Larry’s mother’s secret history is astounding! Share a jaw-dropping moment from your family history journey with us!

@seldaerdogan194

11 ай бұрын

Ok watch you from the beginning from France and want to know why the vidéos are Always too short ?????

@DS-bg9fl

11 ай бұрын

I wish I could. My paternal genealogy has been hidden from me. I was the result of a tryst, and despite having met my biological father, he refused to share details. And has not told his family about me. He is now deceased, and my ancestry lies behind a locked door .

@seldaerdogan194

11 ай бұрын

@@DS-bg9fl never forget to put you first and Always Love yourself no matter what happened around you 🐞

@karenavey2183

11 ай бұрын

I found out that the big secret my mother kept quiet was that her father came home from the war, despite having a girlfriend and a pregnant wife in England. He left a week later to be reunited with them without telling anyone that he was leaving..

@DS-bg9fl

11 ай бұрын

@@seldaerdogan194 Thank you.

I thought Larry was gonna find out that his mother's real last name was Costanza. 😅 🤣 😂

@lewistasso8866

11 ай бұрын

Or at least...Kramer!

@butameremortal9424

11 ай бұрын

Or Vandelay 😂😂

@dottiegillespie8067

11 ай бұрын

Hahahaha

@rodericwalter2862

11 ай бұрын

LOL

@IPlayOneOnT.V.

11 ай бұрын

LOL!

You can tell Larry really wishes to be able to walk into a room to see his mom and go "well, well, well.....(insert monologue)

@bromleysimon7414

11 ай бұрын

Prittay prittay prittay good.

@Top10WizardReviews

11 ай бұрын

He'd storm in there going, "REGINA, OH REGINAAAAA!!!"

@donofon1014

9 ай бұрын

and cue up " doodly doodly doodly do

@mashkanyc

5 ай бұрын

Yes!!!! Hahahaha you can see if she was alive he would keep teasing her and calling her Regina. Non stop 🤣🤣

@twittertwice

4 ай бұрын

Not really! I think you are imposing your response on him.

has larry david looked this age his entire life? like i swear he's looked the exact same the entire 31 years i've been alive

@fartunyep4501

10 ай бұрын

Yeah some old people stay looking one age for decades lol

@JoeSmith-cy9wj

10 ай бұрын

That's what happens when you've got a whole lotta money.

@makedredd299

10 ай бұрын

LD was born a 75 year old.

@pawpaw__

9 ай бұрын

He's his own ancestor lol

@bigslick75093

9 ай бұрын

I believe all of these celebrity ancestry vids were recorded back around 2008 or 2009

Superfein is the best last name I’ve ever heard.

@wungabunga

3 ай бұрын

Regina Superfein. I would take that blind date.

@eschwarz1003

Ай бұрын

IKR! even was double checking that's what they said / was written generally

@isoleta

Ай бұрын

Sali Superfein sounds like a supermodel superhero.

I just love that it’s so Larry to say “Regina?! Oh my God!!! That’s a great name, why didn’t she use that name, don’t you like that name?!”😂 That’s such a Seinfeld/Curb line right there.

@scottswanson5803

11 ай бұрын

How can anyone not like the name Regina??

@rhov233

11 ай бұрын

@@scottswanson5803 Ehh, maybe because the name resembles a, you now, "feminine bodypart"? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@dylanlongwell1826

11 ай бұрын

What does it matter if I like it?

@Kazekoge101

11 ай бұрын

Was more intrigued by the Superfein name. Now THAT'S an interesting name

@Tyler-vw9bh

11 ай бұрын

I was hoping when Larry asked "don't you like that name?" Henry would have done the Curb "ehhhhhhhh" lol

Realizing after she is gone that you never knew your mother’s real name… that has to hurt the heart. I think Larry was understandably flooded with emotions when he found that out.

@AncestryUS

2 ай бұрын

It's truly a moving discovery. Thanks for stopping by, Joe! We hope you enjoyed this segment from Finding Your Roots with Larry David.

@millionfps

Ай бұрын

I mean when you change your name you want to become a new person, maybe she only showed Larry the new her

@lynnhubbard844

24 күн бұрын

@@millionfps yes, but still...cannot believe no one in the family didn't leak something...too bizarre

Every interview with Larry is just another episode of Curb your Enthusiasm, and I love that.

@darrendazcox

11 ай бұрын

you know this is a commercial and he is acting, right?

@SW-fn7cl

11 ай бұрын

​@darrendazcox it's pretty much understood that this is how he always acts 😂

@BroughtCat

11 ай бұрын

I was literally thinking the same thing 😂

@tombombadil1351

11 ай бұрын

@@darrendazcox it is a commerical, but no he was not acting. that was the same as any typical recorded interview

@chippy7745

11 ай бұрын

That was one of the shows where celebrities hear things about their ancestors for the first time. It’s a great show. I love it.

I can't be the only one who noticed that he seemed actually hurt by this revelation. A mother withholding the truth, even something as simple as her own name, is unsettling and makes one wonder why. Not being able to trust your own kids with your true name cannot feel good to them. He instinctively uses humor to disguise how he really feels. Go to 3:47 and look at the expression on his face when he says "yeah, secrets"

@ExtraCheeseProject

11 ай бұрын

I agree, but it could be worse, thanks to misplaced morals people of Larry's generation risk finding out that their sister is actually their mother like in this _Martin Crane_ quote: "Back then, if a girl got in trouble, her family would send her away to relatives in another state, and if anybody asked, just lied and said she went to Europe. Then when she came back, they'd raise the baby as a little sister. Not like today; we had morals and values back then."

@davidthedeaf

11 ай бұрын

Lots of reasons to keep a name a secret. She could have even been a spy or been an abused escaped ex who immigrated with help of the US government to have a full name change. (Likely not if last name is same) I worked with a person whose father had been an ambassador to the US and had to move here with his wife and kids and have all names changed and never go home because his government wanted to have them killed.

@malovina

11 ай бұрын

These were very very difficult times. My grandma 👵 passed and I also learned more of her history in WW 2. She lived in Ukraine. Not all is an open book.

@dftp

11 ай бұрын

The likeliest thing I can think of is that she became very ashamed of the name after WW2 cause Regina is traditionally a German name.

@Dan_Ben_Michael

11 ай бұрын

Great spotting. I missed that micro-expression and tone of voice the first watch but once you pointed it out it’s quite apparent that he’s somewhat perturbed that his mother was so secretive about her past.

I would watch a show of Larry David doing literally anything.

@oidoglr

10 ай бұрын

What about a show about nothing?

@mikebodde1147

9 ай бұрын

Yes, just seeing him sit and read would be great. I would pay a double charge to see him do almost practically nothing. Everything he does has a certain panache.

@DennisSullivan-om3oo

9 ай бұрын

@@oidoglr Wow! Yeah, that might work.

@adoor3712

9 ай бұрын

Wait till you find out about Curb your Enthusiasm

@donquixoteupinhere

8 ай бұрын

You already did 😉

L: "I missed my mother's funeral?!" N: "She said not to bother you while you were in New York."

@CT-uv8os

11 ай бұрын

G-d bless Bea Arthur!😂

@MyNewAesthetic

4 ай бұрын

OMG that was such a good episode.😂

@Karl_Drogo55

3 ай бұрын

IM ADOPTED?!

When my mother died my father went to get the death certificate. He tells the clerk her age of death is wrong. The clerk said. I’m going to tell you two things. First this is how old she was when she died. Second I see this all the time. She had led my father to believe she was 11 years younger than she actually was.

@ellenharold5191

10 ай бұрын

I have found the same thing, looking up relatives on Ancestry. Women got younger and younger will the passage of time. Lying about their age was a custom -- and a gentleman never asked a woman how old she was.

@libbyringo8419

9 ай бұрын

My Irish grandmother was 5-6 years older than my grandfather (according to her birth records) but she put that she was the same age of my grandfather on all future census reports. I don't know if my grandfather ever knew. Her having twins at the real age of 40 (after having 6 kids) must have been difficult in that time and age.

@missym5196

5 ай бұрын

😊😅

@YoSpongebob

4 ай бұрын

Is there no record prior to that that might indicate otherwise?

@littleripper312

4 ай бұрын

Good genes if she could pass for 11 years young, I'm jealous.

I feel so bad for Larry. My mom is a little like that but not nearly to the same degree. This was a really nice thing for Ancestry to do for him.

@SAK1855

11 ай бұрын

I mean ... a really nice free commercial he gave them, but still.

@A_A_J.

9 ай бұрын

PBS did it, on the Finding Your Roots show. Ancestry is just a sponsor.

@leesha0707

7 ай бұрын

My mother is the same I've always tried to find out info from her about ancestors. She doesn't seem to know anything really about her parents history, let alone any further back. I asked her again recently and I asked her how she could not want to learn about her family's history and she just shrugged her shoulders. I don't know if she doesn't know or doesn't care. I can't understand it, as I'm a naturally nosey person and love learning about family history.

@roikurgan9541

5 ай бұрын

wait til you find out her name is Regina....

@littleripper312

4 ай бұрын

This is very much my family. I realized now that it was that they were ashamed to be Ukrainian and for people to inquire about their background was taken as an insult. Slavic genes were considered low class and so to insinuate or reference that was taken as an insult like you thought we weren't good enough. I mean they barely spoke english so it's not like they were fooling anyone but oh well haha.

I could see Larry making a Curb episode of him arguing with his mother about withholding secrets from him 😂

@jameshaggerty8348

11 ай бұрын

He kind of already did that

@gracejones2831

2 ай бұрын

@@jameshaggerty8348 I have to look for that episode.

It's great to see Larry's expression when he learns his mother's birth name. Yes, Regina is a wonderful name.

@Nerdzombiedisco

11 ай бұрын

Mulva.

@captaindein33

11 ай бұрын

A bit of Costanza in there.

@9milesofbadroad

11 ай бұрын

It’s also the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada!

@TwoWheelWarrior

11 ай бұрын

Rhymes with a female body part.

@FriendZone75

11 ай бұрын

"Well, when your name rhymes with a part of the female anatomy..."

“Regina! That name is PRETTAY PRETTAY PRETTAYTYY, PRETTAY GOOD.”

My grandmother was the same way. She always told everybody that her middle name was "Marie," because she liked to play up her French-Canadian heritage as well as her Catholic heritage. All of her daughters have the middle name of Marie, too. Looking through records, I was able to find out that her middle name was a 2-parter: Mary Jane. The least French-looking name I had ever seen. My aunt revealed that grandma wasn't too thrilled with her middle name. But she was a lot like Larry's mom, in that she'd never share stories with me about her parents, grandparents, etc... I was almost 10 years old before I learned that she had a sister (a sister who lived in the same county as us) and I was even older before I learned that her mother was buried in a cemetery less than 20 miles from my childhood home. It was frustrating, because I couldn't shut my paternal grandmother up when it came to telling me about her family, but my maternal grandmother? Not a word. She'd get irritated if you asked, so I just learned not to ask. And all of my aunts and uncles are the same way, too. It's like pulling teeth with those people.

@amyslingsby6947

11 ай бұрын

Half my family tree is Marie. Everyone’s first name was Marie. All the boy names were Joseph. Most of them went by their middle names. It makes searching a misery. My grandmother went from Marie Emerilda to Emerilda and, after she moved to the States, she dropped the E. She said the weirdest thing ever, “E is ugly.” 🤷‍♀️

@lmc2375

11 ай бұрын

What it sounds like, their reason for reserve, could have been due to pain, trauma of childhood. Stuff they just didn't want to recall. If things had been alright, or pleasant, you would have known all about it. My GM's mother was kind of quiet about things. I never knew her, met while an infant - my mother did not care for her. It was the 1950's before her mother, my GM, even knew she had an aunt - her own mother never mentioned it. The aunt knocked on her door; a 5 hr long visit with my GM. Apparently my GGM was a bit wild for the times for her parents, out of all siblings. She not only left home, she married and left countries. The others stayed close while young, or at least kept in touch. Think she was an Aries, (Fire sign), born late 1890's and her husband was at least 18 yrs. older if I recall it right. I did my research about 15 years ago. Had it all stored off the top of my head, but as I added 500 yrs. of FR lines - it just became overload. At least my mother got to hear and see all about it from me, long before she left last year. 💖💫🦋🙏🌱🌎

@Synthetic-Rabbit

11 ай бұрын

My Mom and her 10 sisters all have "Maria" as a middle name

@peggygibbons479

11 ай бұрын

I am so sorry for you. We just had a family reunion last week, 60 Aunts, Uncles & 1st cousins from all over the country. We all KNOW each other. We know the entire history, not so happy at ALL but we all love each other, we communicate regularly. I know my cousins kids and I know my cousins kids' kids. We all do.

@lillianlittle6060

11 ай бұрын

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My late mom, born in 1919 , was born and raised in Tarnopol Poland. She survived the Holocaust but her mom 2 sisters and a nephew were gassed in Belzec in 1942.

@vernicejillmagsino9603

3 ай бұрын

Your mom is 1 year older than John Paul II a Polish Pope and 2 year older than his friend Jerzy Kluger another Polish Jew

@gretamurphy3704

2 ай бұрын

I'm so very sorry for your tragic losses. That's quite a burden. 💔

Around 1915 or so my grandmothers much older brother disappeared. Nobody ever saw him again. Sometime in the '60s my grandmother found a stack of letters in her mom's things and they were all from the missing brother. But his return address was to a totally different name, Irish instead of polish. He changed his identity and my great grandmother kept his secret until the day she died. By that point the brother was dead but imagine the shock of his living children when my grandmother reached out and told them they were really polish and their father's backstory was all made up. One was fascinated and embraced by grandmother as family. The other refused to accept it and would not speak to her. Family secrets .... touchy subjects.

@richardw3470

10 ай бұрын

My uncle's elder brother left home about that same time when his parents (devout Polish catholic immigrants) refused to believe what he told them about their priest. Sigh. 'How can you say such a terrible etc, etc.' He never knew what happened to him; he was just a little boy himself. From Baltimore.

@carnacthemagnificent2498

10 ай бұрын

@@richardw3470 It seems strange to thumb's up a story like that but I did in solidarity. I have no idea why my great uncle bailed, maybe he was running from the law. Maybe had a darker reason. Certainly one didn't talk about such things back then.

@richardw3470

10 ай бұрын

@@carnacthemagnificent2498 One didn't talk about such things when I was young, either. Nowadays there's therapy if you're believed. But, running from the law, etc - not as easy to hide now. DNA has surprised some families, obviously. Maybe you'll get a knock on the door. My uncle (married in) never had children.

My great great grandfather was on the staff of Major General George Henry Thomas during American Civil War, he wrote correspondence about his time and Thomas's brilliance and patriotism he had for the union. Our great grand father moved to India around 1881, now I am 87.5 percent Indian and cannot even comprehend that my roots are from the American Civil War.

@bruler7264

11 күн бұрын

Bro you’ve gotta tell me more, like where in India is your family now?

Whoever decided to come up with this marketing style / campaign for Ancestry is brilliant. I've been aware of Ancestry and the like for a long time, but this really makes me want to find out more about my own family history. Bravo, Ancestry marketing team!

@dianeandres9567

11 ай бұрын

Ancestry is owned by the Mormon Church. It’s very weird

@noahpoobbailey

11 ай бұрын

Whatever you do, don't submit your DNA to any of these sites. It's the only thing about you that is unique, so don't share it with others who have to comply when sharing.

@AncestryUS

11 ай бұрын

Hi there @DianeAndres, and thanks very much for your recent comment. We hope you enjoyed the clip, and we appreciate the opportunity to clarify that Ancestry is a private company. While our Headquarters are based in Utah, our company is not owned or operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (or any religious organization), and they have no access to any of our DNA databases or any of our customers' Personal Information. Thank you very much for stopping by so we could offer this clarification.

@stormcloudsabound

10 ай бұрын

@@AncestryUSBut all those third parties/insurance companies who use DNA to deny healthcare based on preexisting conditions…?

@AncestryUS

10 ай бұрын

Hi there @stormcloudsabound! Thanks very much for your recent comment. We appreciate your concerns and we can certainly take the time to advise about our privacy practices. We are grateful for the opportunity to inform you that Ancestry does not sell our users Personal Information. Our database is private, as Ancestry is a private company, and anyone who participates in our AncestryDNA test retains ownership of their data and sample at all times, which they can opt to delete and/or destroy upon request. Ancestry also does not share our users Genetic Information with third parties (such as insurers) without each participants consent. We make clear in our terms and conditions that our test is not to be used "in whole, in part and/or in combination with any other database, for any medical, diagnostic or paternity testing purpose or for any discriminatory purpose or illegal activity.". In addition, we adhere to the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act [GINA], which makes it illegal for health insurance companies, group health plans and most employers to discriminate against you based on your genetic information. If you'd like to learn more about our privacy practices, please see our Privacy Center: www.ancestry.com/cs/privacyphilosophy Thank you.

I think this was common among Jewish immigrants.. My mother's maiden name was Italian and we always wondered how she had an Italian last name on that side of the family yet everyone was Jewish. Shortly before my grandfather passed away he woke up from a nap, looked at my mother, and said "your grandfather wasn't Jewish." Turns out my great grandfather was Italian, fell in love with my Jewish great grandmother, and the two of them moved to the US to avoid the complexities of a "mixed marriage" in Italy. He held that secret for almost 90 years. I took a DNA test a few years later that confirmed the ancestry.

The same thing happened to me. Shortly after my mother passed away my sister and I got involved with an ancestry project and we found our mother's baptismal record. Her name was NOTHING like what we'd heard all our lives. We found that on my father's side that similar things happened. One uncle's name was changed three times before he was 5 years old. Back then there was no legal method of name changing. They just started calling themselves by a different name and signing documents with the new name. My father went into the Air Force in the 50's and for one reason or another his first and middle names were transposed....so for the rest of his life he went by his Air Force name. The further you dig in ancestry the more strange things get.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

11 ай бұрын

That is wild.

@DHU11

11 ай бұрын

Women are a mystery... Strange and wonderful beings they are

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

11 ай бұрын

@@DHU11 Surprised there aren't documentaries exploring that.

@squidink3470

11 ай бұрын

@@DHU11 Air Force fathers are a mystery... Strange and wonderful beings they are

@urbangorilla33

11 ай бұрын

The further you dig into your ancestry the more likely it is to find that your parents are more closely related than you may have thought.

He took it as lightly as imagined Larry David would.

What I wouldn't give to sit across from Dr. Henry Louis Gates and have him reveal a few things about my family tree.😁

@sallyintucson

11 ай бұрын

Me too! I’ve hit a few dead ends on my tree.

@klaudiaczarnecka5251

11 ай бұрын

​@@sallyintucsonsame, my 3xgreat grandfather had an unknown father

@elizabeththompson7046

11 ай бұрын

The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has family history centers in most places in the U. S. They are staffed by people who help anyone, regardless of religion, who wants it.

@hannathompson7998

11 ай бұрын

I know right! And have him say to you “Now turn the page…”

@JoieJoyJoi

11 ай бұрын

@@sallyintucson Same here! Plus I have old photos of people from my maternal grandmother's photo album with no name! One could be my great-grandfather, but I'll never know. The only person left who might know their names unfortunately no longer communicates with me.🤷🏽‍♀️

I've been binge watching all these videos and they are truly inspiring. What is incredible is that all of the people alive today have ancestors that have survived the many tragedies of history, like wars, famine, disease. Our ancestors were around and made it, where many didn't and we all go back all the way to the begining of civilization and beyond. Amazing!

@AncestryUS

11 ай бұрын

Hi Jasper, and thanks for stopping by! We are so happy to hear you are enjoying the show! It is truly moving to watch the stories unfold! Thanks for sharing.

@valleygirl2530

10 ай бұрын

Beginning of civilization? There are no records that far back. Civilization is much older than we think.

@jasperchance3382

10 ай бұрын

@@valleygirl2530 where did I say the contrary?

It must hurt his soul so much to now know that his mother never ever told him any of this no even her real name. How can a son then think anything about her was ever truthful. People, family, can be so damn horrible.

@user-lp1jw9bo5y

6 ай бұрын

He knew all along,,, they will never admit to the past cause Insurance has them dead in Europe prior to 45, after 45 new identity in new country

Dr Gates is from a city in West Virginia that was a free city to slaves back in the day. He did his DNA , found out he’s more Irish than black. He went black to Harvard where he was the head of black studies and informed them of that fact. He got a big laugh over it. I love these shows.

@whiteyonthemoon1193

10 ай бұрын

So then he went to Irish studies I take it.

@richardw3470

10 ай бұрын

I remember him telling the story of most of his 'ancestors' comin from that hotbed of Africans: Dublin. Really funny.

@dianakidd4219

10 ай бұрын

@@whiteyonthemoon1193 No he’s still head off black studies.

@dianakidd4219

10 ай бұрын

@@richardw3470 Oprah always said her ancestors were black royalty in Africa. Dr Gates did her DNA through history. Her ancestors were from a very poor nomadic tribe. He did a foot ball player who went back to Africa to see his kin folks. He looked scared while there. His distant relatives were asking to come to America and for him to give them money.

@richardw3470

10 ай бұрын

@@dianakidd4219 Surprise, surprise.

"Thats a great name! Dont you like that name?!" Such a Larry thing to say

I watched the show when this was on originally. The other guest in that broadcast was Senator Bernie Sanders. The funniest thing was the two of them finding out they are actually distant cousins, especially given that Larry David played the Senator on SNL back in 2016!!

@AndrzejzBuffalo

11 ай бұрын

Was there more to Larry David's mother's story, or this was it?

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

11 ай бұрын

😄

@AncestryUS

11 ай бұрын

Hi Lisa, and thanks for your recent comment! We are delighted to hear you have enjoyed this episode and all its discoveries. Thanks for sharing!

I just want to express appreciation to the cinematographer and the whole camera/lighting production value consistently brought in this series. The presenter in his suit, addressing the camera at the end is as beautifully lit and composed as any I've seen.

@klondike69none85

Ай бұрын

this show is so well done

Amazing, I'm 70 now and reasonably just found out about my father's past, such as a relief to know family history. 🇬🇧🙏👍

@AncestryUS

11 ай бұрын

We're glad to hear you've had the opportunity to learn more about your family history from your father's side of the family, Herbert! Thanks so much for taking the time to share this. We hope you enjoyed the clip!

My husband's grandmother claimed to be a young German girl whose parents died on a famous ship that sunk and her brother disappeared, all in early 1945. She had no papers or family and only 2 photos of herself and her brother. She was always terrified of noises, people being in parts of her home where she couldn't see, and very secretive... Decades later in Canada, we often talked about her family. She claimed to not remember birthdates, hometowns, her parents' middle names, grandparents' names or other details, etc... One night, I mentioned receiving a copy of her daughter's birth record. She demanded to see it, tearing it out of my hand and muttering in a panic about what religion it had listed, then audibly sighing as she read "evangelisch" out loud. We always suspected that she might be Jewish, and this certainly seems to reinforce that theory...

@sahej6939

10 ай бұрын

U think she just didn’t want to be Jewish? Self-hatred kind of?

@crystalwright1504

10 ай бұрын

@sahej6939 Not at all. We think she created a new non-Jewish identity at a time when being Jewish meant facing internment and death, being spied on and turned in by neighbours or friends, nit being allowed to work, etc... We wholeheartedly think it was 100% about survival, if she was, in fact, Jewish.

@sallieredman7349

2 ай бұрын

Have you thought about taking a DNA test.? It could be interesting.

@jsmithers.

23 күн бұрын

​@@crystalwright1504🤡

My grandfather first met his father when he immigrated through Ellis Island in 1911. He never knew if he came from Poland or Russia (Ukraine now) because the boarders kept changing. But his parents spoke Russian.

@lizvlx

11 ай бұрын

then maybe he was also from Austria like Larry David's family.

@sugar2th173

11 ай бұрын

@@lizvlx funny I live a block away from where Larry was raised in Sheepshead Bay. My grandmother also changed her name. A lot of coincidences.

@FoundSheep-AN

8 ай бұрын

It was all Russia All Russians Anyway the difference between Russians and Ukrainians did not exist, some people got one passport or the other based on where they worked etc. once the USSR was dissolved. The division is not like they got you to think today. In Ukraine there are a lot of Russians and Jewish Russians etc. I think your ancestors are probably Eastern Europe Jews They emigrated in 1911 they got lucky or they understood the wind was changing cause after the 1917 revolutions a lot of people were killed by comunists and there were genocides. Communists killed all the men in some regions, took their land and properties and forced the widows and the kids to work as slaves in kolkoz in the fields

@MusicismoreImportant

3 ай бұрын

Ukraine claim their country is older​@@FoundSheep-AN

I know two young men who changed their name when they left the military as they wanted to leave everything from that time behind them. Everything.

@kingloser4198

11 ай бұрын

so they were nudists?

Tarnopol was part of Austria/Galizia at the time - thats why it says Austrian nationality on the document and now it is part of Ukraine.

@Ykpaina988

11 ай бұрын

True that’s my whole families hometown and we consider ourselves Ukrainian

Love me some Larry David! "I got a red snapper that talks to you." "You know what it's saying? You know What it's saying? It's saying you paying too much." So many Larryisms in my head.

Finding out about my ancestors was one of the most satisfying things I have ever done and also very enlightening

You can just see him falling through space (in amazement) while trying to hold it together. That's beautiful.

Sadly, this is a very common thing in the Jewish community world wide, where a Holocaust survivor refuses to ever speak of his or her family. It's simply too traumatic for them, even to talk about it with their children or spouse.

@jbagger331

11 ай бұрын

Regina is kinda of a Christian name...

@Ginea25

11 ай бұрын

@@jbagger331It isn't. Mary might be referred to as Regina, but the name just means queen, and there's no reason a Jew wouldn't name their daughter that. Especially, as Malka is a very common and ordinary Jewish name.

@SuzanneBaruch

11 ай бұрын

@@jbagger331 Jews would sometimes give Christian sounding first names to children to avoid persecution. Her Hebrew name used in shul would have been something else. Or maybe you didn't know Jews always have two names?

@SuzanneBaruch

11 ай бұрын

@@jon8004 the intense persecution began in 1933 and the war ended in 1945, so that's absolutely incorrect.

@johaquila

11 ай бұрын

@@SuzanneBaruch I don't know when Larry's grandmother was naturalized, but near the bottom of the document you can see "Aug. 16, 1927 in Bklyn, NY". So it appears that his grandmother, and therefore also his mother, came to the US no later than 1927. In fact, the line above seems to be saying that she took permanent residence in the US in November 1901. Of course that doesn't remove the possibility that Larry's mother was entered into the birth registry with an incorrect name that didn't sound Jewish, either to make it easier for her to escape antisemitism, or because antisemitic bureaucrats at the time didn't accept Jewish names. Tarnapol was part of Austrian Galicia, and antisemitism was rampant in late 19th century Austria. For example, 1897-1910 Karl Lueger, the mayor of Vienna, got a lot of his votes through antisemitic rhetoric.

This is so Larry and so George. To have not known your mothers real name or background for much of your life, and have a Costanza upbringing...yep, that would help make you one of the greatest comedic minds of all time.

I come from a Jewish family with roots in Eastern Europe. Lots and lots of secrets.

Happy Birthday, Mr. David! I, too, am a July 2nd. I’m living out of spite. But, in all seriousness, thanks for the many hours of joy you’ve brought us in your humor. I wish you many more happy returns!

I remember this episode. From 2017? It's the one where he and Sen. Bernie Sanders find out they're related.

@nancysgambati2595

11 ай бұрын

The best, and my favorite episode!..and the best reactions from both men. I was LMAO

@vernicejillmagsino9603

3 ай бұрын

For me he and Bernie are twins

Looking forward to larry using this on the next season of curb your enthusiasm lol

@joycampi7233

11 ай бұрын

Sounds like a Seinfeld episode! That would've been hilarious! 😂

Great appreciation for Larry David, he’s a good guy.

You can tell finding out the real name really hit him in the feels😢

@AncestryUS

3 ай бұрын

Hey Bill. It was certainly an extraordinary moment when Larry discovered his Polish roots! Thanks for taking the time to share your own reaction to another memorable moment from the show. Click here to check out many more from the past 10 seasons: kzread.info/head/PL0xuz8BBkD4gm8NBVH8ga1elIoAkBjL-q. 🌳

My husband never knew who his dad was, but through DNA ancestry, he found the name of his dad, a half sister and a half brother.

@AncestryUS

11 ай бұрын

That's awesome! It's wonderful to hear that your husband has found some new siblings. Has he had a chance to meet up with them?

Everyone from those generations were like that. My grandmother was the same, never spoke a word about her past. I know she spoke German because when her sister would drop by they would speak German with each other.

What a gem Larry is.

@3:35 Larry gave Ancestry their new tag line: "well you're full of treasures here."

@AncestryUS

11 ай бұрын

You may be on to something 👀

I thought Larry was going to find out his mother was irish

"Regina" absolutely could've been another whole "Seinfeld" episode, just like "Delores."

@trevorhill9741

11 ай бұрын

I think you mean Mulva!

@andimproud

11 ай бұрын

​@@trevorhill9741nah, Delores. Lol

@IPlayOneOnT.V.

11 ай бұрын

@@trevorhill9741 No, I mean, "Delores," because that's the character's real name on the "Seinfeld" episode, as "Regina" is Larry David's mother's actual name, not "Rosa," which she led everyone to believe was her real name.

I had to laugh about this. For as long as I could remember my dad's mom's name was Eleanor. I vaugly remember when I was 8, meeting a important politician and being told to tell him that my Grandmother Ruth went to school with him. Never made a lot of sense to me, but you didn't question grownups was how I was raised. When I grew up I discovered my Grandmother's birth name was Ruth Eleanor. However she hated her first name because as a child her mother's strong Norwegian accent made it sound like "root" which embarrassed her when her mom would call her home when she was outside. In high school she started wanting to go by her middle name and gradually got all of her friends and relatives to switch. I think she legally changed it at the time she changed everything to her married name.

@joywebster2678

11 ай бұрын

My youngest sister is Ruth. It never fit her, and was really out of date. So by college she started using her middle name. Her husband only knows her by her middle name, and knows we sisters still slip up and say Ruth...but now in her 50s she's announced she wants to be asked Tree. I'm sorry, I just can't do it. Myb94 yr old mom cracked off and said, nuts? Was it? Lol. But yes I can see in real time how her kids don't knew she's Ruth, her grandkids won't and someday it will confuse family tree explorers, if there are any.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

11 ай бұрын

They're both both bad names TBH

I could relate to Larry David...my mother died over 40 years ago and I barely know anything about her own father; her own mother in fact, etc. She never wanted to talk about it when I was a young child and asked. From my understanding, my mother was part chinese. I do know she's was born in Shanghai, China in the 30's. Now, how i wish I would get to more more details!

my Jewish immigrant grandmother did the same thing. Her first name is raquel, but she went by Rita, her middle name.

My grandmother's aunt was named Bengta, a very "rough/manish" name here in Sweden if I may say so myself, but changed her name to Betsy when living in USA. On her tombstone in California it says Betsy.

I recently discovered that my uncle died in 1919 in a workhouse in Ireland. My mother never mentioned her brother. The memory and shame were too difficult.

@user-pg7cx9wo1m

Ай бұрын

Wow

Talk about family secrets, my brother and I met our 1st cousin at our uncle's funeral (1999). He was 72 years old (our cousin), I was in my late 40s. We lived in the same city and no one in my family had ever mentioned his name. His father died in 1935 (same city). I had heard his father's name mentioned casually all my life but didn't know that he was my uncle until a couple years before I met his son (our cousin) at the funeral!

Amazing how much Larry David is like Larry David

This was my favorite episode of Finding Your Roots! I was so bummed when they pulled it from PBS Passport 😢

@mindspringers2447

11 ай бұрын

Mine was Angela Davis. I thought she was going to stroke out.

I had my dad take a DNA test, he's in his 80's and the oldest living in his family. DNA shows he has a half sibling!!! 😮 We know absolutely nothing about this person or which grandparent had this child. Although I do think that it's more probable that it was my grandpa. I sent an email on the site to the person but it's been several months and I don't know if they will ever read it. Would be nice to meet them.

@susanfabian1521

11 ай бұрын

Keep asking

@sugarkane4830

11 ай бұрын

Maybe they have died.

@AncestryUS

11 ай бұрын

Hello Norska! Many thanks for reaching out to Ancestry. We regret hearing that you've not been able to reach this intriguing DNA match so far and hope that you're able to get a response with time. Remember that not all members regularly sign in to their account or keep up with the email inbox. You may try to send another message at this stage too, in case they simply missed the first one. Another idea is to look at any common matches that may appear between your dad and the half sibling. These will show other DNA matches that they both share. With some luck you may find unknown relatives there, which could for instance be children or even grand children of the person. If so, you can try messaging them too. More information on shared DNA matches can be found here: support.ancestry.com/s/article/AncestryDNA-Shared-Matches. Many thanks for being a valued Ancestry member and all the best with your continuous research!

@carmelopappalardo8477

11 ай бұрын

​@@AncestryUSI wish I could find out. Both sides of my family are shrouded in mystery. So many lies were told.

@JacksonStreetPollock

11 ай бұрын

Might be similar to what I do. Every year I pay for one month and just check for any updates records for one of my ancestors who was a brick wall on the family tree. And I'll also reply to any messages at that time. So maybe give them time and they will sign up again soon

I have so many unanswered questions and the people with the answers are long gone.

Grew up my entire life not knowing my grandmothers real name either. How curious an act.

Seeing this validate's Larry's cynicism. He's an amazing man that he was able to laugh at life rather than letting that cynicism turn into narcissism.

Growing up I knew my grandpa was adopted. His biological mother was the twin sister of the mother who raised him. I didn't find out till my MiL went on ancestry that I found out my grandfather's name wasn't his birth name.

this clip is like an episode of his show. i love his reaction.

It would be nice to see you do this for some everyday people and feature them on some videos.

Tarnapol Poland is now Ternopil, Ukraine

Larry doesn't act, they just make shows around his daily life......and it's great!!!

@user-lp1jw9bo5y

6 ай бұрын

He's acting real good here, a lifelong act at that!

Superfein is a cool last name.

This was great! I absolutely adore Larry David... The man is a living legend and a wonderful human being.

@seethevolcane

11 ай бұрын

I bet her real name was Betty.

@Highlander1432

11 ай бұрын

Why is he wonderful? He's a crabby hilarious comedian

@mikebartoli4755

11 ай бұрын

@@Highlander1432 I was staying with my mom on Martha's Vineyard during the filming of Clear History and Larry had arranged for the locals to eat for free three nights a week at any of the dozen or more restaurants, ice cream and coffee shops on the island. He also bought out a trinket shop that was struggling so that the woman could retire. He would be seen at various pubs during his two months there and always took time to talk to the locals and learn what he could as well as make everyone laugh with his goofy antics. He left quite an impression on the folks there and myself.

@AncestryUS

11 ай бұрын

@@mikebartoli4755 Wow, even more reasons to love Larry David! Thank you for sharing 🙌

My late father, born and raised in Lodz, Poland, emigrated to Canada with his parents and two sisters in July of 1939 (yup, missed the Nazi invasion by a hair). I didn't actually know his real name until after my mother died. I had to get some official papers for him, and was stunned to find out he was actually Moses Aaron. The nickname for Aaron, back in Poland, was Arek. Once he was here, Arek became Eric, Ernie, Arnie, Harry, or whatever those giving him a paycheck at the end of the week decided to call him. He let them have their way, so I grew up think his initials were A.E. for Arnie Eric, and that's how my mom signed his cheques (his writing hand was crippled from disease in his youth). We grow up accepting what our parents tell us, and never think to question it.

My grandmother was born and raised in Sweden. For the most part, she had a good life in Stockholm Sweden, but when her mother died, her dad remained he high school ex-girlfriend. She did not like her, and so she moved to American. And that's pretty much most of what I know about my grandmother.

@edithbannerman4

8 ай бұрын

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

I only knew my great grandmother as Mary Fisher until her funeral in 2010, she passed at age 95. Her birth name was Olive Jass. I went my entire life not knowing her name was Olive.

@sallyintucson

11 ай бұрын

My mother didn’t like her name either. She went by a nickname she gained in college.

@JK-br1mu

11 ай бұрын

She was embarrassed by her uncle Hugh. Otherwise, she would have kept the name.

@barnabydodd8956

11 ай бұрын

@@JK-br1mu 🤣

@JennRighter

11 ай бұрын

@@JK-br1mu that was a good one! BUT (no pun intended) she was born in Czechoslovakia so the j was pronounced as a y.

@JK-br1mu

11 ай бұрын

@@JennRighter Olive yassssss.

We traced one branch of our family back to 15th century. Central Poland - that was easy. Now we are stuck with other branch from the today's Ukraine and neighbouring parts of Austro-Hungarian Empire. Genealogy is fascinating stuff.

Love this series. More please! ❤️

Where's the whole video?

@AncestryUS

11 ай бұрын

Hey there, and thanks so much for your recent comment. We're glad you enjoyed the upload. This clip was taken from season 4 of Finding Your Roots. Reruns air on Tuesday evenings on PBS. If you'd like to learn more and check out your local listings, or see how you can stream or buy episodes, feel free to check out this link: www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/watch/seasons/season-4 Thanks for dropping by so we could provide this!

I can tell he is hurt not knowing this information about his Mom. Probably confused as to why she didn’t just tell him. My family and I love his show Larry David. My Dad is a twin of him.

@chrispnw2547

11 ай бұрын

The way they set it up made it even more shocking. Larry was unaware of her birth name or home and mom kept that a secret. When you put it in the context of the day, people moved and started over due to perceived scandals of the day (illegitimate births, family problems, scandals, etc). This is real life and hurts to think you knew someone . Hence the phrase, 'Let sleeping dogs lie'.

@Dave-lr2wo

11 ай бұрын

I don't think that's it at all. I think he's sad that he can't talk about it with her now that she's deceased. I think his expression is about missing his mother, not about not being told her secrets.

@VinWhiteartistry

11 ай бұрын

@@Dave-lr2wo Yes, you’re probably correct.

@ste45

11 ай бұрын

They didn't want to bother him

My paternal grandfather was from Tarnapol - it was a very sophisticated city. I can't believe Mr. Gate's hadn't come across it until now.

This gives the whole "Leib son of Nat" bit a whole new layer of funny. 😂

@romulus_

3 ай бұрын

definitely!

I love Larry and I'm glad he was able to find out more about his mother. He seemed so shocked by it.

@Ronsquaremy

15 күн бұрын

Because George Lopez told him his mother was Native American 😂

When it comes to secretive parents that have passed but then their secrets are revealed or descendants are investigating, I imagine them in the afterlife freaking out or panicking.

@byHexted

11 ай бұрын

I don’t lmao what’s the point of heaven if you can feel panic there lmao I can go to heaven and my panic attacks don’t go away?

@rayvega3163

11 ай бұрын

I'm sure they would understand and felt their kids and relatives deserved to learn the truth, even if it's painful and sometimes quite embarrassing to reminisce.

@heatherwhite2788

11 ай бұрын

There’s no freaking out in the afterlife!

@attheranch873

11 ай бұрын

That’s a funny thought 😂

@beth12svist

11 ай бұрын

​@@byHexted Well, if you're uncharitable, you can picture them somewhere else than heaven... But it does pose an interesting theological question if one were inclined to ponder such things. Do you have to let go of your secrets to be able to enter heaven? I'm not sure I care enough / should care, when it comes to other people. 😅

Now THIS is a quality series!

@AncestryUS

11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! 😊

Thank you, Dr. Gates, for what has become one of the best shows TV ever had.

@AncestryUS

11 ай бұрын

Hi, DRMET! We're so glad you enjoyed our clip from Finding Your Roots, featuring Larry David. It's good to hear that you enjoyed watching the most recent season of Finding Your Roots on your local PBS station. As in the past, PBS will show reruns from past seasons nearly every week. Be sure to tune in to PBS next Tuesday evening for an amazing episode from Season 6, featuring actresses Isabella Rossellini, Anjelica Huston and Mia Farrow. Have a great day!

The ability to discover family history in this day and age is astounding. In the past 4 years I have opened up so many surprises. Many names were changed when coming to America, purposely and accidentally.

@AncestryUS

10 ай бұрын

Hi Joy to you and me, and thanks for stopping by! We are delighted you have made s many discoveries along your way. We are happy to be able to be a part of this wonderful journey with you. Thank you for sharing!

My brother searched on ancestry for our relatives and we found out that we are distantly related to Henry Louis Gates!

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

11 ай бұрын

You should do a show on that.

@AncestryUS

10 ай бұрын

Talk about a mind-blowing discovery! We're happy your roots lead back to such a great person 👏

@johndelamontaigne7711

10 ай бұрын

@@AncestryUS Thank you! It really is mind blowing! I feel quite honored to have mr Gates as a relation!

What we now know as Poland did not exist when Larry's grandmother or mother were born. It came to be after World War I. Though Ternopil (as it's now spelled) always had a Polish identity, it was in the Kingdom of Galicia (pronounced GAH-leet-see-ah, not to be confused with the region in Spain of the same name). Its population consisted principally of ethnic Poles, ethnic Ukraines, and Jews. The Kingdom of Galicia was part of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire. Both the old Empire and Galicia ceased to exist after World War I, and Ternopil became part of a disputed territory much fought over. It would eventually fall under Polish control, somewhat briefly, from 1923 until 1939, and is now in the Ukraine. My grandmother, an ethnic Pole, was from a village right outside of Ternopil. Though I have a copy of her birth certificate, it's nice to know there may be more information about her and our family in the archives in Warsaw that were mentioned.

SNL bit with Larry as Bernie. One of my favorites moments on tv

It's always weird to see things like this. Didn't even know his mom's name or birthplace. My DNA revealed no surprises. lol I was hoping for one!

Translates to Queen Superfine 💕

Love Larry David, he's a blessing on this world :'-)

I clicked on this video thinking it was a Curb Your Enthusiasm skit.

Sometimes they leave a name behind for privacy reasons

That is a fine name. I wonder why she never told him.

@minbari73

Ай бұрын

Schmundie

It’s sad when family is to afraid or ashamed or won’t share the truth about life the past for any reason. The truth makes us whole and real flaws and all. I love hearing the good, bad, highs and lows about my father he shared it made him real, and a person and I appreciated him more

@AncestryUS

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this insight with us, Steven. ❤️

This is a really, really great episode. Bravo to all. For real for real.

@AncestryUS

10 ай бұрын

We're glad you loved the show, Like! As in the past, PBS will show reruns from past seasons nearly every week. Be sure to tune in Tuesday evenings for more. Have a great evening!

There is lots you will never know about your mom

One of the great things about LD is that he is authentic ( even if it may at times cause discomfort)

@edithbannerman4

8 ай бұрын

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

@ivermectin1974

6 ай бұрын

Wow. Stop thinking these celebrities are authentic. They lie to get you to spend money on them. So they can live a privilege life while you are broke. They are far from authentic.

so fascinating