Valerie Bertinelli's Link to Medieval Royalty | Who Do You Think You Are?

[@davewebbtheauthor]

Just watched her on a 2024 episode of PBS's Finding Your Roots, where she appeared to be surprised by her grandfather's background in Italy and Scranton. Did she forget this episode from 2014?

[@johngialanellajr8650]

Of course i am glad she is part Italian ancestry, but I like that she is 1/2 English. And she should be Proud. My family is Italian, but some of the family on my fathers side emigrated to England in the 1800's and my Paternal Grand father grew up in Victorian England (London) and we have relatives there.

[@beverlygens3240]

I grew up with Valerie Bertinelli, just love her ALWAYS HAVE!!!!!

[@freakboy40]

I always loved Valerie Bertinelli. Good for her!

[@patriciajrs46]

Always loved Valerie. I am very glad for her discoveries. Thank you, Who do You Think You Are. Very good.

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

Long-time admirer of Valerie Bertinelli. Nice video. My mom's side is primarily Croatian and my dad's German. I look more like my mom's family though, so I consider my primary heritage to be Croatian.

[@andreaconduff391]

I just did my family tree.. James Claypoole...is also my 8th grandfather.. Too cool... I'm a distant relative to Valerie Bertinnelli...

[@jturn103]

Hi Cousin. l am also descent from James Claypoole

[@jturn103]

He was my 9th Great Grandfather...

[@Mellie433]

Hello cousin I'm related to you through the Claypoole as well. :)

[@redwoods7370]

You have to admit she has an amazing and fascinating lineage.

[@marysinclair2468]

We all do!

[@ivydickinson8960]

Cried happy tears!

[@elizabethelliott3175]

Can't believe how much she resembles her mother. At :38, looks just like her. Same face.

[@kirsten1007]

I agree

[@robertrockwell7581]

love Valerie. also my oldest sister has done a lot of our family tree. on our Mother's side. she even went too the state of Tennessee where our mother was born. and they told her the best place too go was the library in Indianapolis Indiana that they have everything there. hopes this helps anybody looking up their family tree.

[@sonomawinetourdrivers3895]

Everybody was in love with Valerie ......

[@RebeccaKhan-fx7jf]

She should have her own talk show.

[@samuelpenn3126]

William Penn the Quaker was who the church named my dad after. Dad was born with a Native American name and to assimilate, he was put into a boarding school and wasn't supposed to speak his language again or practice their religion. We have Scandinavian in our blood line & the Penn name makes that deceiving.

[@butchbinion1560]

Very good for her. ✌️👊

[@robertahartley1]

I'm related too through my english grandfather... he came to Scranton,Pa. Lackawanna county too

[@redwoods7370]

I just love this.

[@cynthiapickett7403]

Very interesting story; Royal Family (primarily England) ancestry is shared with Valerie Bertinelli.

[@neverforever4787]

I have Quaker roots from England as well, the Janneys of Cheshire. My 7x great grandfather William (b. 1641) spent six months in prison at Chester Castle for his beliefs.

[@jturn103]

So l do l. l am also a descent of the as well claypoole familyas well

[@thegatesofdawn...1386]

Valerie looks so pretty here! She resembles her mother.

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

Still a beautiful person.

[@natashaa3883]

did anyone notice she got into the back door of the car and came out the driver's seat lol

[@ilovegoodsax]

That's because when she left from her house Los Angeles and presumably was driven to LAX. When she got out of driver's seat, she had driven to the library in Scranton, PA. Two entirely different trips.

[@ilovegoodsax]

@Amalgamaite lol --she didn't have the binder in her hand when she came out of her house in Los Angeles and got in the back seat of the Escalade. She was holding her phone. She was holding the binder when she got out of the driver's seat at the library in PA. You pulled that explanation right out of your ass, didn't you?💯🙄🤣🤣🤣

[@wfqsfg]

It was a sequence of the show. They needed a shot of her leaving her house so they probably had 5 or 6 takes till the director liked it. It wasn't necessarily Valery on her way to the airport. They needed the shot for the show. Then they needed a shot of her going into the building in PA. The director probably did 5 or 6 takes. The shot leaving her house could very well have been done at any time. The show isn't necessarily filmed in sequence. They might film the whole show and edit it and decide weeks later they need a shot of Valery walking from her house to the car. they'll go back and do it. When the crew is at a certain location, they will film all the sequences that happen at that location all together to save time and money.

[@englishrose4388]

What a sweet episode!

[@Melanin_Move]

wow!!! I was in tears!

[@johngallagher2941]

Still very beautiful after all these years.

[@billbright1755]

Gorgeous Queen. Amazing beauty from day number one. “ Bella Donna “ 🌹

[@zb2363]

Courtney Cox and Valerie Bertinelli are therefore related as CC is realted to Eduard I's son, Edward II

[@Missteree87]

I love her voice

[@OldLady-um9kt]

Hello Cousin. Yes, this line sounded familiar. Dorothea Wingfield is my 4C13xR. Thank you for doing the video. Hugs!

[@keithdouglas7154]

Omg she also linked to the American actress Courtney Cox's descent and British actor Danny Dyer wow 💥

[@roberthughes9856]

I believe in each case above the show stopped at Edward I and I don't understand why they don't mention his father Henry III, his father King John and his father Henry II. Only then do you get back to the riff raff, a mere Count of Anjou! Even here that "mere" Count was married to the daughter of Henry the First, son of William the Conqueror who was the 9th great grandson of Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor. Oh! by the way I'm from the same line which is why I know this.

[@BeccaJoyDowdaBriscoeMoorehead]

Dyer is my husband's birth name.

[@AndySaenz]

James Claypoole was involved with William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania! WOW, that’s huge!

[@victoriahouse9969]

I have ancestors the Dillwyn family of Swansea their earlier ancestor William Dillwyn also knew William Penn when the family were out in Pennslyvina. Also Quaker family.

[@AndySaenz]

@@victoriahouse9969Wow, that’s fascinating! I love it.

[@MrDCAB]

So; through King Edward I; Courtney Cox and Valerie Bertinelli are related

[@mandymagnolia1966]

Redbug 3 I believe Cindy Crawford is descended from a son of Charlemagne that became a King of Italy, while those descended from Edward I come from a son that became a King of the Franks. It's funny to know that Valerie and I both come from the de Bohun link to the Plantagenet 😂

[@tdearsan]

@@redbug3485 I have e threads back to Charlemagne and 2 to Edward I!

[@mandymagnolia1966]

Patriarchy cult Is the beast system - I’m going to assume you mistook my comment about Cindy Crawford for the OPs comment about Courtney Cox. Yes, Cox is descended from a king, but she is descended from King Edward I. A few generations down is where Cox’s family gets caught up in the investigation concerning Edward II’s death, involving Queen Isabelle of France as well. In Crawford’s episode, the final discovery they show is a long list of her ancestors, going back through a son of Charlemagne (a king of Italy) and, subsequently, to Charlemagne himself. Now, doing medieval royal genealogy, I’m familiar with the lines that Bertinelli, Cox, Crawford, and myself descend from. Many royals, not just Charlemagne, had illegitimate children, acknowledged and unacknowledged. However, the lines to Charlemagne through the Plantagenet lines are through two legitimate sons, Louis the Pious and Pepin of Italy. To your point about about almost anyone having ancestry to Charlemagne, yes, most people with European ancestry are related to him. I have found in my time working on these lines of my family that most people descend from a Plantagenet ancestor who is, subsequently, descended from Charlemagne. Most people are probably descended from those lines multiple times really 😅 Hope I was able to clear up any confusion!

[@causticchameleon7861]

MandyMagnolia19 I descend from the Plantagenet and De Bohun line too. Also Edward I, William the conquer and Charlemagne but then apparently millions are descended from Charlemagne.

[@mandymagnolia1966]

Caustic Chameleon - Oh no way that’s awesome! 😊 Which de Bohun kid are you descended from? I’ve heard the same thing about Charlemagne, where the majority of people with European ancestry could trace their lineage to him

[@chairde]

Beautiful handwriting

[@robertahartley1]

Hi Valerie...I'm related to Edward the 1st also! through his first son...

[@dianac2498]

My Noni’s papers from Ellis Island say “Italian look.” I only have one photo of her when she was younger and there were so many ways to describe her other than “Italian look.” Ancestry papers are definitely interesting.

[@danielarevalo7013]

It's charming how they create these genealogies. While entertaining, no one would take these stories seriously.

[@carltanner9065]

Why, do you think it's all contrived and fake? Hyped up...maybe, but contrived just for the sake of entertainment...no. The family trees discovered are what they are...fact.

[@alexcobb6919]

Elizabeth Wingfield is my 14th great grandmother

[@michaeldamiani3436]

Valerie's bloodline is linked directly back to William The Conqueror, and even further back to a viking named Rollo. He was the leader of the viking settlement in Normandy...

[@gardensofthegods]

We have Edward l in our ancestry on my mother's mother's side also.. as do , who knows how many hundreds of thousands of people at the very least.

[@gardensofthegods]

@?,?, a long time ago when I asked my mother about her aunt belonging to the Daughters of the American Revolution she said her aunt had to get the genealogy done to join that . It had some of the biggest names a French and English royalty... as can many people trace back to those various dynasties . (Some still live in England today And .. others scattered elsewhere yes including a lot of them in America .) Then eventually instead of kings and queens there were a few Lords and Ladies , knights ... until there were finally no titles . Our ancestor who came to America was a Quaker and came with William Penn on his second trip of the Welcome . And that is how genealogy works . Just because a family has wealth, ttitles or power does not mean that we'll still be in their family hundreds of years later . You should know this . Nothing stays the same; world is based on everything being impermanent and changing .

[@gardensofthegods]

There is something seriously wrong with your reading ability and it makes you therefore look illogical . Please do yourself a favor and re-read both things I wrote and don't bother me again . If you hate Americans I don't care .. and I think that seems to be your problem .. as if we have a choice of where we were born . We have some of the biggest names of kings and queens in our ancestry and then eventually they have no titles as is the case with almost everybody out there whether in England America or jebipp . You are so emotional that you choose to misinterpret what I wrote there is something wrong with your brain or your reading or both. In my first statement I already said that there are probably at least hundreds of thousands from Edward the first . Look yourself in the mirror and ask why you are so angry , my dear , you are not a happy person . Don't talk to me again as I see that you don't have logic and you don't seem to be able to read very well . Don't bother replying I won't be responding to your being a miserable person . I think you missed the point... with so many people all being descended from the same documented human beings long ago yes many of whom were very important proves that we are actually the majority of us all interrelated at some level. So just stop you are very angry and misunderstood what I'm saying saying simply because you became hysterical... you are a crazy hater and need help ... and oh by the way yes among those 25% my family also comes from William the Conqueror and a bunch of others... so stop it .

[@gardensofthegods]

Btw I love England and the English ... and never met one I didnt like .

[@patrickporco6972]

Wow ...she looks just like her mother

[@independentfilmfestival]

I am King Edward too...very cool. I met Eddie Van Halen in Thousand Oaks briefly.

[@julieplumstead3962]

Underneath James Claypoole’s signature is Francis Plumstead, could be an ancestor of mine.

[@elizabethwilk9615]

She’s a lovely woman.

[@charleshowell7855]

Everyone wants to be related to someone important. I want to see the villains in the family tree.

[@gardensofthegods]

Many of those important people were villains especially if they were kings and queens , you know they were responsible for a lot of people probably being ruined or murdered ... especially if they were involved with wars .

[@badatdota2811]

Edward I was known as the hammer of scots, he is the guy William Wallace rebelled against.

[@beboplady1542]

Lol!

[@lindakaye1320]

Edward I himself is the villain in her family tree. I would not be happy, proud, and smiling to discover the Hammer of the Scots and persecutor of the Jews is a relative of mine.

[@lisarogers9488]

I have traced my family back 900 ad and have royal blood

[@sammavacaist]

She looks like her mom, but with dark Italian coloring!

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

Dark? Where do see dark, you wearing sunglasses?

[@CherylGormanAuthor]

Edward the Longshanks and Hammer of the Scots! Wow!

[@methodmadness7508]

im scottish and when he said he was one of the great kings i almost threw up

[@73cidalia]

methodmadness I would have mixed feelings about being related to any royalty, especially British. An interesting history but so much brutality.

[@methodmadness7508]

@Thomas Johnson didnt realise they were gay aswell

[@cisumsevolbor]

I just got done watching the video of Valerie Bertinelli on Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show- a chronological compilation video of all her appearances. Saucy and loose stuff, I must say. In one of these appearances, she mentioned that she was on an episode of Who Do You Think You Are. I had to check it out. I don't think I understand exactly why I am so happy for her and her family's revelation. But I am. :) ...Maybe I am happy for her because I think I understand her a little bit, like I can relate to her? Hmm, no, I think maybe it's just that she seems so approachable. I bet if we were to meet, there'd be an actual rapport. I think that's what it is. Maybe that's the magic of her success, maybe that's the magic of most, if not all, celebrity successes? Well, then again, maybe Valerie Bertinelli is really that special and that's why I am happy for her family roots discovery. Just thinking out loud. ;)

[@ItalianRootsandGenealogy]

I trace back to Edward I, and most of the royal families of Europe through my Italian Caracciolo Roots. My paternal grandmother was from two Noble families in Italy Piromallo Capece Piscicelli and Caracciolo.

[@ItalianRootsandGenealogy]

Check out my KZbin Channel and blog. www.italiangenealogy.blog and www.youtube.com/@ItalianRootsandGenealogy

[@harrisonaparin244]

My mom says that we descend from Italian nobility too, The Pignatelli family from Naples is the family that we descend from, we think that our direct ancestor is Princess Faustina Pignatelli, oh wait, i forgot, it was confirmed by my maternal grandmother, when i first found this family and thinking about the fact that we might be related to this family, i was excited and eager to find out if this was true, and mom told me it was.

[@tuberaider]

So she is probably a distant cousin to Queen Elizabeth?

[@MrBonners]

Always thought she was a princess.

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

She made it because she kept her beautiful Italian last name, sounds like something out of the Renaissance. Claypoole sounds like a muddy swamp lolol

[@ryangerrard4048]

Lol any Americans that do ancestry and look up their family tree will find quiet a lot of English ancestry , it's been lost through generations but they were the majority founding European settlers in America

[@vduval52]

A real talent here for stating the obvious! Lol

[@ryangerrard4048]

@@vduval52 unfortunately a lot of Americans forget this 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@yvonnelewis4888]

Where did you get that information? It was my understanding that there were a great number of Scottish Irish, Dutch. and other individuals settled in pre American Colonies prior to the revolutionary war. Many Scottish and Irish were among the founding fathers, who helped write the constitution and signed the declaration of independence.

[@kathyparkhurst7005]

i trAced my dads sismde to shropeshire englan, my mom was from victoria chuaquiqui mexico

[@jeffwilson3527]

Huge number of Germans

[@babydolphin2423]

Rich people have always gripped onto power its hardly a revelation

[@deborahlauren4811]

Love this series!

[@C.M.30337]

What a coincidence that she's a direct descendant of King Edward I and she was married to Eddie Van Halen.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

Eddie van Halen trumps King Edward because EVH is a god and Edward is just a king.

[@tinydancer7426]

Does the put her in line for the throne? Can/could you imagine Queen Valerie? 😄

[@22espec]

Raise your armies Valerie, we will fight for you and take down the usurper.

[@bpe9578]

#22espec:🤣🤣🤣 👑🐎🐎🐎🐎🏹🏹🏹

[@walterevans2118]

@@bpe9578 ?

[@lillyval2008]

I'm also a descendant from James Claypoole, from his son James.

[@andreaconduff391]

Same here..

[@joshschneider9766]

I do believe claypool street in Philly exists if I recall correctly.

[@robertarnsworth2464]

Edward 1 was my ancestor as well.

[@AndySaenz]

Does this mean she’s British royalty now? 😱🤯

[@agriff1022]

I'm trying to get this in my tree. I have the English line further back and they are direct but my dates are different then there's and I think this clip doesn't show everyone

[@karlagoddard2353]

Valerie is my 16th cousin 3 times removed. 💖

[@danmartineau1638]

She’s descended from Longshanks!

[@jennifershelley6938]

Valerie looks just like her Mama. :)

[@davidroosa4561]

so both sides of her family came thru Pennsylvania ...........i knew there was a reason i liked her

[@robertahartley1]

Courtney Cox,Valerie Bertinelli,Brooke Shields...my cousins...crazy...

[@suziewheeler6530]

Edward wasn't english..he was a Norman frenchman...in other words a viking

[@adammoore7059]

Shut up!! ☕☕☕☕☕☕🍟🍟🍟🍟🍇🍇🍇🍒🍒🍇🍇🍇🍎🍏🍓🍓🍑🍅🌮🌮🥗🥗🥗🥗

[@paulgabolinscy2502]

No. The Vikings came from Denmark not France

[@suziewheeler6530]

It astounds me how many people don't read history...norman means norseman u dolt

[@katew.176]

@@suziewheeler6530 the Vikings were Norseman. Dolt? Lol calm down, Linda.

[@katew.176]

@@paulgabolinscy2502 but the Norse (Vikings) or Norman established territory in what is today N France. So the OC isn't wrong.

[@rileyhalls9301]

I think I saw that Courtney Cox was somehow descended from the lineage of Edward the 2nd.

[@beckyretka13]

I love Valerie. Keep it up and stay beautiful

[@Tantrum1701]

Why show a ledger with computer generated translation superimposed? It makes the whole thing look fake.

[@theexperiment8498]

Awesome

[@dolcevitausa]

She still looks like a million bucks...

[@toricolangelo9414]

The daughter of Edward, the first (Elizabeth of Rhuddlan ) that she is a descent from, her first husband like Valerie was also Dutch LOL

[@kairudzki8134]

Its just so weird that on alot of these they seem to be related to royalty , its either a weird coincidence or they are somehow doing it for the show because it makes it appeal to what the people want to see??

[@Greyscale11]

Nah, it's really just a result of the ever-expanding number of ancestor slots to be filled in your family tree as you go further back in time, along with smaller populations in the past, that after enough generations many people will find a link to royalty. In terms of it being impressive to find one, I suppose it just boils down to how recent the royal ancestor is. Mine is King Charles II of England, a 9x great-grandfather. About 400 years more recent than Edward I, so I guess I can consider myself lucky. The biggest upside is that you get to see links that go far, far back into history even beyond that royal ancestor, to older monarchs and those of different nations (those royals all married each other, after all) since the ancestry of monarchs is already so well-researched by others.

[@arcanemuses]

Longshanks.

[@BeccaJoyDowdaBriscoeMoorehead]

OMG! Longshanks is one of my greats grandfathers!!

[@carltanner9065]

Yep, Val is a distant cousin of mine. We both trace back to Ed I.

[@rubymontano1599]

Ah so cool I'm descended from Edward I too❤❤❤

[@sandracrosbyguerrero1284]

Its Not who do i think i am.It is who I know i am... (even if not what i like)..my cousin researched our Winders family tree my grandma was a Winders.They came from Windermere England & a Winders married a decendent of John Bell, of the Bell witch Hauntings i believe it as i saw the Geneological proof my moms side of the family.My mother must of never known as she never spoke of anything.Where moms family is from in Kentucky is so close to Adams, Tennessee my aunt use to live 7 miles from Adams Tennessee in Guthrie Kentucky...Those people stayed in that area for generations 1805 to be exact Elkton and Guthrie..Before that they all came from North Carolina.I am glad my 2nd Cousin took the time to research our family tree...You never know where you came from......Valeries a great inspiration to us all💘💘

[@mrss4278]

I just saw the who do you think you are for Cindy Crawford and her DNA goes back to Charlemagne as well!

[@bennyboogenheimer4553]

If only America had family crests. Valerie's would be A Roaring Lion sideways, over a bowl of Gelato. Just imagine Wolf's?

[@plukholleboom5456]

Duin en Kruidberg!! Heeee!!😂😂

[@Fireprince34]

What season and what episode

[@harrisonaparin244]

Is there anyone who knows what that word means in english at minute mark 3:04, it's ok if no one knows what it means, i'm just asking.

[@josepalomares3763]

And she was married to King Edward Van Halen.😂

[@cordelia81]

Especially when stars find our royal roots...am pretty sure its because they never talked bad about their fanily and

[@rinaarakelian9523]

Daley field

[@Tracy_R]

So Courteney Cox & Valerie are cousins... removed how many times? Because they both descended from King Edward the first?😮

[@RantingDev]

Looks like Val is a cousin of mine, and not solely through Edward I. :)

[@justsaying2847]

I hope a compassionate friend sat her down at some point and explained how geneaology works and didn't just leave her hanging with the whole "you're descended from royalty" nonsense.

[@Finians_Mancave]

What are you talking about? The video shows that she got detailed information, showing her family lineage (on her mother's side) going all the way back to Edward the First. Are you suggesting they just made it up?

[@alisonrandall3039]

So she is related to William the Conqueror.

[@Sicilia928]

Italian for grandmother is nonna, not nonni, which is the plural form for grandparents.

[@FreeSpirit47]

She was a playground bully who terrorized me at Bailey Lake Elementary school. Then at Sashabaw Jr High. In her book, she says she lived in "Pine Knob, which is BS. Unless she was homeless & lived at a ski resort & concert hall. The town she lived in was Clarkston, Michigan NOT Pine Knob. I was so happy when she left. When she married Eddie VanHalen, it was KARMA!!! Ha Ha!

[@czarina9205]

Hahahaha. Bitter neto. Insecure ka kamo. Kasi sya sikat, ikaw hindi. Pasalamat ka naging classmate mo yan. haha. Dapat nga mas maging PROUD ka pa. xD :P I know you don't understand me. Hah! I did it on purpose. xD

[@glennacordill8028]

Sour grapes, my dear....

[@shellybaby5th]

I saw my junior high bully while working as a charge nurse she was a nursing assistant. This person was horrible to me and others in school-children can be horrible to each other. You don't forget or always forgive but I will not let her have power over me. I spoke to her about her behavior and she told me about parental abuse to her ;she is now a born again christian.

[@dawnten]

I am so sorry that you were hurt Brenda B. I would hope if she saw this and knew how you still felt she would feel very badly about it today.

[@patriciadudzik6440]

Brenda B you poor girl I'm sorry

[@cordelia81]

And its a bit funny to see how it continues in aroyal line...

[@DrLeroyArch]

Malleus Scotus

[@paybackhurts2640]

Again they never say their immigrant ancestors 😏😏😏

[@markpetricevic3368]

Somebody has to move from somewhere they always focus on lineage

[@Highlanddragon]

Edward I is my 23x Great Grandfather through my Grandma Taft

[@belambelendreyssigrockfash]

Omg#!!

[@Shortstuff1972]

Brenda B Sounds like you are bitter

[@lilyofthevalley5586]

Valerie and I are distant blood cousins! Edward I blood runs through my veins. I am a Plantagenet and so is Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin!

[@wesleyashton9813]

in your face Dad lol