Ed O'Neill Discovers Coal Mining and Civil War Struggles in Family History | Finding Your Roots
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- Опубликовано: 22 фев 2024
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The Great Potato Famine forced Ed O’Neill's ancestors to come to the United States, where coal mining and The Civil War would shape their lives forever.
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Ed O’Neill attended Ohio University in Athens, and Youngstown State University. Signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers, O’Neill was cut in training camp and worked as a social studies teacher before becoming an actor. He has appeared in a number of movies, including “The Bone Collector,” “Little Giants,” “Dutch,” “Wayne’s World” series and several films for Pulitzer Prize-winning screenwriter David Mamet: “The Spanish Prisoner,” “Spartan” and the indie film “Redbelt.” He has also voiced many notable characters such as Mr. Litwak in Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and the Hank the septopus in Pixar’s “Finding Dory”.
Best known for his role as Al Bundy on the FOX Network’s long-running sitcom “Married... with Children,” O’Neill’s television credits include the reincarnation of Sgt. Joe Friday on Dick Wolf's remake of “Dragnet,” the recurring role of Baker (D-PA), a potential vice presidential candidate, on the NBC drama “The West Wing,” the role of Detective Michael Mooney on David Milch’s CBS series “Big Apple,” and that of a retired cop on HBO’s “John from Cincinnati,” from the creator/producer of “NYPD Blue” and “Deadwood.” O’Neill also had stints on Broadway, starring in the productions “Lakeboat” and “Keep Your Pantheon.” Ed O’Neill starred as the patriarch Jay Pritchett on the hit show “Modern Family.” The role garnered him three Emmy® nominations for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series.
O’Neill recently wrapped “The Sterling Affairs” for FX where he portrayed the infamous businessman Donald Sterling.
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Finding Your Roots
Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. guides influential guests into their roots, uncovering deep secrets, hidden identities and lost ancestors. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of forgotten ancestors that transcend borders, illuminating an American root system fortified by its diversity.
This is amazing. Ed is considered my 2nd cousin. We’re related through the Quinlan family. Sadly, I don’t know much about the history through my maternal lineage. But thank you!
My grandfather went to the mines at 12 and was there till 22 then Army WW1
Like me Ed is Youngstown Ohio bread and born and my Welsh family has almost the same story my great grandfather was a miner in Wales and was a miner in Ohio after moving to the States with his wife and three oldest children,( my grandfather was one of the four more born here ) and my grandfather worked as a pipefitter at the U.S. Steel works as did my Uncle's and I was a steel worker my self at what was at the time called Youngstown Steel Door .
Clicked on his video cuz of his Irish last name and so I figured maybe his family’s history could look similar to mine. I saw Youngstown and was like “HA ok yeah probably a lot more similar then not” being that my dads whole family is from Youngstown! Really makes me want to dig more into my own family
Doing my family history, many of my relatives were killed in those
I had an uncle in Ohio who took a job working in a coal mine. After his first day his boss came to him with some paperwork and told him, you now qualify for "Black Lung Insurance" my uncle told him "You can keep this job."
Having 7 children and having to escape to a new world, to survive, they had to be tough. It’s amazing they were able to find any information in his family. The Language barrier alone would have been a challenge.
Perhaps Bridget went to work in the hospital in an attempt to know whether her sons were okay… and to tend the wounds of other mothers’ sons.
It did NOT “become known as the great potato famine”, it’s known as an Gorta Mór or The Great Hunger. The blight only affected the subjugated Irish, the English plantations and estates had a bumper harvest, food exports continued as the Irish natives suffered. There was no “famine”. It’s insulting to the memory of our dead and banished to call it so.
17 or 19 is not a boy in the 1860s. We get to be kids for a lot longer... Sounds like a family to be proud of.
Can confirm.
I began working in a steel mill on its railroad at the age of 17. One of my great-grandfathers, an Irish immigrant, joined the US army in 1860 at a young age.
Ed O’Neil was in the film ‘Cruising’ with Al Pacino. Awesome performance!!
You’re born, you struggle, you move away, you struggle, you die.
Really important point here--"brother killed brother" wasn't a metaphor or an exaggeration. That is the reality of not only The Civil War in America, but of wars like that before and since then. If that comes back to the US, it will be the reality and it won't go how anyone thinks.
He actually has a daughter named Claire?
I’m from Louisville. I wonder where the hospital was located. I’m sure I can go to the library.
I want to get famous for the sole purpose of having Dr. Gates do my family genealogy.
great clip-except the music is so much louder than the dialogue.
To ed as a former wv coal miner i have in a shaft mine welcome brother