Lea Michele's Great Grandmother couldn't read or write!

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  • čas přidán 30. 03. 2023
  • Singer and actress Lea Michele explores her Jewish ancestry, learning about the experiences of her great-grandmother. She discovers a heritage including family from Turkey, Italy and Israel.
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Komentáře • 61

  • @nikmarie1829
    @nikmarie1829 Před rokem +24

    so sweet of her to carry on the family tradition ❤

  • @OliviD
    @OliviD Před rokem +29

    they knew what they were doing with that title 💀

  • @hop208
    @hop208 Před rokem +30

    THE SHADE OF THIS THUMBNAIL 💀

  • @qwertyboo
    @qwertyboo Před rokem +103

    That shady title 😂

  • @PopFizzPaperDani
    @PopFizzPaperDani Před rokem +62

    Someone got some revenge with that title. 😂

    • @dd2394
      @dd2394 Před 9 měsíci

      Revenge for what?

  • @selflovediva
    @selflovediva Před 9 měsíci +2

    Ohhhh this one gave me goose bumps as she walks her great grandmother's path and reads the transcripts! I felt for her!

  • @TinaHarden
    @TinaHarden Před rokem +13

    The Giuseppe Verdi is the boat my grandmother arrived on!!!

  • @dianevetter4260
    @dianevetter4260 Před rokem +56

    Many of our own ancestors could neither read or write also. Not so uncommon back then, nor shocking, as dramatic as this may seem.

    • @heathersmith8549
      @heathersmith8549 Před rokem +5

      The lady she’s speaking with from Ellis Island said that the year before her grandmother immigrated there was a bill passed that required all immigrates must be able to read or write in their native language.

  • @maccaveen
    @maccaveen Před rokem +15

    LMAO at the click baiting title 😂

  • @trojanette8345
    @trojanette8345 Před rokem +21

    Where's the next part of Lea's story? Don't leave us hanging.

  • @desired117
    @desired117 Před rokem +95

    Whoever uploaded this needs a promotion! 😂

  • @vicmram
    @vicmram Před rokem +12

    I am literally screaming 😂😂😂😂

  • @nicholasmorgan8881
    @nicholasmorgan8881 Před rokem +8

    What a tough story for Lea to discover ! And she is so charming throughout !

  • @Liv-hx9xx
    @Liv-hx9xx Před rokem +7

    Lmaoo yall r unhinged

  • @CJLAWLESS8
    @CJLAWLESS8 Před rokem +4

    I wanna do this I know so little about my grandparents from Greece

  • @sr2291
    @sr2291 Před rokem +22

    I don't understand. A lot of people who immigrated from Europe couldn't read or write in their census records.

    • @jennaredfield
      @jennaredfield Před rokem +18

      There's a joke online that Lea Michele can't read or write so they are playing off that

    • @heathersmith8549
      @heathersmith8549 Před rokem +2

      The lady she’s speaking with from Ellis Island said that the year before her grandmother immigrated there was a bill passed that required all immigrates must be able to read or write in their native language.

    • @dd2394
      @dd2394 Před 9 měsíci +1

      A tired joke that never made sense. She’s been in theater since 8, graduated high school, got accepted to NYU, at what point did someone believe she couldn’t read? Not to mention reading scripts all the time.

  • @sakisgr1396
    @sakisgr1396 Před rokem +2

    Does Leah Michelle even know of Anna Vissi ??? She is one of the most famous Greek Cypriot singers.

  • @TheRoadLessPaved
    @TheRoadLessPaved Před rokem +2

    I wonder how those records are accessed. My great grandmother was held for deportation because of 'Varicose Veins', duh! She already had 5 grown children waiting for her here. She was accompanied by her 6th and last who was returning to the old country after delivering her. She eventually did get to stay. I'd love to know what she went through.

  • @poolhall9632
    @poolhall9632 Před rokem +5

    Of large majority of people’s great grandmother’s couldn’t read or write - depending on your age.
    How’s this a burn?

    • @PopFizzPaperDani
      @PopFizzPaperDani Před rokem +11

      There’s long been an internet joke that Lea can’t read or write. 🙈

    • @heathersmith8549
      @heathersmith8549 Před rokem +2

      The lady she’s speaking with from Ellis Island said that the year before her grandmother immigrated there was a bill passed that required all immigrates must be able to read or write in their native language.

  • @DebHickerson
    @DebHickerson Před rokem

    Wow!

  • @lisaquigley-moon9583
    @lisaquigley-moon9583 Před rokem +2

    Mine came earlier from Ireland 🇮🇪 we're illiterate. But they came before 1860

  • @cherylkurucz8852
    @cherylkurucz8852 Před rokem

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @carrowcobb-cu2yh
    @carrowcobb-cu2yh Před rokem +1

    We looked up our history and we went back 10 generations and we never found a document saying we were from anywhere other than American

    • @lorainelevi2285
      @lorainelevi2285 Před rokem

      Does that mean that you'ew family was originall Native American? Ptherwise what you say is impossible.

    • @carrowcobb-cu2yh
      @carrowcobb-cu2yh Před rokem

      @Loraine Levi Osage and Apache. My DNA is equal parts Native American and Aztlan or Aztec with small percentage of Scandinavian

  • @The_Other_Ghost
    @The_Other_Ghost Před 8 měsíci

    That's where the spilling the seed story comes in.

  • @elainagilbert7663
    @elainagilbert7663 Před rokem +9

    Do you think the people who came up with the terrible "joke" that Lea Michele can't read or write might've known this piece of her family history? I doubt they were intelligent enough to go that deep into it, but it would be interesting to know if that were the case.

  • @tommy_kaira733
    @tommy_kaira733 Před rokem

    People came from all over the world,invited or taken....

  • @sophiee.h
    @sophiee.h Před 10 měsíci

    Thursday 30th August 2012

  • @douglaswright5689
    @douglaswright5689 Před rokem +5

    Then what happened?

  • @bonnitacazares7379
    @bonnitacazares7379 Před rokem

    My name is Bonnita

  • @CWazBroadwayBandGeek
    @CWazBroadwayBandGeek Před rokem +3

    So this is genetic, who knew.

  • @aftersexhighfives
    @aftersexhighfives Před rokem +4

    And then what?? How did she get to stay?

    • @karissaconway2719
      @karissaconway2719 Před rokem +1

      She married Lea's Great Grandfather who already lived in the USA having arrived a couple of years before her and became a citizen and that is how she was allowed to stay.

  • @0Y0L
    @0Y0L Před rokem +1

    When she asked about the conditions that she was held in, it seemed like she was hoping it was bad with the way she was pulling on her ear

  • @holsinger78
    @holsinger78 Před rokem

    So what happened next

  • @born2biscuit
    @born2biscuit Před rokem

    lmao

  • @YoosufMuneer
    @YoosufMuneer Před rokem

    Lmao

  • @birdie12345
    @birdie12345 Před rokem +6

    IS THIS A JOKE??? TELL ME THIS IS A JOKE. THIS HAS TO BE A JOKE!!!

  • @BRUNILDA_TERNOVA
    @BRUNILDA_TERNOVA Před rokem +1

    Sorry but if she was born in Saloniki and has the surname Veissi she is of ALBANIAN ethnicity and not Greek and not Turkish: In Greece the Albanians are known as ARVANITAS. In albanian is Veizi.

  • @amberblack9587
    @amberblack9587 Před rokem +13

    Hey it runs in the family.

  • @katarzynamuszynska5426

    She looks like greatgrandmother

  • @NerdManReturns
    @NerdManReturns Před rokem +5

    Well at least she can say she’s got something in common with her great grandmother.

  • @SurrealSaDiabel
    @SurrealSaDiabel Před rokem +10

    Its a family tradition

  • @aquamarinebaby
    @aquamarinebaby Před měsícem

    and so can't she 🤣

  • @Marcel_Audubon
    @Marcel_Audubon Před rokem +13

    I wonder which of the Ellis Island staff she bullied when the camera stopped rolling? probably the smallest, most frail person she could find

  • @carolfreeman9773
    @carolfreeman9773 Před 4 měsíci

    Don't know who SHE thinks she is, but I haven't the foggiest of idea of whom this person is! 🙂

  • @julietheodorou5039
    @julietheodorou5039 Před měsícem

    Do you realize how ridiculous it sounds that ancient Greece or any Greece / Ellas is Turkish. The ottoman empire was a hiccup as are all other empires 😅

  • @Marcel_Audubon
    @Marcel_Audubon Před rokem +17

    so illiteracy is hereditary?