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.
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.
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???
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!
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.
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
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…
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
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
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 .
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.
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.
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.
I wonder if Pocahontas would feel equally in awe to find out she was related to her favorite fight club character…
You won, best comment ever. 😂😂
She wouldn't talk about it
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!
Right….
We are related to Her father!
Cousins!
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.
Fu*875 lie
Stolen history
Stolen 🎉his🎉tory
Do you watch it because he tells you how they do it
Man, thats crazy! I'd settle to just be related to the racoon on Pocahontas. Lol
That would be Miko. ❤❤
Hysterical..😂😂😂
😂
LOL
Your comment 😂😂😂😂…made my day
As crazy as this sounds we all have 16,384 12th great grandparents
Just puts it all into perspective. Family trees get complex fast.
BEST show on PBS❤❤
Absolutely
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, I'll show you if you want to see it.
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.
DNA showed that my Afro Cuban father is related to Pharoah Rameses III. Science is cool. 👸🏿
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What a wonderful discovery. Especially for him & his family. Love it!
How wasn't she kidnapped by the white man?
the fact that pochahontas' great great great great... grandchild, is the hulk.
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???
Wow, that’s cool! Supposedly Pocahontas is my 10th gg.
I love this show. It’s amazing how people are all connected
I wish he traced dna for the public’s. Mine is so confusing.
Their company does, you just votta be willing to fork out thousands of dollars
@@classmst89 well if I ever have that kind of money to spend I’ll hire them.
@@godschild6172 there probably are cheaper alternatives, but with those services you get what you pay for haha
@@classmst89 That’s so true.
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.
He's also William Bradford from the Mayflower, his 11th great-grandson. William Bradford is my 10th great-grandfather.
Hello cousin! William Bradford is my 8th great grandfather. 😊
My kids are direct descendants of William Bradford as well. The man got around 😂
@@creamcheese_pepperjelly5078
Apparently so! Lol
I have a friend in CA, last name Bradford, descendant of William.
Damn, I'm related to Edward Norton.
Same!
Same, my 10th great grand mother.
I love that show.
Me too! This show is very eye opening for so many people.
What is show called?
We are all related and interconnected.
Some what.....
And you'd think COVID would have shown us JST How Interconnected we are.
we are all cousins...just a matter of far back to find a common ancestor.
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!
Yeah that means nothing lol I mean just imagine, you already have 17000 4th cousins, give or take.
My family tree ties in directly with Adam and Eve 😂
My grandfather's 9th great-grandmother is the same exact 9th great-grandmother as George Bush Senior
Damn! And Edward Norton is the shit!
This is so cool. The sister of Pocahontas is my grandmother. I can't remember how many greats.
Mine too ! No joke ! She came up in my heritage .
Hey cousin! She is my 9th great grandmother.
Whats up Cuz! Im related too, on the brown side😅
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.
That’s absolutely awesome, crazy, so bizzare and incredible to be able to find out such interesting and amazing facts such as this!!!
That's crazy awesomeness!!❤
Wow wow wow just fantastic
...... Amazing 🙏🏽..
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
I was coming here for this exact thing.
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…
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
@@almjuarez3 Wow that escalated quickly 👍. Calm down. And have some respect for the dead. Let them rest in peace.
You may recall Sally Field's kin came over on the Mayflower
So did Tia and Tamera Mowry. Their ancestor was apart of the first Thanksgiving
Do you happen to know which person on the Mayflower was her ancestor? William Bradford is my 8th great grandfather.
I knew he was special.🤣
I mean you're probably related to her as well lol 12th generation gives you about 17000 ancestors
I wish my ancestors were as cool as that. That is amazing!!!
Thats amazing
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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
Your nephew's what are related to Pocahontas?
I might ask my nephews about what was your nephew's.
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/
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I'm related to Bonnet Parker, from Bonnie and Clyde.
😮😮😮
So not the margarine
My family lore says we are related to Pocahontas, too!! Descended from earliest settlers at Jamestown.
We are all related! Hi family! ❤😅
Wow! This is crazy but happy!
Yep, she is also my she is also my 12th great grandmother through her daughter Ka-okee.
Fun facts!🎉
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 .
It is not only him. Certanly millions of descendants in the US. Most will never be able to trace it
I love him
Im related to Tarzan and a igbo princess
😂😂❤
"Got married"
I really wanna Watch the whole episode
It was good. It is on the PBS app BUT you have to join to see older episodes.
Wow! Talk about good stock!
She has a maternal living granddaughter too somewhere on the Rez in the states.
He gets Fight Club and Pocahontas, meanwhile my family is just a long line of weird uncles and an occasional weird aunt😂
Her life was tragic tho
@@ellanina801 no offense but have you ever heard a family history? They are all tragic
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.
Now tell him he's got family on her other side, because she was already married with a child when she was kidnapped
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Ed Norton is truly shocked 😲
Hey cousin!
Literally only 12 people back. Crazy. Back then they documented everything. It's only now that everythingt would be lost
That's so awesome!!!
That is so cool. I love Pocahontas. Her history is neat. 😮🥰
Amazing ❤❤❤
That’s wild.
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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.
I share the name of someone who got a surprise visit from Chris Hansen
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 !! 😅
He’s as American as you can get!
Mestizo from the get go!
Wow impressive.
fascinating.
Wow, that's crazy.
I love this show. Would love him to yo mine
Just to be bullied by Donald this doesn't seem worth it.
Elizabeth Warren has entered the chat...
Best comment!
Yeah, super original
@@kellyshomemadekitchen you think so?
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Lol you insecure little nothing 😂🤣😂you people are so predictable .
How amazing to find out his amazing roots. You are native american.❤❤❤
i'm descended (on my dads line) from the "black Prince and on my moms line from the current British royal family
If pocahontas is his grandmother we know Where he came from he was a pilgrim
That's too cool!!
I am related to pocahontas also she is my 13 great grandma
Wow my paper trail reveals Im a child of God
So cool!!! 🤯
i AM RELATED TO MY MOTHER.
👍👍😂😂🌞🌈
Why is Ed Norton questioning Skip Gates like he did not know this already?
Crazy!!
Thats so cool.
Get me on this show ...
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.
Pocahantas is tied to my families tree.
Mine also, but not as far removed; however, her posterity are denied tribal affiliating because she left the tribe to assume British citizenship.
Ed Norton does indeed have native bloodlines
400 years of family history 😮
My grandfather Who was White was niece of the black civil leader Edward harlan Who was also in the gold Rush...
Hi cousin!
That is so cool
Cool af!!!
That's Cool!!
So am I.
It’s not as far back as you can go. There are Native Americans that have been in the United States since 1150 CE.
Pocahontas is my 13th great grandmother!
Doing the math with descendants there’s probably tens of thousands of 12 times grandchildren of Pocahontas
I swear almost every celebrity on this show seems to be related to some famous person .
How is that possible
Who was their child and who raised him or her? 🤔
He can watch the movie and say that my granny