusnorelation6705Ай бұрын
it is called criollo.
@Whyarewehere532 ай бұрын
My sister has spent years researching our history. She went back to the 1500's I believe. We found we are descended from a man named Christoph Froschauer who was the first printer of the Zurich bible in 1531.
@PolferiferusII2 ай бұрын
Our history on my father's side abruptly came to a halt sometime in the 1700s due a male ancestor in what is now Germany fleeing military conscription from one German state to another disguised as a woman, taking on his mother's maiden name (my surname). We don't know who his father was, but I'm guessing he was born "illigitamate". Personally I feel no shame in this, but rather just find it interesting.
@KeishaTheTruth7772 ай бұрын
😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😅😅
@garthwright40642 ай бұрын
@@PolferiferusII Good, none of us need be shamed by anything our ancestors did. We had no say in the matter.
@pbezunartea2 ай бұрын
@@garthwright4064 _...none of us need be shamed by anything our ancestors did. We had no say in the matter._ Exactly, try to teach that to Ben Affleck... :)
@thomaswhiddon76382 ай бұрын
@@garthwright4064 How do you feel about taking pride in having VIP ancestors?
@cindydowning21413 ай бұрын
We are who we are. We become what we choose
@ElizabethEaton-q8p2 ай бұрын
Wise words
@garyrobbins55052 ай бұрын
I like your idea!
@byanymeansnecessary93292 ай бұрын
enslaved chose to be enslaved? oppressed chose to be oppressed? how privileged is your mindset?
@armand55842 ай бұрын
Bravo
@Andre-wf8cb2 ай бұрын
You wish how's the high thought but we know history has been muddled with mudded
@nishottara7772 ай бұрын
Do people think Puerto Ricans just popped up in Puerto Rico and Spanish is their main language??🤣🤣
@novaplex47602 ай бұрын
This only proves what we have known all along… Sunny Hostin deludes herself regarding reality and she acts pretty dumb while doing it
@DavidSantos-xl4wm2 ай бұрын
Puerto Rico settled by european spanish, while Taino Indians had already settled there way beforehand...question is who was there before them?
@simonederobert16122 ай бұрын
My maternal Grandmother may not have had much formal education, but that did not mean she was in any way intellectually challenged. And she knew the genetic connections of everyone in "her neck of the woods". I used to stay with her summers when my parents were working and school was out. Grandma and Granddad were farmers, feeding their children and selling the surplus of their efforts to their neighbors up and down the creek where they all lived. There was this young man who would come to buy eggs or milk. He was cute, and I was just at that age wherein I was beginning to notice that sort of thing. Grandma noticed. She then proceeded to let me know that "you can't marry that boy!" I did not understand. So then she enlightened me to the fact that not only were "that boy" and I 3rd cousins, we were also 5th cousins! She so very much elaborated to me the kinships all over the place where we lived that I just KNEW that I would have to leave the state to find a husband because I was likely related to everybody in that state.
@carmenm.40913 ай бұрын
Sunny Hostin’s reaction is priceless. Thinking that when your mother is from Puerto Rico you must be half native Puerto Rican. Madre Mia 😂
@Dee_nyce2 ай бұрын
Puerto Rico is a nation not a race.
@Papabear45642 ай бұрын
There may have been some native people but they would have been one of the carribean tribes native to there, they would call themselves by their tribal name..the fact that sunny doesn't know that despite being from Puerto Rico is astounding to me
@gilmer37182 ай бұрын
@@Dee_nyce How is it a nation? It's part of the USA.
@unapoligeticllyisrael20662 ай бұрын
@@gilmer3718 That didn't come about until recent history! Puerto Rico is an island
@enn49832 ай бұрын
@@gilmer3718 It is an annex of the US.
@cjoseph20452 ай бұрын
I am related to Malcom X, a fact my grandmother thought was not really worth mentioning. She was surprised anyone in the family found this interesting when it eventually somehow came up.
@notaytguru82142 ай бұрын
Grandma, what the hell?! 😂
@skywalker66482 ай бұрын
Lol.
@mistersniffer68382 ай бұрын
You were caught with a mistress too, ehy?
@SousChef772 ай бұрын
cjoseph...please read Alex Haley's Book, Malcolm X if you haven't already...then for further reading, martin and malcolm and america by james cone. The books are so much better than the movies, because they do not leave out anything. Mr. Shabazz and his family will Bless you. Truth is powerful. Be Blessed.
@spencerantoniomarlen-starr30692 ай бұрын
@@SousChef77 Alex Haley is the one who admitted making up most of what was depicted in roots though.
@clintonjurgens72392 ай бұрын
I had a black friend many years ago who told me that almost all American-born blacks have white ancestors, some living. He knew his white grandfather. I figured this must be common knowledge among blacks, but apparently not.
@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg2 ай бұрын
I have an Afro American friend who's grandparents are a White Man and an Afro Woman...... this was 1940's South so they moved to California
@gladitsnotme2 ай бұрын
It is common knowledge, this is a written TV show. The director encourages extreme shocked reactions. How old are you to believe what you see on TV from actors and actresses?
@KammInNJ2 ай бұрын
My high school history teacher informed everyone that only approx. 20% of black americans will turn out to be "black all the way back" which became a catchphrase & why all of us still remember it from waaaaaay before the testing they have now.
@TheDivayenta2 ай бұрын
This show is fabulous because Dr Gates is a great historian and storyteller. You get the entire historical context which makes it such a learning experience. Watch the one with Bernie Sanders and Larry David. Huge surprise finding!
@boyd501s2 ай бұрын
I'm suprised how shocked some of these people are, like did Angela Davis think she got her complexion from, drinking too much milk?
@JeffMontville2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@WISHBONEL72 ай бұрын
Genesis chapter 2
@Dominque-se5dxАй бұрын
Black come out all colors, without having mixed ancestry. Stop attributing light-skin with a mixture. Everybody isn't desperate to be mixed with something and it can be a DISAPPOINTMENT to find non-Black people in your DNA.
@ffotograffydd11 күн бұрын
I’m sure she knew she had some European ancestry, it was the fact her direct ancestor arrived on the Mayflower that was surprising to her. It would be to any American.
@clod82 ай бұрын
Puerto Rican shocked by having Spanish ancestry🤦♀️
@WesleyWilkins-qf2ky2 ай бұрын
Yeah this show makes some of these celebrities look stupid. How laver Burton could be surprised to be mixed with European is astounding
@joelspringman5232 ай бұрын
She's famously stupid.
@bobbyblazini2 ай бұрын
As a Puerto Rican, I expect to me related to everyone.
@elva93512 ай бұрын
I think she fakes not believing she has Spanish ancestry. How could she not assume it since her mother is Puerto Ricaña
@germainnavas89662 ай бұрын
There are north Americans without native ancestry...
@gngirl13 ай бұрын
How do Educated people still confuse race with nationality.
@LM-zh9lf2 ай бұрын
Not an American - but why are the black Americans so shocked to hear that they have white/european ancestry? Just on skin colour alone they are more coffee/tanned than ‘blacker’ African people. Plus all people have been mixing (marriage, affairs etc) for a few hundred years. No one is ‘pure’ any race. I wish the colour of a person’s skin wasn’t such a focus. Peace & love to all 🫶
@JeannetteAbrahamson2 ай бұрын
Not sure. It’s weird to me.
@imagesinla8575Ай бұрын
@@LM-zh9lf They're not shocked, they're mortified to have it confirmed.
@8beautylover827 күн бұрын
Think the shock comes from this little 400 year blip in history called the trans Atlantic slave trade.. hope that helps, peace and love
@BronzeSista24 күн бұрын
Its not accepting because of slavery in the United States.
@Mimi-ht6xr21 күн бұрын
I wouldn’t be shocked because both my parents come from long lineages of interracial marriages. I think it’s cool to be triracial but then l’m the daughter of a Creole and a Cajun so there’s that ⚜️💜💚💛
@EEVictory133 ай бұрын
My great grandmother was a Baker, related to Norma Jean Baker. Aka Marilyn Monroe -she’s my third cousin. After I found out, whenever I see her, I think cousin Marilyn.
@RonGerstein3 ай бұрын
Norma Jean Morrison
@DS-uh6ss3 ай бұрын
@@RonGerstein Mortensen. She's my cousin, too!
@mememefinally2 ай бұрын
Mortensen was made up in birth certificate because she wanted to name Mortensen as her father even tho he probably wasn't.
@emom22 ай бұрын
She my 8th cousin apparently.
@nfh688jfnie2 ай бұрын
No one cares or is impressed as much as you think they do.
@gladyspuyarenavalentin43 ай бұрын
Puerto Ricans are mix of European, African, and Taino. Of course, there most be ancestors involved in the slave trade. It may be hard to accept, but it is history.
@samanthab19233 ай бұрын
Regardless Sunny has whitened herself up from her college days! 😮
@Mimi-ht6xr3 ай бұрын
@@samanthab1923….thats your negative view of her. She’s married to another mixed person like herself and adores her very multiracial and multiethnic children. I share a mixed heritage like Sonny’s and l detest when strangers make derogatory statements based on their own bigotry and envy.
@samanthab19233 ай бұрын
@@Mimi-ht6xr But you can see the difference in the photos, right? It’s like a different person. So what’s up with that?
@LemGray3 ай бұрын
@@samanthab1923 I legit don't know what you're seeing? Are you talking about the black and white picture? Like, huh? If you're talking about the photo with her parents, she actually looks lighter in that photo.
@samanthab19233 ай бұрын
@@LemGray Her features look blacker to me sorry
@karatekoala42702 ай бұрын
10:17 this shows either extreme ignorance or Xtreme copium. Puerto Ricans by definition are a blend of Taino, African and Spanish. It's because the Spanish brought their African slaves there and bred them with the Taino that weren't already killed. For her to be Puerto Rican and be shocked her ancestor was a Spanish slave master would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.
@wildwoman25202 ай бұрын
😂 Puerto Rican is not a race. The aboriginals of the land are phenotypically negroe.
@lulubutterfly74992 ай бұрын
Soooo ignorant of her. She doesn’t know what is a Puerto Rican. I do, and proud. 💜
@Jimyjonescones2 ай бұрын
Isn’t she from the view and super pro reparations? If that’s the case she gona be super embarrassed, and poor if that actually goes through considering she’s got direct ties to the slave trade
@karatekoala42702 ай бұрын
@@Jimyjonescones most FBA have DNA from slave owners cause RAPE is a thing. It isn't like that ancestor married into the fam. Also reparations wouldn't pull from former slave holders. Why? Cause the money will come from the place that gave slave owners, native Americans, Japanese and Jews reparations. The only metric that matters when it comes to reparations is, are you direct FBA that's it.
@ep38652 ай бұрын
I thought the same!!!! I don't understand how she thinks she is just Puerto Rican. Puerto Ricans are mixed Tainos, Africans and Europeans from Spain. Wow and you would think she's smart to know that how ridiculous
@rtcommodore93542 ай бұрын
Not really awkward. Messy. But we are not our ancestors. And any squeaky clean family history is a fairy tale.
@iluvcamaros19123 ай бұрын
Them: I am basically Malcolm X. Him: Your grandaddy was Robert E. Lee Them: 😮
@abbysomeone45253 ай бұрын
@@iluvcamaros1912 Also them: Robert E. Lee RAPED my grandmother.
@MsJay-cr1id3 ай бұрын
So you do know the majority of American Negro ppl have European ancestry? This isn't a gotcha.
@MsLhuntMartinez792 ай бұрын
💯! I was looking for my mighty Zulu or African ancestors as an "African American". Nope! I'm related to President John Adams, President John Q Adams, President Fillmore, and President Taft. Also Abraham Lincoln's wife Mary Todd (through the Shelton line). She and I share grandparents. LOL It's life.
@jandramardges33682 ай бұрын
@@MsLhuntMartinez79That’s remarkable!!!
@MsLhuntMartinez792 ай бұрын
@jandramardges3368 Thanks! I didn't do anything. I was just born. LOL
@Itsakindamagic2 ай бұрын
I learned as a teen that my great grandfather killed a man, stole a horse and fled to the Dakotas. He changed his last name to the name of the man he killed (my last name should have been Schultz) I found this interesting, my brother went ballistic and could talk of nothing but being descended from a murderer for days. It was not my or my brothers doing, it was two generations before us. That was demonstration of how differently people react.
@a.53262 ай бұрын
Right! I'm adopted and learned that my uncle on my mother's side was a monster. He SA'd my birth mother with his friend when she was 18 after both of their parents had died. Later, hehad a baby with a woman he would beat and tried to sell his daughter on the black market for drugs. Suffice it to say, I hope he's dead, but it has nothing to do with who I am as a person.
@TheSapphireSprit2 ай бұрын
@@Itsakindamagic that’s crazy. My ancestral roots on one side had 3 people on the Mayflower (including one that got so drunk he fell off and the ship’s records showed there was a debate as to whether to go back and save him. My other side had a murderer and several thugs. It’s interesting but not pertinent to my life.
@revelskid2 ай бұрын
My native American ancestors participated in executing my husband’s 8x grandfather (Colonel William Crawford) by making him the first white man burned at the stake by Indians. The crime they revenged with his gruesome death was the horrific slaughter of an entire village of dedicated pacifists. Only 2 young boys escaped. The sad part was, they got the wrong Colonel.
@matrixphijr2 ай бұрын
Villain arc 😂
@Eugene-pt5lu2 ай бұрын
@teschchr122 It's not about being pertinent to life, but about comprehending your life proceeded from treachery.
@cosaosa28552 ай бұрын
If there's a moral of the story, it's to not put any importance on your pedigree. You have no control over it, and it's easy to overcome. Not to mention, it could be embarrassing to discover the truth.
@marcellalaurentius17422 ай бұрын
After years of researching my mother's ancestry, i started on my father's only to find out that I was an adopted daughter. I was 41 years old and my mother was still hesitant to tell me!
@senoramariposa2 ай бұрын
My mom always suspected her father wasn't her father. She wondered if it was a certain friend of the family. All she knew about him was that he was French. The father she knew was Irish. Well, I did the spit test in 2018. Turns out there's no Irish blood, but I'm 25% French.
@actual_doge32212 ай бұрын
My mom thinks she is not related to her parents because she was abused a lot, and there was favoritism for her siblings. I believe it's possible because there is another relative who was adopted even though the family was poor. I want to know if it's the truth.
@freelikeyve2 ай бұрын
which test did you take? i dont think my dad is my dad either and we do not have a close relationship. i was gonna do a siblings test with a "sister" i have on my "dad's" side
@freelikeyve2 ай бұрын
@@actual_doge3221 same exact situation with me. and the parents that i have refuse to help me get a DNA test. red flag number 1
@adjectivenoun122 ай бұрын
My husband's grandmother was very angry about his 23andme. Her dad couldn't be her dad. And other family members said that it had been a rumor when she was a kid.
@Manuel-e2t2 ай бұрын
@@freelikeyveeven without their help, you should still do the DNA! You'll find out what you need by omission. Good luck!
@irenem38543 ай бұрын
Life is messy. People are flawed! And we are no better than the people in the past. I hate the graceless judgment of history.
@BetterMe9812 ай бұрын
You hate that rapists are being judged?
@irenem38542 ай бұрын
@BetterMe981 Lord, you are a simpleton. You and I are most likely the result of r*pe in the distant past somewhere. That doesn't mean I'm a r*pe apologist. It means that history is full of people who did terrible things, great things, and everything in between. Just like us. It's pure narcissism when people judge the past with today's lens. It's not fair. And it doesn't take into account that given the same circumstances, you may have done the same. Humility is a wonderful quality.
@irenem38542 ай бұрын
@BetterMe981 Lol, of course not. You and I are most likely the result of a r*pe somewhere in the past. The people of history did terrible things, wonderful things, and everything in between. Just like us. It's pure narcissism to think, given the same circumstances, you wouldn't behave the same way. Again, human beings are flawed. Even you.
@dunbarf24132 ай бұрын
I hate the graceless self righteous modern people who take license to mock and ridicule the history of the formerly American enslaved and their descendants. Who apathetically only want to justify and falsely equate the evils, wrongs, misdoings of people long dead along with themselves....zero attempt to understand, zero compassion given yet want all the understanding and compassion for themselves.
@evetsegap2 ай бұрын
@@BetterMe981 Her post, as well as the historical context, went over your head.
@deniseedodson19382 ай бұрын
I'm 75. What I think I might find (based upon the relatives I've met) they were probably all escaped from an insane asylum. It's okay. Times were hard back then.
@dianenecaise17762 ай бұрын
I can relate to that statement!
@Wyz3692 ай бұрын
Those asylums were used to house all sorts of sad cases.... depression & anxiety was seen as reason to commit people even in mid-20th century. Even the British royal family has this in their lineage.
@evetsegap2 ай бұрын
@@Wyz369 Sadly the humor went over your head, or you are humorless.
@KeishaTheTruth7772 ай бұрын
😂 nice take!
@withgoddess71642 ай бұрын
😅
@Stoned_Silly2 ай бұрын
The host of this show is SOOO perfect!! They couldnt have found anyone to do it better!! Ive actually saw epidodes where it came out he was a cousin to the person on the show, it happened several times!!
@soggytomales8932 ай бұрын
sunny: ''wow i didnt know i was Spanish'' her mom literally being light skinned and blonde
@wdhatfield2872 ай бұрын
@soggytomales893 She needs to pay representations ! Lol Lort - college educated and just ignorant Blinded by hate
@Miettes-ti2ojАй бұрын
What on this PLANET does 'being Spanish' have to do with 'light skinned and blonde?'
@soggytomales893Ай бұрын
@@Miettes-ti2oj umm if your from a latin country and you have light skin and blonde hair, you more then likely have a lot more Spanish in you, thats just common-sense judging from our history. Spainards are white, many of them have light skin and blonde hair,
@pirobot668beta2 ай бұрын
I did an Ancestry DNA test...turns out I was adopted! Changeling, swapped at birth, mix-up in the maternity ward... Explains a lot...I always stood out at family gatherings.
@pbezunartea2 ай бұрын
Wow! Did you find out who your biological parents are?
@sORrYiMLaTe_wHAtdiDiMisS2 ай бұрын
Wow. That's a lot.
@Basauri489702 ай бұрын
That's amazing. Did you always have a hunch that might be the case or was it a life shattering moment when you found out? Could you find any biological relatives in any DNA database? Did you find out how the 'changeling' happened and who your biological parents are? You have an interesting story to tell, if you ever feel like it. I think I speak for everyone when I say we'd like to know more :)
@handsomeman-pm9vy2 ай бұрын
Be careful about researching your ancestry. You just might find out that your relative was the "Town Butcher." And I do not mean the guy at the meat store.
@lissaslighthouse8475Ай бұрын
LIKE IN THE MOVIE HITCH 😂😂@@handsomeman-pm9vy
@olive37003 ай бұрын
Finding your roots -- where light skinned black Americans are shocked, shocked, to find out they have a white ancestor.
@Kisanii-LizQuilts2 ай бұрын
Not so strange.Slave women were raped by white plantation owners.
@DiBaozi2 ай бұрын
Fr😂
@aashleyainlong41912 ай бұрын
That is because the concept of the one drop rule is emblazoned on the consciousness of American identity. Being any sort of black is an exclusion from whiteness. So finding out you are not purely black when you are embracing the only identity socially afforded to you when you chose to follow those rules can be breaking of ones mind. The one drop rule is exclusionary not including. Its to not acknowledge humanity of a people by their skin or heritage by another people who have afforded themselves privilege, power and primacy. Its artificial and increasingly becoming obsolete. Largely because science has verified all life came from " black" Sub-Saharan African land. However, they have not dare publish that because of this new scientific reality that by virtue of the very one drop rule. It has made all Americans constitionally Black.
@men8ivqt1172 ай бұрын
@@aashleyainlong4191very well said
@sr22912 ай бұрын
Ikr?
@celesteguillory72 ай бұрын
It's always enjoyable to see this program and the family stories that are debunked. This happens in every family and should not be viewed as negative. Keep up the good work.
@andrewg793 ай бұрын
Surely there are surprises here, but the "shock" is overblown...
@SarahNGeti2 ай бұрын
The ones upset are racist against themselves lol 😂
@keithkoenig53202 ай бұрын
Not if it was YOUR story!
@SarahNGeti2 ай бұрын
@@keithkoenig5320 everyone is mixed, people need to realize that.
@staceywright72942 ай бұрын
It IS a TV show, so I imagine that the show's producers ask the guests to inflate their responses in some kind of way. That makes for "better" TV viewing.
@BronzeSista24 күн бұрын
I was very shocked when I found out I had a lot of European relatives. Great grandparents up to the 5th great grandparents. I had so many if I were drinking person, I would be drunk from this, to take it all in. You must not realize that many Black people have been told not to accept or talk about white European heritage. The only heritage Black people are taught to accept is the Native American heritage, because it wasn't done through rape. And yes I have contacted some of these white relatives who seem to be embarrassed that they have a Black relative. The Europeans responded a little bit better than the white American relatives.
@Catmom20042 ай бұрын
The PENMANSHIP in those records is absolutely beautiful!
@arod5002Ай бұрын
I’ve always noticed that. So beautiful.
@Blend-242 ай бұрын
That Sunny was Puerto Rican and was surprised to find out she was part Spanish? WTF? How stupid is that.
@MistyMcCarthy-cf3kx2 ай бұрын
well,,,,,,,,she is a democrat
@handsomeman-pm9vy2 ай бұрын
A college graduate does not know what part of the world that Spain colonized??? History is not taught any more.
@armand55842 ай бұрын
being part white goes against her very public agenda
@edwardfletcher77902 ай бұрын
She's no MENSA candidate....
@virtuouslady56792 ай бұрын
She is black with spanish heritage. You are what your dad is.
@tinamarcum61702 ай бұрын
Sunny being told her ancestors owned slaves was a mic drop moment, I laughed out loud😂😂😂😂
@SirSlayto3 ай бұрын
Man, this was just more proof that Levar Burton is a freaking gem. His thought was how the revelation could help bring the world together a little more. Just beautiful.
@flazada3 ай бұрын
He's one of those special alien humans you don't think exist, like RuPaul and Tim Walz
@johnhurley47003 ай бұрын
He thinks hes Kunta Kinte the African plagiarized by Haleys fake roots. A white man wrote roots Haley stole it.
@godlygirls623 ай бұрын
Sorry dear. The revelation is sad and actually quite disgusted. This YTE man SA a black woman who had no recourse 😢😢😢
@SirSlayto3 ай бұрын
@godlygirls62 I think you should work on your reading comprehension. I didn't say what happened was beautiful. I said what he felt to do with the revelation. White people get away with it all the time.
@flazada3 ай бұрын
@@godlygirls62 it is quite sad, unfortunately I believe it happened far more than we even realize.
@MandyRRAh2 ай бұрын
In Australia, we consider convict ancestry as our own type of royalty. We also hope that our ancestors did not massacre Indigenous People.
@GenXOriginal19722 ай бұрын
This must be the Oz Caucasians insiders joke ☝🏽 🤷🏽♀️🙄 As an Original First Nations SURVIVOR of Australia (3% of us left); the colonisers, convicts & prostitutes descendants truly do thrive on exercising cognitive dissonance, cruelty & distortion to reinforce their systematic racist abuse. Fact: average Caucasian Australians have no idea where their ancestors lineages derived from. I ask the descendants: are you from the aristocracy or the convicts & prostitutes? They really don't shout royalty to me 😂
@enn49832 ай бұрын
Blood is thicker than water, good to hold on to love. They certainly mistreated those they found there. A few generations ago humanity was rife with cruelty, don't over romanticize things.
@WilmaFistdu652 ай бұрын
I think i am royalty 😅😅😅I descend from James Squire the brewer. Convict + beer. Lol. Not many ppl know he was Romanichal Gypsy. And my 6 x GG was the Last Gypsy Queen Esther Faa Blythe. Even though research says the Gypsies of Yetholm were scoundrels I'm still so proud.
@nigelcleveland56512 ай бұрын
im australian, and my ancestors include john martin and john randall, two african-descended first fleeters, one likely a former slave in the usa. one married to others daughter by his irish wife. ... if only she had been accused of witchcraft...
@ekdaufin14852 ай бұрын
😂
@madtheghost3373 ай бұрын
"It's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you"
@DavidA.-bv8xy3 ай бұрын
Usually said by people who do not know who they are.
@tonyborelli.3 ай бұрын
dumbledore?
@madtheghost3373 ай бұрын
@@tonyborelli. yup!
@enn49832 ай бұрын
But what we do is shaped a lot by who we are underneath.
@sneakypenguin2861Ай бұрын
@@tonyborelli. Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins
@vallyn62070Ай бұрын
I like these clips about find your roots. I been digging into my ancestry and it’s been very telling. I’ve connected with long lost family. It’s great
@andrewmack21612 ай бұрын
It is quite amazing that so many people in 'The New World' have so little understanding of the ethnic make-up of those territories. To think someone from Puerto Rico (or any south/central American country) would not have a substantial amount of Spanish heritage is astonishing.
@mareerogers3642 ай бұрын
That's why we have idiots like Kamala Harris running for President. She doesn't even where or been anywhere except India evert summer to visit her grandparents and living in Canada. Dense can easily describe 95 % of America.
@stecaton15412 ай бұрын
I saw a non descript south American man do a dna test and found out he had no Northern European dna but loads Spanish dna. He celebrated and said , and I quote ‘ Yey I don’t come from coloniser blood ‘ 😂
@andrewmack21612 ай бұрын
@@stecaton1541 Yes, it's also amazing how little people know about their own history and the few that do know some, rarely understand it's context in the world at that time.
@actual_doge32212 ай бұрын
Does she even speak Spanish? It sounds like she doesn't. Because how the eff could you come from Puerto Rico (or even if it's just about the ancestry not the language) and not know that information? It's fine if she doesn't speak spanish, but still. You know what I mean?
@marcellacave28432 ай бұрын
Has no one had a history class? Where did you think your ancestors came from?
@shaleighreynolds34943 ай бұрын
So I love how it’s always affairs…. I wonder how many were actually rapes…it’s nice to spin it as love and kisses, but there is no way to know for sure.
@reeree36412 ай бұрын
Absolutely!!! The reason the romanticized story of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings always frustrate me. The idea a slave who was a child would willingly fall in love with her slave master (who was a widower at that point) and have multiple children by him who all remained enslaved until his death (in his will he only freed the 2 older girls) defy common sense.
@Liliarthan2 ай бұрын
@@reeree3641for many defenders of patriarchal customs, marriage and slavery are not dissimilar.
@enn49832 ай бұрын
@@Liliarthan Slavery was a horrendous and cruel thing. But even then many people fell in love and fancied each other and babies appeared. And in our free world rape is a big evil and many people get born as a result.
@melodywalls46932 ай бұрын
Like pelosi changing the sexual abuse of children to...molesting. she said it was softer or some crap like that
@leslieschott7542 ай бұрын
Good point!
@Violet-du9bk3 ай бұрын
Issa rae is beautiful. Luminous.
@globalfamily81722 ай бұрын
Almost all of these situations happened in my ancestry. Affairs, illegitimate children, mixed marriages and slavery, lies about age, name changes, the Mayflower, abandonment due to infidelity, and untimely death. Would make a nice book.
@kevinriley63203 ай бұрын
Man, Blanche took it better when Dorothy told her that she had a relative born in Buffalo & that she was Jewish.
@Zombichh3 ай бұрын
LMAOOOOOOO 💀💀💀
@MayimHastings3 ай бұрын
After my grandmother died a few years ago, my dad found a picture of his great great grandfather... From Rochester NY. He is still genuinely distressed by the idea of being the descendant of a yankee. It has given me such joy 😂
@randeepatillo19823 ай бұрын
@@kevinriley6320 Lord, I remember that episode! 😆
@MALAKYT2 ай бұрын
“…a yankee doodle dandy!” 😂
@truthbetold88632 ай бұрын
99 percent of this dna was forced on little black slave girls.
@Nurichiri3 ай бұрын
My mom was adopted and while she found her bio mother she was never able to find more about her bio father than a name the egg donor provided. I took a DNA test through Ancestry after her death and found some second cousins on mom's side with names that didn't match up. Turns out egg donor either lied or was mislead about sperm donor's identity. One of the second cousins reached back out to me and we figured out who sperm donor was. That was a family that has a load of drama to this day.
@Nella877453 ай бұрын
“Egg donor”?! So not adopted then?
@songoftheblackunicorn6663 ай бұрын
Yeah my mother told everyone I died of a heart defect and then I was sold to a couple for 1000 dollars to a couple who should not have been given a humane society cat.
@Nurichiri3 ай бұрын
@@Nella87745 Egg donor = bio mom. The woman rejected my mom and caused her all sorts of rejection issues. I used "bio mom" first to establish who she was, and her bio dad = sperm donor possibly never even knew my mom existed. From what I can tell neither family knew about mom.
@alg943 ай бұрын
@@Nella87745 no still adopted. egg donor is another term used for bio mom. usually used when bio mom is a turd of a person,
@lauracarrolldebolt92332 ай бұрын
I have a friend who found her “first” (birth) mother. First mom identified the father as a guy she hooked up when he was on a break from the women he later married. He met her once but would not do a DNA test or anything. Years went by and then my friend gets a paternal DNA match to someone else entirely. First mom had legitimately misidentified the biological father! DNA tests were done and 1st mom wrote a letter of introduction to this guy she doesn’t remember sleeping with. My friend was born in 1978, so it wasn’t all that long ago. Bio dad turned out to be shocked but cool.
@lucindapick29863 ай бұрын
Wanda Sykes episode was so shocking it became part of her standup routine. Worth the watch!
@MsJay-cr1id3 ай бұрын
Tell me you don't know anything about American history.
@lucindapick29862 ай бұрын
@@MsJay-cr1id Oh but I do! Love it!😘
@elizabetharnold58492 ай бұрын
You are so right! She was hysterical,talking about how her mom couldn’t blame her for being lesbian anymore! On the Roots show, not her stand up routines
@lucindapick29862 ай бұрын
@@elizabetharnold5849 I saw where she found out she descended from freed indentured sevants, not slaves. Said it ruined her street cred. LOL And how she's married to a white woman with two white kids and how she's the maid around her house. Said she ruined her legacy. ROFLOL
@Donna-65162 ай бұрын
I like Wanda, she's so funny.
@mariaphilomena14222 ай бұрын
The reaction of people when they find out that they have white ancestry is very telling about our society views being white as such a bad thing.
@thedreammweaver62742 ай бұрын
It’s more like in a lot of cases the reason there’s white ancestry is because enslaved women were assaulted. It’s not oh my god I’m related to a white person how awful it’s in this time period it’s likely something terrible happened and that’s why I’m related to this person
@ffotograffydd11 күн бұрын
@@thedreammweaver6274Indeed.
@Rachel-xu4br2 ай бұрын
Neil being excited about his ancestor burning at the stake doesn't surprise me considering he thought a dead Amy Winehouse cake was a good idea for a Halloween cake after her death.
@leslieschott7542 ай бұрын
Yeah, he doesn’t impress me as being very smart. Me…… I would have been shocked and dismayed at knowing an ancestor had been burned at the stake. What a horrific way to die, and he laughs.
@2riel2 ай бұрын
My immediate thought too
@Justseemei2 ай бұрын
Neil Patrick is a gay bobble head,,,another Blu kennedy😂
@JAMIEFITZHUGH-yb4sv2 ай бұрын
Very creepy.
@ladypi79782 ай бұрын
Yikes I forgot about that
@JW-br4pd2 ай бұрын
The takeaway from this watch your neighbors lol 😂
@porterbrass2 ай бұрын
My ancestor is also William Brewster. We are all cousins, making prejudice and racism seem even more rediculous and pointless.
@barbie_mylife_milan87872 ай бұрын
I love this! I’m always intrigued by ancestry research and history in general.
@jant78813 ай бұрын
So, a light brown celeb finds there's a white ancestor and they are actually surprised. Really? I could look at each one and tell them that without doing a ancestry background.
@gmmartines73313 ай бұрын
Yes because black people come in all shades. There are tribes in Africa with light skin and no European ancestry or you know could be Hispanic or Asian. White people aren't the only ones in earth with naturally light skin. Use your brain
@hwgray3 ай бұрын
So what? Are you saying that black Americans should be consciously aware of their European ancestry in the same way that they're consciously aware of their African ancestry? If they were, what would change? They would still not be white, but they would still be black, right?
@robinpesek36573 ай бұрын
@@hwgray Triggered much?
@jinakaye3 ай бұрын
Most of us aren't surprised that we have Euro ancestry, irregardless of skin color, because slavery was nasty in colonial & the U.S. of America. We're not even shocked on the how--because, again, slavery was nasty here. What we are often shocked by is how it connects to our overall history. Sunny, for example, thought she was more indigenous than Spaniard--since indigenous native people in the Caribbean & the Americas varied by skin hue. It must have been shocking to her to learn she descended from conquistadors.
@robinpesek36573 ай бұрын
@@jinakaye Slavery was particularly brutal in all cases on every continent all throughout time. Very few, if any, people of the world escaped slavery in all of its forms and brutality. In truth, the American slaves had it better, in terms of brutality, than untold millions throughout the world and time.
@johnlabus73593 ай бұрын
I have some thoughts. 1) Any white person who takes pride in descending from among the first Europeans in America shouldn't t be surprised that there are slaveowners somewhere in their past, even if their family wasn't from the South 2) Anyone with Puerto Rican ancestry shouldn't be surprised to see Iberian/Spanish DNA in their own. 3) Anyone who knows that they descend from the slave trade shouldn't be surprised that they also have some European DNA as it's well known that slave owners are known to have raped their female slaves. There are definitely some rarer surprises here like having free black ancestors who were slave owners themselves, but most of these things aren't that surprising.
@moorek19673 ай бұрын
And any white person whose ancestors did not have slaves should not be made to feel guilty for crimes they did not commit. And any white person today whose ancestors did have slaves should not be made to feel guitly for crimes they did not commit. No Puerto Rican today should be made to feel guilty for crimes they did not commit. No black person today should be made to feel guilty for crimes they did not commit.
@shepshape25853 ай бұрын
The part I always find surprising is when someone like Gayle King or Angela Davis act surprised when they find out they have white ancestors. Ok Halle Berry and Bryant Gumble.
@amyholman3543 ай бұрын
@@johnlabus7359 Once you know it, you recognize the probability. But many people didn’t pay enough attention in school, or just weren’t taught those correlative facts. They’ve kept away from history. Their understanding of personal history is limited to what they were told. Once one window is open, and you look out of it, more windows open.
@reginathompson-rj9ug3 ай бұрын
Black and white slave owners
@tarrynmunro53933 ай бұрын
While it’s truth some don’t want to hear they are truth none-the-less. However, the question (specific to slave owners, traders), should the descendants be punished for their ancestors? Should they be treated as if they are the evil? I understand the sins of the father haunt the sins of the son, but the question is - should it?
@DulceN2 ай бұрын
I have no idea who Sunny Hostins is, but if she thought herself Puerto Rican, who did she think the Spanish language spoken in the island came from? It should not be at all surprising that she has Spanish blood…. Her surprise only shows her level of ignorance about history and her origins… 🙄
@kimwalter87532 ай бұрын
Hm hmm..
@cynthiasullivan82332 ай бұрын
Yes very! Considering she was a lawyer!
@kimstringfellow64932 ай бұрын
Her level of ignorance is high indeed.
@lqboren472 ай бұрын
She is someone who believes "white" people owe reperations to "black" people. She believes she is still owed reperations even thou it was proven that her family moved to Puerto Rico taking their plantation of slaves with them after their home country out lawed slavery. She is a host on the View.
@letsomethingshine2 ай бұрын
She is only 7% indigenous Puerto Rican. In the island many make a proud fuss about having native blood and never about their heritage from Spain. She thought of herself as half Puerto Rican, so she expected less than 25% Spaniard.
@brucerichard29042 ай бұрын
I'm impressed with the number of racist comments that are laughed off.
@nunyabiznass909Ай бұрын
For real
@jenniferburns25303 ай бұрын
I don't think anyone can claim they are of a single race or ethnicity. Humans have been moving around, meeting travelers and neighbors alike, and otherwise connecting to others since humans left Africa. We all have ancestors from a wide range of places, classes, and traditions. I hope Angela Davis joined the Mayflower Society!
@d.e.b.b57882 ай бұрын
I have a distant ancestor from somewhere in Africa, named 'Lucy'. Short little lady, I understand.
@enn49832 ай бұрын
@@d.e.b.b5788 While many people have seemed to have inhabited the fringes of their societies and are cheerfully mixed up, there are lots of thorougbreds.
@YvonneWatson-ff5ex2 ай бұрын
@@jenniferburns2530 The only thing I’m 100% of is European according to Ancestry, but then again that’s changed 4 times since I joined. 😂. Don’t get too comfortable in what you think you are because it’s bound to change.
@2anthro2 ай бұрын
I have cousins in Ireland who are 100% Irish. I'm only 50%.
@GoldStarDaMachine2 ай бұрын
@@jenniferburns2530 but we know most likely our ancestors were RAPED! There were LAWS, actual LAWS FOR MURDERING AND RAPING BLK WOMEN! It comes from a different place! I know why yt folks are upset! If BLK folks have white in their family it’s because of RAPE!
@grudgejudy97363 ай бұрын
It seems like the takeaway from this show should be that we can’t be responsible for the mistakes of our ancestors, we have to look towards a better future, but too many people look in the past. There have been so many mistakes throughout history, it’s inevitable that every person will find something they don’t like in their ancestry.
@kathy68533 ай бұрын
Exactly right on point. Just because there was no social media to report our ancestors missteps does NOT mean that they lived their lives with perfect behavior. They, too, were human.
@runningfromabear83542 ай бұрын
I think it's invaluable learning lessons from our ancestors mistakes. Certain traits repeat I families. My mothers family tend to be barristers (lawyers in the UK). We know that one of our ancestors was the Bloody Judge and we've been telling our kids about him for generations as a warning. Instead of serving the law, he served the king and political ambitions of friends to hunt down all of the participants of a peasant rebellion. He was brutal and cruel. And this wasn't the only example of him being a cruel person who only used the parts of English law that served his purposes and ignored those parts that would have served the people. So much of my family are still involved in law, it's important we remember him and aspire to be much better than him. We also have much better examples in our family ancestry that we can be proud of and we share those stories too. It's just worthwhile learning from our mistakes in order not to abuse any status we rise to in life. It's easy to remember the composers, the politicians and writers in our ancestry. But we need to remember the ordinary farmers and those who abused their positions of power too.
@Klaaism2 ай бұрын
Its is possible to become bogged down in the past; however, Ignore the past at one's peril.
@8_six7_five3_092 ай бұрын
I think an equally important thing to take away from this is maybe people need to stop running around judging other groups and people and backgrounds thinking they're better. You have no real idea what's lurking in your own. We are far more alike than we are different.
@nancywages70292 ай бұрын
Agree. It's like accusing German kids today that they are responsible for what happened during WW2. A documentary came out not so long ago about adults today, that were never told of their role in that period. They were devasted and shocked.
@gardener30172 ай бұрын
I love the ones that are faced with the fact they are what they've always hated, and they aren't what they thought they were. I think that's such a great life lesson. I'm proud of my people. All my people, even the crazy ones. They are why I'm here.
@amenra132 ай бұрын
Who said they hated anyone? Are you projecting? 😆
@Moss_piglets2 ай бұрын
@@amenra13 OP is talking about the folks who weren't pleased to hear about their heritage like Gail King. She may disliked that she is part white but she can never change that. It's who is she.
@BilboBrainery2 ай бұрын
The “oh, no, no, no” and the “no, I am not ready for that” was some indication.
@chriseggleston75732 ай бұрын
Exactly
@DissiNotRA2 ай бұрын
I love when the veil of illusionary pride over our skin color gets lifted! Every one on this planet should have this kind of educational meeting mandatory! 😂
@manxkin3 ай бұрын
Why would someone from Puerto Rico be surprised to find that they have Spanish roots? I’m not embarrassed by the actions of those who came before. Why should I be? Interesting reactions from the African American people featured here when they find they have white ancestors.
@tessdean25232 ай бұрын
sunny is always cloudy. shes not the brightest or kindest
@mememefinally2 ай бұрын
They are like "oh this explains why they speak Spanish in Puerto Rico" 😂
@ThomasJones-sz3sx2 ай бұрын
@@tessdean2523 Well...She's On "The View", That Tells Me All I Need To Know!!
@jeromepowell18732 ай бұрын
They don't like to think about how they became their ancestor.
@jeromepowell18732 ай бұрын
She probably doesn't like the idea of being related to the Spanish conquistador.@tessdean2523
@francescaboone79932 ай бұрын
My grandmother ALWAYS said she was a descendant of Thomas Moore...well she was, but NOT THAT Thomas Moore. She also insisted that we were descendant from a particular pastor who made it into history books as the fighting parson. Well, she was wrong there too. Although there are several generations bearing the same exact name...the one son (of the pastor) that we were supposed to have descended from, never had kids (!) so that wasn't true either. I only found this out while doing genealogy work on my own, and by happenstance came across a distant cousin who informed me of the facts~and she had the paper trail to prove it. So much proof that the DAR actually edited some of their records. Genealogy has always fascinated me
@AMcG-hf6yx3 ай бұрын
Love watching people's pre conceived notions about themselves get broken.
@user-pd7il3xz5j2 ай бұрын
@22:42 "Silence is always interesting to me." Great quote.
@JD-jz8vl2 ай бұрын
Why are people so surprised to learn there are white or black or asian ancestors is ridiculous. Dont they realize we all have thousands of ancestors??
@MrSophire2 ай бұрын
Well depends. If you are a blonde and blue eyed, it would be surprising to have an Asian ancestry. The ones who should not be surprised are the “people of color” having white ancestry is they live in the New World. My family is from Mexico. Knowing basic World History it isn’t surprising that most of us are mix.
@earlemorgan50682 ай бұрын
Exactly
@lavenderoh2 ай бұрын
@@MrSophire even then.. my family is white, lots of blondes and blue eyes too. There's still African heritage in the DNA results.
@MrSophire2 ай бұрын
@@lavenderoh Yes but I said it would be more of an excuse to be surprise. Asians would also have more of an excuse but Blacks and Latin America have no excuse knowing history. Some of these people had very lite skin and they are shock they have European blood in there.
@Andre-wf8cb2 ай бұрын
And this proves what that we're really one there's no such thing as a black and white race 🎉
@billwalker7903 ай бұрын
I am surprised how some reacted to the different race of their ancestors . Considering they would Not have existed without them . History is unchanged past and can be unsettling even shocking but to seem ashamed ,bitter or denying is foolish. My ancestry is Black, white & Jewish and have always gotten a smile when I think of my past relatives.
@hwgray3 ай бұрын
"Black, white & Jewish" So, which of them do you identify as on the census? Or do you go with "Other"?
@billwalker7903 ай бұрын
@@hwgray jewish
@danduntz25392 ай бұрын
@@hwgray Why does it matter?? That’s his business, not yours.
@lqboren472 ай бұрын
American Mutt here
@BLKAMERICA2 ай бұрын
@@hwgrayGood question.
@ciscorodriguez19103 ай бұрын
This is ridiculous. It just shows that people don’t understand history or ancestry. Most African Americans have white ancestors. Shouldn’t be shocking. Americans with Slave owners ancestors. Dah. Puerto Rican saying didn’t expect Spanish ancestors is like an American saying didn’t expect English ancestors. Double Dah.
@lj.35892 ай бұрын
Plenty of white Americans have no history in slave owning as many poured into the U.S. after the Civil War. That said, I agree that when slave owning ancestry appears in one's history, it isn't very surprising these days particularly the longer one's family has been in the country.
@tessdean25232 ай бұрын
hundreds of thousands of "white" people came from europe and some were not even considered " white when they came here like italians. the majority of the world is mixed ps you see that blacks even owned slaves and in africa sold them here --even now in nigeria
@ThomasJones-sz3sx2 ай бұрын
Exactly! Sonny Hostin Revealing She's Not Too Bright!!!
@angiert93182 ай бұрын
I think the shock is in recency. A lot of people probably didn’t expect a great-grandparent to be white. I think they expected it to be further in history. But slavery ended here long after it did in many other places.
@lj.35892 ай бұрын
@@angiert9318 Slavery still exists in the world. Only Gayle had a relative as close as a great grandparent being white and that relationship wouldn't be tied to slavery. Ciara's was the next closest with a great great grandfather, but based on their (Gayle and Ciara) ages differences we're looking at a somewhat similar time in history--also not tied to slavery. LeVar's (Civil War), Angela's (Mayflower), and Sunny's (6x great grandparent) could have slavery involved but are much further back than great grandparents.
@BodilessVoice2 ай бұрын
How did she think that Puerto Rico learned to speak Spanish? Does she have any idea about the history of Puerto Rico? The ignorance is astonishing!
@RussVerbofsky3 ай бұрын
When conducting family roots research, expect to find the good, the bad, and the ugly facts. The stories the family told you may not be accurate.
@sulleys19293 ай бұрын
Stories may not be the most accurate, but the whispers perhaps hold the most truth.
@csnide67023 ай бұрын
ya think..?
@handsomeman-pm9vy2 ай бұрын
Be careful about researching your ancestry. You just might find out that your relative was the "Town Butcher." And I do not mean the guy at the meat store.
@joelwright43173 ай бұрын
You’re not responsible for your ancestors. You had no control over what they chose to do. Any surprises should be at worst merely interesting. Getting upset about it is weird and pointless.
@nancymoore12403 ай бұрын
I completely agree. I get tired of hearing ppl whine that they don't know who they are, where they come from . YOU are he person that YOU choose to be. You are not your ancestors.
@rosameryrojas-delcerro10593 ай бұрын
Amazing what we find out. Only a couple of my great grandfolks ever talked about thier parents (my 2great grandfolks) to thier kids. 3 of my great grandfolks were already gone before my parents were born. When I finally tracked my unknown 2great grandfolks (of 16) I discovered that 3 had dumped thier kids in orphanages, 1 of those had a second family later. Another 3 abandoned thier kids to be raised by single moms. Two of the men who dumped thier kids had long wrap sheets and were mentioned in local papers. 1 suffered from schizophrenia, and one died. The remaining 8 were fine. The number of dirtbag 2great grandfolks I have was unbelievable to me. No wonder why 5 of my great grandfolks never mentioned one or both of thier parents.
@66limelight2 ай бұрын
That's what I was thinking during Ben Affleck's part. He tried to hide that his ancestors owned slaves but why? He's not responsible and he has nothing to be ashamed of. But then, given the fact that he leans far to the left politically, I'm wondering if he has been supportive of reparations for descendents of slaves. If so, he might be pressured or feel a sense of pressure to pay reparations out of his own pocket. And as we know many people are very generous.....as long as isn't with their own money. I was also surprised by Levar Burton's reaction. He seemed disappointed and upset that he's just a wee bit Caucasian and that an ancestor served in the Confederacy. Such ridiculous reactions IMO.
@nancymoore12402 ай бұрын
@@66limelight Affleck: could be but it always seems to be about his image of himself. BTW, not all lefties are the same. I am very liberal but not woke or progressive. IMO, "reparations" is unworkable, and, frankly a ludicrous idea. I believe in free speech and JK Rowling, who is absolutely correct and NOT transphobic. Neither am I but hard science is against the notion of XY persons competing against XX persons. Old fascist men have no business deciding to change women's rights.
@Kate-qq3ez2 ай бұрын
You are right , we cannot look back in time with our today’s eyes.
@chrisprevatt6763 ай бұрын
It baffles me that brown skinned Afro Americans are surprised that they have some white ancestry. Most African American and Caribbean people are mixed to some extent. Compare Will Smith and Hounsou Djimon.
@annemurphy93392 ай бұрын
I believe it’s approximately an average 20% admix for black Americans.
@DarrenMoore-le6pg2 ай бұрын
Judging by skin complexion is not a good indicator of African or European admixture ancestry as many Africans themselves are not even Dark skinned. Having lighter skin is “not always indicative” of European ancestry for Black American people.* The Igbo people of Southeast Nigeria as well as the Fulani people have many lighter skinned people within their ethnic groups. Many Black Americans are also descended from those two aforementioned African ethnic groups.
@SarahAmaral-h9b2 ай бұрын
@@DarrenMoore-le6pg You are 100% correct, I have Cameroon & Congo Bantu and Northern Africa in my blood along with Spanish, Mexico, Azorean and European. My father looks Spanish (claims Portugal blood) my mother looks Brazilian (birth land) both of them have medium complexion. I am white as a ghost with blue eyes.
@Ahavameanslove242 ай бұрын
I’m AfAm, and brown skin. I got less than 10% European ancestry. This ain’t always true.
@norm-nas2 ай бұрын
@@annemurphy9339 I think 30% is closer.
@ncprealty38442 ай бұрын
Surprising, predominantly black actors rejecting Anglo heritage. The subtle racist remarks are disturbing. However, the host of the show is excellent and honorable.
@fuunygurl102 ай бұрын
I think that while the more palatable answer is Grandma/Great Grandma/etc had an affair, it’s important to acknowledge that there is always a distinct possibility that it was not a consensual act. SA reports are low now, imagine what they were 50, 100, 200 years ago.
@bigblackdogfiberarts2 ай бұрын
This was my first thought. I guess it is more palatable to assume your Grandmother had an affair than that she was a victim of the alternative.
@ninagezellie42062 ай бұрын
That's EXACTLY what I thought snd said also! They are being raped twice.
@jetwills72642 ай бұрын
@@bigblackdogfiberarts But lets be honest, the SOLE reason consensual vs non consensual is even being brought up is because in Ciara's case, the father was white, and this took place around the year 1900. Had this been a same-race situation, it would be considered "a passionate love affair", by default.. unless given PROOF otherwise.
@bigblackdogfiberarts2 ай бұрын
@@jetwills7264 Considering I know someone whose family has experienced finding out about the SA of a family member long after the fact (gotta love spitting into a tube and having someone still alive you can ask questions of), I'd say no, that isn't the reason it came to mind. Turns out Grandma wasn't sure if the neighbor who assaulted her was the father of one of her children or her husband was and she was too afraid to say anything at the time - late 1920s. Turns out he was. Husband, wife and neighbor all had the same skin color. The possibility is there no matter what the race of the parties involved. And as the original person to whom I was responding already said, SA has low incidence of report now. It was even lower historically. We shouldn't jump to Grandma was having an affair just because the DNA says Grandpa wasn't the dad.
@WatchingyouWatchingme-p5s2 ай бұрын
@@jetwills7264well DAM what was wrong with the white women that so many white men were creeping around with the black women??
@TheTwan852 ай бұрын
As a European I've never seen this show or even heard of it, but it seems really interesting. It's also a little surprising Americans apparently don't know/realize that a lot of people leaving Europe for America were criminals 😅 It makes sense if you think about it tho. A new continent was discovered with new dreams and new economic opportunities to be explored. Who needed this most? The people with the least opportunities in Europe. If you were already successful here you didn't need the American dream. That was mostly interesting for people of lower economic classes and convicted felons who didn't get a fair shot here after their sentence was served.
@Basauri489702 ай бұрын
That may apply to the English speaking colonies but I can assure you that when it comes to the Spanish territories in the Americas (they were never colonies since they all formed integral part of Spain) being allowed to emigrate there was for centuries a privilege from which the convicted criminals and outcasts were most certainly excluded. A very few with resources (at a time where most people were poor) may have bribed their way anyway, but generally speaking the authorities checked who went there and barred those not deemed worthy. One of the many differences between the English and Spanish approach. I have to add that this changed in the 19th century though. Once these territories gained independence and became nations, the admittance was set at a very low bar; actually there was none whatsoever. I'm sure many undesirable Spaniards (together with undesirable French, Italians, Syrians, Germans, Libanese... etc) migrated there, wishing to start a new life.
@fortheloveofgrey60452 ай бұрын
My ancestors came during the potato famine when England was killing the Irish. It was a genocide !
@rebelragz94312 ай бұрын
@@fortheloveofgrey6045mine too except they went to Canada.
@gracedelreal49552 ай бұрын
@rebelragz9431 my ancestors came a few decades before the potato famine, but the English were already encouraging emigration. The cost of passage for a family from Ireland to Canada was extremely cheap
@rebelragz94312 ай бұрын
@@gracedelreal4955 from what I understand they were sponsored by her sister and her husband. I hope I explain this correctly, my 3rd great grandmother and her sister married brothers. So her sister and her brother in law (her husband’s brother) were already in New Brunswick. I went to the Ulster American Folk Park in County Tyrone. They had a portion of a famine ship on display. After what the historian told me about the voyages all I could do was cry. There were 4 children and two adults. My 3GG was 4 her baby brother was just 6 months old. They all survived. According to the historian, that was highly unlikely. When I research my people and everything they did, I feel like a bum.
@icejr19702 ай бұрын
It's crazy to me that one would feel shame about something an ancestor did 200 or more years ago.
@complexity55452 ай бұрын
I guess it still depends on if you do the same things as your ancestor. Like if your great great grandfather was a war criminal czar. Now your brother decides to go into the same family business, but you disagree. That could cause you to feel shame. Ha...
@reginaldjackson79052 ай бұрын
Cause apple don’t fall far from the tree…u ppl know that
@willc66752 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong with being ashamed of family history it can cause change of behavior
@RedceLL19782 ай бұрын
It's every bit as ludicrous as current day tools taking credit for "wEsTeRn iDeALs" talking like "we built this" --nah you probably don't even fully know who your ancestors were, what they intended and who really built what and you certainly don't deserve any credit for it either.
@StrawberryShortcake123352 ай бұрын
I can’t help taking a little bit of pride in my trouble-making ancestors. 😊
@Constellasian2 ай бұрын
Some of these people act like they're not racist until they learn of their ancestral roots. The fact that some of them were disturbed upon learning they have ancestors of different a different race was telling enough.
@Lily-gs9iv2 ай бұрын
Your perception is not reality.
@thedreammweaver62742 ай бұрын
That’s totally leaving out the context that if a Black person has white ancestors from a certain time period it’s likely that their great great grandma or whoever was assaulted. But I guess that’s not a valid reason to be disturbed we must just be racist for not liking to think about someone forcing themselves on our enslaved ancestors 🫠
@rickdorn9066Ай бұрын
You have absolutely no way of knowing anything about it.. your assumptions in either direction is a waste of time.. @@thedreammweaver6274
@ffotograffydd11 күн бұрын
When African Americans find out they have white slave owning ancestors that usually means one or more of their enslaved female ancestors was raped. Why wouldn’t that be upsetting?
@Ariadne76-k3d3 ай бұрын
He loves telling people their ancestors owned slaves.
@gracedarlenemcpherson90793 ай бұрын
Yes, he does. I don’t like his attitude towards whites. I guess the blacks that owned slaves are ok with him.
@enn49832 ай бұрын
That's a big truth in the US. It is the country of past slaves and slave owners. You can't just swipe off your roots. The racism there continues to be rather shocking, and it was the norm just the other day.
@catherineholtkamp19942 ай бұрын
That's why I don't watch the show.
@gracie9797973 ай бұрын
Very odd that someone like Gayle King would imagine that she's all sub-saharan black. She doesn't look like that.
@ny3683syr2 ай бұрын
In old age I discovered that everything I'd believed about my ethnicity wasn't true. I always believed my European roots were from Ireland. I do have Irish DNA, but I am much more English and Scottish. I had no idea that my ancestors were from either nation. I also have many Dutch ancestors, too. On top of this shock, my genealogy is incredibly well documented as I descend from more famous people than you can shake a stick at, and that includes famous people from both sides of the Pond. My ancestors fill the pages of history books. I had no idea about any of this, until genealogy data became so readily available in the past couple of years. I can trace my family back for hundreds and hundreds of years. Truly all of this has astonished me.
@Xmaslightsallyear2 ай бұрын
Be wary of fake, for profit, genealogy. Im supposedly descended from the Duke of Marlboro. Yea, sure. I don't buy it for a minute.
@ellehan30032 ай бұрын
Which test did you do? I'm english born and bred with one irish grandfather. My irish shows up, but the rest shows as scandinavian mainly. I've found that many english people get this too, where english just doesn't seem to show up on dna tests.
@lavenderoh2 ай бұрын
@@ellehan3003I had the opposite experience. Most of my family has heavily mixed European DNA, but I got 97% English & Irish. Wasn't exactly a shock that I had a lot since my dad is literally English and on my mom's side her moms family were Irish immigrants. But both my parents are 30-40% French/German as well, and I only got 3%. They both have a small amount of African heritage as well. My husband is Indian and he got 99.9% South Indian so I do believe in the tests but no clue how I'm nearly a purebred 😂
@deborahjones52892 ай бұрын
Love your video, and loved the rambling stories 😊
@buggyroberson99223 ай бұрын
Levar probably thought of Roots and Reading Rainbow's episode about slavery...but he was also right about discussing family history with others to help understand each other better.😊❤
@RonGerstein3 ай бұрын
LeVar
@Lacesoflove2 ай бұрын
Roots actually was proven wrong. White people didn't capture slaves. Black Africans captured the slaves and sold them. Black Africans had been running slavery long before the North Atlantic slave trade. Black Africans still own slaves.
@lqboren472 ай бұрын
Alex Haley, the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, wrote, "I was just trying to give my people a myth to live by" in a private note to a critic. Haley also referred to the book as "faction".
@jasondashney2 ай бұрын
Watch this whole episode. He was really upset he had white blood in him. His reaction was absolutely disgusting and if things were reversed he'd be cancelled for sure.
@bonitamartin49542 ай бұрын
When I discovered that not only did my ancestors own slaves, one of them deeded two slaves to his widow and one each to his grown children, who did not all live near the old home place. These slaves, no doubt friends or family to each other were ripped apart upon his death. First, it made me sick. Then, I had nightmares about it. I now understand the anger and outrage expressed by descendants of these slaves. I shudder to think of it, but I'm grateful to discover this harsh and sickening truth.
@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe48082 ай бұрын
you should do more than shudder and be sickened, now that you know, you should dedicate energy toward making amends/reparations.
@evetsegap2 ай бұрын
@@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808 Present day people did nothing wrong and have no need for "dedicate energy toward making amends/reparations." The past is the past.
@sanr68162 ай бұрын
I really don't understand why any of these people are shocked that we are somewhere down the line ALL RELATED AND CONNECTED....God created TWO people and they populated the earth.
@tammier88602 ай бұрын
😅😅😅@@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808
@sve81402 ай бұрын
I appreciate your candor about the history of some of your ancestors but most of all that you can can feel empathy for the situation many of us find ourselves in as we learn the harsh reality of our family history. I feel the same empathy for you knowing how disappointed you must feel to learn this. I honor the forgotten ones who found a way to survive such harsh circumstances because they are the reason I am here today. Im grateful when I meet people like you who are willing to share the history which is our collective American history. Many of us are cousins!