Jason Sudeikis learns about his great-gandfather's secret...

[@arnasLT.]

I am Lithuanian and my grandad who is still alive at 93 years old was born and lives in Kražiai, Lithuania where Jason Sudeikis's great-great grandparents got married. Interestingly, Jason's great-great-grandmother Marijona Gečaitė shares a surname with my grandad's ex-neighbours Gečai who moved to a larger town called Kelmė nearby. I am wondering whether they are related as the town never had more than 2,000 people living it in since the beginning of 20th century.

[@frankelepartners]

My grandfather had several families. He came from Europe and married in NY then came to Phila and made my mother and her brother. He was thrown out by my Phile grandmother and returned to Europe leaving two families and then returned to Phila and made another family after WWII, Lots of people came from Europe in the 20th century and we wouldn't be born if they hadn't.

[@faithfulfayable]

My great grandfather did the same thing. Had 2 families, one in Iowa and the other one is Kansas. I am from the Kansas side and my Grandfather was one of the youngest of around 10 kids left behind. My grandpa was in the 3rd grade when his father abandoned them.

[@renanromanov6466]

I love this series, but I'd love It much more if they invited common people as me and you as well.

[@Octopat]

Agreed. Supposedly I have pirate ancestry, a whole set of long lost (distantly related) French-Canadian family

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Speak for yourself - I ain't common

[@renanromanov6466]

@@Octopat Yep, many of us who aren't really famous have really interesting genealogies to present. And that you also be a opportunity for others to learn.

[@patriciachirgwin3238]

You’d have to hire a genealogist to do this. I suppose they think they wouldn’t get the ratings if they didn’t have celebrities…

[@gingertitus7403]

I for one would watch if the guests were not famous. It's not interesting because it's the ancestry of celebrities. It's interesting no matter who the person is.
I think they just use celebrities because they already know how to be on camera.

[@cometgirl217]

These are always so fascinating!

[@bcperry1973]

Papa was a rolling stone!

[@pmccoy8924]

My great grandmother from Ireland was knocked up by a "lodger" from Ireland after she moved to the US. It was my namesake great grandfather's best friend from home. He was at work. My grandfather was conceived. Nobody knew this until Ancestry DNA.

[@shainazion4073]

To check if signatures match, turn them upside down and check the slant and shape of the letters. It is easier, as it doesn't look like words just shapes.

[@beinspired1487]

One of my great-grandfathers did the same thing, he kicked his wife and daughter to the curb and got married to my great-grandmother. Both of his families lived really close to each other, but so far we haven't found any record of him getting a divorce, so as far as we are concerned he was a bigamist. Recoord keeping isn't what it is today.

[@lindat7525]

My great-great grandfather did the same thing. Although the first wife listed herself as a widow after he left her. My very pragmatic Mom said that was just how things were done back then. There was at least one more woman he left behind in his home country, maybe two, because he left 2 sons, but we don't know if he married there. A very busy man, he had 18 children by the time he was done.

[@elhuddleston17]

Our family tree has bigamy in it too. Guess in the old days we didn't have internet to catch them.

[@laurarollins7467]

Ours also had bigamy. It seems it was easier to disappear back then.

[@joemadden4160]

Mine as well.
If one was Catholic or Protestant, and had little or no access to legal representation, you walked away and restarted.
Common in the early part of the 20th century.

[@user-wl1et4rb6x]

I am amazed no one considered at Jason’s grandfather might have had been in world war two, he died at the age of 32 in 1947 which seems to make sense. He might have been in the war and affected by it that might have caused his drinking and refusal to work he might’ve had a mental breakdown as a result of service. It was never addressed in the show, but it should have been a consideration, given by the genealogist, even just merely off of the timing and the years.

[@theodoreperkoski1951]

here is an interesting piece of information. The first marriage record was in Latin. It was a Church record, kept in the Church where they were married in Chicago. it would be interesting to check the second marriage license to see where it was performed, in a church or a Justice of the Peace. If it was at the Justice of the Peace then Stanley would have been aware of the family in Chicago.

[@andybenderowski6086]

Stanley Sr came from place Kražiai,small town in Lithuania.The only thing not lithuanian about him is his name.Most likely he chose to be called Stanley in Us .There are no lithuanians named Stanley.He married a woman ,surname Gečaitė,that is an indicator ,she was born in Lithuania too.Lithuanian female surnames show woman’s position in the family.f.e. Gečaitė is a daughter of a man Gečas,while a wife of Gečas would register as Gečienė.It’s an ancient lithuanian tradition,that is under fire from feminists nowadays.🤷

[@user-mw4iq1kz7z]

Wow!How interesting!Great hi story Bielskis family!

[@amilcareschettini5881]

The good old days when you have mutliple families and no one would know. Now everything is online. Thanks alot Bob Kahn and Vinton Cerf.

[@ReturnOf2008]

I realize title is spelled “gandfather”

[@ziogas2000]

its probably one of those stories where his great-grandfather emigrated with his wife and kids from Lithuania, somehow settled in,
but eventually, something happened and he found love or benefits from marriage with US citizen and having a daughter

[@tiffanyperry3671]

can’t find nothing about my chinese ancestors know a little about my samoan ancestors not enough about my great great grandfather from fiji other then he left to go to samoa to marry my great great grandmother who was a princess of samoan royalty i enjoy watching famous pepole find out about there ancestors no knowledge about my european ancestors from Portugal too needs lots and lots of money to do these ancestors stuff hoi hoi hope someday i can find out a little bit more about my ancestors 🙏🙏🙏🙏💙💙💙💙

[@nickychimes4719]

Jordan Klepper, Jason Sudeikis, Rick Astley...
Brothers???

[@Atuchy]

This makes sense that Ted Lasso has so much to do with fathers...

[@teriannebeauchamp254]

It might not be bigamy. Divorce was shameful at the time, so the first wife might have lied to the census taker

[@ML-ul2zq]

That's a good point.

[@HRHDMKYT]

They searched for divorce records and found none.

[@KylieJonkman]

I’d love to know more about my crazy family on both sides, but have no idea where to start?! Any tips?

[@carokat1111]

Start with what you know and build a tree. I'm a huge fan of Ancestry but I pay for a subscription in order to access all of the records they have - and they have lots. I knew nothing when I started in 2008. Now I have 2200 people in my tree and I have researched a lot of them.

[@gerardhiggins4827]

My uncle Francie done the same thing..he had 8 kids with his wife in ardee in Co Louth and secret family of 7 kids up in Dublin…he was caught out in the 90s😂

[@God-es3oo]

bloody hell guy never strapped up did he😂

[@aerenprice]

I need more people telling people how to go to Ancestry and where to click and what to type.....

[@nickychimes4719]

It's not Mill, it's Nell!

[@frozenwarning]

“gand-father” is spelled wrong.

[@jeanneamato8278]

They don’t spend this kind of money on common, non famous folks like us.

[@nancylarrea9396]

A lot of immigrants had 2 families

[@petert1692]

That means everyone except for the original peoples.

[@phoebesmith9089]

Gandfather? Lol

[@samhammer1134]

Does census still exist? Lol ive never seen one and im 42

[@tajr.2650]

They come in the mail every seven years. You def should have received one at some point. Very odd.

[@samhammer1134]

@tajr.2650 I used to move alot... but I probably wouldn't fill it out anyway

[@tajr.2650]

@@samhammer1134 it’s clearly helpful for relatives when researching genealogy, etc. Importantly, it’s how the government decides how to distribute funds and assistance to states and localities. Just keep that in mind.

[@kelsey3647]

Yep. ​​⁠There are state and federal. The 2020 US census collection was impacted by the pandemic, but you def received mail & then door knocks if you did not respond, which you could do electronically (a first). There were also plenty of ad campaigns. I’m younger than you, and I know I’ve completed the questionnaires across the decades. Not meaning this harshly, but there’s gotta be some willful disregard here. And as previous poster mentioned, it’s used to determine # of seats in the House, etc. aka significant. And for those of us interested in genealogy, it can be helpful in ancestry research, though def imperfect.

[@katesleuth1156]

@@samhammer1134It’s unlawful to not fill in the census. Just saying.

[@MarkCranerium]

“Gandfather’

[@yqrgirl7125]

Great-“gandfather”? 😠

[@mollyjonesreacts]

😂What exactly is a gandfather?

[@fayesouthall6604]

R u being funny 😁

[@rbwirth12]

Jason Sudeikis learns that he should've stopped Ted Lasso after two seasons.

[@samsummer8382]

It's nice to be nice

[@fayesouthall6604]

Hush

[@user-je1ue2ff6e]

Gesaite (Lithuania last name)