So in this episode Andy Samberg, a jewish man, finds out he's also part italian. Meanwhile George R.R. Martin, a part Italian, finds out he's actually part Jewish.
The fact that GRRM is a secret bastard and he has been unknowingly writing his own story into Jon Snow is one of the craziest things I think I will ever see.
The picture of Andy's grandparents on a date, blows my mind! What are the chances that this picture existed and that Salvatore kept it. It must have been a fond memory for him.
what a great observation! I never considered it, but you're right - Salvatore held onto his memories of Ellen until he died, not even mentioning her to his children.
@@charlesbadoola535 why would he kept the photo if it was just a meaningless fling for him. Also (just my observation) he looks much happier in the photo than she does....maybe it was her who broke it off. It was her who never had any other children, he on the other hand, did. It is so fascinating. She lived until 2007. It is so sad that Andy's mom didn't get to meet her, but Ellen might not want to be found… Andy’s mom made it clear to the adopting agency (since 1989) that she is interested in meeting her biological parents. To think that Ellen might have even seen her grandson on TV…It is all just very fascinating…and the fact that she (Ellen) worked with children…fascinating!
@@louvretreekay12_ Because many things could've prevented them from finding the birth family, and many more could've prevented them from ever meeting them (they could've refused, they could've not existed if Salvatore did not have more children, they could've already died, etc.) It's weird that you think H M's statement is weird.
@@andrewbolton9049 You think the point of the show is to find the birth families of celebrities' adopted parents, and then arranging for everyone to meet? And even if it were, why piss on someone else's heartwarming feeling?
@@louvretreekay12_ No one said they felt a bond, but it was mentioned that Andy's mom had wanted to know about her birth family for years. So it's heartwarming that she got to fill that emotional need. And maybe they did indeed feel a bond -- there are adopted people who feel a bond with people they are biologically related to, while there are other adopted people only feel a family type bond with their adopted families. There's no need to judge either approach; adopted people can process their pasts in many different ways without any of the approaches being bad or wrong. But I suppose not everyone understands other people's feelings either, so nothing prevents you from thinking feeling a bond is weird
@@jacovanwyk4824 dude you started the rant and i dont even know why. Take a chill pill will ya? I was not veing disrespectful to anyone. I was just observing following my logic, which might be wrong, that just because someone looks like me it doesnt make any sense ( for me again) to feel any connection, bond or curiosity. Actors look alike sometimes, they don’t hang out or relax togheter. The fact that someone feels a ‘heartearming feeling’ it noted, but my question is ‘why’?
When you think about it on how they managed to find not just the mother, but the father that they had absolutely no connection whatsoever besides DNA from Andy's mother, and then we're able to pinpoint how they met and where, it just blows your mind. But the cherry on top is the photo that the family kept with the unknown lady ending up to be Andy's grandmother. Wow. Just...wow. That's a movie right there.
Of course, Andy Samberg has to find out that he descends from cool, opinionated, free-thinking people. These grandparents so fit his own personality. Andy has his granddad's smile. And Jake Peralta character was developed as half-Italian. Amazing, so glad for Andy and his mother!
Kudos to the "finding your roots" team, the way they tracked down both of Andy's biological grandparents is simply amazing. Also, finding out that George's granpa wasn't actually his grandpa was quite the plot twist 🤣
They probably run away because already in 1938 in Germany Jewish people were attacked & it was easy to predict harder times are coming. Just many people didn't want to leave property they had & were hoping bad times will blow over.
That photo at the end...was SO friggin heartwarming. To go from not even knowing who your parents are, to having a photo of the both of them on a date is phenomenal. ❤️❤️🥰 So heartwarming. Bravo!
The Phillipsborns come from a German village that was integrated into the Potsdam-Babelsberg a few decades ago. Potsdam-Babelsberg is the home of the German film industry - and now an heir of the Phillipsborns works in Hollywood. Kind of crazy how many coincidences there are in that story.
@@thaislombardiscavazzini3270 funny how he focuses on the glasses, and the question about his mom's resemblance to his appearance czcams.com/video/GQuUGxshIQg/video.html how about his own face? right?
Andy Sambergs grandfather was a very dashing looking man. Was also nice to see the photo of both of his grandparents both together on what looks like a date
I find it cute that andys grandma didn't have another kid but worked with kids. It feels truly like a "I'm doing this so you can have a better life than i can provide" sitch, especially since she seems to have learned from the lesson and didn't have more kids.
It sounds like "making up" for it. Working with kids but not having one knowing that it was biologically possible (assuming nothing went wrong) to me means she was a mistery. She liked to work with kids but she didn't wanted to be the mother of one. Its like that saying: I adore other people's kids but I don't want to have my own!
@@sitcomsTV Most probably she wanted to be a mother, but she wasn't married to nor together with the father of her child.... in those days that would have been problematic.... that's probably why she gave her child up for adoption ...
@@AndreUtrecht Probably. But it doesn't explain the after that. She remain single and with no children. That is highly uncommon. You see docs about women that had their kids stolen because they were young pregnant teens or women that gave their babies and later on when the "baby" wants to know about the biological mother they find a lot of siblings and they realize the person moved on and built a family life. i just think it is weird. Uncommon. You know another thing that women could not do back then? To assume a lesbian relationship. They would share apartments with fellow mates and sometimes that was the facade so they could be together. Not saying it was the case, of course.
@@sitcomsTV You're only assuming here.... I am not a woman... but if I were... and I had to give away a child to an adoption agency... I'd be so traumatised I would not be able to have another child... And it is not unnatural or uncommon for women not to want to have children of their own... it could also have been an unplanned accident, getting pregnant... not all women want to be mothers, not even when they like to work with children...
I'm not crying, I'm just happy for Andy's mom ! I'm glad he also can connect with a new branch of himself, it looks like he has a lot of both biological grandparents, don't forget many of who we are come from the grandparents. What an amazing show is "Finding your roots".
It’s so cool that Salvatore was a metal working artist and his father was a blacksmith. And at the same time Andy’s mother and her mother both worked with children… makes me think that talent/skill is somewhat inherited.
I mean, to me it makes more sense that Andy's mother works with children because she herself was abandoned by her birth mother. I also found it a bit ironic that his grandmother worked with children as well, even tho she abandoned her own.
@@Raffalius putting a child up for adoption can be because of so many things, abortion wasn't an option for the most part at this period of history. I dont know that 'abandoned' is a good word for it
@@Raffalius don’t you think that’s a bit harsh? She did what she had to, being a single mom in this time because you had fun with a sailor? Back then you had your child quietly and gave it up for adoption. She did what was best for her child!
Love how India gets mentioned in the most random places and leaves me with a little bit of pride as a consequence. Yes, we have jews and beautiful synagogues (yes, plural) in addition to so many religions and sects and tribes... Things haven't been very good lately but I hope we are able to welcome and nurture this diversity that has always been the trademark of our country.
@@annagarg7000 Re-read what I wrote and explain to me how you managed to personalize it and respond passive-aggressively. Referencing reports are not insults. Take it up with the international/journalistic community. And cite your fellow women while you're at it (or perhaps it's foreigners who are targeted.) I have a feeling the view is not homogenous. Good luck.
It is possible to love the positives of a country without denying the challenges. And you are allowed to celebrate the positives like diversity. Mich more likely to build the energy and commitment to work on the negative aspects.
Probably one of my favorite episodes -- loved the fact that Andy did this for his mother and the fact that they were able to reconnect with so many is amazing. For George RR Martin, so incredibly fitting. I think it fits so well with who he is as an author and creator to have mysteries upon mysteries in his own life.
Everybody is Ashkenazi-Jewish in some part, on this show. Taking into consideration that Poland had the largest Jewish diaspora in the world for centuries - from the Middle Ages till the 1700s (before the United States was created). And after the birth of the US, Poland had the second largest Jewish diaspora before WWII, plus, the fact that The US Jewish diaspora actually started from Polish Jews emigrating to the New York area, it is very possible that GRRM's real grandfather was a Polish Jew. Polish and Jewish people are everywhere, literally. 😂
51:47 "Visual evidence of a relationship which may have lasted for months, or for weeks, or for no more than this one evening-but which altered so many lives." Chills. Crazy how a single night can change everything.
The Louise Wise adoption agency was known for taking twins, triplets and splitting them up and sending them to different homes without telling the parents to be that the child did actually have a sibling. It was a nature vs nurture experiment; to see if children from the same birth would grow up to exhibit the same behaviours despite their upbringing being very different. These children reached adulthood before learning they even had siblings and some have reconnected. The agency to this day refuses to release information even to the children who were adopted out about what they did to them, and people are having to resort to DNA tests to locate family that went through this agency. The documentary Three Identical Strangers goes in-depth on this. Its really very sad.
I've recorded that documentary. It seemed interesting although nothing surprising to me. They all had simmilar tastes and simmilar attitudes yet were different although looking alike. They even liked the same type of women to marry.
Andy always makes me smile because of his comedy, but this whole time I couldn't stop smiling at the sweetest little story I've heard in a while. Great work! And thanks for the upload.
I think at this photo 19:33 Andy's grandparents are also together at art class. I love Andy Samberg so much and this renunion made me very happy too.He is very good person and deserves best of everything. Thanks for sharing.
So beautiful. I really wish Andy’s mum could have been there while this was revealed because it was so much more about her search for belonging than anyone else’s.
True. I was also thinking when Andy said "it's all very clean" that just because they'd found lineage doesn't mean it rules out alternatives. But it was nice to see the photo of them on a date & hearing how they met at the 'hangout' sounds like evidence for a more consentual encounter & potential relationship. But we don't know things like if he knew she was pregnant for example. Although holding on to the photo makes it seem like he likely did & it was a part of his past he wanted to remember.
I love how this is all flesh- they could have done what's done (badly) so often and dragged it all out, but instead they packed it with the stories in a compelling way. Great stuff.
At 15:48 the sentence under „opera singer“ mentions Rostock (a Place in Northern Germany) and that´s where I was born and raised and where I live at the moment! Really cool coincidence!
I had goosebumps when I saw Andy with his mom meet their lost Maida Family...amazing! I am lucky to have a complete family tree starting from my Great Grandfather (father side) in our clan...
Andy looks both Italian and Jewish so it makes sense. Rr martin does not look Italian at all so it also makes sense. They are always so excited when someone is from Italy because Italians keep them records 😂
This is so satisfying and relatable for me. I was adopted and through ancestry I was able to finally find my birth families. In fact I ended up living in the same city as my maternal family. My neighbors brother was actually married to my first cousin and she was the first one I made contact with about my findings and questions...sadly I didn't get to meet my biological mother as she had passed but it led me to my half brothers, cousins, aunts and uncles maternally. With more research through ancestry I found my first and many other family members on my paternal side... I just remember being so excited and overwhelmed as well. Love all the work and experiences that you do here. Ty
I’ve done a similar thing to what they did her for Andy. I found my maternal grandmother, who put my mother up for adoption, via DNA testing and my mothers original birth certificate with her biological mothers name. Unfortunately she had passed away, but to see a photo of my grandmother was crazy, because my mum was a SPITTING image of her and I think that helped my mum in some way - knowing someone out their looked like her. She also found out she had a half-brother. Haven’t yet found her biological father - her mother and father didn’t stay together - but I’m sure I’ll find him eventually.
"I remember a man throwing me in the air when I was very little. He stands as tall as the sky, and he throws me up so high it feels as though I’m flying. We’re both laughing, laughing so much that I can hardly catch a breath, and finally I laugh so hard I wet myself, but that only makes him laugh the louder. I was never afraid when he was throwing me. I knew that he would always be there to catch me." That's a quote from Mya Stone, one of Robert Baratheon's bastards. I can't help but relate that to GRRM's story about his presumed grandfather throwing him up in the air. George said that for him it was a terrifying experience, while for Mya it was exhilarating. It seems like George really took to heart one of his example's words, which were that a writer should always "bleed on the page", to use their own true experiences for the stories they're writing. Fascinating to apparently learn about one of those in this video.
so Andy can makes me cry for 1 hour then... well done guys your hard work with your experts connected again the blood across the time and the ocean happy for your mom she finally got her answers and you too sicilian Andy ;
@@louvretreekay12_ No, they're not; there are many other aspects to a person. And many adopted people consider the parents who adopted them their roots. But there's no shame in wanting to know about your biological relatives, just like there's no shame in not having an interest in them at all. The adopted person can decide what he/she prefers.
@@jacovanwyk4824 shame? Why should there be shame? I didnt even say the word. But theres no logic in my humble opinion in wanting to know someone who not only i mever knew, but also will not feel affection just because we look alike. Then lookalike actors would be brothers.
@@louvretreekay12_ As you run the course of life, sooner or later, you find out that "logic" is a very personal thing. It can be fascinating and equally irritating. But that's humans for you.
So GRRM was writing about his own life subconsciously? The photograph with the skin tones is like Ned looking at the hair color of the Baratheons, haha. That's wild.
Yes, it's likely that members of his family have died in a KZ, so he has ancestry from "the other side" of the guilt, meanwhile Italian relatives were perpertraders
Can you imagine what it must be like to just be living your life as a normal kid, then all of a sudden your parents are taking you to a family reunion to meet new relatives and you discover you are related to Andy freakin' Samberg! Jake Peralta!
this is so lovely- thank you for sharing! We came to Australia in 1970. from Chile.... (our ancestros are European: Austro-Hungarian, Croatian Italian) so difficult to find family due to wars...but watching this..I am looking forward to any connections my sister finds with the Geanology society
Don't know why, but I bawled my eyes out when I saw Andy Samberg's grandmother's face. There are so many people in my family I would have loved that I'll never meet.
Wow that was beautiful. That entire show was just so wholesome. What an amazing team who managed to track down Andy's entire extended family. Well done guys!
So in this episode Andy Samberg, a jewish man, finds out he's also part italian. Meanwhile George R.R. Martin, a part Italian, finds out he's actually part Jewish.
Well He is Good Looking & Itilians Men are HOT AF
George also finds out his Italian part wasn’t real.
George also finds out he's part Targaryen.
@@obiwankenobi9439 askenazi Targaryen
I'm Jewish and Italian. You know there were Jews in Italy, right? Quite a community actually.
The fact that GRRM is a secret bastard and he has been unknowingly writing his own story into Jon Snow is one of the craziest things I think I will ever see.
lmao. FR
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Technically his father's story, not his own...
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How cool that Andy's mom was able to get a photograph of her parents together.
For me that was the best part ever of any of these roots DNA shows of which i have watched many.
I'm not crying, you're crying!
It's as good as the Morgan Freeman episode when he gets shown the tombstones. I occasionally go back to see his surprise.
Andy looks like a carbon copy of his grandfather. That is incredible.
The picture of Andy's grandparents on a date, blows my mind! What are the chances that this picture existed and that Salvatore kept it. It must have been a fond memory for him.
what a great observation! I never considered it, but you're right - Salvatore held onto his memories of Ellen until he died, not even mentioning her to his children.
...And then, that his children kept it!
Not necessarily a fond memory, quite possible a bad one, if he ditched her for example
@@ManUntdForever There's even a possibility he didn't know she was pregnant
@@charlesbadoola535 why would he kept the photo if it was just a meaningless fling for him. Also (just my observation) he looks much happier in the photo than she does....maybe it was her who broke it off. It was her who never had any other children, he on the other hand, did. It is so fascinating. She lived until 2007. It is so sad that Andy's mom didn't get to meet her, but Ellen might not want to be found… Andy’s mom made it clear to the adopting agency (since 1989) that she is interested in meeting her biological parents. To think that Ellen might have even seen her grandson on TV…It is all just very fascinating…and the fact that she (Ellen) worked with children…fascinating!
I can't believe Andy and his mother actually met the family they discovered!! So heartwarming
It’s kinda the point if the shows🤣
@@louvretreekay12_ Because many things could've prevented them from finding the birth family, and many more could've prevented them from ever meeting them (they could've refused, they could've not existed if Salvatore did not have more children, they could've already died, etc.) It's weird that you think H M's statement is weird.
@@andrewbolton9049 You think the point of the show is to find the birth families of celebrities' adopted parents, and then arranging for everyone to meet? And even if it were, why piss on someone else's heartwarming feeling?
@@louvretreekay12_ No one said they felt a bond, but it was mentioned that Andy's mom had wanted to know about her birth family for years. So it's heartwarming that she got to fill that emotional need. And maybe they did indeed feel a bond -- there are adopted people who feel a bond with people they are biologically related to, while there are other adopted people only feel a family type bond with their adopted families. There's no need to judge either approach; adopted people can process their pasts in many different ways without any of the approaches being bad or wrong. But I suppose not everyone understands other people's feelings either, so nothing prevents you from thinking feeling a bond is weird
@@jacovanwyk4824 dude you started the rant and i dont even know why. Take a chill pill will ya?
I was not veing disrespectful to anyone.
I was just observing following my logic, which might be wrong, that just because someone looks like me it doesnt make any sense ( for me again) to feel any connection, bond or curiosity.
Actors look alike sometimes, they don’t hang out or relax togheter.
The fact that someone feels a ‘heartearming feeling’ it noted, but my question is ‘why’?
When you think about it on how they managed to find not just the mother, but the father that they had absolutely no connection whatsoever besides DNA from Andy's mother, and then we're able to pinpoint how they met and where, it just blows your mind. But the cherry on top is the photo that the family kept with the unknown lady ending up to be Andy's grandmother. Wow. Just...wow. That's a movie right there.
For real! That's why genealogists make bank!
Of course, Andy Samberg has to find out that he descends from cool, opinionated, free-thinking people. These grandparents so fit his own personality. Andy has his granddad's smile. And Jake Peralta character was developed as half-Italian. Amazing, so glad for Andy and his mother!
weren't jake's parents both jewish?
@@melodicblue1265 Maybe it was a joke I remember him saying he is half-Italian. Apparently, it was in season 6. His surname is not Jewish.
Not all Italians are catholic. Some are jewish
By cool, opinionated, free thinking people - you mean Jews, right? Because we certainly are 😉
Knew I had seen him before then I realized The Lonely Island great songs
Kudos to the "finding your roots" team, the way they tracked down both of Andy's biological grandparents is simply amazing.
Also, finding out that George's granpa wasn't actually his grandpa was quite the plot twist 🤣
he did call him so, is not suddenly made of plastic you know.
Luckily it wasn't a favourite relative he lost. Quite the opposite
andy is almost identical to his grandfather!! honestly never would've guessed he was Italian! such a heartwarming episode!!
Why not? He looks like my dad when he was younger. And my dad is an Italian Jew.
Exactly, I loved the moment when he was asked if he sees resemblance to his mother when this could be a picture of himself ...
He looks so Italian 😂 How can you not see it?
@@scarlettrubyrose he looks like every ashkie 18-30 year old man I’ve ever met
@@thehilaryglow I find that some people forget that Jews can be any nationality.
Gerda Philipsborn was a teacher in India and also women right activist. Her grave is in New Delhi.
wow
@User572 No one cares about your opinion.
Oh wow 🤍🤍🤍🤍
@User572 lol at how much ignorance you just exposed in yourself. Far uglier than shrek but at least you can change if you want.
Nice😛
Holy shit. Andy’s Jewish family managed to escape Germany like a year before the war started. Just wow. Already that’s a pretty epic story
They probably run away because already in 1938 in Germany Jewish people were attacked & it was easy to predict harder times are coming. Just many people didn't want to leave property they had & were hoping bad times will blow over.
The war for Jewish people started in 1933... and it got worse after Kristallnacht in 1938.. lots of Jewish people left Germany or at least tried
51:17 I love that, one night of passion could've been all it took to give us Brooklyn Nine Nine
That photo at the end...was SO friggin heartwarming. To go from not even knowing who your parents are, to having a photo of the both of them on a date is phenomenal. ❤️❤️🥰 So heartwarming. Bravo!
India was the key to Andy's mom finding out her family!!
andys grandfather looks likehim
CARBON COPY! andy has his grandpa's lips and nose!
@@echa9446 not exactly
@@echa9446 they look so obviously related it's crazy !
One gained italian, another lost italian.
Perfecly balanced.
im so happy for Andys Mom, this episode made me cry a lot.
@@derbjornmachtdiemusik23 yes it's called an emotional response to something that's stimulant.
@@derbjornmachtdiemusik23 It's almost like people have different lived experiences & emotional responses than you. That you could be respectful of.
The Phillipsborns come from a German village that was integrated into the Potsdam-Babelsberg a few decades ago. Potsdam-Babelsberg is the home of the German film industry - and now an heir of the Phillipsborns works in Hollywood. Kind of crazy how many coincidences there are in that story.
Sometimes if you search hard enough and go broad enough, you can link anything. Eg. Kevin Bacon. ;)
coincidentally enough i have a german online friend and Ellen's face reminded me a lot of her, she even has bangs
Damn, Andy looks so much like his grandad
I thought the same thing when I saw that picture. It's striking!
@@thaislombardiscavazzini3270 funny how he focuses on the glasses, and the question about his mom's resemblance to his appearance czcams.com/video/GQuUGxshIQg/video.html how about his own face? right?
We are more mom`s gens that father's for the X configuration. He is kinda the new version of his grandad, for sure.
He has his grandad killer smile
andy is so cute the way he was so happy finding out about his family and happy for his mom
"so how are you feeling right now, funny man?"
it's such a touching moment but that sounded so threatening 😂
Andy saying how he's glad his genealogy was relatively clean...
Cut to Bill Hader sighing with relief that his ancestor fought for the Union lol
The amount of work the team put into finding Andy and Andy’s mom family is astonishing. This was fantastic.
Andy Sambergs grandfather was a very dashing looking man. Was also nice to see the photo of both of his grandparents both together on what looks like a date
SO BASICALLY ANDY'S GREAT-GRAND-PARENTS CAME FROM MY GRANDPA'S TOWN
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You might be related!! 😍 How cool!!
..you're beautiful. Damn
Noice!!!
Where
girl you better do an ancestry test lmao
The youtube algorithm finally discovered my love for Andy and show me the content I really want
saaaame!
Could you imagine finding out you're related to Andy Samberg?
I'd cry in happiness
And they all kind of look like him too
It would be awesome! 😍🔥
I thought the same thing!
That means you shouldn't sexually fantasize about him anymore ;)
Do you realize how epic that photo is? A photo of Mrs Sanberg’s biological parents together. Unbelievable. Amazing.
I find it cute that andys grandma didn't have another kid but worked with kids. It feels truly like a "I'm doing this so you can have a better life than i can provide" sitch, especially since she seems to have learned from the lesson and didn't have more kids.
It sounds like "making up" for it. Working with kids but not having one knowing that it was biologically possible (assuming nothing went wrong) to me means she was a mistery. She liked to work with kids but she didn't wanted to be the mother of one. Its like that saying: I adore other people's kids but I don't want to have my own!
@@sitcomsTV Most probably she wanted to be a mother, but she wasn't married to nor together with the father of her child.... in those days that would have been problematic.... that's probably why she gave her child up for adoption ...
@@AndreUtrecht Probably. But it doesn't explain the after that. She remain single and with no children. That is highly uncommon. You see docs about women that had their kids stolen because they were young pregnant teens or women that gave their babies and later on when the "baby" wants to know about the biological mother they find a lot of siblings and they realize the person moved on and built a family life.
i just think it is weird. Uncommon. You know another thing that women could not do back then? To assume a lesbian relationship. They would share apartments with fellow mates and sometimes that was the facade so they could be together. Not saying it was the case, of course.
@@sitcomsTV You're only assuming here.... I am not a woman... but if I were... and I had to give away a child to an adoption agency... I'd be so traumatised I would not be able to have another child... And it is not unnatural or uncommon for women not to want to have children of their own... it could also have been an unplanned accident, getting pregnant... not all women want to be mothers, not even when they like to work with children...
Also... "assuming nothing went wrong"... well my first thought wasn't "not wanting any children, she's a freak", but "something probably went wrong".
I'm not crying, I'm just happy for Andy's mom ! I'm glad he also can connect with a new branch of himself, it looks like he has a lot of both biological grandparents, don't forget many of who we are come from the grandparents. What an amazing show is "Finding your roots".
"that is your mother's father" literally a photo of Andy Samberg
He looks like his gradfather - Salvatore Maida!
It’s so cool that Salvatore was a metal working artist and his father was a blacksmith. And at the same time Andy’s mother and her mother both worked with children… makes me think that talent/skill is somewhat inherited.
Agree, I was amazed how much Andy's own personality reflects his grandparents. With whom he shares no real history.
I mean, to me it makes more sense that Andy's mother works with children because she herself was abandoned by her birth mother.
I also found it a bit ironic that his grandmother worked with children as well, even tho she abandoned her own.
@@Raffalius putting a child up for adoption can be because of so many things, abortion wasn't an option for the most part at this period of history. I dont know that 'abandoned' is a good word for it
Andy's dad's a photographer.
@@Raffalius don’t you think that’s a bit harsh? She did what she had to, being a single mom in this time because you had fun with a sailor? Back then you had your child quietly and gave it up for adoption. She did what was best for her child!
Love how India gets mentioned in the most random places and leaves me with a little bit of pride as a consequence. Yes, we have jews and beautiful synagogues (yes, plural) in addition to so many religions and sects and tribes...
Things haven't been very good lately but I hope we are able to welcome and nurture this diversity that has always been the trademark of our country.
I read a biography of Benjamin Disraeli, whose family were Sephardic, but had a long Indian "detour" after Spain and before England.
Love the sentiment but apparently the most dangerous place for women. Lot of work to do.
Yes, please do educate me on how bad my country is for the people of my gender.
@@annagarg7000 Re-read what I wrote and explain to me how you managed to personalize it and respond passive-aggressively. Referencing reports are not insults. Take it up with the international/journalistic community. And cite your fellow women while you're at it (or perhaps it's foreigners who are targeted.) I have a feeling the view is not homogenous. Good luck.
It is possible to love the positives of a country without denying the challenges. And you are allowed to celebrate the positives like diversity. Mich more likely to build the energy and commitment to work on the negative aspects.
Andy Sandburg looks like him dressed as Kevin in Brooklyn 99 😂
The resemblance between Andy and his grandfather was so nuts, right down to the glasses and the outfit.
Imagine getting a call from Andy Samberg like, "Hey, were related!"
I see a big resemblance of the grandfather in Andy. So happy his mother finally got to discover the family she had been searching so many years for.
Wow they actually had a picture of their dad with an unknown woman who turned out to be Andy's mom's mom! Incredible!
Probably one of my favorite episodes -- loved the fact that Andy did this for his mother and the fact that they were able to reconnect with so many is amazing.
For George RR Martin, so incredibly fitting. I think it fits so well with who he is as an author and creator to have mysteries upon mysteries in his own life.
I love Andy Sambery more and more everytime I see him
Everybody is Ashkenazi-Jewish in some part, on this show. Taking into consideration that Poland had the largest Jewish diaspora in the world for centuries - from the Middle Ages till the 1700s (before the United States was created). And after the birth of the US, Poland had the second largest Jewish diaspora before WWII, plus, the fact that The US Jewish diaspora actually started from Polish Jews emigrating to the New York area, it is very possible that GRRM's real grandfather was a Polish Jew. Polish and Jewish people are everywhere, literally. 😂
It's cool that Andy's mother came back to where she was conceived unknowingly.
Resemblance for Andy’s mom? Broo…… he looks basically like Andy! Lol yayyy
51:47 "Visual evidence of a relationship which may have lasted for months, or for weeks, or for no more than this one evening-but which altered so many lives." Chills. Crazy how a single night can change everything.
The Louise Wise adoption agency was known for taking twins, triplets and splitting them up and sending them to different homes without telling the parents to be that the child did actually have a sibling. It was a nature vs nurture experiment; to see if children from the same birth would grow up to exhibit the same behaviours despite their upbringing being very different. These children reached adulthood before learning they even had siblings and some have reconnected. The agency to this day refuses to release information even to the children who were adopted out about what they did to them, and people are having to resort to DNA tests to locate family that went through this agency. The documentary Three Identical Strangers goes in-depth on this. Its really very sad.
Yes, I remember that documentary
I've recorded that documentary. It seemed interesting although nothing surprising to me. They all had simmilar tastes and simmilar attitudes yet were different although looking alike. They even liked the same type of women to marry.
I saw clips of dat on CZcams
I am of Italian descent, I moved back to Italy after 116 years of my ggp’s emigration. To their village. I love how everyone wants to be Italian! ❤️🇮🇹
Andy and his grandfather look so much alike. This is amazing.
jeez andy's glow up is BOMB 😍
Andy always makes me smile because of his comedy, but this whole time I couldn't stop smiling at the sweetest little story I've heard in a while. Great work! And thanks for the upload.
I think at this photo 19:33 Andy's grandparents are also together at art class. I love Andy Samberg so much and this renunion made me very happy too.He is very good person and deserves best of everything. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, I thought so too!
41:04 I thought that about the couple in the front here but then again, someone would have recognized either one of them if that were the case.
@@MsBhappy I came here for this comment. I think that's them at the front next to one another.
She had the same bangs and he had the same glasses!
oh yeah you're very smart omg
When they reveal Andy's grandfather's picture and he looks exactly like Andy x,D
What an amazing series! Watching the photo of Andy’s grandparents on a date was so unexpected and wonderful. Thank you for sharing this! 😀✨
The clip with Andy’s mom saying “Yayyy!” at the end put a tear in my eye..awww ❤
So very happy for Andy’s mother! She looks like the sweetest person ever
Imagine Andy Samberg shows up at your family dinner and is like „hey it‘s your long lost cousin“ how cool is that
So beautiful. I really wish Andy’s mum could have been there while this was revealed because it was so much more about her search for belonging than anyone else’s.
George’s grandmother may have gotten pregnant as the result of non consensual sex. Let’s not assume that Grace cheated.
True. I was also thinking when Andy said "it's all very clean" that just because they'd found lineage doesn't mean it rules out alternatives. But it was nice to see the photo of them on a date & hearing how they met at the 'hangout' sounds like evidence for a more consentual encounter & potential relationship. But we don't know things like if he knew she was pregnant for example. Although holding on to the photo makes it seem like he likely did & it was a part of his past he wanted to remember.
She would have told her husband.
You are so correct. The husband may have noticed that his son wasn’t his because they look so different, hence left the house.
I think the ancestry team does not want to told something like that on camera
oh give me a break..😅
I love how this is all flesh- they could have done what's done (badly) so often and dragged it all out, but instead they packed it with the stories in a compelling way. Great stuff.
At 15:48 the sentence under „opera singer“ mentions Rostock (a Place in Northern Germany) and that´s where I was born and raised and where I live at the moment! Really cool coincidence!
I had goosebumps when I saw Andy with his mom meet their lost Maida Family...amazing! I am lucky to have a complete family tree starting from my Great Grandfather (father side) in our clan...
Andy looks both Italian and Jewish so it makes sense.
Rr martin does not look Italian at all so it also makes sense.
They are always so excited when someone is from Italy because Italians keep them records 😂
Hahahah Andy and his mom are so adorable
cool, cool, cool, no doubt, no doubt.
this is truly awesome for Andy and his mother + family. so glad that the mystery is finally solved.
Toight.
This is so satisfying and relatable for me. I was adopted and through ancestry I was able to finally find my birth families. In fact I ended up living in the same city as my maternal family. My neighbors brother was actually married to my first cousin and she was the first one I made contact with about my findings and questions...sadly I didn't get to meet my biological mother as she had passed but it led me to my half brothers, cousins, aunts and uncles maternally. With more research through ancestry I found my first and many other family members on my paternal side... I just remember being so excited and overwhelmed as well. Love all the work and experiences that you do here. Ty
Andy looks very emotional here and it made me cry.
I’ve done a similar thing to what they did her for Andy. I found my maternal grandmother, who put my mother up for adoption, via DNA testing and my mothers original birth certificate with her biological mothers name. Unfortunately she had passed away, but to see a photo of my grandmother was crazy, because my mum was a SPITTING image of her and I think that helped my mum in some way - knowing someone out their looked like her. She also found out she had a half-brother. Haven’t yet found her biological father - her mother and father didn’t stay together - but I’m sure I’ll find him eventually.
"I remember a man throwing me in the air when I was very little. He stands as tall as the sky, and he throws me up so high it feels as though I’m flying. We’re both laughing, laughing so much that I can hardly catch a breath, and finally I laugh so hard I wet myself, but that only makes him laugh the louder. I was never afraid when he was throwing me. I knew that he would always be there to catch me."
That's a quote from Mya Stone, one of Robert Baratheon's bastards. I can't help but relate that to GRRM's story about his presumed grandfather throwing him up in the air. George said that for him it was a terrifying experience, while for Mya it was exhilarating. It seems like George really took to heart one of his example's words, which were that a writer should always "bleed on the page", to use their own true experiences for the stories they're writing. Fascinating to apparently learn about one of those in this video.
Haha George's grandfather pulled a G. RR Martin plot twist on the whole family lol.
so Andy can makes me cry for 1 hour then... well done guys your hard work with your experts connected again the blood across the time and the ocean happy for your mom she finally got her answers and you too sicilian Andy ;
I wish i could know George's grandma, the way he talks about her is so nice.
Imagine casually finding out Andy Sandberg is your cousin. Bless those brothers for being so warm and search the album and giving her the photos.
I'm really happy for Andy's mum! ❤️ It's really satisfying to finally know your roots, specially when you've been searching for that your whole life!
roots are not everything we are.
@@louvretreekay12_ No, they're not; there are many other aspects to a person. And many adopted people consider the parents who adopted them their roots. But there's no shame in wanting to know about your biological relatives, just like there's no shame in not having an interest in them at all. The adopted person can decide what he/she prefers.
@@jacovanwyk4824 shame? Why should there be shame?
I didnt even say the word.
But theres no logic in my humble opinion in wanting to know someone who not only i mever knew, but also will not feel affection just because we look alike.
Then lookalike actors would be brothers.
@@louvretreekay12_ As you run the course of life, sooner or later, you find out that "logic" is a very personal thing. It can be fascinating and equally irritating. But that's humans for you.
@@alicemi4155 im not sure how this was connected to my answer but ok i guess? 🤔 😂
What a beautiful episode. So happy for Andy's mother! She really deserved to find her family after all those years searching for them :)
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I already knew Andy had Italian in him! It’s so obvious 😂
It's so unbelievable how they can research and do so much out of thin air. Amazing.
I don’t think I’ve ever watched a video on CZcams that I’ve enjoyed more. Being of Italian background, Andy always reminded me of my Italian cousins.
I just got to know about this show through John Oliver and I am fascinated
Same. :D Love it.
So GRRM was writing about his own life subconsciously? The photograph with the skin tones is like Ned looking at the hair color of the Baratheons, haha. That's wild.
One of my favourite episodes.
What an absolute credit Andy is to his parents! Seems so ‘normal’!
Wow that maida genes are STRONG.
"Guilt is not heritable"
Well, I hope so
*cries in german
Amen!
Yes, it's likely that members of his family have died in a KZ, so he has ancestry from "the other side" of the guilt, meanwhile Italian relatives were perpertraders
VERGANGENHEITSBEWÄLTIGUNG
@@hayati6374 perpetrators of what? Italy was one of the countries that protected its Jewish population the most
@@victoriap1561 they were nazi collaborators
Can you imagine what it must be like to just be living your life as a normal kid, then all of a sudden your parents are taking you to a family reunion to meet new relatives and you discover you are related to Andy freakin' Samberg! Jake Peralta!
Such painstaking and holy work. Unbelievable and so touching. Can’t believe they found her birth parents and half brothers. I’m blown away
Andy's episode was one of my favorites of all time. So fascinating...and that photo was incredible.
Idk why but listening about Andy's ancestors make me wanna cry
Beautiful stories. I wish I could have my mystery great grandfather investigated!
Andy's story made me so emotional, I'm so happy for his mom!
this is so lovely- thank you for sharing! We came to Australia in 1970. from Chile.... (our ancestros are European: Austro-Hungarian, Croatian Italian) so difficult to find family due to wars...but watching this..I am looking forward to any connections my sister finds with the Geanology society
Don't know why, but I bawled my eyes out when I saw Andy Samberg's grandmother's face. There are so many people in my family I would have loved that I'll never meet.
Wow that was beautiful. That entire show was just so wholesome. What an amazing team who managed to track down Andy's entire extended family. Well done guys!
I cried for their happiness.
This is amazing. wish all reality tv was like this
that last photo was so heartwarming i'm so happy for them
Dude looks exactly like Andy.
No wonder why George is a good writer... what a twist!
cant imagine one of Andy's cousins being like "wtf is adam sandler doing in my house?"
Andy's grandfather probably saying from above "I am on boat!!!"