Brendan's great-grandmother on his father's side was Anna Maria Pollanz, born on July 13, 1890 in Aibl. Her parents were Josef (born March 16, 1857) and Johanna (maiden name was Brauchart). The house in which Josef Pollanz was born still stands today. My great-grandparents bought this house at the beginning of the 1920s. My grandmother was born there.
Duuude, hearing about the Carpathian front in WW1 and knowing that I'm living in a town that was previously part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and living in a valley in said mountains... chills, literal chills. I mean, I heard the stories about how the mountains that are now ski resorts, were a good battle front during the wars, but to hear about it in an Ancestry video with Brendan Fraser... threw me for a loop.
Yeah about wolves feeding on the dead and wounded on that front. I think both side even declared a truce in order to focus on killing the many wolves that had developed a taste for human meat. Scary stuff.
It's great to find backstories on my own family because it turns out Brendan is a distant cousin through both his parents. His mom was related to my father and his dad to my mom. He seems to be such a sweet, kind person, and I'm glad to see that he seems to be in a good place now.
If I ever have a chance to meet an actor or actress, I would consider myself very fortunate to have met Brendan. He seems like an extremely kind and wonderful person.
Fellow Carinthian here. As soon as he said Drobesch, I knew he was Carinthian! If Brendan is ever in Austria and some asks where he's from....he's a Kärntna Streira bua!
This is the only time I have ever been disappointed watching this show. I was hoping for a dive down the Fraser line. I have Fraser ancestors that come from roughly the same area as Brendan's dad and I've been unable to confirm a connection. I was hoping to uncover we're cousins :) He's been one of my favorite celebs since I was young. Otherwise, I'm very happy for what he had uncovered in his family history. A great story to share. :D
They usually pick a line the guest doesn't know about or has questions about, or that tells a good story with general historical value like his 2x gr-grandfather going on strike and shooting at the scab. He probably also knows quite a lot about his Fraser line. Looking forward to next week. They don't often have Native American guests and Wes Studi will be on (along with LeVar Burton).
My grandfather served in the artillery for the German Army throughout World War I. it was a hellish experience, three years worth of death, and seeing his friends, all die around him. Have never been able to get any records on him because so many records were destroyed due to the next war.
Is the red dot for St Peter at 0:54 in the right place? It's in modern-day Slovenia, what would have been Carniola, not Carinthia, at the time. There are so many little villages named St. Peter, and so many name changes that have happened in the meantime, that's it's hard to be sure which one is meant. I suspect it's Pivka (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pivka), which was called St. Peter in Krain before WW1.
The red dot is surely in the wrong place. St Peter they are referring to is, I think, in today's Southern Austria, it is one of the areas of Klagenfurt (Slovenian Celovec) where the Slovenian minority lives. Surname Drobesch is surely a Slovenian surname Drobež. So it is rather inaccurate to say that Herman was Austrian...
The surname of Herman's wife is also a Slovene one (Polanc, Germanised as Pollanz). Should be clear also from his DNA results I guess. Welcome to our Slovenian family, Brendan!
It is quite possible that Pollanz lived in what is now Slovenia before 1776. The place where the Pollanz lived is not far from the Slovenian border. My ancestors also moved from Slovenia to Austria.@@anav9130
I'm glad you were able to find what he was looking for, but I can't help but think how useless and mindless war is. The fighting and the senseless trauma! There is simply no place for it when humans are fully capable of talking every single conflict out.
I think they got the towns wrong. At beginning it says his grandfather was born in St. Peter, Klagenfurt. St. Peter is a district of Klagenfurt. There is no St. Peter in southern Carinthia. The spot they mark on the map is Slovenia, Carinthia never went that far down.
The actually mean St. Peter bei Grafenstein. Hermann was born there. There is also a parish in Klagenfurt with the same name, but that is not where he was born. But you are right: the place on the map is just somewhere in the south of Europe ;-))
i hope he will be cast as Medic/ Special Forces/ SSGt Sadler, if ever a biopic be made about him. He can do a nice Sadler, the singer/co-composer of the 1966 hit song "Ballad of the Green Berets"
Actually, Styria was the Austrian name of their territory what comprised most of what is now the independent nation of Slovenia. Hence, it's possible that Brendan Fraser's great-grandmother might have had at least some Slovenian ancestry!
@@intermilan9731 Imagine you have two people who speak the same language ( well, approximately ). Person A has a different faith and philosophy, different hobbies, different living environments than Person B. Are Person A and B the same? If not, then Austrians and Germans are also not the same.
@@chrismath149 Different faith? The Austrians are Catholic and majority of Germans are Catholic too. They share history, common cultural heritage, similar tradition etc.
@@matovicmmilan Nearly half of German Christians are Protestant ( western Germany ) and a large percentage ( ~ 30 % ) atheist ( eastern Germany ). A statistically based observation of faith in Germany completley destroys that argument. And us Austrians have just as many links with Bohemia, Hungary and other eastern European nations that estrange us from Germany whose ethnogenesis revolved about other things more in modern times ( see German history ). The only time Austria and Germany were under the same legislative power was between 1938 and 1945. Don't try to teach me my own history and about my own religion.
Slovenia was known as the Duchy of Carniola - a crownland of the greater realm. The capital was Ljubljana/Laibach. Slovenes held a majority in the Landtag ( the parliament of Carniola ) but ethnically different peoples lived in Carniola as native inhabitants. As part of Cislethania, the inhabitants ( male, at least 26 years old ) could participate in in direct and fair elections ( the reform happened in 1906, before that there was a census election sytem in place ) and send delegates to the Reichsrat based on population numbers. So no, you were not merely called Austrians. In fact you were given minority rights and had your own government structure. Your language, ethnicity, ect was protected by law since 1867.
Wait, so he's Irish and Austrian, and what else? Why does he look mulatto? Is he mixed? I wish I could see the full thing! I've been seeing bits and pieces everywhere! Lol
Brendan has such a soothing speaking voice…
We met him at a convention a couple of years ago. He was really nice and friendly. He seemed genuinely kind and thankful to meet fans.
He was paid enough to be there. @@eizapez3549
I want him to record audiobooks.
@@ginaswaney514 he did one...ties into his work on the movie Inkheart and that author.
Yesssss❤❤ love his voice
Brendan's great-grandmother on his father's side was Anna Maria Pollanz, born on July 13, 1890 in Aibl. Her parents were Josef (born March 16, 1857) and Johanna (maiden name was Brauchart). The house in which Josef Pollanz was born still stands today. My great-grandparents bought this house at the beginning of the 1920s. My grandmother was born there.
@danielzimt4568 schick ihm Fotos... der kommt Dich besuchen.
@@NNorka79 soviel ich weiß, sind nur seine Söhne auf Social media vertreten aber glaube kaum dass er herkommen würde.
Duuude, hearing about the Carpathian front in WW1 and knowing that I'm living in a town that was previously part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and living in a valley in said mountains... chills, literal chills. I mean, I heard the stories about how the mountains that are now ski resorts, were a good battle front during the wars, but to hear about it in an Ancestry video with Brendan Fraser... threw me for a loop.
Yeah about wolves feeding on the dead and wounded on that front. I think both side even declared a truce in order to focus on killing the many wolves that had developed a taste for human meat. Scary stuff.
highly underrated but well deserving actor of the early 2000s
He won an Oscar. How is that underrated?
After a very long dry spell!@@AH-te5gs
@@AH-te5gsAnd the Oscar was just this year!
We are friends now.
@@BlackRbt22Covert Narcissists don't have friends, they have scapegoats.
It's great to find backstories on my own family because it turns out Brendan is a distant cousin through both his parents. His mom was related to my father and his dad to my mom. He seems to be such a sweet, kind person, and I'm glad to see that he seems to be in a good place now.
If I ever have a chance to meet an actor or actress, I would consider myself very fortunate to have met Brendan. He seems like an extremely kind and wonderful person.
I liked Brendan’s episode the best, he seemed so genuine and humbled
Love the channel, but please lower the volume on the music a bit :-) - it's your lovely voice we are interested in, Henry!
Past Present and Future are all happening in the Now!!!
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ANGEL BLESSINGS TO ALL FINDING THEIR ROOTS!!!
luv ya Brendan!!!❤
Mr Brendan Fraser is a GREAT actor and a human being! Love the history of his family.
Brendan has such a sweet soul.
Fellow Carinthian here. As soon as he said Drobesch, I knew he was Carinthian! If Brendan is ever in Austria and some asks where he's from....he's a Kärntna Streira bua!
You mean “Steira” bua!
Brendann❤❤❤
This is the only time I have ever been disappointed watching this show. I was hoping for a dive down the Fraser line. I have Fraser ancestors that come from roughly the same area as Brendan's dad and I've been unable to confirm a connection. I was hoping to uncover we're cousins :) He's been one of my favorite celebs since I was young. Otherwise, I'm very happy for what he had uncovered in his family history. A great story to share. :D
They usually pick a line the guest doesn't know about or has questions about, or that tells a good story with general historical value like his 2x gr-grandfather going on strike and shooting at the scab. He probably also knows quite a lot about his Fraser line. Looking forward to next week. They don't often have Native American guests and Wes Studi will be on (along with LeVar Burton).
Fraser is a very common name, and they would be going into that level of detail.
My grandfather served in the artillery for the German Army throughout World War I. it was a hellish experience, three years worth of death, and seeing his friends, all die around him. Have never been able to get any records on him because so many records were destroyed due to the next war.
Looking good Brendan
Is the red dot for St Peter at 0:54 in the right place? It's in modern-day Slovenia, what would have been Carniola, not Carinthia, at the time. There are so many little villages named St. Peter, and so many name changes that have happened in the meantime, that's it's hard to be sure which one is meant. I suspect it's Pivka (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pivka), which was called St. Peter in Krain before WW1.
The red dot is surely in the wrong place. St Peter they are referring to is, I think, in today's Southern Austria, it is one of the areas of Klagenfurt (Slovenian Celovec) where the Slovenian minority lives. Surname Drobesch is surely a Slovenian surname Drobež. So it is rather inaccurate to say that Herman was Austrian...
St. Peter in today's Austria (part of Klagenfurt) is in Carinthia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carinthian_Slovenes
The surname of Herman's wife is also a Slovene one (Polanc, Germanised as Pollanz). Should be clear also from his DNA results I guess. Welcome to our Slovenian family, Brendan!
It is quite possible that Pollanz lived in what is now Slovenia before 1776. The place where the Pollanz lived is not far from the Slovenian border. My ancestors also moved from Slovenia to Austria.@@anav9130
Brendan Fraser needs to be protected at all times he was our childhood in the 90s him as Rick O’Connell and George from the jungle
I'm glad you were able to find what he was looking for, but I can't help but think how useless and mindless war is. The fighting and the senseless trauma! There is simply no place for it when humans are fully capable of talking every single conflict out.
I think they got the towns wrong. At beginning it says his grandfather was born in St. Peter, Klagenfurt. St. Peter is a district of Klagenfurt. There is no St. Peter in southern Carinthia. The spot they mark on the map is Slovenia, Carinthia never went that far down.
The actually mean St. Peter bei Grafenstein. Hermann was born there. There is also a parish in Klagenfurt with the same name, but that is not where he was born. But you are right: the place on the map is just somewhere in the south of Europe ;-))
i hope he will be cast as Medic/ Special Forces/ SSGt Sadler, if ever a biopic be made about him. He can do a nice Sadler, the singer/co-composer of the 1966 hit song "Ballad of the Green Berets"
Brendan Fraser been an actor since 1990-2024 because he was born in 1968!
Also, Drobesch is not a German family name, rather it's a Germanized version of Drobeš, a Czech family name.
It's Slovene. From the Carinthian-Slovenes.
Actually, Styria was the Austrian name of their territory what comprised most of what is now the independent nation of Slovenia. Hence, it's possible that Brendan Fraser's great-grandmother might have had at least some Slovenian ancestry!
My husband's family thought they were German, but ancestry showed younger daughter , that they were Austrian, not German.
Austrian, German same thing
@@intermilan9731 Imagine you have two people who speak the same language ( well, approximately ). Person A has a different faith and philosophy, different hobbies, different living environments than Person B. Are Person A and B the same? If not, then Austrians and Germans are also not the same.
@@chrismath149
Different faith? The Austrians are Catholic and majority of Germans are Catholic too. They share history, common cultural heritage, similar tradition etc.
@@matovicmmilan Nearly half of German Christians are Protestant ( western Germany ) and a large percentage ( ~ 30 % ) atheist ( eastern Germany ). A statistically based observation of faith in Germany completley destroys that argument.
And us Austrians have just as many links with Bohemia, Hungary and other eastern European nations that estrange us from Germany whose ethnogenesis revolved about other things more in modern times ( see German history ). The only time Austria and Germany were under the same legislative power was between 1938 and 1945. Don't try to teach me my own history and about my own religion.
@@intermilan9731. You are wrong!
Part Slovenian too, great. Before independence we were called whatever nation ruled over us. In this sense all my family in that time was austrian.
Slovenia was known as the Duchy of Carniola - a crownland of the greater realm. The capital was Ljubljana/Laibach. Slovenes held a majority in the Landtag ( the parliament of Carniola ) but ethnically different peoples lived in Carniola as native inhabitants. As part of Cislethania, the inhabitants ( male, at least 26 years old ) could participate in in direct and fair elections ( the reform happened in 1906, before that there was a census election sytem in place ) and send delegates to the Reichsrat based on population numbers. So no, you were not merely called Austrians. In fact you were given minority rights and had your own government structure. Your language, ethnicity, ect was protected by law since 1867.
Cousin!!!!
Wait, so he's Irish and Austrian, and what else? Why does he look mulatto? Is he mixed? I wish I could see the full thing! I've been seeing bits and pieces everywhere! Lol
These people were in 2 world wars and a pandemic etc and today the losers lament 24/7
Austrians are German too 😂
They may speak but they are different cultures!
Brendan is an Irish name
No flies on you eh?
He's only 1/5 German (or Austrian). He's also French (Canadian), Irish, Scottish, and Czech. And 100% Liar.
@@mytv89626 How is he German?
Wow! That's amazing what you uncover!?