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The slavery era was not so long ago - my gg-grandmother was born in 1860 and died in 1951 so she knew my mother! People from that time have literally touched people alive today. I am glad that at least some of Mr Peele's history has been returned to him.
@@user-sm4wv1li1f Well, you dont KNOW sht about your parents lifes so stop pretending that you can properly relate or understand the lives of your great grandparents. This whole this is dishonest and manipulative. It doesn't effect you in any way. Yall bought in this pssy slave hustler mentality of perpetual victimhood. Weak.
Some of the slaves where actually blood relative to their master. Found out my 5th great grandfather owned my 5th great grandmother and had a son with her. He also had a son with his real wife who he was married to. I actually match that son 4th great granddaughter making her my half 6th cousin so it's safe to say he was the father. Not sure what our 4th great grandfathers relationship was like. Both sharing the same father while one was a slave and the other was living free.
@@Galaxygoddessg They were born around the 1790's. On that line I do know both my slave owner ancestor and slave ancestor name. At least my 5th great grandmother name was acknowledge on that line. Had another 5th great grandfather on another line who was also a slave owner and it doesn't even mention my 5th great grandmother by name. They were born around the 1790's or 1800's
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The tears filled my eyes when he said "at twelve years old." It is so impossibly sad that this was the reality of our ancestors' existence for generations, and people pretend like it is something we should just move past.
..some people just don't like the reflection and need to educate themselves more about it all.. it's because of decades upon decades of downplaying it in the school system.. just as something that happened, it was bad, next.. school makes it seem like it was only a couple years, no real detail, no empathy towards those effected etc..
It’s either a lack of empathy or a lack of caring about our stories. It’s something wrong with that person who feels that way. All they need to do is read the story of just one person and try to feel what it’d be like in their shoes. There’s no point in trying with those who can grasp that everyone else has emotions and feelings too. I keep myself grounded by thinking ‘ we will all be just stories of the past one day, will mine story be good?’
As a mixed girl from Europe (mother from Germany, father from Ghana) it is very strange for me to hear sentences like "your ancestors owner...". The whole concept of people claiming ownership over others is just disgusting and I can hardly imagine the African-American experience to carry the weight of this history on ones shoulders...
@@kickrocks71but it wasn’t based on race slavery went on. On every continent Asia Europe everywhere. What makes the black slave trade extraordinary horrible is because it was based on race and hatred.
As an African who was born into slavery in the 60s... South Africa held on to slavery for the longest time. I really wish this period in our history never happened. But I thank Mr Gates for reminding us how far we've come...we will all heal May Allah help us.
@NorsemanWritten here is my experiences and the life i have lived. I have no idea what would make you think you know more about my life or the life of other black South African's born in these circumstances, either you are not black and are not aware that till the 70s/80s there were black SAns born on farms where they were not earning an income/wages but paid with a bag of mealie meal. It is also documented that to this day there are white farmers who do not pay their workers a wage or a living wage.
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@Norseman that's slavery anywhere history doesn't matter what content. Yiu typically where in slave by someone in your region. In most cases after war or battles. You took slaves if you were the winner. Some with many African tribes took slaves after war over land mostly. Then of course the Arab slave trade was well established before the Europeans cam and started there on trading post on the west coast of Africa.
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Okay, we all understand that slavery was a huge part of early American history, but hearing the phrase, “if you can find your ancestor’s owner…….” Wow! Just emotionally I respond so viscerally to the idea of my forefathers having owners. Far worse than being a slave. Intellectually, it’s the same, but these two comments register differently.
One can only imagine what those animals did to that 12 year old girl. I believe the energy released by anguish and violence send ripples through time such that the perpetrators never get away with it.
@SolomonV Italians? Jews? Blacks are not on any record enslaving anyone. Italians means in the Common Era. The Jews and Italians were running the slave trades together with Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Holland, so cut the deflection, we now know history.
I am obsessed with this series. It’s so amazing learning the history behind all of us. Is there any chance there’s a handout outlining the tips on finding African-American ancestors mentioned in this video? I’m working on a genealogy plan for my best friend and I find these videos extremely helpful. But not having to spend time writing everything out would be amazing.
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The US government needs to pay for lineage research for every African descendant whose ancestor was forced into bondage. It’s the least that can be done since reparations isn’t on the table 🙄
it would be a far greater gesture, than a few words or festive days. But also, it would be a greater admission of guilt, something for which today's climate is not fertile, sadly.
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Yes, but This narrative is a lie. Our ancestors were able to unite after slavery, it is president Johnsons 'great society' that turned us against each other leading to our current sorry state. Research it.
When ppl say reparations aint possible bc its nearly impossible to construct black family trees... show them this. With good research u can, government just doesnt want to
@@brmbkl You have it wrong. Many African Americans today are descendants of that nice white man in the big house. He was their great, great, great, great grandfather.
Whenever I hear about slaves especially children, it’s just so hard to even imagine what was going through their mind, how did they feel how did they even cope for so many years in such conditions. It’s as if I can’t even imagine them as real people because I as a black person don’t think I could last an hour in their shoes let alone years. It’s just heartbreaking to hear of young children being sold & taken away from their families especially their mother. I lost my mum last year & at 38 years old I felt like an orphan so I can’t even imagine being ripped away from your family to be sold to a stranger & work. It’s just so sad
When white people say white privilege doesn’t exist, tell them they have the privilege to track their family’s history. How many black people do you know whose ancestors were in the US pre civil war and have their original family name? Exactly. I rest my case.
I didn't realise that privilege of family history until I tracked my family history to the 1400s in Europe. It's crazy interesting but also sad some others don't get to experience it, though I do think East Asia has pretty decent records no?
It's not that hard once you know the last names to look for. I was stuck in the late 1800's until I spoke to my Great Aunt. She gave me a list of names to look up and I was able to trace my ancestry all the way back to the 1500's on my Dad's maternal side. I was also able to trace my Mother's paternal side to the 1770's in Barbados.
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I love these stories too and find them so intriguing. Slavery was the most embarrassing and shameful act this country has ever endured and what I find so heartbreaking about it today is how the powers that be in this country completely ignore it, pretending it never existed. All I want is for the leaders of this country or at least one leader to acknowledged that it happened and the act of owning another human and treating them as unfit to breathe the same air was disgusting, embarrassing, and shameful. I'm not asking for payment, compensation, or any kind of materialistic/monetary payment - only a heartfelt acknowledgement. If this has happened, please tell me which leader (past or present) talked about it.
This is my exact thoughts as well. Where is the actual acknowledgement and apology? The whole royal family should apologise alongside the entire US government. Only then can we truly move forward and have "equality".
Agree, yet I reject the claim "that kind of trauma has to live on" in the descendants. Recognizing real history is important. Trying to empathetically relive or embody past trauma is dangerous and invalid philosophically and morally. We can never truly know what others felt or how they'd want us to feel for them, even close ancestors.
Jordon Peele is doing an incredible job telling these stories through his work and I guarantee that we'll see him telling a hell of a lot more vital, important stories about African peoples through his career.
A friend and I were speaking of slavery and I said the same thing, the trauma, stress, mental anguish, anxiety, and constant fear that took place for long periods of time must live on in some way in the descendants of slaves to this very day. It seems as though it would have to.
Facts!!! That's what I have been telling my white friends and associates. That trauma is past from generation to generation. But they always say get over it
These videos summarized: White Guest - interesting and cool factoid about a random relative Black Guest - horrific story about slavery Jewish Guest - horrific story about the Holocaust
Opening the loops of the past to understand the drive inside each of us and how far that drive has taken us as a society is incredible. Ancestry is taking a tangible we modern humans can apply to our paradigms and allowing that reflection to be so much of the story, and that is awesome. Great health to all.
Before all of these resources were brought together, people used the phone book. My father and his side of the family would occasionally get a phone call based on our common last names. My father was kind and humorous to these callers who often times were Black. In the 60's and 70's there were mixed emotions around race and not all callers of color wanted to chat with my white father. His mother's parents were San Francisco Sicilian immigrants so he knew more about prejudice than they may have realized.
Jesus, i never thought of slavery like that, we never see black kids being sold in mainstream movies about that time, its always adults but it makes sense that back then all black folks were sold back and forth, regardless of age. wish these were longer and more in depth. very educational.
Yeah how does trauma move through generations? How does that affect how they may be warm and support each other? I'm surprised there is such little thought on this.
Leave it to Jordan Peele to ponder the truly significant component of this saga. What did that trauma do? It created generational trauma and dysfunction. Joy DeGruey's book "Post Traumatic Slave Disorder" details this sad fact of African American culture.
@@AncestryUS I have done a test but so many questions remain as to who I am as well. So it’s so good to see someone helping descendants of former slaves!
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I see that Ancestry goes deep for celebrities, but will they do the same digging for a regular customer? As a fellow AA I would love to be able to see pictures and such of my ancestors.
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Is there a way that non famous people can access the Finding Your Roots program? I am really wanting to piece together some things and my family is the kind that sweeps under rugs
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This is such an important message that Peele says; that trauma HAS to live on... Unless it's openly addressed. It takes more than four generations to resolve w/o intervention, I can tell you that. Sold at 12.
Thank you. That's what I try to tell my white friends and associates. But I always get the answer. Well get over it. That type of trauma passes down generation to generation
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Makes my Blood boil when they dress this up talking about "Owners"... They weren't "Owners", it was a hostage situation with abducted people being held against their will. This is why people who aren't affected by it don't understand the gravity of it, just because it was "law legal" then doesn't mean that it should be looked at less worse than it would today.
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his DNA results actually showed that he is at least 51% European, 4 % Native American and 46% African. I would never have guessed he was only 46% African
@@wastedhawkbeverages5030 lol..yea oops mistake what i remember is him being 51% European, Sub-Saharan African second largest percentage and Native American smallest percentage. Up until this I've never a black man who was majority European plus Native.
This is such an important part of trying to heal these painful rifts in our society and we're too scared to look at it. So proud of my city of Chattanooga for constructing a monument to Ed Johnson, one of too many victims of racial violence in the south. We have to own our history.
Good thing USA had slaavery for less than 100 years. 1776-1865. Americans ended the african slave trade. Yet africa still has slavery to this day. When is africa going to end slavery already?
My great grandmother was Josephine McEwan and she told my dad and aunts she left the plantation around 1872, Vicksburg area...when she married my dad's grandfather she became Josephine McEwan Rice, Tom Rice was her husband.
I love the way you tell the stories and you are so captivating. I love the Show so much!. I am in the process of locating my own Azorean Root's and am enjoying the journey.
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In Virginia,there exists a February 1866 Co-habitation list of former slaves,and it also lists the last owners name and county.I have placed about 9 different "Read" families onto farms they were living on pre-1865.
I finally went back and dug through my own family history a few years ago. After going back three or four generations and reading about them, they might as well be random people. A beyond that it's almost impossible to sort out who my ancestors were, the records are so bad. None of them wrote anything down or passed anything between generations. That's why I'm creating a giant statue of myself that my descendants can worship for the next 1000 years.
Ummm many, both vla k and white, couldn't read or right. Education was for the wealthy since most had to work to survive. You sound upset they didn't leave you detailed records to make your life easy
My eyes filled with tears when I found out the word slave comes from the word slavic, or white people and the word for serf or servant come from the word serb, or white people! I’m sorry white people for my virtue signalling! You were the first slave and servants!
crazy how just a few generations ago, his ancestors' worth in currency was $700-1300... how much do you think Jordan Peele's net worth now? my ancestors probably worth around the same, $1000-ish, while im worth $3.50
untreated generational ptsd and trauma is an epidemic afflicting 99% of black Americans today. it's a miracle and a wonder that not only are we still kicking, we managed to contribute to modern society and create beautiful art for the whole world to enjoy despite our silent pain
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I was surprised recently when one of my daughters asked if the family history included slave owners. Her father's family includes over 200 years of wealthy Southerners. I thought she assumed that was in her history. My ancestors all came from Eastern Europe around 1900 and lived in around the Great Lakes...except for one great-great uncle who emigrated from Germany after his wife had died, landed in Detroit, and fought for the Union. He had no descendants in America.
Man..hearing the term “owner” when referring to slaves and their oppressors is so heartbreaking.. no human being deserves to feel like they’re owned by another. How painful, but also illuminating it must be for these men to see what their ancestors have overcome. The resilience of the African diaspora is legendary.
I found my great great grandmother she was born in 1841 died in 1881 doesn't come on the census until 1871 she was found with 4 last names and her death certificate had her 1st name as leodie not Elodie, Elodie is how she is listed on the 1871 census Elodie dupas Papere Dupart We have found nothing on her before 1871, absaloutly nothing In 1871 she is working in the house of Dr Geo Kellogg in new Orleans, but still running her own household & married to my great great grandfather It's been one brick wa after another
We're so happy to hear that you've found some information on your great great grandmother. It sounds like you had to be a bit of a detective. Those brick walls are tough, but it sounds like you broke through and got some much needed information.
@@AncestryUS didn't break through much, we have absaloutly no information prior to 1870 and she was born in 1840 Died in 1881 So we only know about the last 10 years of her life, We dont know anything about her 1st ..31 years of life
@@sacredlovetarot1971 @Sacred Love Tarot Via Facebook Ancestry recently told me that the Freedmen Bureau records will be available on Ancestry soon. They're cataloging the information now. I'm hoping that helps us get past some of these brick walls with enslaved ancestors that weren't on census records until 1870. If you know the exact county or town your grandmother was born in + all the places she lived... start looking for those surnames in the 1840/50/60 censuses & slave schedule records. Hopefully the names weren't too common in the area & that will give you a few leads to investigate. Brick walls are so frustrating but eventually we knock them down.
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Ok.
The slavery era was not so long ago - my gg-grandmother was born in 1860 and died in 1951 so she knew my mother! People from that time have literally touched people alive today. I am glad that at least some of Mr Peele's history has been returned to him.
yes exactly, it's so recent
Yup, my father’s grandfather was born in 1860 and I’m only 35.
Yea, its long long ago.
@@user-sm4wv1li1f Well, you dont KNOW sht about your parents lifes so stop pretending that you can properly relate or understand the lives of your great grandparents. This whole this is dishonest and manipulative. It doesn't effect you in any way. Yall bought in this pssy slave hustler mentality of perpetual victimhood. Weak.
Slavery wasn't that long ago, but it also didn't last that long either. 90 years before 1860 was 1770, before this country even started.
Some of the slaves where actually blood relative to their master. Found out my 5th great grandfather owned my 5th great grandmother and had a son with her. He also had a son with his real wife who he was married to. I actually match that son 4th great granddaughter making her my half 6th cousin so it's safe to say he was the father. Not sure what our 4th great grandfathers relationship was like. Both sharing the same father while one was a slave and the other was living free.
Do you have any idea how old she was and what was her name and the master's name as well?
@@Galaxygoddessg They were born around the 1790's. On that line I do know both my slave owner ancestor and slave ancestor name. At least my 5th great grandmother name was acknowledge on that line. Had another 5th great grandfather on another line who was also a slave owner and it doesn't even mention my 5th great grandmother by name. They were born around the 1790's or 1800's
This isn’t breaking news you’re telling us.
@@whayes8084 Most black people have a certain percentage of white ancestry because of slavery
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The tears filled my eyes when he said "at twelve years old." It is so impossibly sad that this was the reality of our ancestors' existence for generations, and people pretend like it is something we should just move past.
Nobody worth anyones time is pretending that we should just move passed it. The important part is formulating positive progress out of it all.
..some people just don't like the reflection and need to educate themselves more about it all.. it's because of decades upon decades of downplaying it in the school system.. just as something that happened, it was bad, next.. school makes it seem like it was only a couple years, no real detail, no empathy towards those effected etc..
It is sad looking back on your ancestors and thinking about all they went through at those times.
People dont like the truth. They dont want their illusions destroyed.
It’s either a lack of empathy or a lack of caring about our stories. It’s something wrong with that person who feels that way. All they need to do is read the story of just one person and try to feel what it’d be like in their shoes.
There’s no point in trying with those who can grasp that everyone else has emotions and feelings too.
I keep myself grounded by thinking ‘ we will all be just stories of the past one day, will mine story be good?’
As a mixed girl from Europe (mother from Germany, father from Ghana) it is very strange for me to hear sentences like "your ancestors owner...". The whole concept of people claiming ownership over others is just disgusting and I can hardly imagine the African-American experience to carry the weight of this history on ones shoulders...
Idk, feels like it's Karma for selling their brothers and sisters to foreigners.
Your people sold us so don’t act surprised or superior.
@@cavemanyogi150 Slavery went on in Africa longer than it went on in the Americas. Did you know that?
@@cavemanyogi150what the slave in the America’s and the Caribbean did not sell each other. Clearly you’re dense. And it’s not karma
@@kickrocks71but it wasn’t based on race slavery went on. On every continent Asia Europe everywhere. What makes the black slave trade extraordinary horrible is because it was based on race and hatred.
“If you can identify the name of your ancestor’s owner..”
This sentence broke me.
I love these stories and I love that you're doing this. And I think you're the perfect person to be the host of the show.
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You love it cuz you didn’t have to go through ut
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WOW, how old are you? 7?
Dr Gates is a National treasure.
@@QueenofNonSequitur grown n educated
"How is that possible when these stories haven't been told?"
100%
It's history, and most people aren't interested in "history". Besides, there are many, many, many, many, many stories to tell...
They’ve been told. Many times. God…
There not being told as your telling their story
@@michaeldukes4108 they haven't even been discovered in most cases. Stop being willfully ignorant.
They're lying
As an African who was born into slavery in the 60s... South Africa held on to slavery for the longest time. I really wish this period in our history never happened. But I thank Mr Gates for reminding us how far we've come...we will all heal May Allah help us.
@NorsemanWritten here is my experiences and the life i have lived. I have no idea what would make you think you know more about my life or the life of other black South African's born in these circumstances, either you are not black and are not aware that till the 70s/80s there were black SAns born on farms where they were not earning an income/wages but paid with a bag of mealie meal. It is also documented that to this day there are white farmers who do not pay their workers a wage or a living wage.
@@mamakalami yes sir thanks for sharing, and we had other farm workers being paid with Wine (papsack), on certain Wine farms in the Cape region of SA.
Bless you for telling your story. And ignore the wyracist troll
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@Norseman that's slavery anywhere history doesn't matter what content. Yiu typically where in slave by someone in your region. In most cases after war or battles. You took slaves if you were the winner. Some with many African tribes took slaves after war over land mostly. Then of course the Arab slave trade was well established before the Europeans cam and started there on trading post on the west coast of Africa.
I just wished I could have seen more footage.
same...
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@Norseman Shut up.
Okay, we all understand that slavery was a huge part of early American history, but hearing the phrase, “if you can find your ancestor’s owner…….” Wow! Just emotionally I respond so viscerally to the idea of my forefathers having owners. Far worse than being a slave. Intellectually, it’s the same, but these two comments register differently.
Sometimes the owner was thier biological father and or relative to. Hard to believe stuff like that actually happened.
@@lightyagami3492 It's hard to think that those owners "people" sold their own children into unmitigated slavery
@@badmonkey222 So true. It's so sad to think about how a person could have so much contempt for thier child because of the color of thier skin.
@@lightyagami3492 "Their".
@Nick Arjoma People who were enslaved were not slaveholders!
One can only imagine what those animals did to that 12 year old girl. I believe the energy released by anguish and violence send ripples through time such that the perpetrators never get away with it.
Sad thing is they did and do get away with it.
The fact that they continue to do it should prove that karma isn't real.
You can see by the price paid they had plans 🤢🤢🤢
@SolomonV Italians? Jews? Blacks are not on any record enslaving anyone. Italians means in the Common Era. The Jews and Italians were running the slave trades together with Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Holland, so cut the deflection, we now know history.
Sad part is That is still happens today
I am obsessed with this series. It’s so amazing learning the history behind all of us. Is there any chance there’s a handout outlining the tips on finding African-American ancestors mentioned in this video? I’m working on a genealogy plan for my best friend and I find these videos extremely helpful. But not having to spend time writing everything out would be amazing.
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@@AncestryUS Thank you so much. The African-American guide you directed me to looks like the perfect resource. Exactly what I was looking for.
The US government needs to pay for lineage research for every African descendant whose ancestor was forced into bondage. It’s the least that can be done since reparations isn’t on the table 🙄
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it would be a far greater gesture, than a few words or festive days. But also, it would be a greater admission of guilt, something for which today's climate is not fertile, sadly.
Put reparations on the table..
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I cannot express how much I love these! So many untold stories!!
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Generational trauma is so impactful and he hit the nail on the head. It has shaped our current society.
Facts
Yes, but This narrative is a lie. Our ancestors were able to unite after slavery, it is president Johnsons 'great society' that turned us against each other leading to our current sorry state. Research it.
When ppl say reparations aint possible bc its nearly impossible to construct black family trees... show them this. With good research u can, government just doesnt want to
Constructing bIk family trees will literally show that the ancestors of African American were responsible for keeping slaves.
@@Master13346 sure, buddy. The great great great great grandfathers sold their kids to go live with the nice white man in the big house. Ofcourse.
@@brmbkl You have it wrong. Many African Americans today are descendants of that nice white man in the big house. He was their great, great, great, great grandfather.
The govt will steal from the black man and put it back into his pocket.
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Glad you enjoyed the video!
Whenever I hear about slaves especially children, it’s just so hard to even imagine what was going through their mind, how did they feel how did they even cope for so many years in such conditions. It’s as if I can’t even imagine them as real people because I as a black person don’t think I could last an hour in their shoes let alone years. It’s just heartbreaking to hear of young children being sold & taken away from their families especially their mother. I lost my mum last year & at 38 years old I felt like an orphan so I can’t even imagine being ripped away from your family to be sold to a stranger & work. It’s just so sad
Hi Mich, thanks for watching.
@1:10 "...if you can identify the name of your ancestor's owner..." 🥺 What a heartbreaking world we live in...
the scariest part is its more popular in the world than ever TODAY.
I hope a movie is stirring in Jordan peeles mind...hope to see it in a few years.
He has one coming out next year with Keke Palmer and Steven Yeun.
@@JoshSamuel Daniel Kaluuya stars it as well its gonna be good
Nope (2022 )
This is the most serious ive seen him, really goes to show how good he is on camera all the time.
When white people say white privilege doesn’t exist, tell them they have the privilege to track their family’s history. How many black people do you know whose ancestors were in the US pre civil war and have their original family name? Exactly. I rest my case.
I didn't realise that privilege of family history until I tracked my family history to the 1400s in Europe. It's crazy interesting but also sad some others don't get to experience it, though I do think East Asia has pretty decent records no?
It's not that hard once you know the last names to look for. I was stuck in the late 1800's until I spoke to my Great Aunt. She gave me a list of names to look up and I was able to trace my ancestry all the way back to the 1500's on my Dad's maternal side. I was also able to trace my Mother's paternal side to the 1770's in Barbados.
@@1000gohead assuming you are a descendant of slaves, your situation is very unique.
@@1000gohead Oh wow, thats pretty far back. Do you use ancestry too? Some of my ancestors have a pretty deep history in the American Civil War.
Have you ever tried to do your family's history, using a platform like Ancestry? You may be surprised. I certainly was. And yes I have been able to trace most of my lines past the Civil War.
I love these stories too and find them so intriguing. Slavery was the most embarrassing and shameful act this country has ever endured and what I find so heartbreaking about it today is how the powers that be in this country completely ignore it, pretending it never existed. All I want is for the leaders of this country or at least one leader to acknowledged that it happened and the act of owning another human and treating them as unfit to breathe the same air was disgusting, embarrassing, and shameful. I'm not asking for payment, compensation, or any kind of materialistic/monetary payment - only a heartfelt acknowledgement. If this has happened, please tell me which leader (past or present) talked about it.
African leaders in Benin, Cameroon and Ghana have apologized for the transatlantic slave trade
@@Master13346 Protestants deal with guilt differently, I suppose.
This is my exact thoughts as well. Where is the actual acknowledgement and apology? The whole royal family should apologise alongside the entire US government.
Only then can we truly move forward and have "equality".
Didn't the Emancipation Proclaimation do that?
saying that people ignore or brush this history under the rug is ridiculous
Heartbreaking. Just a baby. So sad. I wish these videos were longer
Powerful stories that need to be told. Thank you for bringing them to the public.
Thank you so much for stopping by, Meredith - we're delighted you enjoy the show. ❤️🌱
Agree, yet I reject the claim "that kind of trauma has to live on" in the descendants. Recognizing real history is important. Trying to empathetically relive or embody past trauma is dangerous and invalid philosophically and morally. We can never truly know what others felt or how they'd want us to feel for them, even close ancestors.
Jordon Peele is doing an incredible job telling these stories through his work and I guarantee that we'll see him telling a hell of a lot more vital, important stories about African peoples through his career.
He bout to make another movie bout the dark truth
I love these stories but i wish they were longer.
Hi, Ray. Thanks for letting us know that you're enjoying these stories. Yes, the more detail the better.
A friend and I were speaking of slavery and I said the same thing, the trauma, stress, mental anguish, anxiety, and constant fear that took place for long periods of time must live on in some way in the descendants of slaves to this very day. It seems as though it would have to.
😂😂🤣
I think I can still taste the sandwich my ancestor ate. IT LIVES ON!
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No.
But it doesn't. 😕
Facts!!! That's what I have been telling my white friends and associates. That trauma is past from generation to generation. But they always say get over it
These videos summarized:
White Guest - interesting and cool factoid about a random relative
Black Guest - horrific story about slavery
Jewish Guest - horrific story about the Holocaust
Mr. Gates, Thank you for the techniques that can lead to our ancestors!
Wow I'm learning so much about family history
Opening the loops of the past to understand the drive inside each of us and how far that drive has taken us as a society is incredible. Ancestry is taking a tangible we modern humans can apply to our paradigms and allowing that reflection to be so much of the story, and that is awesome. Great health to all.
Finding your roots is a fascinating show. 🦋🦋🦋🦋
We're delighted that you enjoy the show, Leslie. Thanks for sharing this with us. 😊
Before all of these resources were brought together, people used the phone book. My father and his side of the family would occasionally get a phone call based on our common last names. My father was kind and humorous to these callers who often times were Black. In the 60's and 70's there were mixed emotions around race and not all callers of color wanted to chat with my white father. His mother's parents were San Francisco Sicilian immigrants so he knew more about prejudice than they may have realized.
Jesus, i never thought of slavery like that, we never see black kids being sold in mainstream movies about that time, its always adults but it makes sense that back then all black folks were sold back and forth, regardless of age. wish these were longer and more in depth. very educational.
Yeah how does trauma move through generations? How does that affect how they may be warm and support each other? I'm surprised there is such little thought on this.
I gotta find the name of the people that owned my ancestors to get a glimpse of my heritage. That's wild AF
We can't change the past, but we can learn so much. The stories are fascinating
We are glad to see that you like the show. Have you had the chance to work on your family history?
Leave it to Jordan Peele to ponder the truly significant component of this saga. What did that trauma do? It created generational trauma and dysfunction. Joy DeGruey's book "Post Traumatic Slave Disorder" details this sad fact of African American culture.
I love this episode! Been waiting on new episodes for a long time!
We're so glad that you've enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing, enjoy your Sunday! 😊
@@AncestryUS I have done a test but so many questions remain as to who I am as well. So it’s so good to see someone helping descendants of former slaves!
We know how it can sometimes be a little overwhelming when you first receive your results and are learning more about your ancestors. We are glad that this video has been helpful and would also like to encourage you to check out the Ancestry Support Center online if you need any further research tips as well: support.ancestry.com/s/article/US-Using-Ancestry-Support. We wish you the very best with learning more! 🔍
Peter Perry purchased an 8 year old in SE Louisiana in 1848 and named him after himself. That 8 year old grew to be my 3rd great grandfather.
I'm gonna binge watch this channel in like a day. This is fascinating stuff.
That's great! We are glad you enjoy the show. Have you had a chance to dive into your family history?
Keep up the good work! Always have good videos, which I enjoy them!
I see that Ancestry goes deep for celebrities, but will they do the same digging for a regular customer? As a fellow AA I would love to be able to see pictures and such of my ancestors.
Yes, for a price. They will construct your family tree but this type of research is VERY expensive due to the amount of man hours. A really in-depth family tree will cost no less than $10,000 dollars
I love what he had to say in his reaction to the info. It's so true
These are so short. Are there longer versions?
are the prices adjusted for inflation or are they the original price tags?
Is there a way that non famous people can access the Finding Your Roots program? I am really wanting to piece together some things and my family is the kind that sweeps under rugs
Check with your local public library. They often have resources for genealogy research and librarians may be able to advise on getting started
Hey there Bee. Thanks so much for reaching out! It looks like Connie has been able to provide some great tips on researching your family history. However, If you're ever interested in submitting your own story to be taken in to consideration for upcoming castings or projects, please don't hesitate to check out the link below. Thank you again for dropping by!
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As disgusting as it is the paper work of the "property" is what reveals a lot.
I like the way the Narrator uses his hands when he speaks.🤗
This is such an important message that Peele says; that trauma HAS to live on... Unless it's openly addressed. It takes more than four generations to resolve w/o intervention, I can tell you that. Sold at 12.
Thank you. That's what I try to tell my white friends and associates. But I always get the answer. Well get over it. That type of trauma passes down generation to generation
I love what you do for the people with love and compassion. ❤🌏🌍🌎❤🙏
Hey Mithrani. Thank you so much for checking out this short excerpt from 'Finding Your Roots'. There can be many heartbreaking and equally heartwarming moments in this show and no episode or story is ever the same. 🌳
We hope that you manage to find answers to the questions you seek in time. Our team are always ready to help in anyway we can so please call on us if you ever need us. Enjoy the rest of the weekend! ❤️
Makes my Blood boil when they dress this up talking about "Owners"... They weren't "Owners", it was a hostage situation with abducted people being held against their will. This is why people who aren't affected by it don't understand the gravity of it, just because it was "law legal" then doesn't mean that it should be looked at less worse than it would today.
That's what an owner of a slave is...
Make these longer!
Great vlog!! 🎉🎉
Is there a full show I can watch or just these snippets. Thank you 🙏 💜
Hello, thank you for your interest in watching more of the show, we're happy to help! It is best to check the PBS website as access to some episodes of Finding your Roots can vary from state to state. You can search through this link for more information: www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/. We hope this helps, thanks again for reaching out! 😊
@@AncestryUS I’m in the UK 🇬🇧 I will check thank you.
I just cant take jordan peele seriously anymore.
His acting is exactly how he acts in real life. So sublime and awesome
Thanks for sharing your story, Nyan. Good luck as you continue to discover details about your ancestors and their stories.
@Ancestry...I love this show. But I also love (loved) Who Do You Think You Are. Will there ever be any new episodes of WDYTYA (USA version)? Also, is there any way for US residents to view the UK episodes? Thank you.
his DNA results actually showed that he is at least 51% European, 4 % Native American and 46% African. I would never have guessed he was only 46% African
That's 101%..........🤔
@@wastedhawkbeverages5030 lol..yea oops mistake what i remember is him being 51% European, Sub-Saharan African second largest percentage and Native American smallest percentage. Up until this I've never a black man who was majority European plus Native.
I'm in 💜 with these shows and appreciate how they are so diverse! Job well done sir!
This is such an important part of trying to heal these painful rifts in our society and we're too scared to look at it. So proud of my city of Chattanooga for constructing a monument to Ed Johnson, one of too many victims of racial violence in the south. We have to own our history.
The emotional part of this clip, for me, is hearing the words “bill of sale” in reference to human beings. 😔😢😢😢
Good thing USA had slaavery for less than 100 years. 1776-1865. Americans ended the african slave trade. Yet africa still has slavery to this day. When is africa going to end slavery already?
The most important thing what is his haplogroup?
It hurts me every single time. Tearing a child from their family. Ripping a family apart. It’s barbaric.
My great grandmother was Josephine McEwan and she told my dad and aunts she left the plantation around 1872, Vicksburg area...when she married my dad's grandfather she became Josephine McEwan Rice, Tom Rice was her husband.
Thank you for sharing with us!
I love the way you tell the stories and you are so captivating. I love the Show so much!. I am in the process of locating my own Azorean Root's and am enjoying the journey.
We appreciate you sharing this feedback with us and are delighted that you are enjoying learning all about your family's history. We wish you every success going forward. 😊
In Virginia,there exists a February 1866 Co-habitation list of former slaves,and it also lists the last owners name and county.I have placed about 9 different "Read" families onto farms they were living on pre-1865.
I finally went back and dug through my own family history a few years ago. After going back three or four generations and reading about them, they might as well be random people. A beyond that it's almost impossible to sort out who my ancestors were, the records are so bad. None of them wrote anything down or passed anything between generations. That's why I'm creating a giant statue of myself that my descendants can worship for the next 1000 years.
Ummm many, both vla k and white, couldn't read or right. Education was for the wealthy since most had to work to survive. You sound upset they didn't leave you detailed records to make your life easy
@@DanaC-ne7bc "read or right"
See Shelly's poem ozymandais...
My eyes filled with tears when I found out the word slave comes from the word slavic, or white people and the word for serf or servant come from the word serb, or white people!
I’m sorry white people for my virtue signalling! You were the first slave and servants!
Must be really difficult to see the name of your ancestor and a price next to it.
This breaks my heart.
This is still going on. They have just grown into corporations and recruiters..
The cabal is getting exposed tho.ppl are waking up
I love this interesting, classy series.
I wish I can find out if I am adopted, I had a very traumatic childhood and life of great sorrow and suffering.
I believe that the trauma and anguish lives on for generations.
0:01 why Learning from history is so much more important than destroying it
They should show these in school so kids learn about these times extremely educating
crazy how just a few generations ago, his ancestors' worth in currency was $700-1300... how much do you think Jordan Peele's net worth now?
my ancestors probably worth around the same, $1000-ish, while im worth $3.50
You probably should stop considering your worth in respect to money..
healthy slaves were very expensive but they had many years of work to make it pay.
untreated generational ptsd and trauma is an epidemic afflicting 99% of black Americans today. it's a miracle and a wonder that not only are we still kicking, we managed to contribute to modern society and create beautiful art for the whole world to enjoy despite our silent pain
There is nothing to freaking love about story of slavery and theft!No story of ripping families apart is good!If you think so your are sick!
good Key and Peele would be Candyman reacting to his family history.
Brilliant!
Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm jem2017! This show never fails to fascinate and you never know what discovery is just around the corner. Should you ever wish to see where and when full episodes are available to watch then click here www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots . Make sure to call on us anytime you have a query. Enjoy! 🌳
Jordan Peele should check out It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn
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Thanks so much for reaching out to us, Andy! We offer a few different services that may be of interest. Our DNA test is $99 before shipping, and this provides an ethnicity estimate as well as DNA matches which can be a great tool for connecting with biological family and collaborating with others researching the same ancestral lines. This is detailed further in the link attached below.
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We hope this helps a little, and we wish you a wonderful day too!
I was surprised recently when one of my daughters asked if the family history included slave owners. Her father's family includes over 200 years of wealthy Southerners. I thought she assumed that was in her history. My ancestors all came from Eastern Europe around 1900 and lived in around the Great Lakes...except for one great-great uncle who emigrated from Germany after his wife had died, landed in Detroit, and fought for the Union. He had no descendants in America.
These are great stories.
We're so happy you enjoy them! ❤️🌱
@@AncestryUS I’d like to do this down the road.
Man..hearing the term “owner” when referring to slaves and their oppressors is so heartbreaking.. no human being deserves to feel like they’re owned by another. How painful, but also illuminating it must be for these men to see what their ancestors have overcome. The resilience of the African diaspora is legendary.
Are you double vaccinated?
Hating a whole race for something only the wealthiest could afford is crazy imagine how much 1000 dollars dollars was in the 1800s
He's saying 'owners' and 'bills of sale' like they're just normal thing to say... what a history.
I found my great great grandmother she was born in 1841 died in 1881 doesn't come on the census until 1871 she was found with 4 last names and her death certificate had her 1st name as leodie not Elodie,
Elodie is how she is listed on the 1871 census
Elodie dupas Papere Dupart
We have found nothing on her before 1871, absaloutly nothing
In 1871 she is working in the house of Dr Geo Kellogg in new Orleans, but still running her own household & married to my great great grandfather
It's been one brick wa after another
We're so happy to hear that you've found some information on your great great grandmother. It sounds like you had to be a bit of a detective. Those brick walls are tough, but it sounds like you broke through and got some much needed information.
@@AncestryUS didn't break through much, we have absaloutly no information prior to 1870 and she was born in 1840
Died in 1881
So we only know about the last 10 years of her life,
We dont know anything about her 1st ..31 years of life
@@sacredlovetarot1971 @Sacred Love Tarot Via Facebook Ancestry recently told me that the Freedmen Bureau records will be available on Ancestry soon. They're cataloging the information now. I'm hoping that helps us get past some of these brick walls with enslaved ancestors that weren't on census records until 1870. If you know the exact county or town your grandmother was born in + all the places she lived... start looking for those surnames in the 1840/50/60 censuses & slave schedule records. Hopefully the names weren't too common in the area & that will give you a few leads to investigate. Brick walls are so frustrating but eventually we knock them down.
Thanks for stopping by, Leigh! The Freedmen Bureau records are actually already available to search through for free on our site. More information can be found here: www.ancestry.com/cs/freedmens
We hope this helps you both a little!
@@AncestryUS Thank you!! I didn't realize they were already up.
i really want to learn my family history so bad, because my mom told me that my great-grandfather is syrian. but i'm jamaican i don't know.
The ancestry app helps you, even at basic level you can gather some info.
There are communities of Syrians and Lebanese people in Jamaica. So it is possible..
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My mom told me my great great grandfather was syrian turns out he was irish
@@DVD927 do i need to pay?
Can a brother get on Lot A (with his sister) ?
I like how shocked people in north America are to learn these things. Just shows you how the education systems are on the decline big time .
i am hoping that ancestry picks me to be on the show :)
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So in a 3-minute video, it takes you 2 minutes to get to the actual topic in the title