I never realized how unstable my mother’s life was during the Depression, moving constantly from house to house to house, never staying put. It made me understand why, once we bought our family home 60 years ago, we never left. Our mom wanted us to have a place to call “home”, unlike her childhood. Thinking back on the arc of her long 94 year lifespan (she died last year), I begin to truly understand her a lot more now and her desire for stability for both herself and we kids. Too bad we never knew our father, though: he died 61 years ago in a car accident…
On my mother's side, my great grandparents came from Russia to the U.S. My cousin set up a facebook group for my mother's side and posted all of the documents of their journey from Russia to the U.S. Including the ship, immigration papers, the citizenship and work papers my great grandfather had to fill out. It is amazing how my great grandparents made the journey from Russia to the U.S on a ship. I wish I had known this growing up, because I know I would of wanted to learn Russian just to experience what it was like to live in Russia. The group is for my mom's side that has tons of pictures of my relatives and some child hood pictures of my grandmother and my mom and her siblings. I love it when new stuff is posted. I learned a lot of my mother's side of the family.
I went to Grace Church School in New York for first and second grade, 1996-1998. As one of the only people with a disability ever in the history of that school, one of the strongest advocates for my success was the lower school principal, Margret "Meg" Duchovny--his mother.
David bears a striking resemblance to his grandfather, Moishe (and his own father, Amram.) A strong and intelligent gene pool. Amram was highly educated and played important roles in the Jewish-American community. He has so much to be grateful for in his family’s struggles. In just two generations, they all became successful, a testament to their will and endurance. I’m happy that he was able to find out so much about his family and that he can pass this along to his own children.
David lived the American dream. He became a successful actor and was educated at ivy league. And got to act in a hit TV show as an American government agent lol
In life you must test which way the wind is blowing and understand when they are favorable to keep you motivated…always seeking safe haven on your journey.
My paternal grandfather served in the US army during WW2. Like many veterans from that war, he rarely talked about his experiences. He borrowed a book by Stephen Ambrose about soldiers during the European theater of the war from my dad. My dad didn't get the book back until after Grandpa died. In every available space that he could find, Grandpa wrote down his own experiences that Ambrose didn't know about or got wrong from speculation. His life after the war was a good journey. He became an engineer, married my grandmother, raised a family, and became an active part of his community for many years. Served on the city council for 12 years, 5 of them as mayor. He carried a physical reminder of his military service for the rest of his mortal life. Caused by mortar shrapnel in Germany, he lost feeling in 3 digits of his left hand. He had to be careful, especially with his woodworking projects, which were among the several art projects he undertook after he retired.
I love this... God bless your grandfather for allowing his story to be shared after he passed. This means a lot and as to the missing part of history. ❤🙌🏾
This is lovely and also painful to watch. Painful when you realise what David's ancestors and relatives went through, but lovely to see genuine emotion on his face after all these years. I'm so happy for him that he connected to his people
There are moments where you can hear how proud David is of his family and all that they’ve accomplished even with their hardships. It's incredibly powerful to watch.
David struggling with his emotions was a poignant moment to watch. His family was resilient, strong and never gave up. Such an inspiration for David. Hope he will find a way to transcribe this heritage into a novel.
After watching Ancestry for years I found David to be the most genuine person to ever be on the show. Nothing flashy or phoney about him. Happy he got to know his family history, the happy and sad parts. Thanks David. Hugs
Most of my mom’s family perished in the Holocaust except for a literal handful, a remnant who went on; to not just survive; but thrive. We are of proud Polish & Russian Jewish ancestry. But I grew up with the fear passed on from my mother’s mom who always has this fear & rarely came out of her room, afraid that somehow one day; she would be taken back & thrown into the camps; so I understand the emotion when reading & seeing the names listed from her family in death records from the camps; 70 plus members, almost an entire generation. For years it was hush hush, talked of in quiet corners, in Yiddish, in Polish; in Russian so us children wouldn’t here, but children pick up so much more than you realize. To this day I have a fear of trains, we pass on our fears just as we pass on our love etc from generations past, we are a part of their DNA. But we can happily say we survived and are almost 70 strong now. ❤
It’s sad because as a African-American, we hold onto our ancestors trauma and people don’t realize that. Sorry that happened to your ancestors. All we can do is pass on our family history to the next generation so they would know what their ancestors went through and how strong they are. Thank you for sharing your story with us.
David Duchovny is one of my fave actors, and man to hear the story of his family and his emotion, man this hits the feels. Glad they made it here to the US even if this isn't where they wanted to be.
At 5:05, man, that don't make you cry? Just as he was getting choked up, I surely was. Many times we see these actors, they play their parts so well, that until moments like this, we realize that they are just as human as the rest of us!
They act so well because they become those people, in a sense. It's been seen in scientific research, at least, that its thought they can suspend their sense of self. Which would sounds like the ultimate empathic state, to me.
I love watching these stories because it tells us to never give up, that there is always a way, that eventually everything will be okay. Just keep going.
In my case I bless the day I decided my self to take the ancestry DNA test and after,investigate little bit on ancestry data online! I watch this videos and I can't help crying too,because... nobody should be growing and living as somebody they're not and ignoring who they really are! It's a crime to me! In my case I found my great great grandfather was a Spaniard from Seville, he was Andalusian! Something that filled me with pride! I bless again the day I choose to take the test and bless Ancestry Corp, for doing what they do! For draining so many tears of joy and giving truth to so many!
We all want to think we will be remembered forever but the reality is our grandchildren will be the last ones to remember us and they won't remember our stories. They'll just remember how we made them feel.
Not necessarily. I remember the names of numerous family members beyond my grandfolks. I knew the names of all but one of my great grandfolks. The one whose name I did not know was an abusive schizophrenic whose kids (my grandparent) never talked about, even to thier kids (my parent). I knew names back as far as the 1830s, my 4th and 5th great grandfolks.
I come from large extended farm families - until COVID my mother’s family met at our church hall each year and celebrated Christmas dinner together - at peak the tables were set for 75 - yep and that’s just one quarter of my family - until I was twelve (1972) we had Sunday suppers at either one grandparents or the other - frequently many of my great aunts and uncles those who didn’t have children of their own were there too - we used to joke that my mother was related to everyone at the Methodist Church she attended before marrying my Dad - and Dad was related to everyone at their Presbyterian Church - paternal family gathered yearly each summer - we used to rent a pavilion at a wonderful park and seemed to just eat and talk all day - again that ended in 2020 - I consider myself “a great grandchild” (am 64 yrs) the twice great grandchildren have had the Christmas experiences - their wee ones won’t have had either experiences - we need to find photos and record stories of these folks who were (still are 🙏) such a very big part of our lives - the question that needs answering while my folks generation are still with us is this - why was Sir Arthur Currie’s family table (with 6 leaves in it) in my maternal grandparents farmhouse kitchen / dining room - was he family or just neighbour - think WWI 🇨🇦 military leader / hero in Europe - looks like I better get started 🇨🇦🙏
I saw the full episode 😢..... Sad , full of surprises for David a hiden story uncovered in front of us . Beatifull at the end when he says " the room is filled with all his family he didn't know .
My great-grandparents were also from the Pale (from Bialystok--where the Bialy was invented!). My great-grandmother's name was also Duba (they are pronouncing it wrong--it is Dub, like RUB--DUB-A). I named one of my daughters after her--Duba Leah. It helps keep the connection alive! Edit--In fairness, the way it is spelled in Hebrew--they are pronouncing it as it is written. It just is not normally written that way. It is a diminutive of Devorah. Which is Deborah in English. Just FYI.
I have watched a lot of these, and this one stands out to me, not because of anything related to David Duchovny, but because of how horrible humans can be to each other, but also because of how some people triumph over it and prevail. Many didn't and don't though, that's why I have a little tear in my eye right now.
We discovered my ancestors actual papers from their arrival at Ellis Island. The Corragios my great grandma and her 13 children; one died en route. The last of them my Great Aunt Virgina died 2 weeks ago. She was the youngest.
This is one story of hundreds of thousands. David might be doing some soul searching as a result of knowing what was held back till now. Heritage really speaks beyond time.
Yes, my mother always told us stories, but unlike most people, her life was a life of luxury, her grandfather was a Supreme Court Justice. Their ancestors had immigrated from Spain to Argentina.
@@AncestryUS I did not know it was such a big deal till I came to the USA, and people were telling me that I come from “Royalty”. No, I just come from highly educated people, that’s all.
My grandfather immigrated from Norway when he was 18 years old in 1916. It was during WW I. I never knew anything about the family he left behind and he never saw them again.
I'm from Argentina and when my family looked at our genology we found out we're related to the Duchovnys (even have the same surname). It's quite common for russian or polish jewish families to have emigrated separately and eventualy settle in Buenos Aires and the US.
No te puedo creer. Aunque los argentinos somos un poco de todo. Vivo en EEUU y fui maestra muchos años y muchos de las familias judías que conocí, tenían parientes en Argentina. Qué grado de parentesco tienen?
My great grandfather came from Poland in 1922 at the age of 23. He gave our family freedom. He must've suffered greatly to have taken a German name. Rejoice David. Your family did it all for you. And their sacrifices gave us all fox mulder. Rejoice. It is all to Gods plan.
Actually it was quite common especially because Yiddish is quite closely related to German. For instance Samuel Goldwyn of the Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer fame was born Samuel Gelbfish which he changed to Goldfish (direct translation) after moving to England and then to Goldwyn when he set up his studio in Hollywood. It was quite common for Jews to change their names to a local sounding names due to antisemitism.
He is so lucky to find this history. I hired someone to help find information about my family but records don't exist for so many Jews. I hope to continue to pursuing it but for so many of us there is no hope. David's struggles in his own life make sense considering this traumatic family history.
Joseph Conrad (a Pole by birth - Jozef Korzeniowski) was born in Berdyczow. It was also there that Honoré de Balzac married a Polish noblewoman Ewelina Hanska. Well, and David Duchovny's grandfather :)
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I wonder what happened to the rest of their family. I can only imagine how each one may have been feeling. We all have a story! Grateful for all the sharing.
He's so sensitive like me. He can probably feel some of what they were feeling through his DNA. I heard he had a personal passion for The X-Files beyond just acting in the show and now I believe it
Wow. I've always felt our ancestors must have endured incredible acts of cruelty and barbarism just for us to be here. Most of us don't even know our great grand pas but the fact that we are here means they are living through us and so are winning. I recently went home to visit an ancient palace in my region and found out my family was linked to the female harem that were completely massacred overnight (300 powerful women) by the reigning monarch to accommodate his new harem. Such stories don't make it online or Wikipedia but it will live forever in our community bcuz such cruelty, suffering can really never be forgotten.
Berdichev is located in modern Ukraine, not Russia. Pale of Settlement included modern day Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland , Moldova. All the lands belonged to Russian Empire back then. The Jews were forbidden to live in central Russia.
@@jerriporter5500 Russia didn't exist in those days, only Russian Empire. Not all the Eastern Europe is Russia., as some Americans still think. I believe that even if each state of United states of America is unique, so even more countries which were parts of Empire are unique and diverse. All those countries were very different culturally, historically, religiously, linguistically . Many nations were included in Empire. Its pure injustice and imperialistic narrative when you call someone from Poland as Russian. Or Estonian as Russian. Its also important to not call Russia all the former territories now, when Russia wages cruel war to get back former colony, and Ukranians are fighting for their survival,. Also its important for people like David who wants to know true story and backgroynd of his family. Besides, to be clear, no Jew could live in a territory which is now Russia those days, It was forbidden.
@@jerriporter5500 It's important to understand that historical accuracy is essential and that when people on the internet are up for sharing and intellectually discussing something it's fantastic and a rare glimpse. The distinctions she is making are huge and compromise millions of people's lives. Let's admire knowledge and cheer those who are willing to share 😉
Can you please do an episode on someone from southern Louisiana? The last names and migration and genetic mixture is so diverse. It will be amazing to see.
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This period of History was crazy. People were fleeing wars, wich were everywhere in the old world. Europeans, like Americans share this messy ancestral past. One of my grand grandfather and his brother and sister escaped the Armenian genocide and fled to Greece, then the Caire in Egypt. Then my grand grand father moved to France( I am french), his brother and sister to America( my "Armenian" cousins are all in Canada and the US). Funny how my ancestors could have met the Duchovny during their diaspora. I bet one of his ancestor was as handsome as he is, one of my first big tv crush in Xfiles❤
Enjoyed hearing about David's family history. It made me think of the saying "beyond the pale". I looked up the origin to see if it was from Russia. Turns out it was from the English conquest of Ireland. The pale was the area in Ireland were the English settlers had the protection of the king. Beyond the pale were the Irish.
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Hate did that. Racism do that. We must continue to fight fascism and racism in America before we go thru these horrible things. People of all faiths, colors, cultures should be able to live in freedom and peace.
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My dad's father was a soldier in the Russian Army during world war 2 and one officer warned him of what was coming. They packed up that night and left Poland. Had nobody warned my grandfather, I would not be here.
Like the millions of us the world over, the story of David's family, while interesting and tragic, symbolizes and reflects the experiences all our Jewish ancestors had as they moved from here to there, hopeless and under constant duress. I am so thankful that today, we have the wonderful, modern and democratic State of Israel. Now, we are in our own home and in our own rightful land. Am Israel Chai.
I wish I could find out about my maternal grandmother. She's a complete mystery. I know her name and what her parents' names were supposed to be but there's no evidence of them existing. 😢
I don’t use my real name in UA-cam, but none of my relatives couldn’t get over here to the US, because of quotas on Jews from Europe. They were educated, working people that spoke several languages. As a result, they were murdered, due to not only due to the antisemitism of the Nazis, but also because of the antisemitism of people in America in the State Department. The government knew the entire time that the Holocaust was happening, and they covered it up. They didn’t want to have to let Jews in. Meanwhile, the part of the family that lived in the east, like many of the other Jews that were still in the Pale of Settlement, were all shot to death or sent to concentration camps to die. The rabbi of Berdychiv is a legend, by the way. The violence of 1914 is one of millions of reasons why the Jews need a homeland.
Sorry to hear about your family and their sad troubles. However, you are overarching on accusations of antisemitism. Having a quota on Jews is not a sort of crime, it's self-governance. And if you keep a hateful mindset like that and act upon it, your future family will also run into troubles, as in the days of old.
My grandparents were survivors. But still thinking with an open mind the US had no obligation to take in millions of persecuted Jews & OTHER MINORITIES from around the world. There was a depression going on. In 1938 unemployment in the US was 19%, in 1939 it was 17.2%. During wartime most countries do not allow immigration as they have enough problems they're dealing with.
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My family left Safed (modern day northern Israel) around the turn of the 20th century, and emigrated to Manchester. It was not just the barbarism of the Ottoman Turks but also the poverty, illiteracy and hard life it was back then, meant that they and the Amdurer clan made that desperate move to England, Great Britain - a nation, a haven that I, and those who have ancestors like me should, be grateful to.
🙂 Not "Berdyczew" or "Berdiczew" but: Berdyczów! Now it is a town in Ukraine, but then it was in Poland! Russia occupied the territory of Poland (The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland). Józef Korzeniowski (100% Polish) known as Joseph Conrad, was born in Berdyczów. In Berdyczów Honore de Balzac married a Polish lady Ewelina Hańska. It was a famous town in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
@@Magdal9347 Well, Moriss said it was Berdichev and Russia where he had been born... Not Berdyczew or Berdiczew or Berdyczów... I think Morriss knew better. Using the above logic it is more correct to say, that until Russia it was a Lithuanian town... 🤣 It is all about how one interprets history
Can I watch the full episode somewhere? I always thought his family history but be very interesting (and shocking). I just found this, but it's only a part. I'd love to see all of it.
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Just wondering, how does the name Duchovny become Douharmi, and then back to Duchovny? How do you even find that thread to connect all those dots with the names being so different?
It's not the first episode when you are mislabeling contemporary territories of Belarus, Ukraine etc as Russia. His ancestors are not Russian Jews but Ukranian Jews, Berdichev is on the territory of Ukraine even if it was under Russian empire. In fact Russia didn't exist then, sometimes you correctly note it's Russian Empire but not clarify that in fact it's territories of Ukraine, Belarus, latvia, estonia, Lithuania, Georgia etc under russian empire. It's incredibly important, especially during the current climate of yet another russia's war of conquest to see and call out the imperial narratives which go far beyond the military, but also in the appropriation of people, places and cultures. When you are saying over a million of russian jews were forced to leave, it is not correct, they were not russian jews, some of them were. They lived under russian empire but they were polish jews, ukranian jews, belarusian jews, latvian jews, lithuan jews etc etc They often spoke local language (in Belarus they wrote belarusian with hebrew lettering and there were signs in hebrew in Mensk up to 1920) and have been living in these territories for centuries before the russian empire came to occupy these lands. Please pay attention to the names of the places, hire an expert in eastern Europe (an actual expert on the region with knowledge and understanding of local history and politics and not someone who labels everything as russian) it's been terribly inaccurate in many of your episodes.
Well, all the documents from that time have Russia in them. Now it is all politicized but it is incorrect to call someone Ukrainian or Belorussian if he was actually a citizen of Russian Empire. If you had spent some time doing genealogy research on that region you would quickly realized that.... On the other hand you would see Palestine instead of Ottoman empire. Go figure! It would be great if these things were static and never changed borders but alas that is genealogy research.
@@santiagoTo What is with russian bots always opting out for latin sounding names? Everything is always political, then and now. So... Incorrect, in the documents, it would say Russian Empire. Russia didn't exist until 1991. Absolutely wrong, you would call someone Belarusian, Ukrainian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian, Armenian, Buryat, or Chuvash even if they were the subject of an empire. These Jewish people lived in their communities, often for centuries before the russian empire occupied them. What suddenly made them russian when we talk about them now? They were expelled from that empire based on them being Jewish, why now they would carry the name of that empire into the world as their own? You wouldn't say about someone who was born in america while it was a subject of British empire English, would you? How far back would you go wishing the borders didn't move to make your imaginary genealogy research easy? Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth? To Kyivan Rus? Ottoman Empire? British Empire? Roman Empire?
It was Russian empire back then. For example my great grandparents were born in Azerbaijan but since it was under Russian empire it states they were born in Russia.
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I can trace from myself back to my 5th great grandfather arriving in the U.S. in Philadelphia September 19, 1738 on a ship named “The Thistle” coming from Rotterdam and then Plymouth, England. 2 men named, of which one was supposedly his father and the othe an uncle, took the Oath. But I believe both men were actually uncles. Stories say they were from Cologne, Germany. I have found baptism records from the area which if correct, shows different parents for my 5th great grandfather. I may never know beyond these records the rest of my history.
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That was a better story than any I ever saw on X-Files. He made it to Hollywood in the Golden State. That is a long way to travel. Past Hollywood Florida, which is totally Jelly. Trotskys too!
Я поклонник этого, я поклонник самого Давид духовный, тоже, как и многие другие, но я вообще не знала, что его семья не из Америки. Я, наверное, знала: Максим чуть-чуть знала, а фамилии его, фамилии, его семьи, которого духовная фамилия почти у всех в семье, вот где я что-то знала, а то, что семья жила в Америке, я этого не знала, что они мигранты и. Из-за этого тяжело думать, что. Что это так? Душевный человек на самом деле, он. Он такой скромный и спокойный, меня удивляет. И у меня он остался как фок Малдера для меня, он остался как в других фильмах и столько лет прошли сериалы с его участием, я помню его теперь таким, как он был тогда. Меня удивляет-то. Я до сих пор не могу в это поверить, что где-то кто-то написал красавчик с русскими корнями и к перезагрузке было, это написано, я обалдела, говорю вот это, да неужели это так, что именно есть тот самый, да Ухов, который. Имеют такие русские корни, вот и хотелось бы узнать, росло в России написано. Да ещё и на карте изображено Россия большими буквами. Это что, я так думаю, что всё-таки? В начале удивило, что Польша. В Польше много русских людей живут на самом деле, сколько я знаю? Он больше. Не сильно какой-то многие думают, что русский русский человек, а он наполовину поляк. Половина из Польши, из-за этого кажется, что. Он знает этот язык, он не сильно его знает, но он его понимает русский, он его понимает, но я не знаю, может ли он ответить на этом языке, но русский он понимает, он может прочитать на русском языке, но ответить, я не знаю, может ли он. Ответить на русском языке вот это я не знаю. А то, что прочитать на русском он, может, и понимает ли он его, кто его знает? Тут тоже много таких вот моментов, но я так думаю, что. Копаться здесь можно долго, здесь долго уходят родословные другие корни, уходят долго-долго. Я радуюсь, что это кто-то писал красавчик с русскими корнями про секретные материалы, так писали, я до сих пор помню, это то, что было написано. Я, скорее всего, в фильме было написано там. Я смотрела этот фильм. Вообще не идёт про фильмы. Всё очень интересно и очень приятно, что затронули такие темы.
I had caught a few Xfiles growing up but as a kid you don’t really understand to appreciate, you just know it’s unknown spooky stuff which is interestingly neat. I watched them all for the first time a few years back. What an amazing actor. Pretty interesting that family history, I knew he wasn’t half acting 😇. From Russia to Egypt, that’s Tunguska to Toom 👻. Dave, I got Grandfather with an airport & mountain named after him. Never met him, but he saw them. I’ve seen them. I didn’t say anything, but I met a lady from the FBI, very smart person, very nice person. I asked if she liked the X-Files trying to break the ice, she just rolled her eyes 😁. Within 15ft 🧍🏼🛸. What can you say? This guy’s great 👏🏻👍🏻 My therapist, thanks Bro 😎
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I never realized how unstable my mother’s life was during the Depression, moving constantly from house to house to house, never staying put. It made me understand why, once we bought our family home 60 years ago, we never left. Our mom wanted us to have a place to call “home”, unlike her childhood. Thinking back on the arc of her long 94 year lifespan (she died last year), I begin to truly understand her a lot more now and her desire for stability for both herself and we kids. Too bad we never knew our father, though: he died 61 years ago in a car accident…
Could you please upload the full episode featuring David Duchovny for his fans who don't live in the US?
Ok.
I have been told by my family that Daniel Boone is a direct ancestor
On my mother's side, my great grandparents came from Russia to the U.S. My cousin set up a facebook group for my mother's side
and posted all of the documents of their journey from Russia to the U.S. Including the ship, immigration papers, the citizenship and
work papers my great grandfather had to fill out. It is amazing how my great grandparents made the journey from Russia to the U.S
on a ship. I wish I had known this growing up, because I know I would of wanted to learn Russian just to experience what it was like
to live in Russia. The group is for my mom's side that has tons of pictures of my relatives and some child hood pictures of my grandmother
and my mom and her siblings. I love it when new stuff is posted. I learned a lot of my mother's side of the family.
I went to Grace Church School in New York for first and second grade, 1996-1998. As one of the only people with a disability ever in the history of that school, one of the strongest advocates for my success was the lower school principal, Margret "Meg" Duchovny--his mother.
Thanks so much for sharing this with us, Sam! 💚
Who I believe I heard him say was Scottish.
He has so much empathy, I cried at his emotion, wanted to give him a hug. Great program.
It was incredibly moving to watch David receive and process all this new information about his family. Thanks for watching.
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David bears a striking resemblance to his grandfather, Moishe (and his own father, Amram.) A strong and intelligent gene pool. Amram was highly educated and played important roles in the Jewish-American community. He has so much to be grateful for in his family’s struggles. In just two generations, they all became successful, a testament to their will and endurance. I’m happy that he was able to find out so much about his family and that he can pass this along to his own children.
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David lived the American dream. He became a successful actor and was educated at ivy league. And got to act in a hit TV show as an American government agent lol
In life you must test which way the wind is blowing and understand when they are favorable to keep you motivated…always seeking safe haven on your journey.
My paternal grandfather served in the US army during WW2. Like many veterans from that war, he rarely talked about his experiences. He borrowed a book by Stephen Ambrose about soldiers during the European theater of the war from my dad. My dad didn't get the book back until after Grandpa died. In every available space that he could find, Grandpa wrote down his own experiences that Ambrose didn't know about or got wrong from speculation. His life after the war was a good journey. He became an engineer, married my grandmother, raised a family, and became an active part of his community for many years. Served on the city council for 12 years, 5 of them as mayor. He carried a physical reminder of his military service for the rest of his mortal life. Caused by mortar shrapnel in Germany, he lost feeling in 3 digits of his left hand. He had to be careful, especially with his woodworking projects, which were among the several art projects he undertook after he retired.
How fortunate for you to have back your annotated book.
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing this story of your grandfather.
Fascinating
I love this... God bless your grandfather for allowing his story to be shared after he passed. This means a lot and as to the missing part of history. ❤🙌🏾
Thank you for sharing this.
This is lovely and also painful to watch. Painful when you realise what David's ancestors and relatives went through, but lovely to see genuine emotion on his face after all these years. I'm so happy for him that he connected to his people
There are moments where you can hear how proud David is of his family and all that they’ve accomplished even with their hardships. It's incredibly powerful to watch.
Does it mean that the rest of the children and his wife( grandmother) perished at the hand of them?
David struggling with his emotions was a poignant moment to watch. His family was resilient, strong and never gave up. Such an inspiration for David. Hope he will find a way to transcribe this heritage into a novel.
It was such a bittersweet moment to see David learn about his family’s journey and all of the hardships and challenges they encountered.
He did make a novel--two, even. But not about his family.
After watching Ancestry for years I found David to be the most genuine person to ever be on the show. Nothing flashy or phoney about him. Happy he got to know his family history, the happy and sad parts. Thanks David. Hugs
Most of my mom’s family perished in the Holocaust except for a literal handful, a remnant who went on; to not just survive; but thrive. We are of proud Polish & Russian Jewish ancestry.
But I grew up with the fear passed on from my mother’s mom who always has this fear & rarely came out of her room, afraid that somehow one day; she would be taken back & thrown into the camps; so I understand the emotion when reading & seeing the names listed from her family in death records from the camps; 70 plus members, almost an entire generation.
For years it was hush hush, talked of in quiet corners, in Yiddish, in Polish; in Russian so us children wouldn’t here, but children pick up so much more than you realize. To this day I have a fear of trains, we pass on our fears just as we pass on our love etc from generations past, we are a part of their DNA. But we can happily say we survived and are almost 70 strong now. ❤
I would not be proud of russian roots. It would be better to register as Polish
@@ГружевськийГлібІгорович Why would you say that? Who can help where they were born into?
@@lmc2375he's typical Ukrainian. Don't mind it.
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Don't be so ridiculous
It’s sad because as a African-American, we hold onto our ancestors trauma and people don’t realize that. Sorry that happened to your ancestors. All we can do is pass on our family history to the next generation so they would know what their ancestors went through and how strong they are. Thank you for sharing your story with us.
David Duchovny is one of my fave actors, and man to hear the story of his family and his emotion, man this hits the feels. Glad they made it here to the US even if this isn't where they wanted to be.
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At 5:05, man, that don't make you cry? Just as he was getting choked up, I surely was.
Many times we see these actors, they play their parts so well, that until moments like this, we realize that they are just as human as the rest of us!
They act so well because they become those people, in a sense. It's been seen in scientific research, at least, that its thought they can suspend their sense of self. Which would sounds like the ultimate empathic state, to me.
Adore David so much, his family had a difficult time, but like he said, they never gave up! Beautiful:)
And rightfully so, you can see just how proud David is of his family for overcoming everything that they had to endure.
"They didn't give up." So many brave ancestors. RIP
I remember seeing him as agent Mulder on the X Files! He’s a great actor!
This is probably my favorite episode of this show I've ever seen.
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What a fascinating story of resilience. Thank you Mr Duchovny for sharing this with us.
Watching David realize all the hardships that his family endured during their journey was extremely emotional. Thanks for watching.
David was my favourite actor when i was a child and still is, awesome to hear all this!
I love watching these stories because it tells us to never give up, that there is always a way, that eventually everything will be okay. Just keep going.
Such an incredible story about David Duchovny's family. To know who your ancestors were, and their life stories... What a blessing!
In my case I bless the day I decided my self to take the ancestry DNA test and after,investigate little bit on ancestry data online! I watch this videos and I can't help crying too,because... nobody should be growing and living as somebody they're not and ignoring who they really are! It's a crime to me! In my case I found my great great grandfather was a Spaniard from Seville, he was Andalusian! Something that filled me with pride! I bless again the day I choose to take the test and bless Ancestry Corp, for doing what they do! For draining so many tears of joy and giving truth to so many!
Where about was he from, do you know?
We all want to think we will be remembered forever but the reality is our grandchildren will be the last ones to remember us and they won't remember our stories. They'll just remember how we made them feel.
Not necessarily. I remember the names of numerous family members beyond my grandfolks. I knew the names of all but one of my great grandfolks. The one whose name I did not know was an abusive schizophrenic whose kids (my grandparent) never talked about, even to thier kids (my parent). I knew names back as far as the 1830s, my 4th and 5th great grandfolks.
I come from large extended farm families - until COVID my mother’s family met at our church hall each year and celebrated Christmas dinner together - at peak the tables were set for 75 - yep and that’s just one quarter of my family - until I was twelve (1972) we had Sunday suppers at either one grandparents or the other - frequently many of my great aunts and uncles those who didn’t have children of their own were there too - we used to joke that my mother was related to everyone at the Methodist Church she attended before marrying my Dad - and Dad was related to everyone at their Presbyterian Church - paternal family gathered yearly each summer - we used to rent a pavilion at a wonderful park and seemed to just eat and talk all day - again that ended in 2020 - I consider myself “a great grandchild” (am 64 yrs) the twice great grandchildren have had the Christmas experiences - their wee ones won’t have had either experiences - we need to find photos and record stories of these folks who were (still are 🙏) such a very big part of our lives - the question that needs answering while my folks generation are still with us is this - why was Sir Arthur Currie’s family table (with 6 leaves in it) in my maternal grandparents farmhouse kitchen / dining room - was he family or just neighbour - think WWI 🇨🇦 military leader / hero in Europe - looks like I better get started 🇨🇦🙏
I saw the full episode 😢..... Sad , full of surprises for David a hiden story uncovered in front of us . Beatifull at the end when he says " the room is filled with all his family he didn't know .
My great-grandparents were also from the Pale (from Bialystok--where the Bialy was invented!). My great-grandmother's name was also Duba (they are pronouncing it wrong--it is Dub, like RUB--DUB-A). I named one of my daughters after her--Duba Leah. It helps keep the connection alive!
Edit--In fairness, the way it is spelled in Hebrew--they are pronouncing it as it is written. It just is not normally written that way. It is a diminutive of Devorah. Which is Deborah in English. Just FYI.
I didn't know about Biały, and after I read the wiki page I see it's very similar to Lublin's cebularz (onion cake). :)
I have watched a lot of these, and this one stands out to me, not because of anything related to David Duchovny, but because of how horrible humans can be to each other, but also because of how some people triumph over it and prevail. Many didn't and don't though, that's why I have a little tear in my eye right now.
Wow...We all owe our ancestors so much just for not giving up
We discovered my ancestors actual papers from their arrival at Ellis Island. The Corragios my great grandma and her 13 children; one died en route. The last of them my Great Aunt Virgina died 2 weeks ago. She was the youngest.
This is one story of hundreds of thousands. David might be doing some soul searching as a result of knowing what was held back till now. Heritage really speaks beyond time.
Yes, my mother always told us stories, but unlike most people, her life was a life of luxury, her grandfather was a Supreme Court Justice. Their ancestors had immigrated from Spain to Argentina.
It must’ve been such an eye-opening experience to learn about your family’s history.
@@AncestryUS I did not know it was such a big deal till I came to the USA, and people were telling me that I come from “Royalty”. No, I just come from highly educated people, that’s all.
I have always loved David……his tender heart, makes me love him more.❤❤
Hi S Shaw, thank you for watching!
My grandfather immigrated from Norway when he was 18 years old in 1916. It was during WW I. I never knew anything about the family he left behind and he never saw them again.
I'm from Argentina and when my family looked at our genology we found out we're related to the Duchovnys (even have the same surname). It's quite common for russian or polish jewish families to have emigrated separately and eventualy settle in Buenos Aires and the US.
No te puedo creer. Aunque los argentinos somos un poco de todo. Vivo en EEUU y fui maestra muchos años y muchos de las familias judías que conocí, tenían parientes en Argentina. Qué grado de parentesco tienen?
That's great! What an interesting connection.
My great grandfather came from Poland in 1922 at the age of 23. He gave our family freedom. He must've suffered greatly to have taken a German name. Rejoice David. Your family did it all for you. And their sacrifices gave us all fox mulder. Rejoice. It is all to Gods plan.
"He must've suffered greatly to have taken a German name" What? Why do you say this, it makes no sense?
Actually it was quite common especially because Yiddish is quite closely related to German. For instance Samuel Goldwyn of the Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer fame was born Samuel Gelbfish which he changed to Goldfish (direct translation) after moving to England and then to Goldwyn when he set up his studio in Hollywood. It was quite common for Jews to change their names to a local sounding names due to antisemitism.
Jews had it great in Poland till Germans invaded in 39' What freedom are you talking about?
He is so lucky to find this history. I hired someone to help find information about my family but records don't exist for so many Jews. I hope to continue to pursuing it but for so many of us there is no hope. David's struggles in his own life make sense considering this traumatic family history.
So heartbreaking but what truly brave people. God bless.
Joseph Conrad (a Pole by birth - Jozef Korzeniowski) was born in Berdyczow. It was also there that Honoré de Balzac married a Polish noblewoman Ewelina Hanska. Well, and David Duchovny's grandfather :)
I love every episode. I also love the way I have watched Dr. Gates learn and grow in his understanding with each episode. Wonderful healing series for all.
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I wonder what happened to the rest of their family. I can only imagine how each one may have been feeling. We all have a story! Grateful for all the sharing.
He's so sensitive like me.
He can probably feel some of what they were feeling through his DNA.
I heard he had a personal passion for The X-Files beyond just acting in the show and now I believe it
It was so moving watching David read the petition for naturalization. David's family has come such a long way.
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Thank you for responding to my comment!
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Same! 🥺
David Duchovny himself wrote and directed a few episodes of the show, that's passion.
The Slavic translation of David’s last name means “a person who is spiritual”.
Yes ,same in Serbian
Just "spiritual", without "a person...".
Духовныи. Дух. I see.
Yes, in Poland 😉.
For a while, ancestry was important but now it seems too many are happy to forget history.
I always loved this actor I used to have a crush on him when he was younger so handsome
I think he is still handsome! But yes... ❤ those early xfiles days 1993 ish!
He is the flower of the seeds of their dreams😍⭐💯
Wow. I've always felt our ancestors must have endured incredible acts of cruelty and barbarism just for us to be here. Most of us don't even know our great grand pas but the fact that we are here means they are living through us and so are winning.
I recently went home to visit an ancient palace in my region and found out my family was linked to the female harem that were completely massacred overnight (300 powerful women) by the reigning monarch to accommodate his new harem. Such stories don't make it online or Wikipedia but it will live forever in our community bcuz such cruelty, suffering can really never be forgotten.
Do you mind sharing a bit more information? I've never heard of this before.
Berdichev is located in modern Ukraine, not Russia. Pale of Settlement included modern day Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland , Moldova. All the lands belonged to Russian Empire back then. The Jews were forbidden to live in central Russia.
Well, if all the land belonged to Russia, then it was in Russia. Not "modern day" Ukraine.🤔
@@jerriporter5500 Russia didn't exist in those days, only Russian Empire. Not all the Eastern Europe is Russia., as some Americans still think. I believe that even if each state of United states of America is unique, so even more countries which were parts of Empire are unique and diverse. All those countries were very different culturally, historically, religiously, linguistically . Many nations were included in Empire. Its pure injustice and imperialistic narrative when you call someone from Poland as Russian. Or Estonian as Russian. Its also important to not call Russia all the former territories now, when Russia wages cruel war to get back former colony, and Ukranians are fighting for their survival,. Also its important for people like David who wants to know true story and backgroynd of his family. Besides, to be clear, no Jew could live in a territory which is now Russia those days, It was forbidden.
Thanks again, for this historic background. However, I only stated, what you said.
Have a good night. Bye-bye
@@jerriporter5500 Sorry if It sounds rude and harsh. I didn't want It that way. I just wanted to explain my point.
@@jerriporter5500 It's important to understand that historical accuracy is essential and that when people on the internet are up for sharing and intellectually discussing something it's fantastic and a rare glimpse. The distinctions she is making are huge and compromise millions of people's lives. Let's admire knowledge and cheer those who are willing to share 😉
It’s nice to experience the history of people we look up to and admire. What a story!!
Watching David become emotional while learning so much about his family’s history was incredibly powerful.
I really had to pause this and give myself a second to process just how much he looks like his grandfather
Can you please do an episode on someone from southern Louisiana? The last names and migration and genetic mixture is so diverse. It will be amazing to see.
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If I didn't already love David Duchovny, I definitely do now!
Agreed! We're so glad you enjoyed this episode.
That's great, Nakita!
This is astounding and thank you ~ overwhelming
We understand that feeling, Conern for these dogs.❤️
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This period of History was crazy.
People were fleeing wars, wich were everywhere in the old world.
Europeans, like Americans share this messy ancestral past.
One of my grand grandfather and his brother and sister escaped the Armenian genocide and fled to Greece, then the Caire in Egypt.
Then my grand grand father moved to France( I am french), his brother and sister to America( my "Armenian" cousins are all in Canada and the US).
Funny how my ancestors could have met the Duchovny during their diaspora.
I bet one of his ancestor was as handsome as he is, one of my first big tv crush in Xfiles❤
Wow! He was so touched!
All that has happened to everyone has brought all us here today. What a great crazy journey our race has walked.
What a moving story, truly epic.
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Enjoyed hearing about David's family history. It made me think of the saying "beyond the pale". I looked up the origin to see if it was from Russia. Turns out it was from the English conquest of Ireland. The pale was the area in Ireland were the English settlers had the protection of the king. Beyond the pale were the Irish.
Glad to see diversity in your guests.
Very powerful & touching. 2 great guys.
Very moving. We are all humankind.
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Wow . It took a bit to recognize DD !!!!
Very moving. Is there a part 2?
This was such a powerful episode.
So sad for David. What a soul he has. He carries all this in his DNA and doesn't even know.
This is what my people (Black people) think regarding our history: we still bear the scars of slavery ….in a way.
@@girlanonymoussame with my Serbs ,we suffered extremely,I feel in my veins their struggle
Lovely watching this. True emotions. Thanks for watching
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Love the series! Keep them coming!❤
Once again for David - very strong people! I can’t even imagine e being forced to move to another country plus having everything they own stolen.
Hate did that. Racism do that. We must continue to fight fascism and racism in America before we go thru these horrible things. People of all faiths, colors, cultures should be able to live in freedom and peace.
Seeing David have to learn of all these hardships and process everything that his family went through was such a poignant moment.
The level of anxiety when you know there's only one clip to watch for each episode.
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My dad's father was a soldier in the Russian Army during world war 2 and one officer warned him of what was coming. They packed up that night and left Poland. Had nobody warned my grandfather, I would not be here.
Like the millions of us the world over, the story of David's family, while interesting and tragic, symbolizes and reflects the experiences all our Jewish ancestors had as they moved from here to there, hopeless and under constant duress. I am so thankful that today, we have the wonderful, modern and democratic State of Israel. Now, we are in our own home and in our own rightful land. Am Israel Chai.
I love you David, you wouldn't be here if it wasn't for your ancestors & a they went through. Amazing story, God bless.🙏
I wish I could find out about my maternal grandmother. She's a complete mystery. I know her name and what her parents' names were supposed to be but there's no evidence of them existing. 😢
Amazing and touching!!!🙏🏻❤✨
This was such a moving episode! Glad you enjoyed it.
Oh my God, what happened to the rest of Moshe's family? Brothers & Sisters? Mother?
I don’t use my real name in UA-cam, but none of my relatives couldn’t get over here to the US, because of quotas on Jews from Europe. They were educated, working people that spoke several languages. As a result, they were murdered, due to not only due to the antisemitism of the Nazis, but also because of the antisemitism of people in America in the State Department. The government knew the entire time that the Holocaust was happening, and they covered it up. They didn’t want to have to let Jews in. Meanwhile, the part of the family that lived in the east, like many of the other Jews that were still in the Pale of Settlement, were all shot to death or sent to concentration camps to die. The rabbi of Berdychiv is a legend, by the way. The violence of 1914 is one of millions of reasons why the Jews need a homeland.
Sorry to hear about your family and their sad troubles.
However, you are overarching on accusations of antisemitism. Having a quota on Jews is not a sort of crime, it's self-governance. And if you keep a hateful mindset like that and act upon it, your future family will also run into troubles, as in the days of old.
My grandparents were survivors. But still thinking with an open mind the US had no obligation to take in millions of persecuted Jews & OTHER MINORITIES from around the world. There was a depression going on. In 1938 unemployment in the US was 19%, in 1939 it was 17.2%. During wartime most countries do not allow immigration as they have enough problems they're dealing with.
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Nonsense.
Many people settled the globe due to oppression elsewhere. My family came to Australia for a hope. The country delivered 🇦🇺
This is one of, if not thee most powerful discovery of ancestry I’ve heard.
We're glad you enjoyed the show and found the discovery very impactful, Brenda! PBS will show reruns from past seasons nearly every week. Be sure to tune in Tuesday evenings for more. Have a great evening!
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My family left Safed (modern day northern Israel) around the turn of the 20th century, and emigrated to Manchester.
It was not just the barbarism of the Ottoman Turks but also the poverty, illiteracy and hard life it was back then, meant that they and the Amdurer clan made that desperate move to England, Great Britain - a nation, a haven that I, and those who have ancestors like me should, be grateful to.
🙂 Not "Berdyczew" or "Berdiczew" but: Berdyczów! Now it is a town in Ukraine, but then it was in Poland! Russia occupied the territory of Poland (The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland). Józef Korzeniowski (100% Polish) known as Joseph Conrad, was born in Berdyczów. In Berdyczów Honore de Balzac married a Polish lady Ewelina Hańska. It was a famous town in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Thanks! I was wondering about the town
Yeah? Do you call Morris Duchonvny a liar?
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@@Magdal9347 Well, Moriss said it was Berdichev and Russia where he had been born... Not Berdyczew or Berdiczew or Berdyczów... I think Morriss knew better.
Using the above logic it is more correct to say, that until Russia it was a Lithuanian town... 🤣 It is all about how one interprets history
Today it is in Ukraine. I have bien there. There was à big jewish community.
I don't see how I could have endured what my ancestors did.
Thank you for sharing your past!
Duchovny’s family story sounds like a movie script.
Duchovny is awesome👍
Would be great to see “Hilaria” Baldwin on here just to clear things up once and for all 😂
2:59 Woah, does David Duchovny read Hebrew? I’m impressed
Can I watch the full episode somewhere? I always thought his family history but be very interesting (and shocking). I just found this, but it's only a part. I'd love to see all of it.
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Berdychiv is Ukraine now, Zhytomyr Oblast.
He looks just like his grandfather
He bears such a striking resemblance to his grandfather.
I love David's character on the X-Files
Looks like his grandfather
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Just wondering, how does the name Duchovny become Douharmi, and then back to Duchovny?
How do you even find that thread to connect all those dots with the names being so different?
Czechoslovakian
(Wow, check out the beautiful handwriting on that Ellis Island ledger!)
It's not the first episode when you are mislabeling contemporary territories of Belarus, Ukraine etc as Russia. His ancestors are not Russian Jews but Ukranian Jews, Berdichev is on the territory of Ukraine even if it was under Russian empire. In fact Russia didn't exist then, sometimes you correctly note it's Russian Empire but not clarify that in fact it's territories of Ukraine, Belarus, latvia, estonia, Lithuania, Georgia etc under russian empire. It's incredibly important, especially during the current climate of yet another russia's war of conquest to see and call out the imperial narratives which go far beyond the military, but also in the appropriation of people, places and cultures. When you are saying over a million of russian jews were forced to leave, it is not correct, they were not russian jews, some of them were. They lived under russian empire but they were polish jews, ukranian jews, belarusian jews, latvian jews, lithuan jews etc etc They often spoke local language (in Belarus they wrote belarusian with hebrew lettering and there were signs in hebrew in Mensk up to 1920) and have been living in these territories for centuries before the russian empire came to occupy these lands. Please pay attention to the names of the places, hire an expert in eastern Europe (an actual expert on the region with knowledge and understanding of local history and politics and not someone who labels everything as russian) it's been terribly inaccurate in many of your episodes.
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Well, all the documents from that time have Russia in them. Now it is all politicized but it is incorrect to call someone Ukrainian or Belorussian if he was actually a citizen of Russian Empire. If you had spent some time doing genealogy research on that region you would quickly realized that.... On the other hand you would see Palestine instead of Ottoman empire. Go figure! It would be great if these things were static and never changed borders but alas that is genealogy research.
@@santiagoTo What is with russian bots always opting out for latin sounding names? Everything is always political, then and now. So... Incorrect, in the documents, it would say Russian Empire. Russia didn't exist until 1991. Absolutely wrong, you would call someone Belarusian, Ukrainian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian, Armenian, Buryat, or Chuvash even if they were the subject of an empire. These Jewish people lived in their communities, often for centuries before the russian empire occupied them. What suddenly made them russian when we talk about them now? They were expelled from that empire based on them being Jewish, why now they would carry the name of that empire into the world as their own? You wouldn't say about someone who was born in america while it was a subject of British empire English, would you? How far back would you go wishing the borders didn't move to make your imaginary genealogy research easy? Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth? To Kyivan Rus? Ottoman Empire? British Empire? Roman Empire?
It was Russian empire back then. For example my great grandparents were born in Azerbaijan but since it was under Russian empire it states they were born in Russia.
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I love this guy!! I remember seeing him for the first time. An HBO series??? Red Shoe Diaries.
Thanks for watching, Parker! Some of us here at Ancestry are also big fans of David.
Incredible, thank you
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I can trace from myself back to my 5th great grandfather arriving in the U.S. in Philadelphia September 19, 1738 on a ship named “The Thistle” coming from Rotterdam and then Plymouth, England. 2 men named, of which one was supposedly his father and the othe an uncle, took the Oath. But I believe both men were actually uncles. Stories say they were from Cologne, Germany. I have found baptism records from the area which if correct, shows different parents for my 5th great grandfather. I may never know beyond these records the rest of my history.
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@@AncestryUS that did nothing to help
That was a better story than any I ever saw on X-Files. He made it to Hollywood in the Golden State. That is a long way to travel. Past Hollywood Florida, which is totally Jelly. Trotskys too!
He’s so adorable in “Return to Me.” One of my favorite rom-coms!!
Я поклонник этого, я поклонник самого Давид духовный, тоже, как и многие другие, но я вообще не знала, что его семья не из Америки. Я, наверное, знала: Максим чуть-чуть знала, а фамилии его, фамилии, его семьи, которого духовная фамилия почти у всех в семье, вот где я что-то знала, а то, что семья жила в Америке, я этого не знала, что они мигранты и. Из-за этого тяжело думать, что. Что это так? Душевный человек на самом деле, он. Он такой скромный и спокойный, меня удивляет. И у меня он остался как фок Малдера для меня, он остался как в других фильмах и столько лет прошли сериалы с его участием, я помню его теперь таким, как он был тогда. Меня удивляет-то. Я до сих пор не могу в это поверить, что где-то кто-то написал красавчик с русскими корнями и к перезагрузке было, это написано, я обалдела, говорю вот это, да неужели это так, что именно есть тот самый, да Ухов, который. Имеют такие русские корни, вот и хотелось бы узнать, росло в России написано. Да ещё и на карте изображено Россия большими буквами. Это что, я так думаю, что всё-таки? В начале удивило, что Польша. В Польше много русских людей живут на самом деле, сколько я знаю? Он больше. Не сильно какой-то многие думают, что русский русский человек, а он наполовину поляк. Половина из Польши, из-за этого кажется, что. Он знает этот язык, он не сильно его знает, но он его понимает русский, он его понимает, но я не знаю, может ли он ответить на этом языке, но русский он понимает, он может прочитать на русском языке, но ответить, я не знаю, может ли он. Ответить на русском языке вот это я не знаю. А то, что прочитать на русском он, может, и понимает ли он его, кто его знает? Тут тоже много таких вот моментов, но я так думаю, что. Копаться здесь можно долго, здесь долго уходят родословные другие корни, уходят долго-долго. Я радуюсь, что это кто-то писал красавчик с русскими корнями про секретные материалы, так писали, я до сих пор помню, это то, что было написано. Я, скорее всего, в фильме было написано там. Я смотрела этот фильм. Вообще не идёт про фильмы. Всё очень интересно и очень приятно, что затронули такие темы.
It's his GRANDFATHER.... this is not ancient history.... this is still within LIVING MEMORY.
I had caught a few Xfiles growing up but as a kid you don’t really understand to appreciate, you just know it’s unknown spooky stuff which is interestingly neat. I watched them all for the first time a few years back. What an amazing actor. Pretty interesting that family history, I knew he wasn’t half acting 😇. From Russia to Egypt, that’s Tunguska to Toom 👻.
Dave, I got Grandfather with an airport & mountain named after him. Never met him, but he saw them. I’ve seen them. I didn’t say anything, but I met a lady from the FBI, very smart person, very nice person. I asked if she liked the X-Files trying to break the ice, she just rolled her eyes 😁. Within 15ft 🧍🏼🛸. What can you say? This guy’s great 👏🏻👍🏻 My therapist, thanks Bro 😎
I love David ❤
the city of Berdychiv is not in Russia, but Ukraine.
So much world history to know!
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