Henry Louis Gates: “I understand that was family lore. Well, it’s true.”

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  • @allisonbebee2017
    @allisonbebee2017 8 місяців тому +210

    I wonder if Pocahontas would feel equally in awe to find out she was related to her favorite fight club character…

    • @roybradley4424
      @roybradley4424 7 місяців тому +7

      You won, best comment ever. 😂😂

    • @smartcookie493
      @smartcookie493 5 місяців тому +2

      She wouldn't talk about it

  • @AndySaenz924
    @AndySaenz924 9 місяців тому +235

    Pocahontas is Ed Norton’s 12-times great grandmother? WOW, that’s unbelievable! I really want to see that family tree going back all the way to her!

  • @shawndaroberts6702
    @shawndaroberts6702 8 місяців тому +106

    This is a show to watch on PBS he does show the paper trail and how they figure out your lineage. He even tells you who you are currently related to. Henry Louis Gates is an icon.

  • @tinynuggins1029
    @tinynuggins1029 9 місяців тому +158

    Man, thats crazy! I'd settle to just be related to the racoon on Pocahontas. Lol

  • @timelapsega
    @timelapsega 7 місяців тому +18

    As crazy as this sounds we all have 16,384 12th great grandparents

    • @angelareimann6433
      @angelareimann6433 3 місяці тому +3

      Just puts it all into perspective. Family trees get complex fast.

  • @reginastogner9535
    @reginastogner9535 8 місяців тому +52

    BEST show on PBS❤❤

  • @nursemom101casteel7
    @nursemom101casteel7 Рік тому +237

    My paper trail and DNA shows that I am descended from Attakullakulla, who was First Beloved Man of the Cherokee nation from 1761 until 1775.

    • @aboriginalstraightshooter7967
      @aboriginalstraightshooter7967 Рік тому +7

      🙄🤦🏾‍♀️

    • @nursemom101casteel7
      @nursemom101casteel7 Рік тому +5

      @@aboriginalstraightshooter7967, I'll show you if you want to see it.

    • @Kim-427
      @Kim-427 Рік тому +9

      He’s said that very few AA are of Native American descent despite the “my Great Great Grandmother was Cherokee.” She had high cheekbones and straight jet black hair”. Lol I know I watched him do Oprah DNA and she had Native American in her chart. I don’t think he meant none of us do. He was saying that it’s not as prevalent as many AA proclaim.

    • @lf1496
      @lf1496 Рік тому +10

      DNA showed that my Afro Cuban father is related to Pharoah Rameses III. Science is cool. 👸🏿

    • @mariaytinexposer
      @mariaytinexposer 9 місяців тому +1

      78

  • @kguilliam4456
    @kguilliam4456 9 місяців тому +73

    What a wonderful discovery. Especially for him & his family. Love it!

  • @DaanZijp
    @DaanZijp 18 днів тому +1

    the fact that pochahontas' great great great great... grandchild, is the hulk.

  • @cynthiaahern9081
    @cynthiaahern9081 Рік тому +73

    Our family has the same lore about Pocahontas. We were chided as kids that she was watching us. To make us behave when out of eye sight of our elders. When the internet was new, an older 1st cousin once removed from me did a massive search. He found out it was true. He found the documentation all the way back to her. Those decendants from her through her son are in the thousands now. I wonder what length of removal I am from this actor. 🤔 6th/7th cousins???

  • @Pinkranger87
    @Pinkranger87 8 місяців тому +14

    I love this show. It’s amazing how people are all connected

  • @godschild6172
    @godschild6172 Рік тому +118

    I wish he traced dna for the public’s. Mine is so confusing.

    • @classmst89
      @classmst89 Рік тому +8

      Their company does, you just votta be willing to fork out thousands of dollars

    • @godschild6172
      @godschild6172 Рік тому +4

      @@classmst89 well if I ever have that kind of money to spend I’ll hire them.

    • @classmst89
      @classmst89 Рік тому +2

      @@godschild6172 there probably are cheaper alternatives, but with those services you get what you pay for haha

    • @godschild6172
      @godschild6172 Рік тому +1

      @@classmst89 That’s so true.

    • @CatEyedGoddess
      @CatEyedGoddess Рік тому +8

      You are not alone!!! In my family there are so many secrets and name changes, no one knows where to begin. Especially on my grandpop’s side.

  • @maverick1577f
    @maverick1577f Рік тому +30

    He's also William Bradford from the Mayflower, his 11th great-grandson. William Bradford is my 10th great-grandfather.

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen 11 місяців тому +9

      Hello cousin! William Bradford is my 8th great grandfather. 😊

    • @creamcheese_pepperjelly5078
      @creamcheese_pepperjelly5078 8 місяців тому +6

      My kids are direct descendants of William Bradford as well. The man got around 😂

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen 8 місяців тому +1

      @@creamcheese_pepperjelly5078
      Apparently so! Lol

    • @carolhamm7645
      @carolhamm7645 3 місяці тому +1

      I have a friend in CA, last name Bradford, descendant of William.

  • @sluggishfella3539
    @sluggishfella3539 Рік тому +49

    Damn, I'm related to Edward Norton.

  • @rueben44
    @rueben44 Рік тому +40

    I love that show.

    • @vw1649
      @vw1649 Рік тому +2

      Me too! This show is very eye opening for so many people.

    • @christinemiller8723
      @christinemiller8723 7 місяців тому

      What is show called?

  • @ElectricSoul828
    @ElectricSoul828 Рік тому +46

    We are all related and interconnected.

    • @rueben44
      @rueben44 Рік тому +3

      Some what.....

    • @UrOnlyWarning
      @UrOnlyWarning Рік тому +5

      And you'd think COVID would have shown us JST How Interconnected we are.

    • @websoldier4576
      @websoldier4576 Рік тому +6

      we are all cousins...just a matter of far back to find a common ancestor.

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen 11 місяців тому +4

      That’s right! I’ve read that everyone in the world is no farther away than being 7th cousins to each other and after building my family tree back to the 1200s, I believe that!

    • @sayno2lolzisback
      @sayno2lolzisback 8 місяців тому +1

      Yeah that means nothing lol I mean just imagine, you already have 17000 4th cousins, give or take.

  • @polloloci21
    @polloloci21 8 місяців тому +7

    My family tree ties in directly with Adam and Eve 😂

  • @American-BadAss732
    @American-BadAss732 7 місяців тому +2

    My grandfather's 9th great-grandmother is the same exact 9th great-grandmother as George Bush Senior

  • @rositarincon7742
    @rositarincon7742 8 місяців тому +26

    Damn! And Edward Norton is the shit!

  • @gymnastmomma6908
    @gymnastmomma6908 7 місяців тому +1

    This is so cool. The sister of Pocahontas is my grandmother. I can't remember how many greats.

  • @candacevanata910
    @candacevanata910 8 місяців тому +1

    Mine too ! No joke ! She came up in my heritage .

  • @auberthere3737
    @auberthere3737 7 місяців тому +1

    Hey cousin! She is my 9th great grandmother.

  • @newfreenayshaun6651
    @newfreenayshaun6651 5 місяців тому +1

    Whats up Cuz! Im related too, on the brown side😅

  • @UrOnlyWarning
    @UrOnlyWarning Рік тому +12

    It Must Be an Amazing feeling to Have that Information. His SHOCK that there is Actually a Paper trail of HIS FAMILY. 😔
    We all Appreciate what we CAN NOT have. 😢 It's small things like this that saddens me, when those whom don't experience what it's like to Not be able to know Who you are, or know from an early age all the possibilities life has to offer.
    When it JST requires the smallest attempt to try an understand. That get Me. The smallest tinniest desire to stop before judgment has the Power to effect SOOOO much Change.

  • @MuscleMindConnect
    @MuscleMindConnect Місяць тому

    That’s absolutely awesome, crazy, so bizzare and incredible to be able to find out such interesting and amazing facts such as this!!!

  • @shawndabirch1947
    @shawndabirch1947 8 місяців тому +1

    That's crazy awesomeness!!❤

  • @angieflynn5354
    @angieflynn5354 2 місяці тому +1

    Wow wow wow just fantastic

  • @elliottbradley6302
    @elliottbradley6302 3 дні тому

    ...... Amazing 🙏🏽..

  • @almjuarez3
    @almjuarez3 8 місяців тому +18

    If one speaks about "Pocahontas" in terms of parenthood one should always mention that she was kidnapped and raped. Her relationship was not a love story. Her childhood was brutal. #LeaveMatoakaAlone

    • @ellanina801
      @ellanina801 4 місяці тому

      I was coming here for this exact thing.

    • @moongodess
      @moongodess 3 місяці тому +1

      Why? It is nobody’s responsibility anymore. I’m sure we all have relatives, men and women, who had a horrible childhood, who has been killed, burned, raped, slaves, starved to death etc…

    • @almjuarez3
      @almjuarez3 3 місяці тому

      Because she was a human child of ten years that deserves the respect every innocent child deserves. ​She has living relatives that still mourn their ancestor and they don't deserve your horrible contempt. That's why. You don't have to respect anything of course that is your right. Leave them all alone is a request any decent human would understand and respect. @@moongodess

    • @moongodess
      @moongodess 3 місяці тому +1

      @@almjuarez3 Wow that escalated quickly 👍. Calm down. And have some respect for the dead. Let them rest in peace.

  • @bonniepark6802
    @bonniepark6802 Рік тому +11

    You may recall Sally Field's kin came over on the Mayflower

    • @honeyhernandez91
      @honeyhernandez91 Рік тому +5

      So did Tia and Tamera Mowry. Their ancestor was apart of the first Thanksgiving

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen 11 місяців тому

      Do you happen to know which person on the Mayflower was her ancestor? William Bradford is my 8th great grandfather.

  • @Mmmmkaaay
    @Mmmmkaaay 8 місяців тому +2

    I knew he was special.🤣

    • @sayno2lolzisback
      @sayno2lolzisback 8 місяців тому

      I mean you're probably related to her as well lol 12th generation gives you about 17000 ancestors

  • @JRR0013
    @JRR0013 3 місяці тому

    I wish my ancestors were as cool as that. That is amazing!!!

  • @ONeil-S.D
    @ONeil-S.D 7 місяців тому +1

    Thats amazing

  • @sheilahendrix5935
    @sheilahendrix5935 Рік тому +4

    May💙 God 💜Be 💚With💛 Everyone 💜Always 💚Much💛 Love Blessings💜 Always ☺️ 🎇 🌈 🌐 ✌️💯💯💛💕💜❤️❤️💙❤️❤️❤️💜💚💕💕💛💛

  • @kingroyal2986
    @kingroyal2986 Рік тому +9

    My nephew's are related to Pocahontas she was also their grandma not sure how far back though but their mother and her grandmother did an ancestry tree for her family. Both are named Pocahontas which is a name that has been passed down thru generations and generations

    • @interestedobserver587
      @interestedobserver587 8 місяців тому

      Your nephew's what are related to Pocahontas?
      I might ask my nephews about what was your nephew's.

  • @wgbh
    @wgbh  Рік тому +7

    The Season 9 premiere of #FindingYourRoots with Edward Norton and Julia Roberts is now streaming on the PBS app. www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/

    • @CeeGeeZ
      @CeeGeeZ Рік тому

      👍THANK Y🤓U‼

  • @TheeLeodraco
    @TheeLeodraco Рік тому +6

    I'm related to Bonnet Parker, from Bonnie and Clyde.

    • @hihenry22
      @hihenry22 8 місяців тому

      😮😮😮

    • @MearnieToon
      @MearnieToon 8 місяців тому

      So not the margarine

  • @ninamorway5536
    @ninamorway5536 9 місяців тому +2

    My family lore says we are related to Pocahontas, too!! Descended from earliest settlers at Jamestown.

  • @suzeamme
    @suzeamme 7 місяців тому +1

    We are all related! Hi family! ❤😅

  • @OlgaEnglish-v6j
    @OlgaEnglish-v6j 9 місяців тому +1

    Wow! This is crazy but happy!

  • @tenerifecats6652
    @tenerifecats6652 8 місяців тому +1

    Yep, she is also my she is also my 12th great grandmother through her daughter Ka-okee.

  • @TreeBee-cx3je
    @TreeBee-cx3je 8 місяців тому +1

    Fun facts!🎉

  • @ShaareiZoharDaas
    @ShaareiZoharDaas 8 місяців тому +4

    Its not surprising when you realize that they only documented the native Americans that they felt were important , that's how you find Chieves being known and not "common" tribe members .

  • @julianocamargo6674
    @julianocamargo6674 Місяць тому

    It is not only him. Certanly millions of descendants in the US. Most will never be able to trace it

  • @chellepatino1675
    @chellepatino1675 8 місяців тому +1

    I love him

  • @jujuonthebeat776
    @jujuonthebeat776 Рік тому +3

    Im related to Tarzan and a igbo princess

  • @TheTriptamineDream
    @TheTriptamineDream 8 місяців тому +1

    "Got married"

  • @DAR25427
    @DAR25427 Рік тому +23

    I really wanna Watch the whole episode

    • @rueben44
      @rueben44 Рік тому +3

      It was good. It is on the PBS app BUT you have to join to see older episodes.

  • @dionnedunsmore9996
    @dionnedunsmore9996 Місяць тому

    Wow! Talk about good stock!

  • @shebagabow58
    @shebagabow58 8 місяців тому +1

    She has a maternal living granddaughter too somewhere on the Rez in the states.

  • @William77863
    @William77863 7 місяців тому +7

    He gets Fight Club and Pocahontas, meanwhile my family is just a long line of weird uncles and an occasional weird aunt😂

    • @ellanina801
      @ellanina801 4 місяці тому +1

      Her life was tragic tho

    • @William77863
      @William77863 4 місяці тому

      @@ellanina801 no offense but have you ever heard a family history? They are all tragic

  • @bradprice5389
    @bradprice5389 3 місяці тому

    My Step Mother traced our lineage back on my Fathers side of the family to John Rolfe though we are not decedents of Pocahontas. Our side came from his first marriage. It’s really interesting to see Edward Norton’s lineage led to John Rolfe as well.

  • @marythompson558
    @marythompson558 7 місяців тому +19

    Now tell him he's got family on her other side, because she was already married with a child when she was kidnapped

  • @annalittle577
    @annalittle577 8 місяців тому

    Ed Norton is truly shocked 😲

  • @TheSakebomb1
    @TheSakebomb1 Рік тому +3

    Hey cousin!

  • @chellepatino1675
    @chellepatino1675 8 місяців тому +1

    Literally only 12 people back. Crazy. Back then they documented everything. It's only now that everythingt would be lost

  • @petekaz3089
    @petekaz3089 4 місяці тому

    That's so awesome!!!

  • @kindraperez1
    @kindraperez1 7 місяців тому

    That is so cool. I love Pocahontas. Her history is neat. 😮🥰

  • @lovelive2216
    @lovelive2216 8 місяців тому

    Amazing ❤❤❤

  • @jif8802
    @jif8802 Рік тому +1

    That’s wild.

  • @sheilahendrix5935
    @sheilahendrix5935 Рік тому

    Peace 💕and 💜Blessings💚 Too ❤️My💛 Brothers 💙May 💜God💚 Bless 💙Everyone 💜Always❤️ May God💛 Bless 💙Everyone 💚Richly with 💕everything💜 they 💚need Always 💙Much💜 Love❤️ Blessings💙 Always ☺️ 🎇 🌈 🌐 ✌️💯💯💕💕💕💕💕💕💙💙💙💜💜💚❤️❤️

  • @thetravelingwisewoman4223
    @thetravelingwisewoman4223 8 місяців тому +2

    I have family lore from my great aunt, who is now decreased.
    She continued her entire life to say we were descendents of sitting bull. This is back in the day when people didn't speak of being native. We have a family picture of my grt grt grandmother who looks Native American standing next to a buggy with a white man on the buggy
    The story was that he was a horse trader and traded horses for her.
    She went on to be a sharecropper and had my grt grandfather, etc, on those farms .
    I have some pictures but absolutely no direct proof. My genealogy stops at my grt grandfather. I also cant find any record of her or anything beyond that.
    I have no proof I just stating what has been past down through my family for years.

  • @pclutch
    @pclutch Рік тому +6

    I share the name of someone who got a surprise visit from Chris Hansen

  • @kguilliam4456
    @kguilliam4456 9 місяців тому +1

    Cool we could even bren related but who knows, i do not have the means & then im not a star. Its all good though. Bucket list !! 😅

  • @alvaronieto2734
    @alvaronieto2734 Місяць тому

    He’s as American as you can get!
    Mestizo from the get go!

  • @joannecamacho8156
    @joannecamacho8156 Рік тому +1

    Wow impressive.

  • @Honeybees1005
    @Honeybees1005 8 місяців тому

    fascinating.

  • @myyoutube7144
    @myyoutube7144 Рік тому

    Wow, that's crazy.

  • @colleenrobinson328
    @colleenrobinson328 7 місяців тому

    I love this show. Would love him to yo mine

  • @outlawblack123
    @outlawblack123 7 місяців тому +1

    Just to be bullied by Donald this doesn't seem worth it.

  • @stevelopynski
    @stevelopynski Рік тому +33

    Elizabeth Warren has entered the chat...

  • @kellicat6352
    @kellicat6352 8 місяців тому

    How amazing to find out his amazing roots. You are native american.❤❤❤

  • @georgeaustin5317
    @georgeaustin5317 2 місяці тому

    i'm descended (on my dads line) from the "black Prince and on my moms line from the current British royal family

  • @RapunZella-me3uy
    @RapunZella-me3uy 9 місяців тому +1

    If pocahontas is his grandmother we know Where he came from he was a pilgrim

  • @GmonkeyJ777
    @GmonkeyJ777 7 місяців тому

    That's too cool!!

  • @marciafulmer774
    @marciafulmer774 Місяць тому

    I am related to pocahontas also she is my 13 great grandma

  • @samuelosborn294
    @samuelosborn294 8 місяців тому +1

    Wow my paper trail reveals Im a child of God

  • @TheSiobhan12
    @TheSiobhan12 8 місяців тому

    So cool!!! 🤯

  • @Chasingshadows50
    @Chasingshadows50 8 місяців тому

    i AM RELATED TO MY MOTHER.

    • @AuntDot
      @AuntDot 7 місяців тому

      👍👍😂😂🌞🌈

  • @crystalriley9671
    @crystalriley9671 4 місяці тому

    Why is Ed Norton questioning Skip Gates like he did not know this already?

  • @nicoletambasco9210
    @nicoletambasco9210 8 місяців тому

    Crazy!!

  • @barbaraparks98
    @barbaraparks98 8 місяців тому

    Thats so cool.

  • @ShaareiZoharDaas
    @ShaareiZoharDaas 8 місяців тому

    Get me on this show ...

  • @kayleenkrolikowski7442
    @kayleenkrolikowski7442 Рік тому +1

    Well im not Viking but we can go back on my dad's side to 1400s before the paper trail stops. Who knew i had a dash of Dutch blood? Lol😊 my maiden name is shared by atleast 2 towns/villages in England. I'm just jealous that i am not native, let alone Pocahontas decendant😢 my present day god children are Sioux--that's as close as I get.

  • @Incredible_629
    @Incredible_629 7 місяців тому

    Pocahantas is tied to my families tree.

  • @CinnabarSunset
    @CinnabarSunset 8 місяців тому

    Mine also, but not as far removed; however, her posterity are denied tribal affiliating because she left the tribe to assume British citizenship.

  • @mysteryof7
    @mysteryof7 Рік тому +2

    Ed Norton does indeed have native bloodlines

  • @James-q1d1o
    @James-q1d1o 9 місяців тому

    400 years of family history 😮

  • @TheGabriel12341
    @TheGabriel12341 8 місяців тому

    My grandfather Who was White was niece of the black civil leader Edward harlan Who was also in the gold Rush...

  • @ElaLuna-x7g
    @ElaLuna-x7g 3 місяці тому

    Hi cousin!

  • @jeanettekailea6344
    @jeanettekailea6344 8 місяців тому

    That is so cool

  • @maylinosborne3156
    @maylinosborne3156 8 місяців тому

    Cool af!!!

  • @tiffany4529
    @tiffany4529 7 місяців тому

    That's Cool!!

  • @cemeterrihaynes4435
    @cemeterrihaynes4435 5 місяців тому

    So am I.

  • @kerrypickens8594
    @kerrypickens8594 8 місяців тому

    It’s not as far back as you can go. There are Native Americans that have been in the United States since 1150 CE.

  • @audracarmichael7520
    @audracarmichael7520 9 місяців тому

    Pocahontas is my 13th great grandmother!

  • @EllenHunter-tc3uf
    @EllenHunter-tc3uf 8 місяців тому

    Doing the math with descendants there’s probably tens of thousands of 12 times grandchildren of Pocahontas

  • @matthewberg5835
    @matthewberg5835 8 місяців тому

    I swear almost every celebrity on this show seems to be related to some famous person .
    How is that possible

  • @Tjcp292
    @Tjcp292 8 місяців тому +1

    Who was their child and who raised him or her? 🤔

  • @maryannscribner1922
    @maryannscribner1922 9 місяців тому

    He can watch the movie and say that my granny