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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  • @AncestryUS
    @AncestryUS Жыл бұрын

    Were you as blown away discovering your family history as Issa was? Share your experience in the replies!

  • @loislewis5229

    @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

    @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

    @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

    @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

    @alfredorundell1989

    Жыл бұрын

    Most blacks have a connection to Louisiana

  • @tek5692
    @tek5692 Жыл бұрын

    Issa could turn her actual family history into a compelling drama

  • @AncestryUS

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    Issa could make anything and we would watch it, and love it! 😂

  • @kennethdrake7686

    @kennethdrake7686

    Жыл бұрын

    100

  • @tek5692

    @tek5692

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kennethdrake7686 And honestly, this is the American history we all need to see.

  • @breebarry4422

    @breebarry4422

    Жыл бұрын

    Better tell somebody...

  • @adriennebrailsford6291

    @adriennebrailsford6291

    Жыл бұрын

    She is clearly a story teller for a reason

  • @carmellabrown3335
    @carmellabrown3335 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @angelg.4465

    Жыл бұрын

    Right like, why didn’t he add that part in.

  • @jrniiji7847

    @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

    @jrniiji7847

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@angelg.4465 He's doing it on purpose to fit the false slave narratives taught in the schools systems.

  • @Quinnfos

    @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

    @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.

  • @carminhasantangelo8402
    @carminhasantangelo8402 Жыл бұрын

    She is so beautiful. Her complexion and bone structure. Just vibrant. 👑👑⚘⚘⚘

  • @tracysimon7972

    @tracysimon7972

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely beautiful

  • @bellepierre24

    @bellepierre24

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes she is! Her father is Senegalese, she clearly looks Wolof or Mandingo.

  • @notaytguru8214

    @notaytguru8214

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely STUNNING 😍

  • @tinyking11

    @tinyking11

    11 ай бұрын

    She’s hella beautiful 😩🔥🤌🏾💕

  • @MsTropicalRookie

    @MsTropicalRookie

    10 ай бұрын

    visually stunning. it's all i could think about everytime she was on camera.

  • @ibrahimadabo9417
    @ibrahimadabo9417 Жыл бұрын

    And that's only her mothers side. Her father is Senegalese and for sure has interesting stories within Africa

  • @hello_04

    @hello_04

    Жыл бұрын

    Hopefully not a slave trading ancestry 💁🏽‍♀️

  • @TheSuperNats

    @TheSuperNats

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hello_04most likely no. Most of the slave trading occurred in west Africa.

  • @ibrahimadabo9417

    @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

    @GalaxyGirl08

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheSuperNatsAnd where is Senegal located?

  • @pump1180

    @pump1180

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheSuperNats Senegal is in west Africa 😂

  • @vhead612
    @vhead612 Жыл бұрын

    Her complexion is perfection. 😍

  • @KHooks
    @KHooks Жыл бұрын

    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

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    What a jaw-dropping finding! Thank you for sharing!

  • @BrownGirlsThink

    @BrownGirlsThink

    3 ай бұрын

    Is it a service you paid for?

  • @gatorgal4095
    @gatorgal4095 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! She's a member of the Charbonnet family, they have a strong prominence in New Orleans.

  • @simplydivine4122

    @simplydivine4122

    10 ай бұрын

    I was just thinking that. I'm from New Orleans, and I know a few Charbonnets.

  • @nolacreola
    @nolacreola9 ай бұрын

    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

    @AncestryUS

    9 ай бұрын

    We appreciate you sharing this fascinating insight into your research with us, Tiffany! That's so interesting. 😊

  • @nana8135

    @nana8135

    Ай бұрын

  • @crich8956
    @crich8956 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @afrolofi

    Жыл бұрын

    That's interesting! I never saw the Haitian connection with French and Louisiana (especially New Orleans)

  • @LYSVIAV

    @LYSVIAV

    Жыл бұрын

    Haiti help the USA get Louisiana from the french!.

  • @brielax4441

    @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

    @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

    @traveline52

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@LYSVIAVSlavery expanded when they sold tge Louisiana Purchase.

  • @summera4019
    @summera4019 Жыл бұрын

    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🫶🏽

  • @dainnesejackson7177
    @dainnesejackson7177 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @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

    @patrickfranks2734

    5 ай бұрын

    @@nardagraham1002 So True My Great Great Grandfather was a White Slave Plantation Owner in Alabama.

  • @EarthQueen-1111
    @EarthQueen-1111 Жыл бұрын

    Would love to hear her Senegalese side as well💛

  • @sanskretro

    @sanskretro

    8 ай бұрын

    Me, too. ^_^

  • @HelenMarieOC

    @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.

  • @dana.j9062
    @dana.j9062 Жыл бұрын

    I Love Issa Rae!! She is a straight shooter and strong Beautiful Woman!!

  • @AncestryUS

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    Couldn't agree more, Dan!

  • @NoLineNoWait123AbC

    @NoLineNoWait123AbC

    10 ай бұрын

    Wow. She’s gorgeous.

  • @RoniForeva
    @RoniForeva Жыл бұрын

    Issa's father is Senegalese which was a former french colony. Its interesting that part of her heritage didn't come up.

  • @each6002

    @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

    @mabinty

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@each6002oh yh that's why they had lupita on the show

  • @SuperRockadoodle
    @SuperRockadoodle Жыл бұрын

    Her family story is some what my story. Her Grandparents Joyce and Ralph are my grandmother Laura Ives Williams first cousins. Amazing!

  • @Rai_S82

    @Rai_S82

    Жыл бұрын

    🤩

  • @rayy4pres194

    @rayy4pres194

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow!

  • @Tee-kk6tj

    @Tee-kk6tj

    Жыл бұрын

    Both of her grandparents are related to Your grandmother? Are they related On different sides?

  • @dondieseliman654

    @dondieseliman654

    Жыл бұрын

    That means she’s your cousin too.

  • @mmd195401
    @mmd195401 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    You're right, there is no denying facts!

  • @creamycazz1
    @creamycazz1 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @brielax4441

    Жыл бұрын

    It could be!!!

  • @sweedy3333

    @sweedy3333

    Жыл бұрын

    There were plenty of exchanges between Louisiana and Haiti

  • @crystalcleer....5544

    @crystalcleer....5544

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@brielax44410455i

  • @ShanaGreen

    @ShanaGreen

    Жыл бұрын

    You should do one of those dna ancestry tests and see if it links to her

  • @theresamay9481

    @theresamay9481

    Жыл бұрын

    I would not be surprised one bit if you are related

  • @dodallen23
    @dodallen23 Жыл бұрын

    Issa, if you're reading this. Please consider turning this into a movie

  • @carminhasantangelo8402

    @carminhasantangelo8402

    Жыл бұрын

    I know before someone else does.

  • @ChristopherDeMero
    @ChristopherDeMero Жыл бұрын

    Glad this story came back on. Wish I could find my story.

  • @mssshep

    @mssshep

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @aminakhalia9505

    @aminakhalia9505

    Жыл бұрын

    Start with ancestry, so far I have found a lot of information.

  • @mareerogers364

    @mareerogers364

    Жыл бұрын

    Stop acting like you don't have ancestors. You here ain't you😂

  • @Decadancehallking
    @Decadancehallking Жыл бұрын

    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

    @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

    @TheEasyname23

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mikejones-wn1swyou’re unaware of the history of New Orleans if you don’t know about the Haitian influence lol

  • @creamycazz1

    @creamycazz1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mikejones-wn1swjust say you’re ignorant and go.

  • @mikejones-wn1sw

    @mikejones-wn1sw

    Жыл бұрын

    @@creamycazz1 just symay your tether and go home

  • @ShanyShannon

    @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.

  • @agl5132
    @agl5132 Жыл бұрын

    We all have twists and turns in our history if we look deep enough and close enough.

  • @DamnDemi
    @DamnDemi Жыл бұрын

    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

    @HughJass-jv2lt

    Жыл бұрын

    u sure about that last part? ❤😜❤

  • @DoubleBeezy

    @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 😂

  • @bahiras
    @bahiras Жыл бұрын

    Incredible, but not shocking! Isa handled it well. Great story!

  • @fakeezi51
    @fakeezi51 Жыл бұрын

    Wow. I wish the genealogy wants so expensive because I’ve hit brick walls on my family tree

  • @jeremiahdavisj

    @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

    @mzscott19851

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here!!! And my brick wall is my great grandmother

  • @tidalwavetarot

    @tidalwavetarot

    Жыл бұрын

    I paid for ancestry and am still stuck. Don’t feel bad. Not everyone gets answers

  • @Larenztatewife

    @Larenztatewife

    Жыл бұрын

    Right

  • @reginaandrews9570

    @reginaandrews9570

    Жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @myrabodian526
    @myrabodian526 Жыл бұрын

    I need these stories to be more long!!

  • @Quinnfos
    @Quinnfos Жыл бұрын

    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

    @funsizedazzy6708

    Жыл бұрын

    Facts

  • @carminhasantangelo8402

    @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

    @Quinnfos

    Жыл бұрын

    @@funsizedazzy6708🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

  • @Quinnfos

    @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

    @carminhasantangelo8402

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Quinnfos That's right. There is nothing wrong with owning your rightful place in society. Past, Present and Future.

  • @meganroyal1100
    @meganroyal11009 ай бұрын

    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 ❤

  • @Rai_S82
    @Rai_S82 Жыл бұрын

    Her skin!!! 😍😍😍😍

  • @meacelestin
    @meacelestin Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @glammaspeaks3861
    @glammaspeaks3861 Жыл бұрын

    I completely understand. I’m Creole and a descendant of Acadian, Spaniard, & Portuguese men.

  • @anndeecosita3586
    @anndeecosita3586 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @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

    @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

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi there and thanks for dropping by. We just wanted to address this with you. 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 below which delves into inheritance and how it works. We hope this helps clear up any confusion. support.ancestry.com/s/article/Understanding-Inheritance?language=en_US

  • @Fe_licia7

    @Fe_licia7

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you guys also do this in Europe??

  • @AncestryUS

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi there Felicia! Our DNA test is available in 128 around the world, which you can check out here: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Countries-Where-AncestryDNA-is-Available?language=en_US Our site also hosts over 40 billion records from 80 countries around the globe, which can be accessed with our Memberships. You can see what records are available per country in our Card Catalogue, which you can review here: www.ancestry.com/search/collections/catalog We hope this helps!

  • @user-kj7io6fb7j
    @user-kj7io6fb7j11 ай бұрын

    She is so beautiful. Her complexion and bone structure. Just vibrant. ⚘⚘⚘. Issa could write a Roots movie about her history.

  • @Dr.yaya1711
    @Dr.yaya1711 Жыл бұрын

    Please turn this into a series Issa!

  • @sharonkaysnowton
    @sharonkaysnowton10 ай бұрын

    This was a great story for Issa and her family to hear about. I enjoyed this video.

  • @seed2harvest89
    @seed2harvest89 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @HighMaintenanceMinimalist
    @HighMaintenanceMinimalist Жыл бұрын

    I remember hearing about instances where freed black people would buy their family and friends to later grant them freedom.

  • @PhilipVaughn-ri8vb

    @PhilipVaughn-ri8vb

    9 күн бұрын

    that's very convenient

  • @tijan8948
    @tijan8948 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    What a connection, Tijan!

  • @tijan8948

    @tijan8948

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AncestryUS 🙏🏾

  • @shalonsmith3653
    @shalonsmith3653 Жыл бұрын

    Yes some black people owned slaves and it was mostly to keep families together and free them.

  • @keyfrom92
    @keyfrom92 Жыл бұрын

    Executive/Writer Issa Rae. All Love 🧡

  • @MicroDotTV
    @MicroDotTV10 ай бұрын

    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

    @AncestryUS

    10 ай бұрын

    This is such an incredible story! Wishing you and your siblings the best on your new journey 🙏

  • @jeremiahdavisj
    @jeremiahdavisj Жыл бұрын

    Hi! This is such an amazing program😊

  • @AncestryUS

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    We love it too, Jeremiah!

  • @martinborba6268
    @martinborba62689 ай бұрын

    I love this actress. A genius, transmits incredible energy. I want more seasons of insecure!!!

  • @ccdale5942
    @ccdale594210 ай бұрын

    Issa Rae is sooo absolutely stunning just drop dead gorgeous !!! ❤❤❤

  • @1717Warrior1
    @1717Warrior1 Жыл бұрын

    ❤ the truth is empowering! Bonjou pase yon bèl jounen

  • @chel-leitwyman1114
    @chel-leitwyman1114 Жыл бұрын

    Glad you are back. I am graduate school. Welcoming any advice and tips. Glad you are back.

  • @multiseducer1
    @multiseducer12 ай бұрын

    Dr. Gates, you're the best. Thank you!

  • @TheeTage
    @TheeTage Жыл бұрын

    I need Miss Rae to write up something cause wow 🤯

  • @thezmanchar
    @thezmanchar Жыл бұрын

    She is so pretty she has the most perfect features . She is gorgeous.

  • @tfh5575
    @tfh557510 ай бұрын

    oh her history is super fascinating

  • @kemartini
    @kemartini10 ай бұрын

    Her mom is creole so seeing all the french ancestry makes sense.

  • @be.amazingkelly
    @be.amazingkelly Жыл бұрын

    SO BEAUTFUL!!!c Her makeup is FLAWLESS!

  • @angeleyes3396
    @angeleyes3396 Жыл бұрын

    Issa could write a Roots movie about her history

  • @mareerogers364

    @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

    @mareerogers364

    Жыл бұрын

    Wake up, every ADOS story is a Roots story.

  • @trueeternallbeauty6220
    @trueeternallbeauty622011 ай бұрын

    This was actually a very interesting story to listen to it has raised my interest in knowing my family history now.

  • @AncestryUS

    @AncestryUS

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for watching! We're glad you enjoyed the clip, and do appreciate your interest in diving in to your family history research. If you'd like a few tips to help you get started, please don't hesitate to check out Crista Cowan's guide for beginning your family tree: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ool51tSYkpmZc6Q.html Cheers!

  • @bamarealist
    @bamarealist Жыл бұрын

    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

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    Issa is multi-talented, that's for sure. 😊

  • @in2blueoblivion
    @in2blueoblivion Жыл бұрын

    Great video but I need to know what foundation Issa uses!

  • @tinyking11
    @tinyking1111 ай бұрын

    I love Issa Rae. She’s so gorgeous. I enjoyed this so much 🥲💕🔥

  • @neilybugg
    @neilybugg3 ай бұрын

    I'm always in awe of this woman's beauty.

  • @Plum_bird
    @Plum_bird10 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @barimelodybrooks
    @barimelodybrooks Жыл бұрын

    Imma need Issa to turn this into a movie or mini series

  • @Trudloops
    @Trudloops Жыл бұрын

    I would really like to know my ancestry. It is so fascinating how people dont usually know much about their past.

  • @leekleek1971
    @leekleek1971 Жыл бұрын

    This was beautiful and we Love you Issa❤

  • @ruriva4931
    @ruriva493110 ай бұрын

    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

    @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/

  • @ArtTheSinger
    @ArtTheSinger Жыл бұрын

    Issa came a long way..!!! 👏🏾👏🏾

  • @mareerogers364

    @mareerogers364

    Жыл бұрын

    ADOS in America have come the longest way!

  • @TXejas19
    @TXejas19 Жыл бұрын

    Issa is in every commercial and movie every time I look up😁

  • @charleslewis6815
    @charleslewis6815 Жыл бұрын

    Love your show!

  • @AncestryUS

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Charles!

  • @sparkle3000
    @sparkle3000 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine someone telling you, you can't learn your own ancestry.

  • @Cantetinza17
    @Cantetinza17 Жыл бұрын

    That's crazy! Issa you need to put this on screen girl!

  • @youknowwhatflav9916
    @youknowwhatflav99169 ай бұрын

    2:52 her reaction hilarious 😂😂😂

  • @yanafridabinaev
    @yanafridabinaev Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating!

  • @abbyklein5752
    @abbyklein5752 Жыл бұрын

    each new revelation gave me whiplash

  • @AncestryUS

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    We hope not, Abby! But, these revelations can be surprising!

  • @lollolowski8956
    @lollolowski8956 Жыл бұрын

    Wow good to be able to find documents that old

  • @AncestryUS

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    Discovering them truly changes lives!

  • @princesspastortelaine8689
    @princesspastortelaine86893 ай бұрын

    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

    @AncestryUS

    3 ай бұрын

    Hi, thanks for watching. We are happy to see that you enjoyed this video!

  • @Lo.jo98
    @Lo.jo98 Жыл бұрын

    I wish these were longer. Is there a full version we can watch anywhere else?

  • @paulallen2919

    @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

  • @doneecemcneil7826
    @doneecemcneil78269 ай бұрын

    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

  • @calmdown504
    @calmdown504 Жыл бұрын

    I know a few Charbonnets and Beaulieus in Nola. Very popular family names out here.

  • @kinkykurlskulturecyndi8780
    @kinkykurlskulturecyndi8780 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, just awesome!

  • @afrikurl
    @afrikurl Жыл бұрын

    What about her senegalese heritage on her dad’s side? It would be interesting to know more about that as well.

  • @oladeebiazazi4538

    @oladeebiazazi4538

    Жыл бұрын

    Probably can’t trace it

  • @QueenK88

    @QueenK88

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm sure she probably chose to do her mother's side

  • @Chloeeezyyy

    @Chloeeezyyy

    Жыл бұрын

    Likely is easier to track. Meaning she probably knows it already.

  • @lawyerlady35

    @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

    @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.

  • @gh2543
    @gh2543 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @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

    @sleek50

    Жыл бұрын

    Her haitian roots are white

  • @sola2351

    @sola2351

    Жыл бұрын

    Her Haitian roots come from a colonizer though…

  • @daem1962

    @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

    @godofthisshit

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sleek50 lol. Common sense isn't always common.

  • @SweetEssie
    @SweetEssie Жыл бұрын

    Welcome 🙏🏾 Issa. 🇭🇹 I knew you were family! 🇭🇹

  • @Wyntah888
    @Wyntah888 Жыл бұрын

    Senegal’s Issa Rae❤

  • @angelatweet4551
    @angelatweet455110 ай бұрын

    Amazing

  • @OpinionatedScents
    @OpinionatedScents Жыл бұрын

    I love her melanin

  • @lacecocoa6272
    @lacecocoa6272 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful Issa ❤❤

  • @Ren0799
    @Ren079910 ай бұрын

    Love love Issa Rae!!

  • @stephanieyee9784
    @stephanieyee9784 Жыл бұрын

    Issa's Haitian roots are actually French. I wonder if they bothered to trace Amoble's family back to France? Probably not.

  • @thesamardahab

    @thesamardahab

    Жыл бұрын

    Why would she? We’re not very interested in colonizer history. We’ve learned enough of that.

  • @quatroquatro859

    @quatroquatro859

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thesamardahab maybe her ancestor was violated.

  • @thesamardahab

    @thesamardahab

    Жыл бұрын

    @@quatroquatro859 exactly, that’s my point.

  • @Rosalyn_Damiana
    @Rosalyn_Damiana Жыл бұрын

    You guys should watch a portugués soap opera call chica da Silva. Is quite the story.

  • @patricescott6364
    @patricescott6364 Жыл бұрын

    I really need to do one of these tests..because all my elders are gone & I know nothing about my dad side..

  • @AncestryUS

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Patrice! You can get started with AncestryDNA here www.ancestry.com/dna/.

  • @SEA-dx1sv
    @SEA-dx1sv Жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @bambii_thinks3147
    @bambii_thinks314710 ай бұрын

    She’s soooooo pretty 🤩

  • @Rjonesy101
    @Rjonesy10111 ай бұрын

    She should make a movie about her families history

  • @samsamsam4790
    @samsamsam479010 ай бұрын

    she is glowing, so pretty

  • @feliciabullard6183
    @feliciabullard618310 ай бұрын

    This is so interesting because my ancestry is very similar. My ancestors left Haiti during the same time .

  • @AncestryUS

    @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.

  • @LavendaMonroe
    @LavendaMonroe Жыл бұрын

    Wow!

  • @kaulaml89
    @kaulaml895 ай бұрын

    How do you watch full episode?

  • @imaginelovepeaceandhappine3281
    @imaginelovepeaceandhappine32818 ай бұрын

    Her skin is like creamy Hersheys milk chocolate. Just flawless.

  • @ncisoth
    @ncisoth Жыл бұрын

    Welcome to the fam, Issa 🇭🇹 🇭🇹 🇭🇹

  • @YeahmynameKiara
    @YeahmynameKiara Жыл бұрын

    Wow this is crazy😮

  • @sabirsal
    @sabirsal Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @laqueshah
    @laqueshah Жыл бұрын

    I need this to be a movie..

  • @AncestryUS

    @AncestryUS

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Naomi! You can watch full episodes of Finding Your Roots at www.ancestry.com/c/finding-your-roots.

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