Issa Rae’s Dramatic Family History Is Like a “Soap Opera” | Finding Your Roots | Ancestry©
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Actress and producer Issa Rae gains clarity on where she comes from… with a surprising twist ending that she likens to a soap opera! Watch as Henry Louis Gates Jr. walks her through her family history on PBS’s Finding Your Roots.
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Were you as blown away discovering your family history as Issa was? Share your experience in the replies!
@loislewis5229
Жыл бұрын
Not me , as I am first generation American with Northwestern European roots, so I pretty much new my family history. But I did surprise my daughter-in-law when I traced her ancestors back to European royalty starting with Charlemagne 😊
@alexismerry
Жыл бұрын
I have been searching for years to find out who my grandmothers father is - I can’t :( it hurts my soul to see a blank spot where her father should be on my family tree.
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
Hello Alexis! We're sorry to hear that you've not been able to find your great grandfather so far, we know that it can sometimes be really difficult to fill these blank spots in our family trees. We'd be eager to assist a little and can suggest the following guides, with tips on overcoming roadblocks and suggestions on how to use DNA to look for unknown biological relatives. Maybe you can find some tips within these guides. Overcoming Roadblocks in Your Research: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Overcoming-Roadblocks-in-Your-Research Finding Biological Family: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Finding-Biological-Family Many thanks for stopping by and for exploring your family history with Ancestry. We wish you much success with your continuous search!
@tyekeshamarshall2127
Жыл бұрын
This is extremely fascinating! I’ve been trying to trace my roots on my mother’s side. Ever since I was little, I was told that I didn’t resemble my family. I do know that I was adopted by my grandmother. So many different situations that were unexplainable happened during my life. One day I was told my great great grandmother was a dark skinned woman with eyes as blue as the sky and that she was accused of voodoo. I have so many questions with no answers, my grandmother passed away and my biological mother passed two weeks after my 21st birthday, but I had dreamt about her a week prior to her passing. I fear I’ll never get answers 😢
@alfredorundell1989
Жыл бұрын
Most blacks have a connection to Louisiana
Issa could turn her actual family history into a compelling drama
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
Issa could make anything and we would watch it, and love it! 😂
@kennethdrake7686
Жыл бұрын
100
@tek5692
Жыл бұрын
@@kennethdrake7686 And honestly, this is the American history we all need to see.
@breebarry4422
Жыл бұрын
Better tell somebody...
@adriennebrailsford6291
Жыл бұрын
She is clearly a story teller for a reason
Most black slave owners bought their family and friends as a means to keep them safe and often freed them. Check out the slave narratives and the slave memoirs in the Library of Congress. It's a very interesting experience to read and listen to these people life story from their view.
@angelg.4465
Жыл бұрын
Right like, why didn’t he add that part in.
@jrniiji7847
Жыл бұрын
Facts! Thanks for pointing that out... There were a lot of black slave owners in the south and most of their slaves were there family members. The etymology of the word family means servants a.k.a. slaves.
@jrniiji7847
Жыл бұрын
@angelg.4465 He's doing it on purpose to fit the false slave narratives taught in the schools systems.
@Quinnfos
Жыл бұрын
And as this is true, in South Louisiana, there are also true narratives told where it was simply just a business for some. So both truths of history have to be told to rectify it 💯. Global yt supremacy really did a number on our people 😢😢😢😢.
@falsettogod5853
Жыл бұрын
@BunnyHop2So, what are you saying happened?? That certain black people owned slaves, so we’re just as culpable as the whites for our current place in society?? Explain.
She is so beautiful. Her complexion and bone structure. Just vibrant. 👑👑⚘⚘⚘
@tracysimon7972
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful
@bellepierre24
Жыл бұрын
Yes she is! Her father is Senegalese, she clearly looks Wolof or Mandingo.
@notaytguru8214
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely STUNNING 😍
@tinyking11
11 ай бұрын
She’s hella beautiful 😩🔥🤌🏾💕
@MsTropicalRookie
10 ай бұрын
visually stunning. it's all i could think about everytime she was on camera.
And that's only her mothers side. Her father is Senegalese and for sure has interesting stories within Africa
@hello_04
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully not a slave trading ancestry 💁🏽♀️
@TheSuperNats
Жыл бұрын
@@hello_04most likely no. Most of the slave trading occurred in west Africa.
@ibrahimadabo9417
Жыл бұрын
@@hello_04 I doubt that. Her last name is Diop, very common name in Senegal, one of the most proud tribes and I believe they fought hard against colonisation, so probably against slavery too
@GalaxyGirl08
Жыл бұрын
@@TheSuperNatsAnd where is Senegal located?
@pump1180
Жыл бұрын
@@TheSuperNats Senegal is in west Africa 😂
Her complexion is perfection. 😍
I'm a 39 years old Black American, last year through Ancestry I found that My 6x grandfather was a Patriot in the Revolutionary War, I had 7 ancestors including two grandfathers who fought for the Colored Troops in the Civil War. I have free Black ancestors on the 1820-1870 census in Wayne County, NY. So many other amazing finds in my story but these were the most profound.
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
What a jaw-dropping finding! Thank you for sharing!
@BrownGirlsThink
3 ай бұрын
Is it a service you paid for?
Wow! She's a member of the Charbonnet family, they have a strong prominence in New Orleans.
@simplydivine4122
10 ай бұрын
I was just thinking that. I'm from New Orleans, and I know a few Charbonnets.
As a person of New Orleans creole descent, this is similar to a lot of our family histories too. My family has been in New Orleans for hundreds of years and before that Haiti. I never knew how I and my city were connected to Haiti until I researched my family tree.
@AncestryUS
9 ай бұрын
We appreciate you sharing this fascinating insight into your research with us, Tiffany! That's so interesting. 😊
@nana8135
Ай бұрын
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I am of Haitian descent. I just recently found out after Haiti won independence alot of French and slaves moved to Louisiana because it was still owned by the French. I clicked on this expecting Haiti to pop up and what do know. It definitely makes you look at how connected we are.
@afrolofi
Жыл бұрын
That's interesting! I never saw the Haitian connection with French and Louisiana (especially New Orleans)
@LYSVIAV
Жыл бұрын
Haiti help the USA get Louisiana from the french!.
@brielax4441
Жыл бұрын
I have Haitian roots byway of my mom’s father and they are from Louisiana. Many people from Louisiana have Haitian roots.
@ShanyShannon
Жыл бұрын
@LYSVIAV It was called the Lousiana Purchae, BUT it was NOT truly the Lousiana we know today. The land mass area stretched and reached much, much more, lol. Saying JUST Lousiana is an understatement because a lot of people are misinformed on what present-day states were a part of the Lousiana Purchase. Anyone who doesn't know anyway can just look up the map it is in the school books, but a lot of people won't and are in denial of Haiti's help. Without the Haitian revolution, France still would have had all of the Midwest and Louisiana.
@traveline52
Жыл бұрын
@@LYSVIAVSlavery expanded when they sold tge Louisiana Purchase.
Issa always leaves me in awe. She’s just that woman. I look up to her. She makes me proud to be who I am🫶🏽
It was her face expression when she found out her great great great great grandfather was white. Girl your not alone my face would of dropped
@nardagraham1002
Жыл бұрын
But that is is so so so so common among black people who have been in the Western Hemisphere for generations. We usually have at least one white man in the family tree. And usually it's a slave owner or his relative.
@patrickfranks2734
5 ай бұрын
@@nardagraham1002 So True My Great Great Grandfather was a White Slave Plantation Owner in Alabama.
Would love to hear her Senegalese side as well💛
@sanskretro
8 ай бұрын
Me, too. ^_^
@HelenMarieOC
5 ай бұрын
There are some well-known Diops in Senegalese film & music, tho it is a common name there. I wonder if Issa Rae (Diop) is related to the famous Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambéty (I can definitely see a resemblance there!), and by extension Mati Diop and Wasis Diop. Talented family, i'm sure she would fit right in.
I Love Issa Rae!! She is a straight shooter and strong Beautiful Woman!!
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more, Dan!
@NoLineNoWait123AbC
10 ай бұрын
Wow. She’s gorgeous.
Issa's father is Senegalese which was a former french colony. Its interesting that part of her heritage didn't come up.
@each6002
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know she was American. She publicly claims Senegalese. I'm sure it didn't come up because this show is about American roots.
@mabinty
11 ай бұрын
@@each6002oh yh that's why they had lupita on the show
Her family story is some what my story. Her Grandparents Joyce and Ralph are my grandmother Laura Ives Williams first cousins. Amazing!
@Rai_S82
Жыл бұрын
🤩
@rayy4pres194
Жыл бұрын
Wow!
@Tee-kk6tj
Жыл бұрын
Both of her grandparents are related to Your grandmother? Are they related On different sides?
@dondieseliman654
Жыл бұрын
That means she’s your cousin too.
This is what I like about Dr. Gates and this show. Family history shoots straight from the hip. It can't be talked away; it is what it is. It's a leveler for all of us.
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
You're right, there is no denying facts!
You guys are gonna think I’m weird but I always get told I look just like Issa by friends & strangers alike. Oddly enough my mom’s family is from Jeremie (where one of her great grandfathers was from) and her mom looks almost identical to my mom, except her mom’s from Louisiana and my mom’s Haitian. I’m thinking there’s some kind of relation somewhere. This is wild. 🤯
@brielax4441
Жыл бұрын
It could be!!!
@sweedy3333
Жыл бұрын
There were plenty of exchanges between Louisiana and Haiti
@crystalcleer....5544
Жыл бұрын
@@brielax44410455i
@ShanaGreen
Жыл бұрын
You should do one of those dna ancestry tests and see if it links to her
@theresamay9481
Жыл бұрын
I would not be surprised one bit if you are related
Issa, if you're reading this. Please consider turning this into a movie
@carminhasantangelo8402
Жыл бұрын
I know before someone else does.
Glad this story came back on. Wish I could find my story.
@mssshep
Жыл бұрын
Yes.
@aminakhalia9505
Жыл бұрын
Start with ancestry, so far I have found a lot of information.
@mareerogers364
Жыл бұрын
Stop acting like you don't have ancestors. You here ain't you😂
Ever since I found out that there was much more of a connection between the black folk of New Orleans and Haiti, I keep hearing about people who are connected to both, and Issa is just another example. History is so interesting!!
@mikejones-wn1sw
Жыл бұрын
@Decadancehallking lies just because we too speak French amend have French names does not make us the same people. And it all comes out in the wash. Haitians are definitely not us and more so related to a jamacian or some other random south american
@TheEasyname23
Жыл бұрын
@@mikejones-wn1swyou’re unaware of the history of New Orleans if you don’t know about the Haitian influence lol
@creamycazz1
Жыл бұрын
@@mikejones-wn1swjust say you’re ignorant and go.
@mikejones-wn1sw
Жыл бұрын
@@creamycazz1 just symay your tether and go home
@ShanyShannon
Жыл бұрын
@mikejones-wn1sw You're very ignorant if you didn't learn that basic piece of INTEGRAL US HISTORY in SCHOOL! Without Haiti, the US would not have acquired the very large land mass area known as the Louisiana Purchase. I literally learned this all my life on US History from elementary to AP in high school, lol. Stay in denial. Shows you're weird and probably don't like Haitians since you want to dissociate and discredit them so badly.
We all have twists and turns in our history if we look deep enough and close enough.
My great grandfather was a Frenchman. My great grandmother was a Khoisan woman from South Africa. On my father's side, my great-grandmother was a slave & she fell in love with a Frenchman & they ran away to an island to be together & eventually found themselves at the Cape of Goodhope, now known as Cape Town.
@HughJass-jv2lt
Жыл бұрын
u sure about that last part? ❤😜❤
@DoubleBeezy
10 ай бұрын
I only know my yt great grandma because she passed when I was 14 at 96 yrs old, she was native American and french, my mom side which I grew up with eat seafood all the time and instead of BBQ it's fried fish and gumbo 😂
Incredible, but not shocking! Isa handled it well. Great story!
Wow. I wish the genealogy wants so expensive because I’ve hit brick walls on my family tree
@jeremiahdavisj
Жыл бұрын
Same! I’m stuck in the 1820s with a couple named Jack Cross and Jane West. They were enslaved by a man named Edward Cross who was born in 1780 in Virginia. Jack was born in an unknown place around 1825 but Jane was born in Virginia around 1826 (Keep in mind this is in Georgia meaning that Jack and Jane may have been willed, sold, etc.) I found them in an 1858 estate record with their children and other enslaved peers when their enslaver Edward Cross died. I unfortunately can’t get passed 1858 because I don’t know what caused them to get to Edward plantation. I’ve finished looking through deed records and I finished listing all of Edward’s deeds and I hope I obtain new information. I hope you also solve your brick wall as well!😊
@mzscott19851
Жыл бұрын
Same here!!! And my brick wall is my great grandmother
@tidalwavetarot
Жыл бұрын
I paid for ancestry and am still stuck. Don’t feel bad. Not everyone gets answers
@Larenztatewife
Жыл бұрын
Right
@reginaandrews9570
Жыл бұрын
Same
I need these stories to be more long!!
I love love love this so much for Issa Rae! YES, WE Louisiana Creoles are STILL ALIVE! We're aound da world actually. Our culture still exists and we are unveiling, facing, and rectifying our past and present. Mo lamou nouzòt
@funsizedazzy6708
Жыл бұрын
Facts
@carminhasantangelo8402
Жыл бұрын
I love the people of Louisiana. They are so genuine. I don't have roots in the South in the United States. But I am a good reader of energy.
@Quinnfos
Жыл бұрын
@@funsizedazzy6708🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾
@Quinnfos
Жыл бұрын
@@carminhasantangelo8402 love this comment 🤎. It’s appreciated and it’s true. As so many, we’ve gone through so much yet we have to acknowledge when we did have some type of privilege as well 💯‼️
@carminhasantangelo8402
Жыл бұрын
@@Quinnfos That's right. There is nothing wrong with owning your rightful place in society. Past, Present and Future.
I’m from New Orleans and it’s so cool to me how a lot of us are connected.. especially if you have creole roots. So amazed to see she has roots to a prominent New Orleans family that are still prominent. Love it ❤
Her skin!!! 😍😍😍😍
I knew it! I am Haitian and the names alone started ringing alarm bells. And at 5:07 Saint-Domingue link! Hopefully, Louisiana schools talk about the interconnected history of England, France, Canada, the USA and Haïti in history class.
I completely understand. I’m Creole and a descendant of Acadian, Spaniard, & Portuguese men.
Since her mother’s side is Louisiana Creole, she should look into records from the Catholic church. Also more than likely a lot of her ancestors didn’t speak English so she might need someone to interpret. This is similar to Ava Duvernay’s family story. Fleeing Haiti for Louisiana.
@mojooo4996
Жыл бұрын
Great idea! Issa Rae is fluent in French so she really could look into these records! In my case, I would need some help.
@RoniForeva
Жыл бұрын
@@mojooo4996 Issa's father is Senegalese which was a former french colony. Its interesting that part of her heritage didn't come up.
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
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@Fe_licia7
Жыл бұрын
Do you guys also do this in Europe??
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
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She is so beautiful. Her complexion and bone structure. Just vibrant. ⚘⚘⚘. Issa could write a Roots movie about her history.
Please turn this into a series Issa!
This was a great story for Issa and her family to hear about. I enjoyed this video.
I just started rewatching "Insecure". If you're familiar with the show, embedded in it is a primetime parody drama with a storyline set during American chattel slavery. And Issa's real ancestry sounds like the makings of a wild story. The irony.
I remember hearing about instances where freed black people would buy their family and friends to later grant them freedom.
@PhilipVaughn-ri8vb
9 күн бұрын
that's very convenient
My own family is very similar to Issa Rae’s, it’s amazing. My Dad is Senegalese, like her’s which is why her last name is Diop. Senegal was also a French colony like Haiti but on the continent of Africa. On my mothers side we are descendent from free blacks as well. The namesake was a French man with a black wife, the children of whom had documentation that they were not to be enslaved! I wouldn’t be surprised if the woman was Haitian actually. Pretty crazy. It’s also worthy of note that the descendants of free black families may have fared better than those who’s ancestors were still in bondage.
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
What a connection, Tijan!
@tijan8948
Жыл бұрын
@@AncestryUS 🙏🏾
Yes some black people owned slaves and it was mostly to keep families together and free them.
Executive/Writer Issa Rae. All Love 🧡
thanks to Ancestry, after 50+ years, my adoption papers were unsealed, I found out I had 2 younger brothers and sisters. I found them a year apart and ever since, the 3 of us have been video chatting on fb and I couldn't be happier! So many holes and unanswered questions FINALLY answered, what an amazing gift!!!!
@AncestryUS
10 ай бұрын
This is such an incredible story! Wishing you and your siblings the best on your new journey 🙏
Hi! This is such an amazing program😊
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
We love it too, Jeremiah!
I love this actress. A genius, transmits incredible energy. I want more seasons of insecure!!!
Issa Rae is sooo absolutely stunning just drop dead gorgeous !!! ❤❤❤
❤ the truth is empowering! Bonjou pase yon bèl jounen
Glad you are back. I am graduate school. Welcoming any advice and tips. Glad you are back.
Dr. Gates, you're the best. Thank you!
I need Miss Rae to write up something cause wow 🤯
She is so pretty she has the most perfect features . She is gorgeous.
oh her history is super fascinating
Her mom is creole so seeing all the french ancestry makes sense.
SO BEAUTFUL!!!c Her makeup is FLAWLESS!
Issa could write a Roots movie about her history
@mareerogers364
Жыл бұрын
Issa's story is not that unusual. She's a celebrity so Gates makes it sound extraordinary. We all have amazing stories to explore. We know that New Orleans has a french,Indian,African,French ancestry.
@mareerogers364
Жыл бұрын
Wake up, every ADOS story is a Roots story.
This was actually a very interesting story to listen to it has raised my interest in knowing my family history now.
@AncestryUS
11 ай бұрын
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Wow, just beautiful!😊 I don’t view Issa Rae as a comedienne, but rather, a renowned film producer, and an actress. Nice French pronunciations by Mr. Gates, by the way.👍
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
Issa is multi-talented, that's for sure. 😊
Great video but I need to know what foundation Issa uses!
I love Issa Rae. She’s so gorgeous. I enjoyed this so much 🥲💕🔥
I'm always in awe of this woman's beauty.
I’m from Louisiana, the Charbonnet family owned a very successful funeral home. The building is still there on Claiborne and St. Bernard street. It’s across the street from the historic Circle Food store, which got its name from the shape of the building.
Imma need Issa to turn this into a movie or mini series
I would really like to know my ancestry. It is so fascinating how people dont usually know much about their past.
This was beautiful and we Love you Issa❤
This is an amazing story. All my ancestors were slaves but unfortunately we don’t have many records on them and not for a lack of trying.
@AncestryUS
10 ай бұрын
Hi Ruriva! Thank you for your comment. We're sorry to hear that your research into your ancestors hasn't been going quite as well as you'd like, but we wanted to reach out to make sure you know that we actually do make all of the records relating to enslaved people available for free on Ancestry®, in case your efforts have been focused elsewhere! You can find the 12 Million records collected here to help you while researching, if you haven't had a chance to look at them already, we'd absolutely recommend it: www.ancestry.com/search/categories/records_of_enslaved/
Issa came a long way..!!! 👏🏾👏🏾
@mareerogers364
Жыл бұрын
ADOS in America have come the longest way!
Issa is in every commercial and movie every time I look up😁
Love your show!
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Charles!
Imagine someone telling you, you can't learn your own ancestry.
That's crazy! Issa you need to put this on screen girl!
2:52 her reaction hilarious 😂😂😂
Fascinating!
each new revelation gave me whiplash
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
We hope not, Abby! But, these revelations can be surprising!
Wow good to be able to find documents that old
@AncestryUS
Жыл бұрын
Discovering them truly changes lives!
I am so happy that I saw this, because for years I kept saying that my cousin looks just like Issa. Their look is quite unique…. My family is from Haiti.
@AncestryUS
3 ай бұрын
Hi, thanks for watching. We are happy to see that you enjoyed this video!
I wish these were longer. Is there a full version we can watch anywhere else?
@paulallen2919
10 ай бұрын
No. They make them short because people have short attention spans ig. But it would be so nice to watch longer ones
Hi edagdwg God bless this special story of what happens when you are blessed to know the truth about your own family stay strong and enjoy your life. God is always around taking care of his children life is soooooo real Linda j. Peace
I know a few Charbonnets and Beaulieus in Nola. Very popular family names out here.
Wow, just awesome!
What about her senegalese heritage on her dad’s side? It would be interesting to know more about that as well.
@oladeebiazazi4538
Жыл бұрын
Probably can’t trace it
@QueenK88
Жыл бұрын
I'm sure she probably chose to do her mother's side
@Chloeeezyyy
Жыл бұрын
Likely is easier to track. Meaning she probably knows it already.
@lawyerlady35
Жыл бұрын
@@oladeebiazazi4538 WRONG They are clannish and know their history. It is African-Americans, Caribbean, and South Americans who have these issues because of the slave trade. Yes there were Africans here prior, however, they too got caught up in slavery.
@HawrarLyrics
8 ай бұрын
@@lawyerlady35 I am Somali and I can count the full names of my last 25 ancestors, I think the Senegalese have similar culture. So every body knows all his clan.
I always felt like Issa has Haitian roots for some reason. I just couldn’t find what it was. Her mannerisms, personality, resilience, talent, etc... something about her. Loll 😂 I’m glad to finally know that I was right.😅 Welcome to the family my sister. You were always loved. ❤⭐️🙏🏾🤗🥰🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
@02nupe
Жыл бұрын
very informative, she is indeed also ADOS and part of the black people who truly built America, a place where the diaspora have come to. We are more connected across the diaspora than we are divided.
@sleek50
Жыл бұрын
Her haitian roots are white
@sola2351
Жыл бұрын
Her Haitian roots come from a colonizer though…
@daem1962
Жыл бұрын
@@sleek50lol a white french man born in Haiti. Who most likely raped multiple black women in Louisiana. Whose white father was killed by black Haitians most likely. I guess that’s Haitian roots though 🤷🏿♀️
@godofthisshit
Жыл бұрын
@@sleek50 lol. Common sense isn't always common.
Welcome 🙏🏾 Issa. 🇭🇹 I knew you were family! 🇭🇹
Senegal’s Issa Rae❤
Amazing
I love her melanin
Beautiful Issa ❤❤
Love love Issa Rae!!
Issa's Haitian roots are actually French. I wonder if they bothered to trace Amoble's family back to France? Probably not.
@thesamardahab
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Why would she? We’re not very interested in colonizer history. We’ve learned enough of that.
@quatroquatro859
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@@thesamardahab maybe her ancestor was violated.
@thesamardahab
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@@quatroquatro859 exactly, that’s my point.
You guys should watch a portugués soap opera call chica da Silva. Is quite the story.
I really need to do one of these tests..because all my elders are gone & I know nothing about my dad side..
@AncestryUS
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Hi Patrice! You can get started with AncestryDNA here www.ancestry.com/dna/.
Nice!
She’s soooooo pretty 🤩
She should make a movie about her families history
she is glowing, so pretty
This is so interesting because my ancestry is very similar. My ancestors left Haiti during the same time .
@AncestryUS
10 ай бұрын
Hi Felicia, and thanks for stopping by! We are thrilled to hear you have enjoyed this episode. Oh wow, that is so interesting! We wish you all the best with your research! Thank you for sharing.
Wow!
How do you watch full episode?
Her skin is like creamy Hersheys milk chocolate. Just flawless.
Welcome to the fam, Issa 🇭🇹 🇭🇹 🇭🇹
Wow this is crazy😮
I noticed a “Victoria Morales” while they were panning across her family tree at 4:30. That’s probably a Spanish Isleño ancestor. So she has some Spanish in her with the French lol. Very creole results
I need this to be a movie..
@AncestryUS
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Hi Naomi! You can watch full episodes of Finding Your Roots at www.ancestry.com/c/finding-your-roots.