When you find out your ancestor's a 'wrong-un' 😂 | Who Do You Think You Are? - BBC

[@linshannon4480]

"I'm sure Mummy has really nice ancestors." Best line in the clip.

[@annalisasteinnes]

That is *such* a posh thing to say, lol.

[@connieeveritt5704]

I loved that line lmao ;)

[@MelissaThompson432]

"Why, because I'm Welsh?" wasn't bad, you have to admit....

[@elenahelen8958]

Was about to say the same thing😂

[@djokealtena2538]

And now I want to see the outcome of that...gods I hope she has brigands & thieves in her family if only to mess with him some more😂

[@sebandrews4395]

“I had no expectations and was still disappointed” summed up Jack pretty well on this episode

[@willgilchrist7323]

He's both "stuck-up" and a "Marxist"? Interesting combination

[@mefford67]

Will Gilchrist I don’t think he “gets” it...

[@danielfinch362]

@ exactly the same person now a busy body who hates the working class.

[@wmascolin]

Allon mielke that's some bad bait

[@randomobserver8168]

@@willgilchrist7323 Remarkably common, in my student days in the 80s and 90s.

[@ladyblayd]

"I'm going to have to sever ties with you." "Why? Because I'm Welsh?" bwahahahahahah

[@tsotnebarbakadze2908]

who is here after seeing Graham Norton show?

[@zazah2008]

Tsotne Barbakadze me!

[@Nightseeker18]

makes watching this so much funnier I swear

[@mefford67]

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@KLH5252]

Tsotne Barbakadze me!

[@downtown82]

I don’t even recognize his voice!!

[@Kwippy]

What is clear from watching this series is how much time and effort the Brits put in to preserving their historical records. What's important is not so much to feel all guilty about things your ancestors did but to learn and accept what they did and learn the lessons of history. In this way you would hope to not have any more wrong-uns in your family.

[@flake452]

Most of our ancestors were just poor farmers, servants or factory workers who owned no land, had no vote and were not responsible for the crimes of colonialism.

[@Svvithred]

I have a huge variation of people in my line, some were agricultural workers and others had some very interesting and unusual occupations, one was Sheriff Substitute of several different counties across Scotland and was extremely fair for his time. I love it all!

[@connieeveritt5704]

I wish every Country kept records as well as the U.K. :(

[@kkibela]

Yeah I concur... There not much more dissapoining than meeting a perfectly nice person on a night out and finding they feel guilty about some shot their grandfather did.. Just by mere fact of not perpetrating that your hands are clean. On the other hand there are people who are proud because they don't know what else to do with that information.. Not so great

[@themaggattack]

Well, the Brits kept good records of their own. They purposely destroyed everyone else's. Irish Records suffered greatly bc of the British attack on the Dublin General Post Office.

[@sarahholland1375]

Awww, his Dad looks really upset when he says "I'm sure Mummy had really nice ancestors".

[@sarahholland1375]

@@Puuws I've seen his Dad amused (they've done a LOT of stuff together)& teasing/laughing with his wife too :that's not his amused look.

[@vickijones2013]

I think his eyes were watering LOL

[@jimbob9876]

@@sarahholland1375 you're probably not English so don't understand English humour

[@allies7184]

@@jimbob9876 I am English, and he did not look happy!

[@jimbob9876]

@@allies7184 him and his father have this kind of relationship

[@dyosaexmachina1751]

Jack's Dad, about their ancestor: "So what happened then?" Jack: "Well hopefully they beat him up." 😂😂😂

[@midnightfandoms8960]

Jack actually looks really sad when finding out about his ancestor bless him

[@ginnylin]

Can I just say that Jack has the most beautiful eyes?

[@lailatipping]

ginnylin he is just a generally beautiful person

[@malpete]

ginnylin exactly , it’s the blue colour 👍😁

[@lilywhite9109]

They do appear especially blue in this 😍

[@Knappa22]

Celtic blue eyes, like his father. Welsh genes will out.

[@cathyreid8346]

Exactly what I was thinking! 😁

[@luguy8347]

I adore the present day Whitehall family, they are wonderfully good, decent and warm people. They share so much of themselves for our benefit and entertainment. I do wish to see more of them, all. Jack never offends me, his humour is always delightful.

[@nienkehuijbens301]

Lu Guy for some reason i read this in michael whitehall’s voice

[@tugroti66]

@@nienkehuijbens301 he definitely fuckin wrote this.

[@Weefatgoblin]

He’s not gonny shag u mate

[@luguy8347]

Aaron Munro am closer to Micheal’s age plus female, married 35 years but do adore the lovely Whitehall family.

[@jackcloud4728]

They share so much of themselves for money and entertainment hahah

[@georgiakett64]

*"It feels a little weird, seeing your Ancestors laid to rest...above a toilet."*

[@simonkevnorris]

It probably wasn't a toilet at the time.....

[@redshift1976]

@@simonkevnorris Don't forget it's Wales...

[@JustBeingAwesome]

I feel like he deserves a do-over in the next season. Just so we all get to figure out if his Mommy's ancestors are really nice :p

[@Jennyfisch]

What if it turns out they were even worse?

[@BM-yy8db]

@@Jennyfisch "ah and here it says your great grandmother's original maiden name was Mary.... Hitler. Oh dear."

[@varisbloodarrow]

Hate to break it to you; but that will never happen. Professor Steve Poole is one of my lecturers according to him the bbc said that Jack Whitehall was their worst guest as he didn’t take it seriously.

[@LORGSW6]

@@varisbloodarrow I respectfully disagree, I think Jack took it very seriously. I won't blame him to react the way he did, comedian or not, if I found out my ancestors were that horrible, I wouldn't be delighted either. It's a coping mechanism. I think Jack's episode is actually one of the best. He represents majority of us. Not everyone is as lucky as Brooke Shields and Cindy Crawford with ancestors Lords, Knights, Kings and Queens. IMHO I think BBC should give Jack another journey going through his Mum's ancestors. history.

[@cursedspider]

imagine his mums are worse

[@thehallofvalhalla]

When you're posh and English and probably could've just assumed your ancestors were wrong-uns

[@nasekiller]

yeah, that really shouldnt be a surprise to him xD

[@adamsharkey9579]

#FuckTheToffs

[@ragefury1817]

And German

[@coe3408]

A Welsh mayor of the town of Newport was actually more like middle class.

[@johnmonk66]

whose ancestors are not? We all come from savages.

[@doctorx3266]

A fantastic lesson on how to be happy. He doesn't defend them or overly identify with them. He simply says that his ancestors were not the good guys in the situation.

[@ArranRWilliamson]

...because i'm Welsh you mean? best bit

[@Katielovegood44]

Arran Williamson 😂😂😂

[@TheSiobhan12]

Agreed!!! 😂 The poor Welsh!!!

[@abbiegailwylie9504]

I'm welsh and found that part funny 😂

[@jackcloud4728]

Very English hahah

[@lucymorgan8859]

@@TheSiobhan12 The poor Welsh???

[@SearchfortheMeaning]

Dads face at the end is priceless. Dad seems to be hiding his feelings.

[@18iole]

"That's amazing! He was not executed! This is the light of the story!" "Transportation was not a kind of picnic you know" "Where did he went?" "Australia" "Australia! That's lovely! Warm, sunny!" "Well, it's not a holiday, it's a penal colony." Ahahaahahahahahahahaha

[@AtheneHolder]

I thought that bit was hilarious too like bruh ummmmm didn't you know Australia was a prison lmao

[@Rel1369]

I'm Australian and 2 of my ancestors met on a convict ship on their way here. Decided to stay together and start a family...He stole bread and she stole linen or so they were convicted of anyway.

[@sexyhomeowner9345]

Cool.

[@ginnylin]

It is pretty cool that you know this!

[@Rel1369]

@@ginnylin My uncle did heaps of research, he found the ship register of all convicts on the ship.

[@azizanputra]

Isn't Australia was used as a prison back in the day.

[@EmVeeBeen]

@@azizanputra Yes, it used to be a penal colony of Britain.

[@maggiemacleod2369]

He makes me laugh and laugh "there you have it our ancestor, buried above the the toilets" love him.

[@dyoungtreanor09]

I want to watch his story following his mums side of the family!! “ ...Not because you’re Welsh, because your side has wrong uns.” 😂

[@hamishdavidson3368]

Actually to find out your 4 time Great Grandfather was a wrong-un statistically is no surprise considering everyone has 32 4 times Great Grandfathers. So 1/32 chance of 1 being dodgy is quite high. But makes good television though.

[@MsPinkwolf]

That's what makes me laugh when americans say their ancestors came over with the mayflower. Bearing in mind that we have about 2000 grandparents from 1620 it's highly doubtful more than a handful were on it!

[@yoonmikim5663]

That's only DNA-related, there are also step-grandparents and adoption to muck with the family tree.

[@ashleyschroeder9609]

Keep in mind not every American says that their ancestors were on the Mayflower. The first of my family's namesake came from Germany in the 1800's.

[@coleball6001]

MsPinkwolf The Mayflower Society (the organization that maintains descent records of the Pilgrims) say there are about 10 million Americans who are descendants of the Pilgrims and about 35 million worldwide. About 51 out of 102 pilgrims had descendants.

[@coleball6001]

MsPinkwolf About 12% of Americans are descended from the Pilgrims.Plus eight president are descendants of the original Pilgrims. While 25% of Americans say they are descendants of the Pilgrims.

[@matthewprice2626]

This episode was class. Finding out they're Welsh must have been a shocker. Especially to Michael. Lmao

[@melissahislop5716]

Someone please put the full version on KZbin. I was giggling through this one clip even when I didn’t know the whole context. Thank you so much, Jack, for including your father in your episode. 😂🤣😂

[@SmearCampaignsAreEvil]

Well there he is, our ancestor laid to rest, above the toilet! 😂

[@catherineduffy6061]

Omg I shouldn't Laugh but Jack just kills it and his poor Dad's sad face cracks me up! love these pair or wrong un's!

[@lhland6107]

Awwww, Dad looks so sad at the end....

[@bibtebo]

My great grandfather was a blackshirt (British Nazi) and moved to South Africa when the war started. How's that for a wrong un of an ancestor

[@nicoladavies3391]

Pretty good example. 😳 He would have likely been interned if he’d stayed? Have his descendants reclaimed their Britishness to get back?

[@qv8281]

Ah well we all have wrong uns as long as you don’t make the same mistakes it’s alright

[@Pbdave1092]

This isn't a competition. Hahhahaa.

[@sarah3796]

Haha oh lord

[@luguy8347]

Charlie Sutton Sorry, you poor thing, that is nasty. Mind you my step father-in law was a brown shirt teenager in Germany at the time, who adore his Hitler to the very end. And, we are Canadians who were always shocked by him rejoicing in memories, could not wrap our heads around his attachment. Yuck. Product of our times , we are.

[@BookishDark]

I’m a typical American in that I don’t know who these two are, but two seconds in and I’m cracking up - I love how straight up they are about calling their ancestor a snitch and hoping he was beat up lmao

[@AngelicaRodriguez-mb2ld]

Anderson Cooper had a similar reaction when finding out one of his ancestors was a slave owner.

[@bethb5374]

Check their Netflix series, especially the first one where they travel together. Quirky and entertaining!

[@Gecko....]

Americans do not say "cracking"

[@BookishDark]

@@Gecko.... yeah. We do. I just did. When we’re talking about laughing. But tell me more about where I was born, raised, and currently reside.

[@Gecko....]

@@BookishDark No, we don't. Literally never heard any of us say it and I have travelled all over the country. It's a british phrase, I watch a lot of British shows on BBC america. You are a weirdo.

[@johnhayes7872]

For a father son duo these two are interesting

[@jaclynjax8308]

You really should watch "Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father", on Netflix. It's HILARIOUS and VERY entertaining!! The 3rd season will be coming out sometime soon as well!

[@LauraBidingCitizen]

Jaclyn Cleveringa Ahhh thanks for that! Wasn’t sure if there was going to be a season 3 or not. Excited to hear there will be. That show has me in stitches every bloody time! Secretly hoping for a longer series & longer episodes (because clearly it’s so insufferable for them but hilarious for us.. hahah!)

[@Brinta3]

Jaclyn Cleveringa The first season was okay but I just couldn’t get through season 2. It was much too fake and scripted.

[@fioname3495]

The look Jack gave, at the end, says it all! 😂😂. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏✌🏼❤️

[@wilvandermeulen4930]

Love and jealous of the interaction of father and son, beautiful memories.

[@BKeny007]

A grown man saying Mommy and Daddy is HILARIOUS 😂 love this guy !

[@shellieeyre8758]

Mummy, not mommy.

[@sisuguillam5109]

I know it's been a year... but what the heck do you call yours? And when is one too old to call ones parents that?

[@lordwhitesk1n996]

It’s what posh Brits call their parents. Don’t ask me why 😂

[@klimtkahlo]

@@sisuguillam5109 in public I would say 15ish!!! Privately call her whatever sweet names you like.

[@sisuguillam5109]

@@klimtkahlo How strange... why would someone stop calling their parents mummy or daddy just because someone made a rule about showing that you love your parents is uncool?

[@elainagilbert7663]

... And he does it again with his mother only to find out she's related to Hitler.

[@StuartFuckingLittle]

haha yes!

[@morganchan2465]

That would be so funny to watch

[@xs10086]

For real?

[@elainagilbert7663]

@@xs10086 No, he's just so certain that his Mummy isn't related to bad people that the joke is he'd find out he's related to one of the worst of them all.

[@masonringbinder684]

....and Vlad the Impaler.

[@rachell452]

"I am upset, it's deeply depressing! I had no idea we were Welsh!"

[@jamesward-parrish2309]

He looked so upset at the end to be told his ancestors were wrong'uns

[@Quinten3131]

Is "wrong'uns" a word in english parlance? I've never heard it before this video.

[@jamesward-parrish2309]

@@Quinten3131 it is indeed, from the late 19th century. Wrong'un stems from "wrong one". Not sure which dialects use it most though.

[@stephanieyee9784]

That's because Michael has delusions of grandeur, Haha. Jack keeps his father's feet firmly on the ground. I've just had the Welsh Dragon tattooed on my arm for my mother's heritage.

[@jimbob9876]

Up north we refer to paedophiles or sexual predators as wronguns

[@christineseyes261]

"I'm sure Mummy has really nice ancestors." Awwww I feel sorry for the poor guy now. Naughty boy. I think you owe him a pint now after dragging that poor man all over the countryside. :) LOL

[@GreyCookieWeirdo]

His dad is full on inspector gadget.

[@a697ag]

The dynamics between these two are priceless

[@nate1066pollock]

This is so tragically hilarious. I feel sooooo bad for Jack.

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

My ancestors were just bigfoots, so I guess I'm safe

[@brightwhitesneakers687]

Just Some Bigfoot With Internet Access Well hello there..

[@tomtom21194]

Bigfeet

[@yoy58913]

I knew you were real everybody say that I was crazy but I knew you were real

[@Swaney01115]

You get around don't ya

[@caitthecat]

Were your ancestors really blurry, too? Does blurriness run in the family?

[@stephallan2543]

I absolutely loved this man’s full on🏃🏻‍♂️ love and admiration for His Dad. It’s definitely a great episode for me to WATCH...Thank You so much for posting! 😉🥰👏🏼

[@aycoded7840]

I love how he found something really interesting, and explored it.

[@williams2873]

Found out recently his ancestor helped send my ancestor to be hung, drawn and quartered, which he did not he went to Australia. I'm the descendent of Zephaniah Williams.

[@sheilasullivan1950]

But that's good. Someone had mercy in them and commuted their sentences. On paper at least. Maybe it was a stitch up afterall? Oh death for you! Oh no, to vandemonsland instead...gottem! Transplantation to oz. Rotten stuff either way really. But they had a chance in oz perhaps?

[@kbal1451]

@@sheilasullivan1950 It wasn't so much mercy, it was providing free labor to grow the new colony. It was tantamount to slavery for some convicts.

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

I love that he thinks his son wants to stay away from him because his ancestors are welsh.

[@AtheneHolder]

"well, here is our ancestor... laid to rest..... above the toilet" 🤣 I'm feeling like I want to hear about mommy's side of the family too

[@mariemuckle3179]

Jack please don’t be mean to daddy. I can see his eyes water, Jack.

[@BookishDark]

Holy moly that was hysterical. Hilarious straight through. Especially the end. Just so funny. Don’t know these two but I love them both.

[@DaleJMack1]

These two make a great show. Hope they do many more.

[@AsheshDubey]

Jack: "Should've done it with Mommy" His father: **gently nods head**

[@PtolemyJones]

What a mean thing to say to his father at the end. Poor guy seemed legitimately hurt. No one is responsible for what their ancestors did, for good or ill.

[@faafafineartist]

I love this response to finding hideous ancestors 😂 who doesn’t have em?!

[@kennethhwang3425]

iLindahLIFE Yeah, I’m quite sure that we have a few drunks in my father’s side of the family, along with some serial cheaters, as well as an embezzler.

[@noonoofulable]

I have some hideous relatives and they're not ancestors yet.

[@stahppls2293]

Most people on their ancestor: "Oh I hope they ended up alright..." Jack Whitehall: "Well hopefully they beat them up."

[@lisac9522]

Geez, that look on his Da’s face at the end...

[@maryaswell9943]

Jack’s eyes are all that

[@littlecatholicman]

"Why because I'm Welsh?" Lmfao

[@taniaphillips3124]

"I'm going to have to sever ties with you... because all your ancestors were rotters." and the subsequent pain on the man's face. Nothing like being held responsible for the sins of your ancestors.

[@Ikrell-Laires]

Jack is so freakin funny , I love his humor , he is so effortlessly hilarious .-)))

[@yvoryshade6969]

Nevermind who they are, I know I m the Shame of the family....!

[@crissy4445]

The way he speaks at the start I could actually see him being a pretty good history teacher...bad education got it wrong

[@LipstickArsenal]

"What, because I'm WELSH?" I'm gonna start using that line.

[@illyrusemperor9278]

Pulling your welsh card!

[@karensinclair4189]

These two always crack me up. Always feel I’m laughing inappropriately at them.

[@peterah7957]

I've also studied the chartist movement... It was relevant then as much as it is today....R.i.p Frost ❤️

[@quietastronaut]

"I think going forward I'm going to have to sever ties with you and focus on mommy" lmao

[@9301983]

Bless Jack's poor father, he is a good sport

[@TVFILMBUFF]

Turns out... Mummy's ancestor was John Frost. DUN DUN DUN!

[@candipaasche4914]

My great uncle x4, started one of the biggest domestic scandals in Germany that led to 16 men committing suicide and he was described as a contemptuous man who hated everybody! Hows that for a wrong-un in your family!

[@fernandaviveirospsi]

Omg, tell more please. How come these man commited suicide? And how he was responsible?

[@roxey1217]

Yeees I also need to know more !

[@gerose1964]

This episode has become my new favourite.

[@videoaddict961]

I'm a direct descendant of Cecil Rhodes and my middle name is literally Rhodes so if you wanna know about wrongun ancestors I can talk your ear off...

[@day-me-inmoodley3283]

Your relative was one of the richest men in the world at the time and founded the de beer diamond company , you could be absolutely loaded.

[@videoaddict961]

@@day-me-inmoodley3283 Nah great aunt lost it all gambling so my dad was poor af but I have a house in London so I consider myself rich lol

[@NoriBearr]

@Brad Sanchez are u a white South African? Cause of not I’d strongly advise to get rid of this inner hatred you have for South Africans. Those people were great before the colonisation. They were intelligent and have their own societal structure. They had culture and religion and history way before the so called civiliased Europeans came.

[@hanz3967]

He is no descendant of him anyways

[@videoaddict961]

@@hanz3967 Me? Or Jack Whitehall?

[@singtweetypie]

I love these two...so funny. Their show 'Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father' is so good.

[@francaperotti5934]

I love this they must be sooooo proud. I bet mummy has really nice ancestors I bet she doesn't.

[@Ice_Karma]

And Dad looks like he had that sprung on him, and is trying to not give him a piece of his mind. XD

[@francaperotti5934]

@@Ice_Karma I don't know about that I think it's an act and he knew this was in his family. I recently did my DNA and I'm glad I don't have any unwelcome members in my working class ancestors

[@jourdanwolf]

Holy shit the passive aggressiveness in this is strong 😂

[@anoshya]

The Whitehalls are such toffs!!

[@pandorapiam3374]

I just watched this whole episode.These two were very funny at times.

[@revenant7005]

My Grandson says nothing like that about me, so I think I’m good.

[@PriscillaMck]

He is hysterical! I should have gone with mummy!

[@CaitlinSk]

This has to be the funniest WDYTYA episode ever

[@Mana94x]

I love these two funny men

[@lastlyfirstofall2833]

American here with similar ancestry. Wish I could see the episode. Love Jack, he's funny and his dad is something else !

[@cookiealexd123]

Jack has stunning eyes.

[@R2D2C3POSKYWALKER]

After over 100 years someone will find that his/ancestor voted for Brexit and be depressed and sad..

[@GhostofCTC]

S S so will yours when they read this comment

[@jordanhicks5131]

Go Brexit! EU tyranny will never stand

[@Chilukar]

@@jordanhicks5131 Go Brexit - I agree with that. If you think that the EU is tyrannical you need urgent education on what tyranny is.

[@sgl0d10n]

@@jordanhicks5131 Hey I want England to leave the EU! But I also want Wales, Scotland, and N Ireland to leave the UK and stay in the EU

[@wynwilliams6977]

@@jordanhicks5131 Go ahead and list just one example of Eu 'tyranny'

[@NibberKSmooth]

Jack is very good at NOT shutting up.

[@BadgerUKvideo]

My thoughts as well. I prefer television where the presenters give the piece time to breath. I don't see a problem with editing the show to be 40%+ silence at least. Let the audience do the work.

[@EterPuralis]

Give him a break, it's his family. It's not like he had to do this.

[@RuthEdge-oh6ib]

This was the best and funniest episode!!!😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@nagelyork]

"Above the toilets" 🤣🤣🤣

[@bicuj9838]

Oh Jack we love you.❤️

[@RIXRADvidz]

those blue eyes just melt you

[@johnjones9104]

My 48th gt grandfather was ATTILA THE HUN 😊 that gives me a warm fuzzy feeling 😊

[@miltonroberts7948]

I found a "wrong'un" in my ancestry. During the American Revolution. Member of the Delaware colonial legislature, permanently exiled under penalty of death,forfeited all his considerable property.Lived out the war in New York City, and afterward in Nova Scotia.Only his eldest son was with him. His wife returned to Delaware where his sizable family had stayed.Joshua Hill.

[@joyasmr7666]

Jack never fail to make everyone laugh😅

[@Mrs.A583]

I love the fact when you start finding it you've got a family of wronging is also funny how they trying to delete it but once it's written in paper there's no hiding it

[@Andrea-xs4ny]

It sure looks like Michael was trying to stifle a chuckle at the very end. 😄

[@janegendreau484]

Too funny, Jack!! "I'm sure Mummy has really nice ancestors." USA

[@darrynmurphy4764]

Nice to see that Michael Whitehall is still living up to his ancestor's memory 👏👏

[@sweettea5692]

I have no clue who these guys are are ,but their funny. I couldn't help but to giggle especially at the end.

[@akshaysingh1538]

his eyes wow !!

[@MajorBilly]

"Was pursuing a band of armed Chartists marching on Newport"?? -Sounds like a bloody Monty Python sketch: Chartered accountants are mad as hell, and aren't going to take it anymore!

[@kellybray4151]

Just love Jack! He is so much like my son, but with a British accent!

[@thurstable1119]

The best episode ever of this show. So funny!

[@cmarq817]

At least this family tree gave us Michael Whitehall 😂

[@bababaghanoush]

His eyes are blueer than his coat!

[@agni2003]

“I’ll have to sever all ties with you” “because I’m Welsh?” 😂

[@Ryanboii004]

Being from Tredegar seeing him in the dukestown workmans club is amazing

[@umarhussain4519]

this is so interesting, I can only go back 4 generations and every single one of my ancestors was a farmer in punjab. Things only changed when my grand father's generation was conscripted to fight for the British (without pay or renumaration) 3 of my grandfather's brothers died. my maternal and paternal grandfather both made it back alive after going to Burma, Egypt and elsewhere. Not much record of it either. my maternal grandfather did lose his toe and often told my mum that Egyptian women were very beautiful.