Rita Wilson visits the birth place of her Muslim-Greek father!

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  • čas přidán 6. 05. 2023
  • Actress, singer and producer Rita Wilson takes an emotional journey as she learns of her father's early life and the story he never shared.
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  • @Sarah_Eva
    @Sarah_Eva Před rokem +220

    I found letters written in Greek in my grandma's basement when my uncle died... I took them, wrote letters to the addresses, and went to visit my relatives in Greece. In my case, it was my great grandfather who came to the US... I met the last woman to be born in Greece with my maiden name. I've been able to even bring my children to Greece to see their distant relatives. It was wonderful. 🇬🇷🙂❤️

    • @kristinamejia9738
      @kristinamejia9738 Před rokem +2

      Wasn't his village orai the same village from Eleni

    • @alkyoni9891
      @alkyoni9891 Před rokem +5

      @@kristinamejia9738 No, Eleni's village was in region of Epirus and this village is in region of Thrace

    • @lizaeleftheriadou7036
      @lizaeleftheriadou7036 Před rokem

      ​@@alkyoni9891 I thought Eleni was from Μani Peloponnese.

    • @voulampasilar5562
      @voulampasilar5562 Před rokem +2

      Μπράβο σου που δεν ξεχνάς τον τόπο σου❤

    • @ginaibisi777
      @ginaibisi777 Před rokem +3

      Well done for not forgetting who you are😊

  • @roddychristodoulou9111
    @roddychristodoulou9111 Před rokem +95

    Ok I gota tell ya that when she walked into the house and said , dad I'm home , as a dad of two girls myself I started crying ..

    • @mysteriousjz
      @mysteriousjz Před 11 měsíci

      Why? What does her self centered video have anything to do with you?

    • @roddychristodoulou9111
      @roddychristodoulou9111 Před 11 měsíci +2

      It's known as emotion , it's something that stone cold bastards don't understand .

    • @mysteriousjz
      @mysteriousjz Před 11 měsíci

      @@roddychristodoulou9111 you are just too weak, crying over a bogus video by your Goddess that you are bootlicking. At least, I am not a snowflake, am as strong as a steel. lol

  • @Konte1
    @Konte1 Před 11 měsíci +43

    As someone from the same area and same ethnicity Rita's father belonged to, I need to clarify a few things.
    They are not speaking Turkish in the village. That village is Pomak (South Slavic muslim) just like my village which is very close to that one. There are around 60 Pomak villages in the north of the province of Xanthi which are only inhabited by Pomaks and the area is known as Pomakohoria (Pomak villages).
    Our native language is Pomak (Slavic), not Turkish but we learn Turkish at school, it's mandatory in our region. The translator girl probably does not speak Pomak fluently so that's why they were using Turkish. If you are a Turkish speaker you can clearly hear the accent.
    We are South Slavic (Slavic and Thracian). Our Slavic side came here to the Balkan aproximately 1500 years ago and our Thracian side was always here, for thousands of years. Geneticaly speaking we are not related to Turks, at all.

    • @marquizz2005
      @marquizz2005 Před 11 měsíci +5

      Thank you for this clarification! 👍🏼

    • @Konte1
      @Konte1 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@marquizz2005 Thank you for reading🙏🏻

    • @liligh
      @liligh Před 10 měsíci

      I m confused. Mandatory Turkish in Ksanthi?

    • @kulmach
      @kulmach Před 8 měsíci +2

      You are not a Pomak because most Pomaks speak Turkish (with the Thracian accent of Turkish)

    • @Konte1
      @Konte1 Před 8 měsíci +5

      @@kulmach Real Pomaks speak POMAK, our actual language

  • @paulito5745
    @paulito5745 Před rokem +66

    Way back in 1985 or 86 I met Rita Wilson at the Beverly Center while we waited in line to get an autograph from Artist Keith Haring. She tapped me on the shoulder and said who are we in line for? I turned and said hey you're the Coors light Silver Bullet girl! We talked while the line moved and she was the sweetest person. So bubbly and Beautiful.

    • @star85827
      @star85827 Před rokem +1

      Ya? And then she didnt mind the whole jeffery epstine thing either... now what dose that say about her and creep hanks...

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem

      Why wouldn’t she be fun and bubbly? R celebs suppose to be depressed?

    • @jovicatrpcevski209
      @jovicatrpcevski209 Před rokem

      Whatever she ultimately is, she's 100% Balkan & beautiful. Gotta love the Balkan sisters!

  • @amynazza
    @amynazza Před rokem +51

    I have loved Rita Wilson ever since she stole the show in Sleepless in Seattle. I still laugh out loud at her retelling of An Affair to Remember. So glad she is having this opportunity to learn about her extended family.

  • @boykotgooglification
    @boykotgooglification Před rokem +22

    Rita nin akrabalari hepsi harika turkce konusuyorlar. Rita cok sansli ailesini bulmakla.

  • @bucurflorica4451
    @bucurflorica4451 Před rokem +18

    Rita, you did a great job! You' ve traveled a lot to find your father's birth place! You are awesome!

  • @ChristinaHellas
    @ChristinaHellas Před rokem +250

    If Ritas birth last name was Margarita Ibrahimof it does not make her Greek but Bulgarian Muslim... Pomak dialect is an old slavik one and is used by Muslim and Christian Bulgarians that leave in that region of Greece..

    • @Cua-tanet
      @Cua-tanet Před rokem +41

      If he was born in Greece, he's Greek.
      Also, she's American.

    • @stouellette
      @stouellette Před rokem +65

      here is another confusion, her cousins in this video were all speaking only in fluent Turkish language.

    • @beadmecreative9485
      @beadmecreative9485 Před rokem +32

      @@stouellette Greece and Turkey have fought wars and Half of the island Cyprus is Turkish while the other half is greek. There is a high probability he is an ethnic turk or maybe his family was from Eastern Europe but he was living in Greece.

    • @kalina_apis
      @kalina_apis Před rokem +26

      Her mother is Greek Orthodox

    • @koshchey_vg
      @koshchey_vg Před rokem +14

      @@Cua-tanet That’s not how it works

  • @merle-wq9ir
    @merle-wq9ir Před rokem +71

    Interesting!! My Lebanese grandfather was Greek orthodox and fought with the Greeks during WW11. Love hearing these stories!!

    • @user-xk4wj6ge5b
      @user-xk4wj6ge5b Před rokem +1

      Kebanese of Lebanese????

    • @user-xk4wj6ge5b
      @user-xk4wj6ge5b Před rokem +1

      I don't believe you merle

    • @merle-wq9ir
      @merle-wq9ir Před rokem +1

      @P-nut BriTtLe thanks corrected, thought I had!

    • @merle-wq9ir
      @merle-wq9ir Před rokem +3

      @P-nut BriTtLe Thats fine, I have photos etc and am happy with what we know 😊

  • @manoskutrullis7525
    @manoskutrullis7525 Před rokem +7

    THAT LIGHT ON YOUR FACE ENTERING THE HOUSE...PRICELESS!!!

  • @CuriousMind1011
    @CuriousMind1011 Před rokem +41

    Such a touching story
    They all seem so wholesome and friendly ❤

  • @alchemyofplants4252
    @alchemyofplants4252 Před rokem +22

    I met Alan Wilson in LA at a Bulgarian event many years ago and he said he was Bulgarian.

  • @johnisberg2699
    @johnisberg2699 Před rokem +4

    Rita is such a sweetheart. Very real.

  • @archeewaters
    @archeewaters Před rokem +55

    your dad was born in 1920 and he lived in greece. if they had anything to eat at the time, peas included, nobody would have refused to eat them.

    • @Happy7777.
      @Happy7777. Před rokem +6

      Greece have so many see food and vegetables and they cook amazing Turks too.

    • @helgaioannidis9365
      @helgaioannidis9365 Před rokem +8

      I wouldn't be sure about that. My father in law was born in 1927 in Larissa and grew up there. He never drank milk. Not even during the famine in 1944.
      Some children are very firm about what they'll eat and rather go hungry than eat a certain food.

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem +1

      These ppl r not her family. She doesn’t even resemble them at all. Paperwork was destroyed during the war. I think they connected her to the wrong family.

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem +1

      @@LGAussie sad

    • @nurlhaqchaniago6143
      @nurlhaqchaniago6143 Před rokem +2

      You must be a troll

  • @nonipapadimitriou6439
    @nonipapadimitriou6439 Před rokem +30

    we ...the Greeks are very proud for our Rita Wilson...i wish her Health and Happiness...her and her whole family..❤

    • @spasspas9789
      @spasspas9789 Před rokem

      She is not Greek and not yours she is Bulgarian, Trace Trakia is stolen from you Greeks Malaka always and again Trakia will be Bulgarian teritory

    • @haytch1598
      @haytch1598 Před rokem +9

      Thank, I too a Turk wishes her and her family the best, as it's obvious and written in the video at 8:29 that he is of Turkish ethnicity 💪🇹🇷

    • @rahmikarayol1299
      @rahmikarayol1299 Před rokem +8

      The whole family is 100% Turkish and Muslim, not Greeks.

    • @haytch1598
      @haytch1598 Před rokem +6

      @@rahmikarayol1299 exactly, if they could oneday they would even try to say the ottoman empire was greek too,they love trying to take what is our heritage

    • @MichaelMichaelidesGA
      @MichaelMichaelidesGA Před rokem +1

      ​​@@haytch1598 Why don't you ask her what she is and what she feels for herself? Are you afraid of her answer?

  • @dantealighieri9540
    @dantealighieri9540 Před rokem +4

    "Dad, I'm home." Tore me apart.

  • @safiyaambusaidi7620
    @safiyaambusaidi7620 Před rokem +3

    May almighty bless you my sister 🙏

  • @ramlahharun8632
    @ramlahharun8632 Před rokem +10

    Me and my friend used to send kebayas in this boutique in Nortinghill.We were so excited when the boutique owner told us that Rita bought one!

  • @Dina-ll4hh
    @Dina-ll4hh Před rokem

    Oh dear, that made me cry

  • @sls4558
    @sls4558 Před 11 měsíci

    beautiful story from a beautiful person. Thank you for sharing.

  • @tabithahoward6621
    @tabithahoward6621 Před rokem +28

    Rita is such a beautiful person. I'm so glad she's not like all the other actors and have injections. I love her acting and I loved her in now and then, the movie was amazing

  • @ogul.denizci
    @ogul.denizci Před rokem +80

    Ailesi Müslüman Türk. Dedesi, babası kuzenleri..Türk asıllı Yunan yani. Türkçe konuşuyorlar. Kimse farketmedimi? ❤️❤️🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

    • @fainafaina1940
      @fainafaina1940 Před rokem +5

      100%

    • @eksheerik
      @eksheerik Před rokem

      Kendisi aynı dinde olmadığı için kendini Türk saymıyor 🫠 sorun değil. İstiyorsa ben Yunanlıyım diyebilir zaten Yunan siyaseti Türk kimliğini hiç kabul etmez onlar genelde Yunanlı müslümanlar derler..

    • @olcaypoyraz1951
      @olcaypoyraz1951 Před rokem +9

      Babasının ailesi Türkleşmiş Bulgarlardır, ki onlara Pomak denir.Burası Bulgaristan Yunanistan sınırında bir köy.Bir kısım halk Bulgaristan tarafında bir kısmı ise Yunanistan tarafında kalmış.
      Balkan Savaşlari 1. ve 2.Dünya Savaşları sonucunda sınır değişikligi ile burası Yunanistan tarafında kalmış.Bugün de Batı Trakya Türkleri'nin çoğu Türkleşmiş yani ana dili Türkçe olan ( bazısı Bulgarca da bilir) müslüman bir halktır.

    • @olcaypoyraz1951
      @olcaypoyraz1951 Před rokem +4

      Ayrıca babasının irtida edip Hıristiyan olduğunu da söyledi.

    • @eksheerik
      @eksheerik Před rokem

      @@olcaypoyraz1951 iyide Müslüman ve Türkçe konuşan herkese Türk diyorlar bu kürtler ve araplar içinde dahil hatta Yunanistan’da Turkiyeden göçmüş Türkçe konuşan Yunanlılara dahi Türk diyorlar. Kısacası bu Bayanın babası hakkında bindiklerinin yanlis olduğunu düşünüyorum. eğer doğru olsaydı Türkçe konuşan bu aile üyelerinin konuşmalarını bu kadar kısa tutmaz birde onların ağzından Türkçe kelimelerle duyardık! Bence bazı kesimlere Türkiye’ye karşı alttan propaganda zemini hazırlamak için yapılmış bir video bu ve bu videoda kurguladıkları mantıksız hikayede çok kopukluklar var. Türkler kimseyi zorla Müslüman yapmaz öyle olsaydı Türkçe konuşan Yunanlılar hiç olmazdı.. avrupa tarihine bakarsanız ırkçılık ve savaş zamanı insanlara yapılan zulümler hep din yüzünden olmuştur. Babasının yaşadığı dönem itibari ile değiştirdiği dininin o dönemlerde insanlara yapılan zulümlerden olmadığı ne malum? Keza dün gibi hatırladığım 1989 yılında Bulgaristan’dan zorla dinleri değiştirilmiş Türklerin kaçışlarının yaşandığı tarihe şahit olmuş biri olarak gerçeğe tezat hikayeden tabiki şüphelenmek mantıklı bir gerçek.. son bir not, kabul edilmesi gereken bu topraklarda Yunan, Türk veya başka milletten yaşayan herkesin geninde bir birinin geni var. Atatürk’ün dediği gibi; Ne Mutlu Türküm diyene! Sözlerinin altında aslında çok büyük manalar yatmakta tabiki anlamak için çok felsefi bir yoldan geçmek elzemdir.

  • @T.S.1020
    @T.S.1020 Před rokem +2

    Madame Rita, you look so much like your dad.
    You have the same smile as him in this pic. 😊
    Regards to you and Tom.

  • @tugrulkarakaya
    @tugrulkarakaya Před rokem +106

    Villagers speak Turkish and actually translator (interpreter) is also a Turkish lady translating from Turkish to English 😊

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem +6

      I don’t think they found her real relatives. I think this family doesn’t even look like her at all.

    • @BalkanMode
      @BalkanMode Před rokem +8

      @@LGAussie The men looked a little different but the women can be her relatives. She indicated, Deniz, was her cousin. Plus the photo of her father suggest those men could be related to him.

    • @Thewonderingminds
      @Thewonderingminds Před rokem +4

      The """Villagers""" that you mention, do speak Greek well, and you know it's Rita Wilson visiting ....

    • @LevTolstoy.
      @LevTolstoy. Před rokem +11

      Konuştukları dil Türkçe, Yunanistan'da çok fazla türk yaşıyor .Ben Türkiye de yaşıyorum söyledikleri herşeyi anladım

    • @BalkanMode
      @BalkanMode Před rokem +4

      @@LevTolstoy. Yunanistan’da çok fazla Türk yaşamıyor.

  • @fisunmerritt2341
    @fisunmerritt2341 Před rokem +18

    Her fathers famıly was talkıng Türkish

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem

      These ppl r not her family. She doesn’t even resemble them at all. Paperwork was destroyed during the war. I think they connected her to the wrong family.

  • @imianco8079
    @imianco8079 Před rokem +5

    wow mind blown so many layers to that!!

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem

      These ppl r not her family. She doesn’t even resemble them at all. Paperwork was destroyed during the war. I think they connected her to the wrong family.

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem

      @@LGAussie sad

  • @laurietijerina3816
    @laurietijerina3816 Před rokem +6

    RITAS DADS, FORMER HOME NEEDS RESTORATION . I'M AMAZED OF WHAT SOMEONE GROWN AND LEFT IN THE HOME.

  • @ivanronin8209
    @ivanronin8209 Před rokem +11

    Rita Wilson Birth Name is -- Margarita Inrahimov ''' !!! She is Not Greek , She is Bulgarian- Pomak Muslim ' ! There are many Like her in Bulgarian Rodopi ' Mauntan around City of Smoyan in Bulgaria '' ! A Beautiful Place by the way !

    • @Aquarian55
      @Aquarian55 Před rokem

      Official bulgarian document shows he was ethnic turkish

  • @iride4425
    @iride4425 Před 10 měsíci +3

    The people who are saying her father is Greek because he was born in Greece and is a Greek citizen are the same that call her mother Greek while she was from Sotire, Dropull in Albania. Her mother never lived in Greece only in Albania. In all interviews she says the village "Sotira" is near Albanian boarder😂...no girl the village is in Albania, in the Gjirokaster county. Yes the county is on the border with Greece but is not Greece. The obsession Rita Wilson has with Greece is scary!

  • @mamanana626
    @mamanana626 Před rokem +8

    Very moving the visit to your father's home! Beautiful video like the name of the village! (Ωραίον / Oreon in Greek means Beautiful)

  • @simonenin71
    @simonenin71 Před rokem +36

    Her cousins speak Turkish. I don’t think they are from Bulgaria. The old lady with her cousins looks like my maternal grandma. She was a Turkish / Muslim born
    in Thessaloniki. I think we are all mixed because of the Ottoman Empire.

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem +2

      I think these ppl r not her descendants. I think the paperwork is wrong. They found the wrong family. She doesn’t even resemble these ppl. These ppl look Bulgarian. Rita does not look Bulgarian at all.

    • @simonenin71
      @simonenin71 Před rokem

      @@LGAussie you may be right, they don’t look like Rita at all as you said.

    • @michaelajonsson2908
      @michaelajonsson2908 Před rokem +2

      @@LGAussie She does look very Bulgarian.

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem +1

      @@michaelajonsson2908
      She probably is Bulgarian and half Grecian, but she doesn’t look like that family at all tho.

    • @BalkanMode
      @BalkanMode Před rokem +3

      Why they are not from Bulgaria? 1) her father’s last name is Ibrahimov. 2) they mentioned the city of Smolyan located in Rhodope mountains of Bulgaria.

  • @mariageo777
    @mariageo777 Před rokem +8

    Ενας όμορφος και γλυκός άνθρωπος. άνθρωπος.Ορθοδοξη Χριστιανή!!

    • @yoplays8555
      @yoplays8555 Před rokem +2

      Muslim family* just kaffar in his later years after he left

  • @mattlove4658
    @mattlove4658 Před rokem +11

    So interesting!Family history 😊

  • @angelapapa79
    @angelapapa79 Před rokem +5

    Her Mom was beautiful ❤

  • @aliciabowen603
    @aliciabowen603 Před rokem

    God bless you all.

  • @rodrigomellomelo9555
    @rodrigomellomelo9555 Před rokem +1

    best regards from Chile.

  • @imaginelovepeaceandhappine3281

    I was all smiles at first now I’m confused with her. I need to hear more.

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem +2

      I think they connected her to the wrong family. Most documents were destroyed pre-war world 2… She doesn’t resemble these ppl at all. It doesn’t feel right. I watch these shows and u always see a resemblance in the families. This is far off. They need to research better on this one.

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem

      @@LGAussie sad

    • @Ssookawai
      @Ssookawai Před rokem +6

      @LGAussie some of my cousins don't look "like us at all". Why? Because their mother is a foreigner from a different ethnic group/race. So not looking like your family doesn't mean you're not one of them.

  • @vasiliossmith2616
    @vasiliossmith2616 Před rokem +9

    They are Turkish Bulgarian actually

  • @patienceboafo1998
    @patienceboafo1998 Před rokem

    Huge fan of rita and tom😅❤😊

  • @MySmallWorld.
    @MySmallWorld. Před rokem +23

    Her Father is Turkish Muslim.All her relatives have Turkish and Muslim names.

    • @elenits.6816
      @elenits.6816 Před rokem +2

      0:23 here explains she why

    • @MySmallWorld.
      @MySmallWorld. Před rokem

      @@elenits.6816 If it was true. The whole Greece would be Muslim. Turks controlled Greece for 600 years. You would not see any Greek, Greek speaking person, people.

    • @lisasim
      @lisasim Před rokem +2

      Though they speak Turkish, I'm not sure "Ibrahimov" is originally from Turkeyie, the name sounds more like Bulgaria, like some people suggested.

    • @mehmetgulsen4710
      @mehmetgulsen4710 Před rokem

      @@lisasim It is Pomak. Muslim Bulgarian.

    • @user-qy4ov8dp5y
      @user-qy4ov8dp5y Před rokem

      Български мохамеданин е, който приема християнството заради съпругата си гъркиня. Другото е спекулация.

  • @red1asfary
    @red1asfary Před rokem +11

    Dad i m home! That's killed me 😢😢

  • @travelerUSA
    @travelerUSA Před rokem +7

    I find this very interesting as a Turkish American…

  • @cameliaturda6472
    @cameliaturda6472 Před rokem +1

    " Dad , i'm home 💜 ..."

  • @esinokur9300
    @esinokur9300 Před rokem +160

    It is sad that she denies her father’s Turkish-Muslim heritage. Her father was Turkish decent, as it is clearly shown in the documents was being read. I also noticed her relatives speaking Turkish among themselves. Peace Rita!

    • @SabinaAli81
      @SabinaAli81 Před rokem

      Most Americans are Islamophobic and Russophobic so doesn’t surprise me at all

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem +29

      Esin Okur
      It is sadest when people don't know anything and say their false and uneducated own opinion which come from no where.

    • @bedrioktay7635
      @bedrioktay7635 Před rokem +24

      Agreed with you Esin

    • @Cck883
      @Cck883 Před rokem +42

      @@user-rd8fs5yb3q She’s right, her relatives were talking in Turkish. Why on earth, greek people living in Greece would talk Turkish, if they’re not turks? Could you please elaborate?

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem +12

      @@Cck883 I have answer to this question in this conversation.
      Find and read.
      We can't learn from school books or on TV.
      We must search
      You think that such a personality as Rita didn't search everything??
      Honestly??
      They have their own language, somebody in the past forced them to change it.
      But they still speak between them their own language if you want to know.

  • @rosemarydement-tucker4111

    I love his birth name.

    • @user-pc1jf7py4i
      @user-pc1jf7py4i Před rokem +13

      Rita Wilson was born Margarita Ibrahimoff
      in Los Angeles, CA, USA. She is a U.S. Citizen and an honorary Greek Citizen since Dec. 27, 2019 just like her Husband, actor Tom Hanks.

    • @miriamh2551
      @miriamh2551 Před rokem +8

      I do too! It was an awesome name ❤

    • @rosemarydement-tucker4111
      @rosemarydement-tucker4111 Před rokem +1

      @Bbb Aaaa not sure what that means but... How y'all doing?! 😃

    • @rosemarydement-tucker4111
      @rosemarydement-tucker4111 Před rokem +2

      @Bbb Aaaa still not knowing how to process the language barrier but hope you & yours are well.

    • @mariajason3547
      @mariajason3547 Před rokem +1

      @@rosemarydement-tucker4111 you can just translate there 😂😂😂😂😂😂
      Unless CZcams doesn't show translation?

  • @Hamzakhan-dt3gv
    @Hamzakhan-dt3gv Před rokem +8

    Interesting 😮😮😮😮😮

  • @shoppingtherapywithlila-vn1nv

    Allahumma Barik, beautiful life story❤

  • @n.ff.
    @n.ff. Před rokem

    Is there part 2?

  • @bennyboogenheimer4553
    @bennyboogenheimer4553 Před rokem +14

    Oh Mr. Wiiiiiiiiiiiilson! lol!
    I'm guessing he watched Dennis the Menace in 1960.
    And no one was more famous the Mr. Allen Wilson, Dennis's eldrly next door neighbor.
    Pretty smart!!

    • @oldgordo61
      @oldgordo61 Před rokem +4

      Apparently he got the name Wilson from a local LA street. Mind you many immigrants who came to America changed thier name and surname for more anglicised name. It was part of the melting pot of America.

  • @latifah-1968
    @latifah-1968 Před rokem +3

    NICEEEE, 😊😊😊😊, RITA YOU ARE STUNNING LADY 😊😊😊😊

  • @akhtarmahmood6986
    @akhtarmahmood6986 Před rokem

    Excellent moment old memories motional feal denisty

  • @margrg21
    @margrg21 Před rokem +22

    they speak turkish. this woman is beautiful

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem +1

      These ppl r not her family. She doesn’t even resemble them at all. Paperwork was destroyed during the war. I think they connected her to the wrong family.

    • @davidbosnia4141
      @davidbosnia4141 Před rokem +1

      ​@@LGAussie they go on dna😂 ya ding bat if they can solve murders i am sure they can match people

  • @Quinnmanly1023
    @Quinnmanly1023 Před rokem +4

    Are you related to Ada Wilson. She lived in Corpus Christi. She lived in a castle house built in 1937 that was built by the ottoman empire

  • @ribnovonet
    @ribnovonet Před rokem

    Hi from Ribnovo To the Mrs Rita Wilson - Can İ use a part of This video ? Please... Im From Ribnovo Bulgaria

  • @benb6252
    @benb6252 Před rokem +2

    A tiny twist in the story turns a Turkish man into a Greek. Similar to Greek history.

  • @yegenek
    @yegenek Před rokem +8

    He is not Muslim Greek he is either Turkish or Pomak (Muslim Bulgarian)! Also they are speaking Turkish in that village.

    • @user-yj2iu5ik5h
      @user-yj2iu5ik5h Před rokem +1

      Да!!Само нашето младо поколение, на което беше натрапен турския език от гръцката политика ,след ВСВ......

    • @Konte1
      @Konte1 Před 11 měsíci +1

      They are not speaking Turkish in the village. That village is Pomak, like my village which is very close to that one. Our native language is Pomak (Slavic), not Turkish but we learn Turkish at school. The translator girl probably does not speak Pomak fluently so that's why they were using Turkish.

  • @arturahmeti486
    @arturahmeti486 Před rokem +46

    He was muslim greek, but all the family members speak turkish??

    • @zamzamkhan759
      @zamzamkhan759 Před rokem +24

      @Artur Ahmeti, actually they are all Turkish in origin, her father, grandfather, ancestors : all of them are Turks. They settled in Greece, so she's calling him Greek, but he wasn't Greek by orgin, he was Turk. That's why the entire family is speaking Turkish. They are Muslim Turks by birth.

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem +4

      It would be rare to find a Muslim Grecian. I think this info for Rita is incorrect. She doesn’t even look at all like these ppl.

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem

      @@zamzamkhan759 sad

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem

      @@LGAussie sad

    • @TingTong2568
      @TingTong2568 Před rokem +11

      @@zamzamkhan759 Many muslim Turks are originally Greeks in origin too. Real Turks look like those in the central asia.

  • @aliguled2166
    @aliguled2166 Před 11 měsíci

    be proud of your roots

  • @hebamadi265
    @hebamadi265 Před rokem +3

    This is a true American dream story ❤

  • @ntenimarkorareincarnation4182

    Love ❤ story of a Bulgarian Muslim man and a Greek Orthodox Christian women and the result the beautiful Rita ❤

    • @ogul.denizci
      @ogul.denizci Před rokem +5

      But, the old men were speaking Turkish language... 😊

    • @bdon4eva
      @bdon4eva Před rokem +6

      @@ogul.denizci Because of the very complex and interesting history of our lands. The Bulgarian-speaking Muslim community in Greece is largely Turkicized. Ahmed Imam, leader of the organization in Xanthi states: "In 2-3 months we can learn to read in Bulgarian, we know the grammar, it is our mother language”.

    • @bdon4eva
      @bdon4eva Před rokem

      @@ogul.denizci Българите мюсюлмани в Гърция са двуезични или немалко са изгубили българския си говор, тъй като гръцкото правителство дълго време преследваше говоренето на майчиния език и допуска образование единствено на турски език. През 1995 година Гърция обявява славянския език, разпространен сред помаците в Гърция, за „помашки език“ и издава речник с около 6500 думи. На следващата година последва издаване и на „помашка граматика“.

    • @bdon4eva
      @bdon4eva Před rokem +8

      Tom Hanks spoke in Bulgarian in the movie "The Terminal" to recreate the fictional language of Krakosia. Tom Hanks himself says that his father-in-law, Rita's father, was the model for the image of Viktor Navorski in the film.

    • @ntenimarkorareincarnation4182
      @ntenimarkorareincarnation4182 Před rokem +1

      @@bdon4eva yes I remember that

  • @ntenimarkorareincarnation4182

    He's BULGARIAN MUSLIM

  • @user-gl4fk8dk9w
    @user-gl4fk8dk9w Před rokem

    "Dad, I'm home!" Wow

  • @LT-tg4bn
    @LT-tg4bn Před rokem +1

    The family speaks turkish also the translator speaks turkish. They are turkish but greek citizens. 110 years ago this was turkish territory. now greece. 5k generations ago we were all one single african tribe anyhow.. enjoy diversity!

    • @eduardocarroccio6162
      @eduardocarroccio6162 Před rokem

      We are all mixed up in the Balkans if you identify Greek good on you👍

  • @georgielancaster1356
    @georgielancaster1356 Před rokem +8

    If I were her, I would ask to buy it, and use it for holidays.
    There is a dog rescue in Xanthe, run by women They used to get a fair bit of help from the UK. Between Brexit and Covid, I don't know if the rescue has survived. I fear it will be much smaller, now.
    Greece politicians have made it near impossible to get dogs to wealthier countries, unless legal owner travels with them, which makes it impossible to send dogs to foster homes, and also means it is very expensive to adopt.

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem +1

      I don’t think this is her family. Correct records in Greece were destroyed in WW2. It’s very hard to find true family documents from 1800-1950…

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem

      @@LGAussie sad

  • @fahmidalutfullah361
    @fahmidalutfullah361 Před rokem +12

    They speak Turkish! Wow!

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem

      These ppl r not her family. She doesn’t even resemble them at all. Paperwork was destroyed during the war. I think they connected her to the wrong family.

    • @Aquarian55
      @Aquarian55 Před rokem

      ​@@LGAussiethey do resemble her completely

  • @ramamonato5039
    @ramamonato5039 Před rokem +1

    I see Jaimé Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) of 'Bionic woman' here.

  • @mohamedsalem6014
    @mohamedsalem6014 Před rokem +2

    The tall cousin resembles her a lot!

  • @netasketa4097
    @netasketa4097 Před rokem +6

    He was a Pomak. An ethno-confessional minority residing in nothern Greece.

    • @BalkanMode
      @BalkanMode Před rokem +1

      Pomaks do not speak Turkish.

    • @netasketa4097
      @netasketa4097 Před rokem

      @@BalkanMode Some of them do.

    • @BalkanMode
      @BalkanMode Před rokem

      @@netasketa4097 Not in the house among themselves.

  • @KIRRAH1
    @KIRRAH1 Před rokem +7

    Rita's dad is actually Bulgarian😊 Muslim Bulgarian

    • @johngaytes-ex7nt
      @johngaytes-ex7nt Před rokem

      Its funny when you think you know better then her ahahaha

    • @user-qy4ov8dp5y
      @user-qy4ov8dp5y Před rokem +2

      Точно така. Сърдечно от България

    • @user-qy4ov8dp5y
      @user-qy4ov8dp5y Před rokem

      @@johngaytes-ex7nt Рита винаги е акцентирала, че майка й е гъркиня, но е спестявала истината за българската народност на баща си. Толкова по-зле за нея. Човек не трябва да се срамува от произхода си.

    • @blgram
      @blgram Před 7 měsíci

      guess what? Bulgarians are Turks:)

  • @TheOriginalGeorgiaFlash

    Alot of years past is the reason. It is sad that stories of family isn't kept or said to other members of the families. Alot of time it is assume this.....assume that...type thing. It isn't uncommon though. I knew my father was in the army but I thought he was civil service but when I did my own research and talked to people in army with my father....no in fact he was in the army. Found a army yearbook on eBay that has my father's picture in it. Never seen him in uniform until I seen that photo. I bought another book for the family can have.

  • @gulerozgur833
    @gulerozgur833 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Rita your father is Not just Muslim but he is Türk Origin, they speak Turkish. .

    • @user-yj2iu5ik5h
      @user-yj2iu5ik5h Před 11 měsíci +1

      Явно нищо не разбирате от история!!Вижте българските документални филми за баща и, който говори единствено ба чист български език, за разлика от младото поколение, над което Гърция балони турски език, по политически причини!!Аз ,също съм от тази общност-блондинка, със сини очи и висока фигура-такава е Рита и всички бълг .мюсюлмани, за разлика от турците.. .

    • @gulerozgur833
      @gulerozgur833 Před 11 měsíci

      @@user-yj2iu5ik5h Tuka ne govorim za istoria,yavno az razbiram çe horata govoryat po Turski.Kolko moje da bıde trudno da razberete çe sa Turtsi ?

  • @madmaxx976
    @madmaxx976 Před rokem +5

    Bulgaria for sure. But muslim living in greece.

    • @ogul.denizci
      @ogul.denizci Před rokem

      Old men were speaking Turkish. They must be muslim Turks..

  • @fainafaina1940
    @fainafaina1940 Před rokem +9

    She is half-Turkish for sure. Her relatives' features show that weather somebody denies it or not.

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem

      These ppl r not her family. She doesn’t even resemble them at all. Paperwork was destroyed during the war. I think they connected her to the wrong family.

  • @suluklu
    @suluklu Před 11 měsíci

    He was a bulgarian turk which stayed in greek side after the war as some greeks stayed in turkush side

  • @urbannomad8126
    @urbannomad8126 Před 11 měsíci

    Greek, american, muslim, christian… we are all just imperfect beings that are not kind enough to eachother.

  • @RusticFood
    @RusticFood Před rokem +33

    he was not amuslim-greek, he was an Ottoman-Turk :)

    • @huus5682
      @huus5682 Před rokem

      all hail to ottoman empire (play the mehter music)

    • @user-qy4ov8dp5y
      @user-qy4ov8dp5y Před rokem

      Лъжа.

    • @TUNC66
      @TUNC66 Před rokem +1

      Why does being a Muslim Greek bother you so much?

  • @rayblox4859
    @rayblox4859 Před rokem +19

    They were speaking Turkish, though, I think her ancestors r from turkey living in greece many many years.

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem +13

      They are people who live for many centuries on the mountains at the northern part of Greece before Bulgaria. Their origin language isn't turkish, they have their own language and became ottomans by force, before centuries. Turkey use them to play games at the area ever since.

    • @rayblox4859
      @rayblox4859 Před rokem +12

      @Σοφία Λινού it is always a choice. I am not turkish, btw. Stop blaming others. All countries have some sort of beef from neighbors, move on.

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem +5

      @@rayblox4859 I don't need to tell me to move on because I already do this and i blame noone.
      I live in the area and I know the facts very well.
      It's difficult to know history or facts from other places, there are millions of details.
      Sorry you if you don't like the truth. I have many friends greek ottomans and we love each other very much. We are brothers and sisters because we are just people who just want to be loved.

    • @marianasiou2641
      @marianasiou2641 Před rokem +7

      ​@@user-rd8fs5yb3q Μπράβο Σοφία έτσι ακριβώς
      Είμαι από την Θράκη και συγκεκριμένα από τον Ν. Έβρου. Έχουμε και εμείς μουσουλμανική μειονότητα και ξέρω λίγο πολυ τι πολιτικά παιχνίδια παίζονται με τις εκάστοτε ελληνικές και τουρκικές κυβερνήσεις. Με τους απλούς ανθρώπους δεν έχουμε να χωρίσουμε τίποτα, είτε είμαστε μουσουλμάνοι είτε χριστιανοί. Σε χαιρετώ και εύγε για τη ωραία σου απαντηση

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem

      @@marianasiou2641 💗

  • @cdnsilverdaddy
    @cdnsilverdaddy Před 11 měsíci

    dad i am home.... who's crying?

  • @oznuraygen7254
    @oznuraygen7254 Před rokem +20

    Rita honey you are half Turkish, your relatives speak very clear Turkish

    • @electra1920
      @electra1920 Před rokem +5

      It seems to me that you have not understood anything.... Study goat....

    • @nerimanuzuner8287
      @nerimanuzuner8287 Před rokem +1

      ​@@electra1920 And what did you understand and we didn't?

    • @oznuraygen7254
      @oznuraygen7254 Před rokem +1

      @@electra1920 all i understood is the language that her relatives speak which is my native tongue Turkish. So you go and study whatever you wish.And the name of the translator is a Turkish name by chance?????

    • @user-um2gc1ws6c
      @user-um2gc1ws6c Před rokem +2

      Her father's birth place is a village in Xanthi Greece.

    • @electra1920
      @electra1920 Před rokem

      @@nerimanuzuner8287 I said that You didn't understand. Don't say we

  • @fredae3127
    @fredae3127 Před rokem +7

    They are speaking Turkish therefore they are Turkish. Their names are Turkish as well

    • @user-yj2iu5ik5h
      @user-yj2iu5ik5h Před 11 měsíci +2

      Точно обратното-БЪЛГАРСКИ МЮСУЛМАНИН, който говореше чист , литературен български език, за разлика от младото поколение , над което Гърция наложи турски език .. по политически причини!!Сори!Няма как да разбирате нашата история!

  • @annakatarzyna9207
    @annakatarzyna9207 Před rokem +3

    Ibrahimoff sounds like East European muslim, like Lithuanian Tatars.

  • @art-tour
    @art-tour Před rokem

    👏👏👏❤👌👌👌

  • @susanarsoniadou
    @susanarsoniadou Před rokem +1

    I went to Xanthi .Could not adjust since it was Greek but too Muslim...Would turn around and hear someone say ," Sous Bey".

    • @BalkanMode
      @BalkanMode Před rokem +1

      That means “hush” in Turkish. Are you suggesting these bad Turks were preventing Greeks from speakin? 😅

  • @ashleyriblet2326
    @ashleyriblet2326 Před rokem +3

    It is so sad that she has just come to visit her cousins. 😢

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem +1

      I don’t think they found her real relatives. They do not look like her at all. Paper trails r hard to find in Greece since WW2. Most were destroyed. Only after it was possible to trace family.

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem

      @@LGAussie sad

  • @tulip3722
    @tulip3722 Před rokem +16

    Rita’s father’s home set up is very similar to my Kurdish grandparents home in Iran. They had a room to dry the tobacco and one room stored wheat and another room all the butters and yogurt and some other similar food was stored I haven’t been back since 1975 I miss it so much but unfortunately I can’t go back. Hopefully one day when Islamic Republic is gone I will visit my family home

    • @Ramparts2009
      @Ramparts2009 Před rokem +4

      They are Turkish speaking

    • @tulip3722
      @tulip3722 Před rokem +3

      @@Ramparts2009 I heard they were speaking Turkish

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem

      She doesn’t resemble these ppl at all. I think they connected her completely to the wrong ppl. It doesn’t feel right at all. Plus, they aren’t speaking Grecian. Sounds Bulgarian or Turkish??

    • @user-rd8fs5yb3q
      @user-rd8fs5yb3q Před rokem

      @@LGAussie sad

    • @nurlhaqchaniago6143
      @nurlhaqchaniago6143 Před rokem

      Not sad

  • @avyrose9198
    @avyrose9198 Před rokem +1

    N'est ce pas la femme de Tom Hanks? L'acteur americain?

  • @elenipszenny5982
    @elenipszenny5982 Před rokem +2

    We're probably related...lol! :)

  • @thevorias
    @thevorias Před rokem +13

    He was pomak ……Bulgarian Greek whatever …just lines ñ paper

    • @cs296
      @cs296 Před rokem +2

      Καλύτερα να διαβάσεις για τους Πομακους ξανά.

    • @ogul.denizci
      @ogul.denizci Před rokem +2

      Müslüman Türk asıllı Yunan. Türkçe konuşuyorlar, görmüyormusun? 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷❤️❤️

  • @accobra4272
    @accobra4272 Před rokem +6

    Ωραιο in greek means beautiful and its the village outside Ξανθη (Xanthi) Greece🇬🇷

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

    4 October 2012

  •  Před rokem

    Rita'nın yakınları Türkçe konuşuyorlar.. Pomak diyorlar. Ama Fars dilinde Turk kelimesi güzel yakışıklı anlamında kullanılır.

  • @sevilly
    @sevilly Před rokem +5

    Her cousins speak Turkish

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem +1

      These ppl r not her family. She doesn’t even resemble them at all. Paperwork was destroyed during the war. I think they connected her to the wrong family.

  • @jimmykahn5431
    @jimmykahn5431 Před rokem +2

    Boris Johnson is of Turkish descent

  • @vedatakcakoca4792
    @vedatakcakoca4792 Před rokem

    Rita Wilson saniyorum ki Sen Balkan Savaslarindaki Iskender Beyin Torunusun! Olmasan bile onun filmini izlemeni tavsiye ederim. 4-5 Bölümlük bir Seri!

    • @TUNC66
      @TUNC66 Před rokem

      Teshisi koymussun hemen hahahhahahaha.

  • @aprilsky8474
    @aprilsky8474 Před rokem +5

    So she's half Greek and half Bulgarian or Turkish.

    • @BalkanMode
      @BalkanMode Před rokem

      I can say with certainty a Turkish background from Bulgaria. Not sure if there is any Greek there. This is Balkans where people tend to marry their kind.

    • @loveintheend89
      @loveintheend89 Před rokem

      @@BalkanMode Her mother is Greek.

    • @BalkanMode
      @BalkanMode Před rokem

      @@loveintheend89 I was talking about her father.

  • @hysnijederguti
    @hysnijederguti Před rokem +4

    Rita, my dear. Your Family have been Arvanitas ALBANIAN. ❤🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

  • @hakksrr1043
    @hakksrr1043 Před rokem +1

    Since he changed his name and got married in the church, being a muslim and a turk in America at that time caused you trouble or he felt like that.

  • @user-iu3ng7om5w
    @user-iu3ng7om5w Před rokem +2

    The last name Ibrahimov this is how names end in Bulgaria .During the wars, the borders shift and the people who live there end up in another country .Separated families during socialism it is a tragedy for these people .

    • @BalkanMode
      @BalkanMode Před rokem

      My father had the same last name, Ibrahimov. His grandfather’s family escaped from a village of Pazardzik to northern Greece and stayed there for a year in 1878 war. After that they returned to the burnt village. But I understand many refugees didn’t return.

    • @user-iu3ng7om5w
      @user-iu3ng7om5w Před rokem

      @@BalkanMode It was very hard , the life of refugees ,sacrificed destinies because of politics of the big countries

    • @BalkanMode
      @BalkanMode Před rokem +1

      @@user-iu3ng7om5w Big and small. The nation building is a terrible process which requires lies, fabrication, and agreed upon lies which causes suffering.

    • @user-iu3ng7om5w
      @user-iu3ng7om5w Před rokem

      @@BalkanMode Yes unfortunately

  • @hypatia3063
    @hypatia3063 Před rokem +11

    He is basically from Turkish origin who lived close to the Turkish border of Greece. I understand everything that they are talking in Turkish. Amazing story indeed.

    • @minskdhaka
      @minskdhaka Před 11 měsíci +3

      No, he was a Pomak. They're speaking Turkish because the translator (Deniz Hacıhalil) is an ethnic Turk.

    • @bizmyurt8582
      @bizmyurt8582 Před 11 měsíci

      No they spoke Turkish between each other too and I am not sure pomaks know Turkish especially women.

    • @user-yj2iu5ik5h
      @user-yj2iu5ik5h Před 11 měsíci +2

      ​@@bizmyurt8582Точно обратното!!Той е чистокръвни българин и всички от неговото поколение знаят само български, за разлика от младото поколение, над което Гърция наложи изучаването на турски език.За жалост!!

  • @gulsumgurel7879
    @gulsumgurel7879 Před rokem +6

    they speak Turkish

    • @LGAussie
      @LGAussie Před rokem

      Has to be incorrect family. They don’t look like her.