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  • čas přidán 11. 12. 2023
  • These celebrities were stunned by their incredibly diverse family histories on Finding Your Roots! Before season 10 premieres on January 2nd, watch some of the biggest reactions to hidden identities from the past 9 seasons. For more celebrity family discoveries here, click here: visitancestry.com/3KcjQ8B.
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  • @Milestonemonger
    @Milestonemonger Před 4 měsíci +40

    Nobody thought Scarlett Johansson was anything BUT Swedish.

  • @KarleneE
    @KarleneE Před 3 měsíci +58

    People should NEVER be unhappy about what is in their genetic history. If it weren't for those others, none of us would be here.

    • @IVY-jr7io
      @IVY-jr7io Před 3 měsíci +9

      If a person is upset it's due being brainwashed, lied to, or can't comprehend what they are told based on their outlook on race and culture.

    • @KarleneE
      @KarleneE Před 2 měsíci +6

      @@IVY-jr7io That's quite true and it's very sad. I've seen people show disappointment for whatever they've heard is in their lineage and I would simply be happy to know more. They get a gift and undervalue it.

    • @bigfrankfraser1391
      @bigfrankfraser1391 Před 11 dny

      there upset because it invalidates there ideologies they force onto people
      reality is sometimes hard to believe:
      take me and my wife for example
      me: my ancestor is a white women sold to an arab merchant by muslim pirates but was freed and married the merchant
      my black wife: her ancestor is black man who owned black slaves including a historical document that states he took immense pride in owning his own daughters as slaves
      people tell us were lying, but we have the documents to prove it, to make fun of the whole reparations my wife jokingly wrote a cheque to herself

  • @carriemilito2851
    @carriemilito2851 Před 6 měsíci +142

    My mom took a test to find out whether there was native American ancestry in her family. When the results arrived, they were negative for native American but positive for a small percentage of Samoan. I'm guessing there must be a sailor somewhere in the family tree in order for that to be there. Most of her family has European roots, so that one caught all of us by surprise.

    • @Reason..or..treason-vk6cz
      @Reason..or..treason-vk6cz Před 4 měsíci

      Why do you comment if you don't?​@@marvinnashwheresmyear

    • @fredharvey2720
      @fredharvey2720 Před 4 měsíci +11

      Native American can show up as pacific islander or Asian

    • @elizabeth2416
      @elizabeth2416 Před 4 měsíci

      These tests are not conclusive. If they don't have a sample swab from a political/ethnic group then they won't show a match. That's why so many people have been told they have native blood but the tests don't (ie, the whole tribe has been wiped out).

    • @donnav6219
      @donnav6219 Před 4 měsíci +3

      How this works is the smaller the percentage the further back in history your relative was Samoan.

    • @hannajones0106
      @hannajones0106 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Or it was a mistake. These tests aren’t perfect.

  • @FionaIngrid
    @FionaIngrid Před 4 měsíci +154

    I'm really surprised that Gale would say 'take that back' .. and that anyone would think that theres something wrong with having white/black ancestry

    • @sabrinashelton1997
      @sabrinashelton1997 Před 4 měsíci +23

      Well what an you expect from someone like her? She feels she has to have that reaction.

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb Před 4 měsíci +19

      It makes her less credible as liberal minority...

    • @nkwari
      @nkwari Před 4 měsíci +18

      She was clearly kidding around. Rich black people especially love white people. Who do they marry?

    • @calebdavis381
      @calebdavis381 Před 4 měsíci

      58 percent of slaves were raped and 100 percent of them were non consent. If I could flush my whiteness I would

    • @carrington2949
      @carrington2949 Před 4 měsíci +17

      @@ffjsbYour comment makes you less credible as a thinking human being. Political opinions do not have to be tied to one’s race.

  • @claudine1928
    @claudine1928 Před 6 měsíci +85

    It's interesting to me, that where and how you were raised, can clash with DNA results and bring new ideas of self.

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  Před 6 měsíci +18

      This is a great observation, Claudine. Indeed, our DNA results can sometimes be at odds with family history that is passed down to us. It's important to bear in mind that even with a perfect knowledge of the history of your ancestors, DNA can still show some unexpected results. We each inherit 50% of our DNA from both our mother and father but exactly what 50% we inherit is random. This is known as genetic recombination and can cause unexpected DNA results for many members who do not inherit a region that they know their parent(s) has. Please see the article we've linked here which delves into inheritance and how it works: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Understanding-Inheritance?language=en_US. Remember that your DNA is only one element of a much larger picture, and your family history and relatives will play an important role in your genetic make-up, even if they are not specifically reflected in your ethnicity results. Check out the linked here for more information on the factors that can caused unexpected results: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Unexpected-Ethnicity-Results. We hope this article helps!

    • @mojoschmee9320
      @mojoschmee9320 Před 25 dny +1

      Absolutely. A lifetime of being told you were descended from Italian ancestors only to discover your DNA is mostly made up of Irish can really do a number on a person's self-identity.

  • @numa.k
    @numa.k Před 4 měsíci +11

    When he asked about tracing his family to the beginning of time. There is this woman I went to church with who is really into family history and genealogy work. She works on it everyday for as long as I was a kid (I'm almost in my 40's) she was able to trace her and many others family history all the way back. She carries this huge long roll of paper with her everywhere she goes anytime she finds a relation to someone at church to shows them this huge poster of family tree kinda thing. It's amazing .

  • @tedcombs3046
    @tedcombs3046 Před 3 měsíci +9

    Interestingly, my spouse was always told that they had an "Indian" ancestor with obvious indications they meant that the woman in question was Native American. Well, we did a DNA test and it turns out she was Indian, Punjabi to be specific. They had the wrong meaning of the old term, but family refuses to accept the results and insist that she was Native American, even some family that met her long ago. I have strong suspicions of why they won't accept it and none of them are flattering.

    • @second_lead_simp
      @second_lead_simp Před 15 dny

      Why would they not accept it whats wrong with having punjab/Indian?

  • @larrycanupp411
    @larrycanupp411 Před 5 měsíci +24

    86% "British Isles" and 14% Handsome, Baby!!

  • @Kevinjohnson34567
    @Kevinjohnson34567 Před 5 měsíci +29

    We’ve been around each other so long that nothing surprises me. I sent in my dna and it came back like I expected except 15% Scandinavian. I convinced a friend to do it. It came back 1% Senegalese. He asks where is that, “West Africa”. We both laughed. I guess you’re not exactly what you thought you were. Everyone should try dna tests.

    • @MrTuubster
      @MrTuubster Před 2 měsíci +2

      No Company that can sell the DNA data you give to them will get mine volantarily.

  • @Neddoest
    @Neddoest Před 6 měsíci +23

    I wish you had edited this CZcams video & added names of people bc I don’t know who all these people are (at least not by looking at them) but I might know their name.

  • @AncestryUS
    @AncestryUS  Před 6 měsíci +19

    Did anything surprise you in your AncestryDNA® results? Tell us about it!

    • @pkmcnett5649
      @pkmcnett5649 Před 6 měsíci +6

      Only one thing: one of my female ancestors was a "fille de roi."
      Also, my brother's wife has TWO fille de roi in her line, AND we share one of them. My brother and wife are like 12th cousins.
      Not sure how much was DNA results or how much was research.

    • @siobhan28483
      @siobhan28483 Před 6 měsíci +5

      Yes, that I’m part Ashkenazi Jewish, Russian and Scandinavian.

    • @kaeligrace
      @kaeligrace Před 6 měsíci +6

      I got a whole new (and much improved) Dad! Plus a grandma and aunt and uncles and cousins and they’re all really great! I was Métis before I did my test, so that was kind of weird and now I’m Italian and Acadian. That was kind of weird; being suddenly not indigenous.
      Also, similarly to a couple of these people, we thought we were Croatian and we’re actually Slovenian.

    • @catzanddogz7517
      @catzanddogz7517 Před 6 měsíci +8

      That my parents were third cousins sharing a hillbilly ancestor.

    • @HairyBottom
      @HairyBottom Před 6 měsíci

      @@siobhan28483You can’t be part of a religion. Jewish isn’t a race.

  • @tenbroeck1958
    @tenbroeck1958 Před 6 měsíci +72

    I love this. I look like I am mixed, but DNA has shown me to be a true Pennsylvania and New York German! When I thought I could not get any more Germanic, I found out my mother's German ancestor was a Swedish soldier who setting in Northern Germany, after the 30 Years War Treat of Westphalen. Life is full of unexpected turns

    • @tenbroeck1958
      @tenbroeck1958 Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@kmjkmjkmj Lol - Yes, I am very diverse! I'm cool

    • @bastian9693
      @bastian9693 Před 6 měsíci

      @@kmjkmjkmjNordics are literally *Northern Germanics lol

    • @armandinagarcia641
      @armandinagarcia641 Před 6 měsíci +5

      I always wondered why my my relatives on my mothers side of the family have alot of German sounding names, and Spanish

    • @mariabop
      @mariabop Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@George-zd6rbbut his blood is

    • @George-zd6rb
      @George-zd6rb Před 4 měsíci +2

      @mariabop Depends on how many ancestors are German! I have a interesting story,my stepfather was born in 1939 " Beecher Illinois " his D.N.A,blood is almost pure German. I am myself was born and spent most of my childhood in Germany " Iam fluent in German" Mother is german,my father is Hungarian jewish.but since my stepfather has not that much German culture in him ,opposed to me,I and most Germans would consider me more German! Experiences that are in your psyche are more important that your D.N.A to truly identify you culturally!

  • @r3d5ive87
    @r3d5ive87 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I’m a little weirded out by people being angry for having white ancestry. Put the hate out of your hearts people.

    • @regenabrooks4327
      @regenabrooks4327 Před měsícem

      You don't understand the racial history of this country then. "Race" is a "social construct", invented by whites.. Africans were, and to some, still are, considered to be only 3/5 human. White people created the 'N-word'. You can find that history right here on CZcams.

  • @eric1138
    @eric1138 Před 4 měsíci +21

    DNA can only tell you what your are but not who you are.
    The who you are is the same for all of us and must be earned daily: "Your are what you do when it counts" - John Steakley

    • @Jw-no7id
      @Jw-no7id Před 4 měsíci +1

      Given some of the reactions I'd say DNA did actually tell us who they are.

  • @rosered3608
    @rosered3608 Před 22 dny +1

    These test should be done on troubled youth..not celebrities. This will show them how far they have come to get to this present state and they’ll be more positive on their future.

  • @nikiedmonds6236
    @nikiedmonds6236 Před 6 měsíci +51

    I think this is awesome! I would love to trace my family history on my maternal grandmothers side...we're black but we know we have Irish and Italian on that side through 2 my grandmother's grandparents but one of her grandfather's has an unclear ethnicity and I've heard everything from he was Indian to possibly Nepalese or he was from the Caribbean...the elders in my family who would have this information are all dead...i have one picture of him and a possible first name...I'm going to do my best to track him down 😁

    • @qwerttzizzi
      @qwerttzizzi Před 6 měsíci +2

      Good luck! Hope to get an update!

    • @TP-nc1vc
      @TP-nc1vc Před 5 měsíci

      Start your search on Familysearch( 1 word) It's free and it's database is larger than ancestry

    • @hellurmoto3163
      @hellurmoto3163 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Beautiful mix!!

    • @hellurmoto3163
      @hellurmoto3163 Před 4 měsíci +1

      And best of luck!!

    • @530MAIDU
      @530MAIDU Před měsícem

      Good luck. Sounds very interesting.

  • @neacienation
    @neacienation Před 5 měsíci +7

    My mother's background and my father's background is all German English and Scandinavian. I love hearing how people have such surprising and exotic roots.

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Oh that is exciting, The Wandering Wilsons! We wish you all the best with your research.

  • @Ljohn92
    @Ljohn92 Před 6 měsíci +2

    I love that show, and at this time it is very important for me to know my ancestors because they are showing up and out and been assisting me on this journey ,and I am very anxious to know more about them, for some strange reason they know who I am,oh please please would you do mines next year!

  • @advils12
    @advils12 Před 6 dny +1

    I discovered that I am descended from a line of Kings in Mali. To be precise, I am Mandingo. I was deeply moved because there were so few of us! That's said; your DNA tells you who and what you came from and "why"! Celebrity status doesn't matter when examining DNA. Nonetheless, it was exciting to see the results of the celebrities.

  • @markgordon6544
    @markgordon6544 Před 6 měsíci +10

    Fantastic. I've traced my paternal lineage back to the Norman Invasion in 1066, but that's the linear line through my father. My genetic make-up is much more complex, and includes contributions I had no idea I would discover.

    • @donnahibbard1774
      @donnahibbard1774 Před 6 měsíci +2

      My 26th Great grandfather was William the Conqueror, perhaps we have someone in common. More than 25% of the English population are his descendants. I’m grateful for the historical documentation of the British Empire.

    • @DemeterTelphousia-Erinyes
      @DemeterTelphousia-Erinyes Před 2 měsíci

      @@donnahibbard1774it’s fascinating stuff! As he was 35-37 generations ago, just about everyone in England with English ancestry will be descended from him ( not all traceable or legitimate of course) and from anyone else alive at that time. So that also stretches out across the world for lots of people too.

  • @DebiM75
    @DebiM75 Před 5 měsíci +26

    Disturbing to see that some freak out over what color skin some of their ancestors had.

    • @OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy
      @OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy Před 2 měsíci

      If your brand and your career are based on one thing and something else turns out to be the case, it could be frightening.
      What impact will the news have on other people's opinions of you ?
      Will you lose your job because you are too White ?
      I totally understand her fear.
      Either way, she is a lovely lady.

    • @krabz9390
      @krabz9390 Před 2 měsíci

      Only the black people when they hear they are part white. They don't like that.

    • @DebiM75
      @DebiM75 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy Fear is not from the Lord. More important to be right with Christ than right with the world.

    • @12toro
      @12toro Před měsícem +3

      It was shocking, she wasn't being rude she just said no I'm not and take that back since those are common responses to being shocked

  • @JokesterVids
    @JokesterVids Před 5 měsíci +12

    2:15 I always knew that Scarlett was Swedish… Johansson is such a generic and popular Swedish name! Plus, she looks very Swedish

    • @chesterdonnelly1212
      @chesterdonnelly1212 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I used to think she was European because she looks so Swedish or Danish.

    • @85Vikingen
      @85Vikingen Před 4 měsíci +2

      If her ancestors were from Skåne, then she might still be danish :-)

    • @pjacobsen1000
      @pjacobsen1000 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Her grandparents on her father's side are/were Swedish, but her father was born and grew up in Denmark, became an architect in Denmark, and then immigrated to NYC and opened a design studio, married a New Yorker and got little Scarlett.

    • @thespankmyfrank
      @thespankmyfrank Před 4 měsíci

      I was gonna say, could've asked me that lmao. Johansson is a Swedish name, not Danish. Even so, her family lived in Denmark for a while so they were still Danes who later moved to the US. 😊

    • @Listentomenowandhearmelater
      @Listentomenowandhearmelater Před měsícem

      She’s also Jewish

  • @xenijagrunschnabel7766
    @xenijagrunschnabel7766 Před 6 měsíci +20

    I did my DNA test with Ancestry last year as well. Not surprisingly, I was about 47 percent East European and Baltic. However, I was pleasantly surprised that I'm about 11 percent Scandinavian (mostly Norwegian). For a long time, I thought I had Italian or Spanish blood in me haha, as a lot of us in my family on the father side are very dark haired. But it seems that we prefer the North haha. Even have some English in me. Was quite fun to do the test. Unfortunately, I could not trace a lot of ancestors (especially on father's side) as a lot of them were peasants and could not read and write. :(

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  Před 6 měsíci +3

      Hi Ksenia! Thanks for sharing your experience with the AncestryDNA test, we're really glad to hear that you received your results and were able to get some meaningful insight into your ancestors. We're sorry to hear that you're having difficulty researching more specific information about your ancestors, but we'd be happy to help in any way we can. Unfortunately the best that we can do for you when you are struggling to locate a record is provide search tips, as we are not able to search for records for you. If you would like to read the articles we have which can help you to search on the website we've left links to them below:
      Getting Started, Lesson 5: Search Tips - support.ancestry.com/s/article/Getting-Started-Lesson-5-Search-Tips
      How to Search Ancestry® - support.ancestry.com/s/article/How-to-Search-Ancestry
      Overcoming Roadblocks in Your Research - support.ancestry.com/s/article/Overcoming-Roadblocks-in-Your-Research
      We hope this helps!

    • @eltoro969
      @eltoro969 Před 4 měsíci +2

      In Norway we have very dark haired and skin people in the saami communities. They stem from the Sibirians travelling along the northern coast of Russia and Scandinavia. They don`t look Scandinavian at all. You see, american people... we are all just one big blend that has evolved from tribes emigrating all over, blending with other tribes creating new tribes. Etc etc.. There is not several "races". There are only difference in background, appearances, cultures and characters. ONE RACE.
      Until you get that, you will probably just keep on thinking your ancestry has anything to do with your behavior. It doesn`t. It`s all culture.

    • @jackietcarroll5679
      @jackietcarroll5679 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@eltoro969 you put this so eloquently 💕

  • @donnahibbard1774
    @donnahibbard1774 Před 6 měsíci +192

    Gale King you’re 1/3 white… no take that back. Excuse me? My husband and I have taken Ancestry DNA and we were excited to see how multiracial we are. If you haven’t taken the test yet do it, it’s amazing. ❤

    • @dallassukerkin6878
      @dallassukerkin6878 Před 6 měsíci +55

      My thoughts too on her reaction. I guess that tells us all we need to know about how things are going.

    • @jockeyshortz84
      @jockeyshortz84 Před 6 měsíci +30

      yeah it's not cute...i mean look at yourself gail

    • @dwise2165
      @dwise2165 Před 6 měsíci +13

      Well good for you and your husband

    • @SolarAdrift
      @SolarAdrift Před 6 měsíci +27

      she's clearly being facetious

    • @edwardbateman3094
      @edwardbateman3094 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@dallassukerkin6878do you think it’s surprising that the immediate reaction a black person would have to finding out they’re a 1/3 white is shock and denial? Are you unaware of history?

  • @user-zo1uj2lo8k
    @user-zo1uj2lo8k Před 6 měsíci +14

    My mum did a DNA test she’s English and it can back as 97% English 2%welsh 1% Norwegian

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  Před 6 měsíci +2

      Thank you for sharing this insight into your mothers AncestryDNA results. We hope she is enjoying them. 😊

    • @billyin4c514
      @billyin4c514 Před 6 měsíci

      Congratulations
      Regulations your heritage is filled with people who make terrible food

    • @grievousangel7742
      @grievousangel7742 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Yep, I'm 80% English, 18% European (Norman Conquest I'm guessing) and 2% Finnish (no idea, unless it's a stray Finnish Viking!) Of my 80% it all points to the north of England which is where my family line has been since at least the 1300s. DNA is fascinating.

    • @user-zo1uj2lo8k
      @user-zo1uj2lo8k Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@grievousangel7742 Finnish could be from trade comming in from the Baltic Sea same probably with the 18% European you got to remember Hanseatic League was a huge trade confederation that stretched across Northern Europe. So cool tho makes you think did you ancestors live and work near a port city.

    • @grievousangel7742
      @grievousangel7742 Před 4 měsíci

      @@user-zo1uj2lo8k really good point, thanks for the nudge. We live (and always have) about 40 miles from a port called Whitby, which was a hugely important fishing and trading port, plus l was born in York which was the capital of the north and hosted people from around the known world. This stuff fascinates me!

  • @sassbrat
    @sassbrat Před 5 měsíci +1

    I know what makes up most my heritage. I Am mostly German as my Grandmother was almost full German, French and Dutch as a great Grandmother was half French and Dutch, Scottish on both sides And still carry the last name of my mother's clan who were mean but did the jobs they had to do, 3 different Native American tribes French also on my dad's side with ties to William The Conquer ( i mean my Ancestry fought along side William when taking England) My German roots trace back to The birth city of the Late Prince Phillip. There is a possibly of Asian somewhere do to my looks but that could also be linked to my Plains Inidian roots as my Great Great Grandmother was Full Blackfoot and had some signs that she could be Asian as some Native American do have Asian feature. But I've got ties to The MayFlower as well. I've got both Patriot and Loyalist from the Revolutionary war. Both Union and Conferdarte from the Civil War. (though my Conferate link was he was forced to fight for the south or he was be killed.) Have ties to Andersonville with someone escaping 3 times with broken bones and feet. I mean i come from some very proud and subborn roots.

  • @ambassador8524
    @ambassador8524 Před 5 měsíci +6

    1:03 her response makes me sad 😢 it’s ok to be 1/3 white.

    • @gillmsnfillman1691
      @gillmsnfillman1691 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Sure but not when it was the product of 🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇

    • @sp4cegrl27
      @sp4cegrl27 Před 27 dny +1

      omg she was joking around

  • @michelleburnitt6895
    @michelleburnitt6895 Před 2 měsíci

    It’s all quite fascinating.

  • @redzora80
    @redzora80 Před 6 měsíci +18

    i would love to watch this show, but sadly its not possible in Germany. I love those stuff.

    • @SirBarth
      @SirBarth Před 6 měsíci

      If you can - I recommend getting a VPN. I had to do that while I was traveling, and it made it easy for me to watch my Amazon Prime movies while I was at the hotel.

    • @donnahibbard1774
      @donnahibbard1774 Před 6 měsíci +2

      It is available on Amazon Prime.

    • @redzora80
      @redzora80 Před 6 měsíci +4

      @@donnahibbard1774 not in Germany

    • @brick6347
      @brick6347 Před 5 měsíci

      VPN

    • @jochem1986
      @jochem1986 Před 4 měsíci

      Imagine the German equivalent Abstammung punkt kom: "You are one foursh Naz| from your fassers side"

  • @asareubenwallace4032
    @asareubenwallace4032 Před 5 měsíci +4

    That why everyone needs to do one

  • @kellygrubbs915
    @kellygrubbs915 Před 6 měsíci +4

    I am determined to find my ancestry as soon as I can. I’m 54 and have always wanted to know plus I’d love to leave that information for my 29 yr old daughter and possible future grandchildren ❤

    • @galndixie
      @galndixie Před 4 měsíci +1

      You really should do it, it's very easy now because you can find most records online. When I started mine, back in 1970, you had to spend a lot of time driving from town to town and visiting court houses and libraries and historical societies, and spending hours and hours scouring through old records, and maybe make several trips to each one to find the things we were looking for. And the DNA tests will give you lots of leads and clues. I will warn you, though, most of the people who match your DNA will not communicate with you, but just going thru their online trees and their other matches is a big help.

  • @EyesofLight108
    @EyesofLight108 Před 6 měsíci +6

    I wish you would include the names of the people you’re talking to - I know some of them, but a lot of them I don’t know who they are - I mean they look familiar but I can’t quite place them! Please please please say who you’re talking to!

  • @btcrazee1
    @btcrazee1 Před 3 měsíci

    It IS amazing. You go from knowing nothing of your family, to finding so much you cannot take it all in at once.

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  Před 3 měsíci

      Thanks so much for stopping by to share this with us, Debra! 💚

  • @adrasteia3866
    @adrasteia3866 Před 3 měsíci +2

    It's complicated for African Americans to think about just how they may have gotten any European ancestry. People in the comments section need to give Gail King a break.

    • @lysanamcmillan7972
      @lysanamcmillan7972 Před 21 dnem

      For real. All these people have no idea about the grapes perpetrated by white men against Black women from the days of chattel slavery through, well, now. I am faintly concerned a missing ancestor might've done that to my great-great-grandmother, and the combination was at worst work supervisor on entry-level employee. Imagine the moment of concern she had...

  • @matzrat5006
    @matzrat5006 Před 6 měsíci +15

    What a great show and Host.

  • @strawberrycake-9850
    @strawberrycake-9850 Před 15 dny

    There goes the full circle moment of Ty burell😂😂😂😂😂😂.

  • @gwildordipkin6504
    @gwildordipkin6504 Před 6 měsíci +28

    LOL Scarlets surprise "you aren't that kind of white! You are from just a canal away another kind of white!"

    • @AFloridaSon
      @AFloridaSon Před 6 měsíci +1

      😅😅

    • @andyleighton6969
      @andyleighton6969 Před 6 měsíci +6

      For hundreds of years the Swedish provinces of Scania, Blekinge and Halland were actually part of Denmark.

    • @matzrat5006
      @matzrat5006 Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@andyleighton6969 wow, the history that flows from this show is incredible.

    • @jamesmcinnis208
      @jamesmcinnis208 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I know - potato-potahto!

  • @magnuslindgren5640
    @magnuslindgren5640 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I mean, avout Scarlet it ahouldn't be a big suprise. If the name was danish it would be Johansen but in swedish Johansson. She even got the double "s" which americans don't typically have.

  • @ChibiSaku9
    @ChibiSaku9 Před 6 měsíci +11

    I would love doing this... but probably it cost more than I can pay😢

    • @Notturnoir
      @Notturnoir Před 4 měsíci

      My Heritage Dna is quite inexpensive

    • @ChibiSaku9
      @ChibiSaku9 Před 4 měsíci

      @@Notturnoir is it? But Im from chile... 😞

  • @areiaaphrodite
    @areiaaphrodite Před 16 dny

    14th century AD???? Girl, that's amazing!!

  • @user-qm7wj6me9m
    @user-qm7wj6me9m Před 5 měsíci +6

    I took a DNA test some time ago-they said I was Swiss, Dutch, English, and cocker spaniel. How about that!

  • @villesanti1
    @villesanti1 Před 4 měsíci +189

    Why are some of these celebrities ashamed to have European ancestry? I find that disturbing.

    • @vishaansingh1019
      @vishaansingh1019 Před 4 měsíci +1

      It was literally just the one girl and she's a middle aged woman being told for the first time in in her life that she's a third white. Not just an ancestor, an entire third. No one is gonna be happy having that monkey wrench thrown in their identity at that age. Look up "John Hurt finds out he isn't Irish."

    • @brokemono
      @brokemono Před 4 měsíci +8

      I didn't catch that or it's not true.

    • @MrTuubster
      @MrTuubster Před 4 měsíci +46

      ​@@brokemono "You are 1/3d white Gail!" --- "Noooooo, you take that back. I am not white!"

    • @DanBrown96
      @DanBrown96 Před 4 měsíci +40

      They're not ashamed; they're surprised.

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb Před 4 měsíci +40

      @@DanBrown96 No, she was clearly ashamed. It cuts her cred as a liberal minority...

  • @user-wf6yl7kw9t
    @user-wf6yl7kw9t Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is very wholesome.

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  Před 2 měsíci +2

      Thanks for stopping by, Heruka! We are thrilled you had enjoyed this episode of the show!

  • @heidimarie1198
    @heidimarie1198 Před 4 měsíci +1

    History - have to love - cannot change it.

  • @idankoos4156
    @idankoos4156 Před 6 měsíci +4

    You can see that in everybody

  • @rusenakman
    @rusenakman Před 3 měsíci

    My ancestors from all over the place LOL and I'm proud of it. Not only Africa but Asia and Europe too

  • @rileyhalls9301
    @rileyhalls9301 Před 6 měsíci +51

    Wow - Gayle King appeared to show her true colors in more ways than two in this spot.

    • @Daron7181
      @Daron7181 Před 6 měsíci +9

      She wasn’t being serious dude.

    • @marigold3687
      @marigold3687 Před 6 měsíci +5

      There is serious in joking.

    • @Notturnoir
      @Notturnoir Před 5 měsíci +13

      You dont know much about black history in the US obvi!

    • @Dontneedahandle0
      @Dontneedahandle0 Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@Notturnoiryou obviously don’t either. 😂

    • @raynuh138
      @raynuh138 Před 13 hodinami

      That’s what I would say. Did you want her to cheer?

  • @peoplenoodlesoup
    @peoplenoodlesoup Před 6 měsíci +41

    This just goes to show that we are all people. And if you are white and have a grudge against another race, for all you know one of your ancestors was that race and fought for everything you have today.

    • @joesmith5247
      @joesmith5247 Před 6 měsíci +12

      If you are white….same if you’re black, orange or indigo. That’s not a one size fit all statement you know..

    • @Daron7181
      @Daron7181 Před 6 měsíci +6

      @@joesmith5247
      Obviously Joe.

    • @joesmith5247
      @joesmith5247 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@Daron7181 is it obvious tho? Why keep including color at all? Its irrelevant.

    • @neacienation
      @neacienation Před 5 měsíci

      I think it's because we assume that only white people have a problem with other races. So that's the general assumption. However in the last 10 years we have learned all too well that everybody has a problem with everybody else. Maybe more people should take these tests and realize you're a part of everybody else, so get over yourself. Wouldn't that be a great step forward for humanity?

    •  Před 5 měsíci +5

      Of all the sad incoherent derp on the internet this is the most incoherent.

  • @cliftonjarvis8010
    @cliftonjarvis8010 Před 2 měsíci

    See how lucky 🍀 some people are 😮

  • @moodindigos1
    @moodindigos1 Před 4 měsíci +4

    I wish Americans wouldn't be so obsessed with race and instead realize how awesome their ancestry is.

  • @keioshastokes813
    @keioshastokes813 Před 6 měsíci +8

    I want you to help me find out about my family

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  Před 6 měsíci +3

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  • @ambassador8524
    @ambassador8524 Před 15 dny

    1:02 take that back!😢

  • @kjh5317
    @kjh5317 Před 6 měsíci +2

    I don’t like these clip show clips. It feels like spoiler clips. Though this one was nice because it had a theme: you never know when the “us” and “them” you think you are or aren’t apart of isn’t totally true. So let’s be kind to everyone.

  • @rca-in-glasgow6781
    @rca-in-glasgow6781 Před 6 měsíci +3

    I suppose NOBLE INDIAN is better than NOBLE SAVAGE in terms of language. I don’t know because I am neither. 😅

  • @sialo1
    @sialo1 Před 2 měsíci

    i want to see how they will do with Indian (the country in Asia) people. Records are difficult to come by beyond a certain time, and people don’t do DNA tests that commonly yet, so it would be challenging

  • @evansmarinez4408
    @evansmarinez4408 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Constently atacking constently especealy somthing small and volnarable disapeering when confronted

  • @KMKM.S94
    @KMKM.S94 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Im half Esperantoish

  • @donnav6219
    @donnav6219 Před 5 měsíci +55

    Gail King's response was disturbing to say the least.

  • @malptheg8111
    @malptheg8111 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Gale is hilarious lol

  • @roberthudson1959
    @roberthudson1959 Před 4 měsíci

    The Korean/Japanese confusion is very understandable. When Japan ruled Korea, its residents were considered Japanese. When the ROK hosted the Olympics, a "Japanese" marathoner who was actually Korean lit the flame. The crowd roared at the recognition of the man's true ancestry.

    • @lysanamcmillan7972
      @lysanamcmillan7972 Před 21 dnem

      In that actor's case in particular, his grandfather claimed to be Japanese after emigrating from Korea to Japan to keep his show business career going. He'd have had issues otherwise.

  • @j.h.6081
    @j.h.6081 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Who is the guy with glasses right before Fred Armisen?

    • @SolarAdrift
      @SolarAdrift Před 6 měsíci +2

      Ty Burrell. He was on the show Modern Family

  • @nessabarker599
    @nessabarker599 Před měsícem

    My father was Creole and my mother was part Indian and her family did the Ancestry and she was from Arkansas. 3rd generation on my ggg grandmother's side and they live on a reservation.

  • @johnrobinsonherrera3
    @johnrobinsonherrera3 Před 5 měsíci +1

    i will like to find out about my family too se my ancestry who famous player o celeberty im relativy

  • @sueboobarela1669
    @sueboobarela1669 Před 4 měsíci

    As a white woman, 100%. Having a different ancestor would make me so much more interesting. I think Gale was just a little shocked.

  • @OMGitsShrimp
    @OMGitsShrimp Před 4 měsíci +5

    For those who don’t get why Gayle had that reaction: for people of color, in this case a black person who is descended from enslaved black people, that white percentage isn’t just fun trivia it holds a lot of historical trauma. It brings up a lot of complicated emotions. Her ancestor could’ve been raped while in bondage, is she supposed to celebrate that? If it’s more recent then that may not be the case but there’s more processing of that info that we go through than our white peers. It’s all fun for you when you find out your part whatever because you don’t have the weight of your ancestors being oppressed, enslaved and dehumanized. The context of how that dna got there is different for you.
    Have a bit more compassion and try to look at things from outside of your perspective rather than making judgmental assumptions.

    • @reginalemaster9726
      @reginalemaster9726 Před 3 měsíci

      So you believe that the sins of ones ancestors should mark them forever? Even though their actions were not new, but had been accepted for thousands of years?

    • @regenabrooks4327
      @regenabrooks4327 Před měsícem

      @@reginalemaster9726 You don't understand the racial history of this country then. "Race" is a "social construct", invented by whites.. Africans were, and to some, still are, considered to be only 3/5 human. White people created the 'N-word'. You can find that history right here on CZcams.

  • @joelhall5124
    @joelhall5124 Před 4 měsíci +7

    It's odd how many people seem offended by finding out they have white ancestors

  • @anastaziajade4604
    @anastaziajade4604 Před 6 měsíci +29

    We’re all related. Gods children. ❤

    • @Daron7181
      @Daron7181 Před 6 měsíci +8

      Maybe one day we’ll actually start acting like it.

  • @user-hb7ie1fg6t
    @user-hb7ie1fg6t Před 4 měsíci

    @0.56 he will always be italian in my eyes lol mi scusi

  • @zachmoyer1849
    @zachmoyer1849 Před 4 měsíci +1

    i still dont understand how this works if every area is changing so much like how do you pick a time to use as the indicator or pick a group to use as the genetic indicator of a region idk

    • @thespankmyfrank
      @thespankmyfrank Před 4 měsíci

      That's exactly the issue. There's no 100% sure way of testing these things, and it won't ever be completely accurate. All DNA tests have different libraries to base their results on, and therefore the percentages will be different depending on which one you get.

    • @zachmoyer1849
      @zachmoyer1849 Před 4 měsíci

      @@thespankmyfrank Yeah, how long have we been collecting those libraries? They are very young data sets, I would have to imagine, as we only recently had the capabilities to reliably collect DNA. Even more recently, we have been able to parse through it on such an international level. To my layman eyes, it seems all we can do is find people who are most similar, which isn't that affirming of the idea of race? Like your dna cant say anything about your culture so its not like oh see ur irish no its just oh see you are most closely matched to this group of people.

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  Před 4 měsíci

      Hi, Zach. We can understand that you'd have many questions about how the DNA is determined and what it can really tell you. We do have some scientific papers you may enjoy reading. In the article below, please click the links and read from the topics that you're most interested in. Please let us know if you have other questions.
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  • @coderspy
    @coderspy Před 3 měsíci

    We were always told we had Native American ancestry, but the DNA test said the relative in question had to be Spanish (she dumped my great-grandfather and his brother at someone else's house to let them do the raising).

  • @Swamp_mann
    @Swamp_mann Před 4 měsíci +23

    So, why is it, that the black lady said take it back about being 1/3 white? If the white lady's would had said take it back about being black, there would have been an outrage.

    • @hickyxnicky411
      @hickyxnicky411 Před 2 měsíci +5

      If you think about how the 'white' got there for a lot of Black people in the new world the story is oftentimes not a good one. Lots of these relationships were not consensual, so you would feel torn. Also you know exactly why if the shoe was on the other foot why there would be outrage.

    • @Swamp_mann
      @Swamp_mann Před 2 měsíci

      @@hickyxnicky411 point is......be proud to be white if that's what you are. Be proud to be black if that's what you are. Have a great day.

    • @MichaelDaApe
      @MichaelDaApe Před 2 měsíci

      no disrespect but you're a nobody, so no one would care

    • @camillejames9966
      @camillejames9966 Před 24 dny

      she can have that reaction because she was clearly joking lol she was just surprised by what she saw up to that point

    • @Swamp_mann
      @Swamp_mann Před 24 dny

      @camillejames9966 sure she CAN. And I had that same reaction when I found out by DNA that I'm slightly African. So yeah I know the shame. Have a great day.

  • @haraldisdead
    @haraldisdead Před 4 měsíci

    Mine was so disappointing. It wasn't bland or anything, it was just.. everything I already knew. Guess my family takes its history seriously.

  • @JazneoGaming
    @JazneoGaming Před 5 měsíci +1

    this why people should not judge color of your skin

  • @AmunRa2024
    @AmunRa2024 Před 6 měsíci +15

    Galye King being 1/3 White is not Surprising at all to Brown or White folks😂

    • @peacehappyb237
      @peacehappyb237 Před 4 měsíci

      She is 1/3 European not white

    • @AmunRa2024
      @AmunRa2024 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@peacehappyb237 Tell that to Gayle King "

    • @carrington2949
      @carrington2949 Před 4 měsíci

      It is not surprising to black people either. The only thing that I ask is was it a positive union in the family tree? Was it consensual? Was the relationship respected? Just don’t tell people that you have a white ancestor and they owned slaves. That means the slaves were your ancestors from the white relative who kept his children as slaves. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @biegebythesea6775
      @biegebythesea6775 Před 4 měsíci

      @@peacehappyb237 which is white. have you never been to this continent? it's white.

    • @hakunamatata5376
      @hakunamatata5376 Před 3 měsíci

      All european ethnic groups mean white dna i dont know how some can disagree with that but you should leave them alone​@@biegebythesea6775

  • @George-zd6rb
    @George-zd6rb Před 4 měsíci

    These lineage 's go back so far,it doesn't matter! Lol😂

  • @Lora-G
    @Lora-G Před 5 měsíci +1

    All the folks worried about govt. tracking them happily give their most private info to same govt 😢😢😢😢😢

  • @hotrodchukyZZZ
    @hotrodchukyZZZ Před 4 měsíci +1

    We are All Human Beings.

  • @AleenaAr
    @AleenaAr Před 6 měsíci +1

    PHILLLLLLL

  • @bruceseaman6592
    @bruceseaman6592 Před 6 měsíci +5

    My great grandparents were Hungarian ( Hungary now)Gypsy's...
    No wonder I'm so restless and want to be moving home regularly

    • @lydiapetra1211
      @lydiapetra1211 Před 5 měsíci +1

      There's a major difference between being magyar or cigány...

    • @thespankmyfrank
      @thespankmyfrank Před 4 měsíci

      That's not how ancestry works but okay.

  • @TheSwedishGamingVikings
    @TheSwedishGamingVikings Před 5 měsíci

    I mean, just the last name of Scarlett screams Sweden. My side is the opposite. I have a very Swedish last name but we are all from USA. Mostly Buffalo, New York.

  • @lanebashford3982
    @lanebashford3982 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Bottom line: we are all related. We are all one race--the human race. We have to start loving and respecting each other so that we are all happier. Love makes the world so much better.

  • @mariaytinexposer
    @mariaytinexposer Před 5 měsíci +1

    78

  • @lplp2620
    @lplp2620 Před 3 měsíci

    Who is the woman?? in green cap??

  • @SandileShamase-ll6tg
    @SandileShamase-ll6tg Před měsícem

    The people who aren't black but have african ancestry I can kiiiiinndda see it in them

  • @Dontneedahandle0
    @Dontneedahandle0 Před 4 měsíci +18

    Love how Gail’s allowed to be ignorant about being 1/3 white and nobody sees a problem with that. Js. 😏

    • @miriamh2551
      @miriamh2551 Před 4 měsíci +3

      It's the European politics part that I'm sure she's distancing herself from, colonizing and oppressing so many around the world

    • @Dontneedahandle0
      @Dontneedahandle0 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@miriamh2551 you mean like every other country, in the entire world, since the begin of time? It’s not just Europeans.

    • @miriamh2551
      @miriamh2551 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@Dontneedahandle0 majority Europeans as of late, including right now in Palestine.

    • @Dontneedahandle0
      @Dontneedahandle0 Před 4 měsíci

      @@miriamh2551 no. Nice try

    • @Dontneedahandle0
      @Dontneedahandle0 Před 13 dny

      @@miriamh2551keep lying to yourself.

  • @145krava
    @145krava Před 4 měsíci

    Who is that in the thumbnail?

  • @85Vikingen
    @85Vikingen Před 4 měsíci

    The swede might still be danish. Is the dna from skåne?

  • @joshuajkoplin
    @joshuajkoplin Před 5 měsíci

    I’ve lived in Oregon my whole life and never knew I was1/3rd Californian.

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  Před 5 měsíci

      Hey Joshua. Many thanks for checking out some of these amazing moments from past episodes. Some of the information revealed can be truly breath taking and we hope you get the chance to check out season 10 which has recently been launched over on PBS. Click here to see some highlights from the upcoming episodes: www.ancestry.com/c/finding-your-roots?o_iid=133758&o_lid=133758&o_sch=Web+Property. 🌳

  • @sassbrat
    @sassbrat Před 5 měsíci +1

    The 4th guy in a way wasn't really lying about being 1/4 Asian he just got the wrong one.

    • @KristineMaitland
      @KristineMaitland Před 5 měsíci

      And Fred Armisen's Korean decendent was really cool. He was a dancer and there is a museum dedicated to him in Japan Kuni Institute of Creative Dance

    • @sassbrat
      @sassbrat Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@KristineMaitland Looking back on his Asian roots with his grandfather who was Korean and why Fred thought he Japanese. His grandfather took a Japanese name to protect himself as when he was a high school student in Japan The Japanese massacued anyone they thought was Korean and Chinese and even killed some Japanese just because they thought they looked Korean. in 1923.
      So glad that Fred was able to find a lost part of his history.

  • @altamiradorable
    @altamiradorable Před 4 měsíci

    When will people will realize that we are all brothers and sisters !

  • @trooper64428
    @trooper64428 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I love the way they hate being told they have white ancestry, but how they love it when they are told they have black ancestry. Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.

    • @Bunkerhillburning
      @Bunkerhillburning Před 4 měsíci

      I noticed that. What a laugh.

    • @carrington2949
      @carrington2949 Před 4 měsíci

      I love the way you watched this whole video and then proceeded to lie about it and make exaggerated claims. Gives me a a feeling of deja vu.

  • @relyks5670
    @relyks5670 Před 5 měsíci +11

    Gale king, wow. Imagine if it were the other way around . Pretty sad response.

  • @the_glitter_is
    @the_glitter_is Před 4 měsíci +1

    God I love John Leguizamo

  • @littoww
    @littoww Před 3 měsíci +7

    Imagine if I, as a white skinned man, found out I was part black, and reacted with disgust and hatred. IMAGINE

  • @user-ju1ml3fp1f
    @user-ju1ml3fp1f Před 4 měsíci

    One thing you said: the elders who have all that information are dead. I don't want that to be mi kids story 😔

  • @jt5461
    @jt5461 Před měsícem

    I was surprised I had 1% African DNA not in a disgust way, more like cool I wonder where, but I guess we all can be traced back too Africa, but some of us doesn't show any DNA from there. From what I read it's around 7-8 generations into the past which is interesting as I've no idea who it could be. I know a lot of my family tree, so it's every interesting. I'm saving money so someone can help me with my line, as I think someone was actually adopted.

  • @somethingunholy9130
    @somethingunholy9130 Před 6 měsíci +4

    This just really goes to show all the different kinds of people we can make just by two different races combining, no matter how crazy that race or ethnicity is

    • @Daron7181
      @Daron7181 Před 6 měsíci +4

      It’s almost like we’re all human beings or something. 🤔

    • @somethingunholy9130
      @somethingunholy9130 Před 6 měsíci

      @@Daron7181 I know we’re human beings, I was saying this goes to show just how crazy the possibilities are with reproduction with us humans

    • @carrington2949
      @carrington2949 Před 4 měsíci

      @@Daron7181Only to white people. 😂😂😂

  • @ethanbordeau6591
    @ethanbordeau6591 Před 3 měsíci

    I never understood why people think there only black or only white

    • @opensprings
      @opensprings Před 3 měsíci

      Blame the 'one-drop' rule, which was imposed on people who had any black blood to make them simply just 'black'

  • @rosebay44Evergreen-ti3zl
    @rosebay44Evergreen-ti3zl Před měsícem

    Careful, I took a DNA test and learned the man who raised me was not my father, but an Ashkenazi from northern Europe,a bit of a shock that was. They're all deceased now, so no more answers.😍😆

  • @geraldmartin5016
    @geraldmartin5016 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Phil: does that mean i can use the "N" word now?