It's good she finally knows about her family tree. She ought to know.

@daniellamcgee4251

5 ай бұрын

I see what you did there! 😅

@ko0974

5 ай бұрын

😂

@Wil4568

5 ай бұрын

😄😄😄😄@@ko0974

@SopranoSistah

5 ай бұрын

🤦🏾

@AJR-zg2py

5 ай бұрын

HA I SEE WHAT YA DID THERE

As an adopted child in 1960, it wasn’t until I was 60 thru Ancestry that I found my Jewish decent..I was nothing my family tried to tell me I was. It’s good to finally know where I came from ❤

I am glad that Alanis Morrisette found out about her Family History. Awesome

@josephbuehl9429

5 ай бұрын

🥴

I've never seen anyone articulate their feelings with such ease.

@thomasmulhall4873

5 ай бұрын

Great actress.

@rojardakar1313

5 ай бұрын

Still beautiful! Love her voice, could listen to her voice all day!

@cvbaxter

Ай бұрын

Wow!

Go Alanis! So happy for you! Welcome to your long time Jewish Family!😊

@Dr.Pancho.Tortilla

5 ай бұрын

she's a holocaust survivor she could claim reparations from Germany and Europe and even Russia

@y.harveynorman1392

5 ай бұрын

@@Dr.Pancho.Tortillano she’s not

My maternal grandfather disappeared in Hungary after being taken by the Russians when my mother was 8 yrs old. She said that as far as she knew he was made to work on laying railway tracks and was never heard of again. Her family even got Red Cross to search for him but it was as if he disappeared off the face of the earth. No trace was ever found. My mum later married my dad and they both left Hungary during the Uprising and emigrated to UK arriving on her 21st birthday. Although I was born in UK, my heart lies with Hungary as that’s where all my relatives still live.

Alanis, we are so glad that you found out you are part of our family!

@Dr.Pancho.Tortilla

5 ай бұрын

She could claim some Palestinian territory

@mikehunt6218

5 ай бұрын

That's a good idea​@@Dr.Pancho.Tortilla

@kennybachman35

5 ай бұрын

So you’re an Arab too?

@shtroizn

4 ай бұрын

@@Dr.Pancho.Tortilla You just had to go there. Tell me - can you name one Palestinian before 1900? You oughta know

@Dr.Pancho.Tortilla

3 ай бұрын

@@user-dk7hp3zy1q anti-semite?

Just for info. "Feuerstein"= German for Flintstone or literarly Firestone. "Blumenkrans"=German for Flower wreath.

@leannsherman6723

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@lindadeal3344

4 ай бұрын

So the Fintstones were jewish? What about the Rubbles? Boy you had to admire Wilma and Betty!! I always thought Barney was a Scotsman as he had a Bam-Bam for a son!

@s.f.8867

2 ай бұрын

There was a german journalist and cabaret artist namend Herbert Feuerstein who died in 2020.

@sachielangel

2 ай бұрын

Cool 🙂@@s.f.8867

Never forgotten is the name of one of my own tracks, I love Morisette's voice. Glad she finally found some of her roots.

Alanis has such a lovely smile! I am glad she learned this important history.

@AncestryUS

5 ай бұрын

We love that you enjoyed this episode with Alanis, Bob! We hope you enjoy the rest of the season just as much.

I always loved Finding Your Roots on PBS. I've been doing genealogy research for the past 6yrs and it's amazing how interconnected we all are in the human family. ♡

I can’t imagine those times. Knowing that your fellow citizens and neighbours wanted you dead, or at least didn’t care enough to stop it :(

@jacquesrenou2850

5 ай бұрын

​@@ntuthukozwane4873It is those people you are defending that have time and time again called for the death of any and all Jewish people and the destruction of Israel along with 98% of all the Muslims! Some people always going to crash another forum to turn it into politics and fit "Their" agenda. Did you forget who started this event on October 7th.?Please stop party crashing and go to a page of your like minded people, this is not it!

@shakyhandpictures2185

5 ай бұрын

Such a brutal comment about a people committing genocide as I type this. Zionist radicals committing war crimes, breaching borders, settling land that isn’t theirs, yet commenting on these atrocities will be labeled anti Jewish. Religions are cults, believing in magical myths, pathetic!

@aaliyahbugeja2959

5 ай бұрын

Get a life​@@ntuthukozwane4873

@ariellaabrahams

5 ай бұрын

You don't have to imagine. We're living it right now

@TheAmtwhite

5 ай бұрын

@@ariellaabrahams Where?

Dr. Gates continues to research fascinating people. I love the quality of his presentations. Great job!

I really enjoyed Alanis. She's so down-to-earth and has a lovely energy. So sorry to hear about the tragedy in her family. At least she knows now and can pass this information to her children.

Please please please put the full episode on KZread free so those of us who are struggling financially can enjoy something too. Thank you and bless you all.

@dannschmit8604

5 ай бұрын

@@tahoe-hx5sq No. I live in an area where all airwave TV is blocked by mountains on one side and ocean on the other. North has no TV airwaves and South has distance and some high hills. The only way to watch anything on TV is to have cable, satellite or Internet. I can barely afford the Internet and I don't know how much longer that may last.

@AnnieThyme

5 ай бұрын

In case you are looking for other pbs content, pbs guam has a youtube channel where they livestream the channel. It plays whatever is playing on the air on pbs guam so if you look at the schedule and adjust for the time you can find some good stuff there :)

@TS-xn1mc

5 ай бұрын

The PBS app is free.

@laurabailey1054

5 ай бұрын

@@tahoe-hx5sq you have to be able to afford to buy the digital antenna as analogue ones don’t work any more

I think a lot of people would be shocked to find out they're not who they think they are. 🤔

Dr. Gates, this never ceases to amaze me. Thank you for these inspiring ventures.

Blumenkranz is a beautiful name. It means “flower wreath”.

@aurorauniversalis1633

5 ай бұрын

The problem is that it wasn't really their name. That name was imposed on them when they lived in Germany for centuries. And that was wrong to force those names on them. All of it was wrong. Germany has a lot of crimes they haven't answered for.

@Nienaah

5 ай бұрын

@@aurorauniversalis1633Oh really? How was that done in Germany? Here in The Netherlands everyone had to have a last name due to Napoleons laws in 1811, but they could choose their own.

@aurorauniversalis1633

5 ай бұрын

@@Nienaah I’m not sure, I just know those weren’t their names and they were forced on them.

@gehejjed1

5 ай бұрын

@@aurorauniversalis1633 A lot of Jewish people moved to Hungary in the last few centuries. It was a safe place for them, because there were no pogroms in Hungary, not like in other European countries. But they were not equal to christians. At the end of the 18th century the king, Jozef II. said if the Jews wanted to have the same rights that the christians had, they had to have family names. Before that Jews didn't have family names. And they had to choose Germain names only, because king Jozef wanted Germain language to be the official language all over the Empire. (didn't happen) Hungary was the part of the Habsburg Empire. That's why most of the Jewish people still have Germain names in Hungary.

@aurorauniversalis1633

5 ай бұрын

@@gehejjed1 Yes. They didn’t get a choice in the matter and still weren’t equal. That’s part of oppression.

Wow! Beautiful story! Her music was my soundtrack for a couple years. I have the same ‘crush’, have be to Israel 6 times! Love it amazing place packed full of history. Am Israel Chai!

@leannsherman6723

5 ай бұрын

You might want to consider doing a DNA test. 😉

One of my maternal great grandmothers was Jewish, us kids never met her, but we surely knew everything about her, my Mother was very proud of her heritage and she made sure we knew where we came from. Also remember my mother insisting we watch every documentary, that came on the TV, about the Holocaust. I was the youngest of 5 children and was only 5 or 6 years old the first time I saw the inhumanity and attempted genocide that the Jewish people endured. We no longer are of the Jewish religion, but we are forever connected to the Jewish People.

Dr. Gates is a tremendous GIFT to his guests and to the WORLD. Thank you Dr. Gates

I'm not Jewish etc, but she's always stood out to be a very strong woman.. a friend of mine met her backstage and said she's very nice. I love a few songs of hers. I'm just simply a spiritual being and I survived perhaps worse than her family had. Us survivor don't talk about it.

@Brenda10923

5 ай бұрын

Who cares if you're not Jewish what does that have to do with her being a strong woman

@davebloombeat

5 ай бұрын

Whatever it is you survived, shac9131, more power to you for staying alive and having the inner strength to carry on. Here’s hoping that you are continuing to heal and may 2024 bring you and your loved ones blessings of long life, health, happiness and fulfillment.

@shac9131

5 ай бұрын

@@davebloombeat thanks man. I'm a survivor of MK ultra. Stories to tell/ share is insane. It's ironic a handful of others I met that are survivors too. I was supposed to of been sacrificed. And I won't go into those details how I survived that. I learned at a young age when I heard, was taught the word miracle... It's a BS word and meaning There's no such thing. I'm a survivor

@shac9131

5 ай бұрын

@@davebloombeat PS I know I only have a small amount of time left.... I don't have anything to protect any longer. Dog died etc. no kids. But I really can't tell much or elsei may not see next week

@laurabailey1054

5 ай бұрын

@@shac9131 so sad. I only have my service dog.

So I did not know, that my grandfahter was Jewish untill my grandmother died when I was abot 21 / 22 . Both of them were in the resinstence and he had changed his name to be able to continue to live in Germany and protect his family. I know at some point he got arrested and they beat him up so badly, that he was not able to ever walk normaly again, and I've been told my great grandmother poisend herself, before the Gestapo could get her, but other than that I am totally in the dark. I'd love to know more about them and what they had to go through. I've been able to put together some pieces, but I still don't know his real name or who he really was...

This made me cry. I wasn't sure why, but I think it's about the idea of coming home. So many losses, it was good to hear about a family that made it out of the Holocaust, and her re-introduction into our family.

Alan is welcome back to the tribe. There is a wealth of learning for you. I always found the study of Judaism to be filled with love & wisdom. Cheers

This is the only show I MUST watch. There are others I like and dabble w, but this series brings me joy every single time.

What an amazing story! I am related to Alanis from the Morrisette side. Before having my DNA tested I didn't know that we have the same great-grandfather from 1727.

@jerrimenard3092

5 ай бұрын

Hello Cousin! I am a direct decent of Zachariah Cloutier and Xante DuPont. We are also related to Beyonce, Madonna, Queen Camilla of Great Britain and Celine Dion. I can't wait to see this full episode.

You can really see the resemblance to her grandfather.

My grandmother did the same, kept it a secret that her mother was Jewish. I didn’t find out that I was Jewish until 3 years ago and I’m 55. My Jewish great grandmother married a German man and they moved to America.

I tape the show... Thank you & the team for your thorough presentations each week.

My grandma never called me by my name. She always called me Israel. I never understood until a few years ago when I did a DNA test & discovered I’m part Jewish. Maybe she kept a secret & that was her way of hinting to me.

@lindadeal3344

4 ай бұрын

That was a pretty strong hint!!At least you have a beautiful name and it describes how special you are, especially to your loved ones...have a happy fulfilled life, God bless you and your family always!

@Hairarchives

2 ай бұрын

You do know Jewish people have no Semitic blood. Meaning y’all are converts descended from the Khazar empire

Hum...the spelling of her last name is wrong in the title and recap of this video, it's actually Morissette, with one r and two s, not Morrisette. It might be due to autocorrect from the person who uploaded it on the Ancestry channel and I wouldn't normally bother to post a comment to point it out, but this is about a person's genealogy and the spelling of their last name is highly relevant to the content of the video.

my polish ancestors parents were from hungary too and i didnt know that there were hungarian jewish peoples, i also found a slovakia synagogue record book which i didnt even know was also a thing, his records state both hungary and slovakia and birth place, now i dont know how factual any of this is but one day id like to look into it

That was one cool video, thanks for sharing

Galicja - that's Poland back then❤Beautiful 🎉

I admit to loving it when someone turns out to be Surprise Jewish. Makes the world feel a little closer.

@leannsherman6723

5 ай бұрын

❤

I love this program. Mr. Gates is a remarkable person. It's very interesting.

I have always loved Alanis. Now I know why!

I found out that im Native American from both of my parents. But i don't know what tribes because some had changed the last name in my search. One day, i would love to find out for me and my girls. ❤

I had the same experience! When I found my mother and 4 generations back! Them being of ashkenazi, Jew decent! 4 years ago

@suriweinberg4937

5 ай бұрын

Please say Jewish instead of 'Jew' descent.... it makes a huge difference when you hear it. Jew comes across as harsh and defamatory while Jewish is softer and more accurate. It's part of our historical trauma over the last 2000 plus years.

Welcome, sister! I wish I shared your singing genes!!

My Jewish grandfather was also in the Hungarian Labor Army. He got lucky in that he wasn't sent to the Russian front but was in the country side where things were quiet. It was about 8 Jewish men with a friendly guard. We actually have pictures from his time there. Eventually he was taken to a Concentration camp where he was liberated from on May 5, 1945.

@lindadeal3344

4 ай бұрын

So glad he was liberated in May 1945, a beautiful spring month full of hope and aspirations!!

@Bulvan123

4 ай бұрын

@@lindadeal3344 It actually wasn't so great. It was of the last camps to be liberated. Most were freed earlier.

Come home girl. Big love from tel Aviv ❤

God bless you Alanis, you should be proud of your family, look what they've been thru . Siuch pain but progress. ps you just sern to get more beautiful as you age.🙏🙏🇨🇦🙏🙏

What about the Morrisette side of the family? Her French Canadian roots also run deep!

Watch this episode on Tuesday night. Really interesting about her heritage.

Mazel Tov Alanis and Thank You, Dr. Gates!!

She was a Canadian that didn’t understand Irony, we did know that.

I’m a Christian and bless you for searching for your roots Alanis

Love this Woman! Never forget ♥️♥️♥️

I’m watching and crying. It’s tragic and Unfathomable what Atrocities human beings can inflict on lives🤕😟

Wonderful story! I wonder whether we might be related. I am also a successful musician. My paternal grandfather was from Tarnipol which was then part of Galicia. Whenever I made a clever remark he'd say, "You have a Galicianer kopf (head)!" My paternal grandmother was from the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary. Fortunately, they emigrated to New York well before the Holocaust and met here.

@AncestryUS

5 ай бұрын

Hey Lesley. Thanks for checking out a little of Alanis' story. We're delighted to see that you've found this clip form one of the latest episodes so interesting and that you've clearly got a real love for your own family history. The Carpathian Mountains mountains offer up some spectacular scenery and history and we hope you learn even more about your Hungarian roots in time. Thanks for sharing a glimpse into your own story and click here to check out even more amazing highlights from past seasons of the show: kzread.info/head/PL0xuz8BBkD4gm8NBVH8ga1elIoAkBjL-q. Enjoy the rest of the weekend! 🌳

Beautiful!

I was so happy and eager to watch the new season! Thank you!!

Super! Shalom Alanis, baruch ha'ashem Adonai.

Louis CK is a descendant of Hungarian jews. He does a bit about it, but it is an amazing story. Most of his family died in the camps at that time. His grandfather fled to Mexico.

Amazing

To deny your heritage because of fear of antisemitism or anti-anything is a sad result of racial profiling.

Welcome back to the tribe! 💙

Let’s gooooooo new szn 2024

We love you so much here in Israel, welcome dear ❤

That beautiful dynamic voice of her's just makes you Ani sme'cha 😃

Dr. Gates you are truly loved and respected by all Americans I was in awe of you when you started this series...I believe it was late 80's as in the 90's I received three scholarships to study veterinary medicine and animal husbandry! I got to meet the scientist that cloned "Dolly"...

Incredible, thank you 💚🙏🏼

Welcome ❤

A beautiful talented person 😊

Sad, but beautiful.

"Going Down In Theatres For 200 Years".

Wow!

I sometimes think about the nameless faceless people who were murdered. And then I think about some Jewish people whose names we know for example Goldie Hawn Steven Spielberg Jerry Springer Alanis Morissette these are real people and the same thing could have happened to them this makes it more real for me

So many went underground during these dark times due to prosecution. I know our family did also .. I want to know more about mine..My great great Aunt told me stories and some of the family and tried to keep it covered up. I suspect I am Ashkenazi according to her .

I absolutely love this show. To see where your roots began has always been a passion of mine. I have worked on Mine and My Husbands family tree for years with hours upon hours of work over the years one thing still remains a secret is My Mother in-laws adoption. No matter where I turn or look next....that wall cannot be climbed. With watching this show, I hope to find out ways to overcome this obstacle.

@AncestryUS

2 ай бұрын

Hi there, CC! Thanks for stopping by. We are thrilled you are enjoying the show so much. We also hope you find the answers in the near future to breakthrough those walls in your research! 💚🌳

Love Alanis. I also discovered my Jewish roots through Ancestry DNA. I had no idea. It comes from my maternal grandfather.

My grandfather was in the British army that liberated Belsen. He could never speak of what he saw. He only mentioned the stench that was apparent from miles around.

I always thought she was Jewish since the beginning of time. It surprised me to hear that she had no idea or was raised any other way. Great musician.

Would have also been good to hear about her French Canadian side.

@KristineMaitland

5 ай бұрын

That would be cool. If my memory serves Rosie O'Donnell had French Canadian connections with her closer relatives (her family is mainly Irish)

@Furienna

5 ай бұрын

These videos are never about both sides of the person's family.

@MR-ml2po

5 ай бұрын

They cover that side if you actually watch the episode...

@jacquesrenou2850

5 ай бұрын

@MR-ml2po Thanks,but don't have a subscription,watched the shorts on Utube. 😐

@vinista256

5 ай бұрын

They do in the full episode. They find the house her family inhabited near Quebec City in the 17th century, and they trace the family back to the town of Surgères in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. She also has roots in Nova Scotia, where one of her direct ancestors was a lumberjack who survived going over a waterfall in a raft. There was a folk song written about him and his companions who did not survive-don’t be surprised if her version of it shows up on a future album.

They DID talk about her father’s line and visited the ancestral home

Now we love you even more Alanis. Big big hug ❤

@jezalb2710

5 ай бұрын

No, we do not

That's exactly what conversos did when they arrived in the Americas, the Azores, Madeira, etc...Parents rarely spoke of their heritage to the kids. Within a generation or two, all was buried.

I think I'm related to her on her paternal side.

This was a very interesting episode

I have a similar story, and I saw Alanis in Sacramento 😊😅

@AncestryUS

5 ай бұрын

How lucky to have caught one of Alanis' amazing performances. DM! It's great to see that you enjoyed learning about her own journey into her family history and we hope it inspires you to delve back into your research should you still have remaining questions about your own family tree. Make sure to let us know if we can ever assist you further along the way! ❤️

@DM-wu5hn

5 ай бұрын

@AncestryUS A DNA test revealed that one side of my family is Jewish. I have no details on how that was determined. I was given a self-portrait of a family member in a striped shirt just like what was worn in those camps. I am hoping to get more information from the family member who gave me the DNA information and the drawings of him and Audrey Hepburn.

Great story thank you Alanis for sharing your family story with us. And thank you Ancestry for having some Canadian content.

Alanis is so beautiful nowadays

PBS and Dr. Gates would do a complete job if they do some of these genealogical shows on average people from time to time...People would feel more connected with the show that way...

I love her and her music...... amazing

If you didn't tell me this was Alanis Morrisette I wouldn't have been able to tell.

Does she have a new album coming out

It breaks my heart that anti semitism is gaining strength yet again. It's brave for anyone to live openly as a Jew.

@scarlettbazile9374

5 ай бұрын

Not only a Jew but as a Black African.

@Brenda10923

5 ай бұрын

You should tell that to christians, the most prosecuted religion

They’re both pronouncing Feuerstein incorrectly. It’s foi r shtine which translates to Firestone

Welcome to the family ❤

My last name used to be Feuerstein too. We're related!

❤❤❤

The documents are in English and Yiddish. Interesting

Wow

Love Alanis! I dont know much about Ciara but its nice to get to know her roo. I see Valerie Bertinelli is on next week. She did Who Do You Think You Are? So will be interested to see what she finds and Brendan!

She looks good glad saw in the 90s

😢...happy sad discoveries !

This is the first Ancestry video that I was absolutely blessed to witness. This really got to me as someone who has also adored the Jewish people my entire life, a love that I believe God can supernaturally instill in hearts so inclined. I can only hope that Alanis furthers her research, and more, that she visits the very land where her family lived and loved during a time when both Ukraine and the Holy Land enter a better and lasting peace. God bless her all the more. Subscribed.

@joriankell1983

5 ай бұрын

Oral suction circumcision should be illegal

I found out I am jewish on my mother's side when I was 61, when my brother had his DNA researched.

@AncestryUS

5 ай бұрын

That's awesome, Melanie! We are glad to see that you are learning more about your roots.