I live in the republic of Cyprus with my Greek Cypriot husband. His family and other villagers used to write the births inside the wardrobe on the door. By the time the person who registered the births got to do so, ( many couldn’t read or write in villages until the last 60:70 years or later often) so my husband and his mother for example have two different years on some government documents and my mother in law two different months. However if you ask who is who in the village, everyone knows who is who and which level of cousin or aunt etc, ie first , second etc. I love that I am integrated to this culture. I am Scottish with a rich history of my own.
My father is Greek and my mother is Scottish, it's such a contrast in record keeping. Much more difficult to get information on the Greek side. I am recording my 86 yr old uncle's family knowledge before it's all gone. Even knowing their own birth dates accurately is not possible for some older family members, I've noticed on migration forms there are often 3 or more different birth dates given.
@@christinagiannaros9817 I agree, ask all the elders about family etc. I left it too late in my family, my parents and all their siblings passed before I decided to look into the family trees pfft!
Yes, plus lots of other characteristics which alas are not so positive. There is no utopia. there are pluses & minuses everywhere. I learned to flatter the Greeks especially the Civil Servants.
The Greeks gave us philosophy, history, astronomy & so much more. To hate anyone in your heart you've commited a grevious sin. Let go of hatred because it will only make you bitter and resentful. During WW2 the Nazis aka the Evil Germany Empire, did so much damage. And those resisted against the Nazis we're either punished during & after the war.
Thank you, Thank you, and Thank you Mr. Gates. This show is so inspiring, I've been researching my family history intermittently for 10 years!!! I can't tell you the frustration I've felt. The journey started when my Grandfather S. Buchanan died, due to information he left on his death bed to my Aunt Linda. You can imagine, it was an ear full and quiet a revelation!!! I Love this Show, Sincerly, Monique Hudson Maldonado
Ben Franklin was a great promoter of 'sober and industrious' young men. He wanted to promote the development of the country in terms of business, manufacture, intellectual life and good citizens. It doesn't necessarily mean they were great pals, just that BF had a good impression of them. He was all about helping young men get a start in life because of his own background and an incident when he was promised letters of introduction (in London) and didn't get them. He knew how much help such letters could be and encouraged other respected men to cultivate 'sober and industrious' young men who came to Philadelphia and do what they could to help them set up in business locally.
Lots and lots of Greeks have DNA from the Caucasus. It's because that's where ancient Mycenaeans and Minoans - who migrated to what we now know as Greece - originated from. Mycenaeans and Minoans were the first Greeks. It has nothing to do with Turks, Armenians, Georgians, etc. For goodness sake, Turks are from Central Asia, who only came to the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Anatolia 1,000 years ago. If Greeks had Turk DNA, it would show up as Central Asian not from the Caucasus.
The Caucasus region includes present-day Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and a small part of Southern Russia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Just sayin'...
this program is great homage to western agenda (especially holocaust) they milk every little thing they can. pay attention how they skip a lot of ancestors to jump to “the one” that either suffered or gained something.
"You get the idea that the whole world is Greek." Well, it is, of sorts. We talk about the Judeo-Christian world but we might also add the Hellenic-Judeo-Christian world.
It's such a funny contrast to me: An American will go "WOW! My Xth great-grandparents were Americans! I had no idea! That's so fascinating!" - whereas a Dane like me will go "Oh. My Xth great-grandparents were Danish. Of course they were. Meh."
"Multi-national culture" makes no sense. Americans are all from one nation but have different cultural roots, and are far more culturally homogeneous than they realize until they live abroad and discover that they are not Greek to Greeks or Poles to Poles, etc., but very definitely American.
Turks, during the Ottoman period, were known (it is documented in historical papers) to use meritrocraty. If a subject of the Sultan proved himself to be smart enough to be of value for the empire, they would get rewarded with all kind of positions in the administration. Many non Turks went all the way up the pyramid of power and influence. As long as they were loyal to the Sultan and brought any sort of advantages to the system, be it political, economical, social. Unfortunately, today's Turks are allowing their leadership to regress them into bigotry.
I think someone should tell mr Stefanopoulos that he would probably not do what his ancestors did unless he is a communist too. Because GPA (greek popular army) as far as history is concerned were communists who fought for their liberation and freedom but also for their socialist ideals. So i dont think his ancestors would think he'd act in the same manner as they did.
You're fundamentally wrong. There have never been an ethnicity called "Ottomans", but Turks living in the Ottoman Empire. Turks have been existing since 6th century bc, they have just changed their rulers multiple times, but Turks always stayed Turks
@@jxavier3876 I see points and opinions you see hate....that makes you the one all about hate. She is a racist bigot ...go spew on her comments...if you dare.
"England, France, Spain, and the Netherlands launched major colonization programs in eastern North America" ^^ i actually went to the docks that most of the Europeans gathered at in portsmouths (The UK).
66.3% of the founders came from England. maybe you need more time with your head out of the sky and in a book instead. (Come to England, I'll educate you.)
david....you know no one is really pure. in the Mediterranean...everyone is stoppiing by Greece and getting some chichone...every army has horny well fed soldiers looking for release So don't be a 'bufo' trying to be ignorant. skahtah !!!!!
Hahaha that's a lot of rage for something that has nothing to do with you. Everyone's mixed but you're not hm? 3800 years, my how...specific. Troll liar. Good try. =)
you can't actually distinguish greeks and turks as easily just by genetics - they are both mostly ancestors of a variety of peoples inhabiting the ancient greek world including asia minor which was later conquered by turkish armies. The turkish invaders obviously didn't replace all of the conquered peoples, they 'turkified' them to an extent. Today's greeks and turks are closely related en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_studies_on_Turkish_people#/media/File:HaplogroupdifferencesbetweenTurksandGreeks.jpg
I really wish I could watch all episodes, I love this show. Thank you for sharing!
I live in the republic of Cyprus with my Greek Cypriot husband. His family and other villagers used to write the births inside the wardrobe on the door. By the time the person who registered the births got to do so, ( many couldn’t read or write in villages until the last 60:70 years or later often) so my husband and his mother for example have two different years on some government documents and my mother in law two different months. However if you ask who is who in the village, everyone knows who is who and which level of cousin or aunt etc, ie first , second etc. I love that I am integrated to this culture. I am Scottish with a rich history of my own.
My father is Greek and my mother is Scottish, it's such a contrast in record keeping. Much more difficult to get information on the Greek side. I am recording my 86 yr old uncle's family knowledge before it's all gone. Even knowing their own birth dates accurately is not possible for some older family members, I've noticed on migration forms there are often 3 or more different birth dates given.
@@christinagiannaros9817 I agree, ask all the elders about family etc. I left it too late in my family, my parents and all their siblings passed before I decided to look into the family trees pfft!
Greeks are the most warm hearted, kind, generous, and niciest people one can imagine
Yes, plus lots of other characteristics which alas are not so positive. There is no utopia. there are pluses & minuses everywhere. I learned to flatter the Greeks especially the Civil Servants.
I lived in Athens, Greece for 13 years. I had a blast. My kids were born there.
That was excellent! So enjoyable. That blue blood British aristocrat went to Greece to fight in the War of Independence and died there
The Greeks gave us philosophy, history, astronomy & so much more. To hate anyone in your heart you've commited a grevious sin. Let go of hatred because it will only make you bitter and resentful. During WW2 the Nazis aka the Evil Germany Empire, did so much damage. And those resisted against the Nazis we're either punished during & after the war.
Thank you, Thank you, and Thank you Mr. Gates. This show is so inspiring, I've been researching my family history intermittently for 10 years!!! I can't tell you the frustration I've felt. The journey started when my Grandfather S. Buchanan died, due to information he left on his death bed to my Aunt Linda. You can imagine, it was an ear full and quiet a revelation!!!
I Love this Show, Sincerly,
Monique Hudson Maldonado
Ben Franklin was a great promoter of 'sober and industrious' young men. He wanted to promote the development of the country in terms of business, manufacture, intellectual life and good citizens. It doesn't necessarily mean they were great pals, just that BF had a good impression of them. He was all about helping young men get a start in life because of his own background and an incident when he was promised letters of introduction (in London) and didn't get them. He knew how much help such letters could be and encouraged other respected men to cultivate 'sober and industrious' young men who came to Philadelphia and do what they could to help them set up in business locally.
These three are so gentle in their language. I appreciate the absence of certain exclamatory words which we've heard in other episodes.
"Can you imagine killing a human being?"
". . . not a stranger."
🤣
I love this show.
He was a Patriot .... every single ancestor from every single country were patriots to their countries.
Thanks for uploading this I was looking for it ^^
The Denison family are also my ancestors! How funny. It's a small world.
I did that 23 and Me thing, found out I am Crete and Maltese and Irish...
Nobody is "pure" anything.
Gotta love David Sedaris. So funny and likable despite writing of himself as a curmudgeon.
Σας ευχαριστώ ρε πατριώτη.
The longer one is away from their home country the more patriotic one becomes.
Interesting because the Ibrahim of the ottoman empire went to Istanbul as a slave from Greece, not a Turk.
Lots and lots of Greeks have DNA from the Caucasus. It's because that's where ancient Mycenaeans and Minoans - who migrated to what we now know as Greece - originated from. Mycenaeans and Minoans were the first Greeks. It has nothing to do with Turks, Armenians, Georgians, etc. For goodness sake, Turks are from Central Asia, who only came to the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Anatolia 1,000 years ago. If Greeks had Turk DNA, it would show up as Central Asian not from the Caucasus.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_studies_on_Turkish_people#/media/File:HaplogroupdifferencesbetweenTurksandGreeks.jpg
Thanks alot
Wow. John Huson! I remember him.
The Caucasus region includes present-day Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and a small part of Southern Russia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Just sayin'...
this program is great homage to western agenda (especially holocaust) they milk every little thing they can. pay attention how they skip a lot of ancestors to jump to “the one” that either suffered or gained something.
"You get the idea that the whole world is Greek." Well, it is, of sorts. We talk about the Judeo-Christian world but we might also add the Hellenic-Judeo-Christian world.
It's such a funny contrast to me: An American will go "WOW! My Xth great-grandparents were Americans! I had no idea! That's so fascinating!" - whereas a Dane like me will go "Oh. My Xth great-grandparents were Danish. Of course they were. Meh."
the whole world is Greek...especially when you live here!
"Multi-national culture" makes no sense. Americans are all from one nation but have different cultural roots, and are far more culturally homogeneous than they realize until they live abroad and discover that they are not Greek to Greeks or Poles to Poles, etc., but very definitely American.
Turks, during the Ottoman period, were known (it is documented in historical papers) to use meritrocraty. If a subject of the Sultan proved himself to be smart enough to be of value for the empire, they would get rewarded with all kind of positions in the administration. Many non Turks went all the way up the pyramid of power and influence. As long as they were loyal to the Sultan and brought any sort of advantages to the system, be it political, economical, social.
Unfortunately, today's Turks are allowing their leadership to regress them into bigotry.
Come to Trinidad and Tobago
I do.
so I guess Tina Fey's ancestors didn't sit home and eat cake.
I wonder if Tina Fey's German-American dad also spoke Greek?
Why would her father speak Greek? If he didn't live there & their world was English speaking!!!
I think someone should tell mr Stefanopoulos that he would probably not do what his ancestors did unless he is a communist too. Because GPA (greek popular army) as far as history is concerned were communists who fought for their liberation and freedom but also for their socialist ideals. So i dont think his ancestors would think he'd act in the same manner as they did.
I am embarrassed for you.
Where is the family of “My Greek Fat Wedding” author, Tom Hanks wife?
That is not Tom Hanks’ wife, is it?
@@OP-1000nope - Rita Wilson aka Mrs Tom Hanks was however the producer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding
there was not such term as Turks. To that day that was otoman empire. turkey becomes Turks only in 1920.
You're fundamentally wrong. There have never been an ethnicity called "Ottomans", but Turks living in the Ottoman Empire. Turks have been existing since 6th century bc, they have just changed their rulers multiple times, but Turks always stayed Turks
Turks came to the Balkans in late 900 AD... before that they were in Mongolia...
do eminem!
do Linda sarsour
and see that her grandfather is actually her father.
@@maureenhaley112 cmon now. You are showing your hate
@@jxavier3876 I see points and opinions you see hate....that makes you the one all about hate.
She is a racist bigot ...go spew on her comments...if you dare.
"I had no idea we had any family in England" - where do Americans think they came from?
Sounds as though you need some remedial instruction in early US history.
"England, France, Spain, and the Netherlands launched major colonization programs in eastern North America" ^^ i actually went to the docks that most of the Europeans gathered at in portsmouths (The UK).
66.3% of the founders came from England. maybe you need more time with your head out of the sky and in a book instead. (Come to England, I'll educate you.)
16,384 people in 12 generations, so if 66.3% of the founders were English... let's just say it's highly likely.
Germany.
How Tina didn't know where or heard of Chios....is there no geography taught in USA.....has she been to Greece ?????
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david....you know no one is really pure. in the Mediterranean...everyone is stoppiing by Greece and getting some chichone...every army has horny well fed soldiers looking for release So don't be a 'bufo' trying to be ignorant. skahtah !!!!!
i am not mixed. my people have not mixed for over 3800 years. same old line we chose.
oh japanese are mixed. just go back to the Jolmans and connect movement from korea. good try
Hahaha that's a lot of rage for something that has nothing to do with you. Everyone's mixed but you're not hm? 3800 years, my how...specific. Troll liar. Good try. =)
Germans, not Nazis!!!!!!!!!!!
Funny, I always thought Tina was Jewish. Phew!
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you can't actually distinguish greeks and turks as easily just by genetics - they are both mostly ancestors of a variety of peoples inhabiting the ancient greek world including asia minor which was later conquered by turkish armies. The turkish invaders obviously didn't replace all of the conquered peoples, they 'turkified' them to an extent. Today's greeks and turks are closely related en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_studies_on_Turkish_people#/media/File:HaplogroupdifferencesbetweenTurksandGreeks.jpg