I’m watching Season 3, episode 9 of “Sister, Sister” when Tia and Tamera were stuck out at sea in a boat. Tamera jokingly says to Tia “just pretend we’re on the Mayflower floating to Plymouth Rock.” The irony!!!
It's ironic because on the Finding Your Roots Episode, Tamera found out that she descended from Pilgrims that were on the Mayflower.@@AmandaFromWisconsin
Wow. And I’m very glad that it was pointed out that she embodies the very perplexity of race in America. She is of those who began this country as we know it AND those enslaved by those same people. Wow.
When Prof Gates says Tamera's ancestors were "here at ground zero for white people," technically the Plymouth settlement was predated by 13 years by the Jamestown settlement.
@@sr2291It can be pretty complicated for Black Americans though. I’ve done research for several Black friends and there isn’t a lot available before the early 1800’s. Black people had their identities stolen and erased.
William Brewster was my 12th Great Grandfather. He traveled on the Mayflower with my other pilgrim ancestors, John Howland, Thomas Rogers, Richard Warren, Mary Wentworth, Mary Winslow, and Edward Winslow. Plus a few others. They fall on both my paternal and maternal family tree. I just discovered this in the past few years, what a delight it is to discover history was such a huge part of me. Also exciting to find cousins such as Tamera. She also shares another cousin, who was in my senior class in high school, who is a descendent of W Brewster as well.
I wish they would do a behind the scenes episode! I’m really interested to know how long it took them to research her ancestry 13 generations back like this! That’s 400 years of history! It must have taken them a lot of time and effort to do this!
It takes months and sometimes years. However, the Brewster and Mayflower descendants are will documented so that wouldn't take any time at all to locate.
She is American before America was America!! How awesome! I bet Thanksgiving is a party at her house and has way more personal meaning to her family. This is so cool.
I would be embarrassed. Thanksgiving has been whitewashed by those who celebrate it, but these “settlers” abused, tortured and displaced Native Americans.
The only ones truly meeting that criteria are the Natives like the Wampanoag people mentioned here. The English were only the first of many to come later.
My father is a decedent of William Brewster. His family always lived in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He was a member of Mayflower Society. Tamera and I are related
I've always said Tamera is like....the princess of America. (She's so beautiful, graceful, Regal, classy, vulnerable, kind, empathetic, etc - everything a Disney princess would be) but this literally kinda makes her America's Princess - connected to both the oppressed and the oppressors, the rebels, the freedom seekers. She has that Dolly Parton factor - very likeable
She’s just one of those woman who keep getting better with age. Some times I forget that her and her sister are Hollywood royalty, because they are both so frekin funny.
Wow...the extremes of past to present and the trails of ancestry never cease to amaze! When I heard Brewster, I knew what was coming! Lol I've traced my roots to the Mayflower as well and to Jamestown and beyond....it's especially mind-blowing to realize these connections to history in our own families. Love her reaction!
Haha, I heard “Scrooby” and knew what was coming :). Both my mom’s parents descended from colonists who arrived in Massachusetts in the 1630s during the Great Pilgrim Migration (1620-1640).
This was the episode of Finding Your Roots that I was dying to watch. Tamera is still one of my favorite actresses 😍😍😍 I am so thrilled she got to find all this in order to be able to share with her children 💗💗💗
Yeah, I was looking forward to watching it all season too. I remember from their reality show when they discussed how their dad prioritized love to their mom and was ostracized from his family. So things have come full circle for her and her siblings.
@@hruodvan7081 I have multiple passengers from my great grandparent - great to meet you!! My family is all in Canada now so we don't study about the Mayflower, we studied Canadian History. What surprised me was how she didn't know much about the Mayflower, it's taught in schools isn't it with other American History? Don't get me wrong, I had to learn it on my own for my family tree, so I'm happy for her, I was just surprised that's all.
Only 105 passengers on the Mayflower. My reaction was the same as hers when I discovered Digory Preist and his wife are great grandparents of mine. Digory was one of the first to die. Great to see other descendants here and think about how are great grandparents embarked on that journey together.
102 passengers were on the Mayflower and 52 (exactly 1/2) all died in the first year after they landed in 1620. It's absolutely incredible how many descendants are alive today from just those remaining settlers. I had 10 passengers that I have officially proven that were my direct grandparents that sailed on the Mayflower and settled in Plymouth. I'm so thrilled for Tamara discovering new connections and details about her family's past.
I am also related to William Brewster (and wife, Mary). As well as William Bradford, Stephen Hopkins, and Giles Hopkins. All Mayflower passengers. Turns out the person who piloted the Mayflower (John Clarke) is also a descendant! Not a Pilgrim, but still cool. I also have some that weren’t on the Mayflower, but came shortly after. Mainly Thomas Prence, who was married to Brewster’s daughter. Prence is the 2nd longest serving Governor of Plymouth! I will take much pride in Thanksgivings from now on. As it’s not just a holiday, but now a family tradition! I already loved American history, and to know this legendary part of it lives inside me is amazing.
@@c.johnson1789 That part. The same "part," that was swept under the rug to create a "trip hazard" that America will always stumble over, but act as though it's not a "trip hazard."
Its so crazy and wonderful to be able to have an ancestor that made history and is represented in historical paintings our nation studies. I understand her complex feelings, but representing two sides of American history is such a full circle moment. This is probably one of the coolest reveals on finding your roots.
More American then apple pie and baseball. Shes nit the only mixed race person I know of with these roots . I have a friend who's a direct dependent of the mayflower, and a DAR. Fasansting .
I have something in common with her then. Stephen Hopkins is my 13th great grandfather and Catherine White is my 13th great grandmother. Both mayflower passengers. Stephen was a signatory and also present at the first Thanksgiving.
Angela Davis has the same ancestor. I know that many people are descendants of William Brewster, but Angela Davis was also a guest on “Finding Your Roots”.
Most of us are connected & related. We african American are taught as children...not surprised & has nothing with being pleased. Just want our roots that was stolen.
@@ifeifesi I don't think it's entirely fair to conflate those who _fled_ Europe to the New World for religious rights, and those who came from Europe for the purpose of imperialism into one. There may be some overlap but overall they're different intentions.
So fun to see her reaction. I have 3 11th great grandfathers on the Mayflower along with my 11th great grandmother. Stephen and Elizabeth Hopkins and Frances Cooke and William Brewster. Fascinating to discover this just recently.
I’m INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICAN and my half sister married a HOPKINS. My niece is a HOPKINS..🤣🥰🙆🏻♀️ I’m 3/4 degree of my Federally Recognized Tribe. I use to tease her and call them JOHN SMITH and POCAHONTAS. 🤦🏻♀️
Recently found out I'm also descended from Stephen Hopkins on my father's side. It's a small world. On my maternal grandmother's side I'm descended from Mary Uncas Atwell, so native American. This has so changed my perspective about love of my country .
I love Tamera's reaction. Her reaction is kind of reminding me of when she found out about her family history on the episode of the real. 😂 but wow this is emotional to find out more about where your family comes from but i think it's important to find out more about where we come from. Especially because one day Our kids are gonna want answers about where we come from.
I know the episode! And shoot - I’m a white woman and I tear up every time I hear Ms Barris say “That means your ancestors who were slaves survived and made it so you could be here at this moment.” That and seeing Tamera cry made me cry. You could tell she was just so moved by that.
I love me some Tamera!!! She is so funny, intelligent and real!!! ❤❤❤ I can absolutely relate to her struggle. My ancestor on my father's side signed the declaration of independence: Thomas Stone (signed right under John Hancock). My mother, full-blood Mohave. I am half native and half Irish.
This is just incredible! Wow that’s amazing! I’ll love to one day trace my family tree back that far one day in the future. Congratulations for her! That’s very cool and interesting to hear. Henry Gates is awesome!
These lands have seen so much strife… it’s a relief to hear about a time (even a short one) when people of very different cultures celebrated life together. I used to be down on thanksgiving because of the violent history that came after; but in hindsight, considering the centuries injustice, the original pact between the natives and the settlers seems all the more valuable, and inspiring. I wish that we could celebrate Thanksgiving everyday (minus the clogged arteries lol). Tamara is a living testament to the humanity that bridges our minor differences.
To where did it lead the Native Americans? 90% of them will die in the genocide that was the European colonization of humanity's reality. Thanksgiving is only the kiss of Judas. I feel sorry for the Natives trying to help the illegal European immigrants and getting killed and then haveing the Europeans rationalize the genocide as you do. No wonder many European Americans are afraid of immigration: not everyone immigrates as savagely as their ancestors did.
Native people feel very differently about the colonizers' idea of "Thanksgiving". We Natives call it a National Day of Mourning for everything we lost due to colonizer greed.
@@gnostic268 And I've met other Natives who love Thanksgiving because it's the one day of the year when everyone on their respective reservations has enough food to eat. There are nuances and differing opinions among every group.
@@iuile Just because you met somebody with a different opinion does not make their opinion any less valid or necessary to be heard. Whataboutism rejected.
That is amazing, spending your whole life learning about these significant moments in a country's history and looking at depictions not even realizing you're the kin of one of the pictured people
That was one of the most joyful of these clips I have seen :D Tracing your roots is always rewarding in it's own right but to find yours intersects with a point of wider 'history' must indeed be mind-blowing :)
I was guna say his name sounds incredibly familiar. It's crazy how the butterfly effect of history and lives can effect and touch different people, how life was created just to reach us now..
✨Tamara's story is beyond jaw dropping, had to watch it twice. Feeling so fortunate to have found this chan, these stories are quite beyond remarkable. But this, I promise to say no more. Watch and get your Mind Blown ~🌬
William Brewstser had children named Patience, Fear, Love, and Wrestling. Other descendants include President Zachary Taylor, VP Hannibal Hamlin, Nelson Rockefeller, Paget Brewster, Seth MacFarlane, Thomas Pynchon, Richard Gere, Sarah Palin, Kip Thorne, Julia Child, Bing Crosby, and Angela Davis, among many, many others.
As a Nottinghamshire citizen all my life this clip made me smile so much at her reaction ❤ much better than Angela Davis’ reaction to hearing about her Mayflower ancestors!
Bless her and all her family ❤ she is what all people in the world should be looking at. That we are all one ❤❤❤❤❤ I pray for the day we can join together with NO HATE.
@myrakeefer5977 If you would like to help end the division in our society, It needs to begin with people accepting that not everything told to them (especially if it was written down by some white guy) is the truth and have their minds open to the real truth.
And just to clarify, this is not about 'HATE', as you put it. This is about an entire native nation trying to correct history as it's been told to us. The fact that you want to label it as HATE tells me that you've got a lot to learn. 😪
@@annieabbott4243 my parents taught me that everyone IS equal, my whole family is a patch work quilt of race, religion. I don't believe that that books tell our lives.
Mr. White who died shortly after arriving, is my 10x great grandfather. I am directly related to his first son, Resolved. The first English person born in America is his brother, Peregrine, which means "traveller ".
My children are biracial, and I love how she embraces her ancestry. My kids are very interested in their white, black, native American and everything else that's melted in our DNA. History is wonderful when you have an open mind. We all come from somewhere, and sometimes DNA will surprise you. It did me.
William Brewster is my 12th great grand uncle. its so cool to be related to someone that I have grown up watching on tv and is my age. Elizabeth Tilley another person on the Mayflower is my 11th great grandmother
I too am a descendant of the Pilgrims. To be specific - William Bradford - the governor of Plymouth colony, and Myles Standish, the Captain of security for the colony.
Seeing her reaction to the complexity of American history, I felt a bit of relief (don't know that's the right word, but it'll do for now). I've been conflicted my entire life, having a 100% native grandmother, yet white grandfather. Grew up adopted in a white family, so wasn't steeped in native traditions. Constantly torn trying to honor my ancestors on the native side, yet also having to honor the side that oppressed my native ancestors. I know it's not my fault, but that battle still exists in me. Seeing Tamera's reaction, I felt it as much as I saw it on the screen.
I’m watching Season 3, episode 9 of “Sister, Sister” when Tia and Tamera were stuck out at sea in a boat. Tamera jokingly says to Tia “just pretend we’re on the Mayflower floating to Plymouth Rock.”
The irony!!!
How is that ironic?
It's ironic because on the Finding Your Roots Episode, Tamera found out that she descended from Pilgrims that were on the Mayflower.@@AmandaFromWisconsin
That's nuts!!! I love stuff like that 🤯
@@AmandaFromWisconsinDid you finish this video???
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Wow. And I’m very glad that it was pointed out that she embodies the very perplexity of race in America. She is of those who began this country as we know it AND those enslaved by those same people. Wow.
Always knew she and her twin n lil bro was special ...could tell
It all came full circle 3 centuries later with her generation without them knowing. Something great is at work here. It must be.
When Prof Gates says Tamera's ancestors were "here at ground zero for white people," technically the Plymouth settlement was predated by 13 years by the Jamestown settlement.
I mean, not to be a downer, but this happens when a slaveholder nonconsensually violates their slaves to produce more baby slaves
Mexicans and Peruvians.... the most mixed people of America, but at the same time, the most American. USA and America are not the same thing.
She's so lucky to be able to know that about her family. Wow
You can do research if you know where to look.
Blessed, not lucky.
@@sr2291It can be pretty complicated for Black Americans though. I’ve done research for several Black friends and there isn’t a lot available before the early 1800’s. Black people had their identities stolen and erased.
@@anellawritesAfter being sold by other BIack people
@@anellawrites😂
William Brewster was my 12th Great Grandfather. He traveled on the Mayflower with my other pilgrim ancestors, John Howland, Thomas Rogers, Richard Warren, Mary Wentworth, Mary Winslow, and Edward Winslow. Plus a few others. They fall on both my paternal and maternal family tree. I just discovered this in the past few years, what a delight it is to discover history was such a huge part of me. Also exciting to find cousins such as Tamera. She also shares another cousin, who was in my senior class in high school, who is a descendent of W Brewster as well.
I'm also a dependent from William brewster through love brewster and also william Bradford
Descendent
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@@theskull8637 - Hello cousin! Patience Brewster is my 11th g grandmother-
Waw, that is amazing!
Isn’t angela davis another descendant of William brewster?
I wish they would do a behind the scenes episode! I’m really interested to know how long it took them to research her ancestry 13 generations back like this! That’s 400 years of history! It must have taken them a lot of time and effort to do this!
It took me 1.5 years months to read 200 years of records to trace my tree 12 generations back.
My aunt did ours by hand/telephone/snail mail decades ago. We are Pilgrim descendants 17x over lol
How does the history show where she is biracial?
Once you find a connection to a historical person, the genealogy going back has already been done by historians.
It takes months and sometimes years. However, the Brewster and Mayflower descendants are will documented so that wouldn't take any time at all to locate.
I'm also a Brewster descendant. William Brewster was my 10th great grandfather. Nice to have another cousin!
Hello Cousin.
30th cousins. Yeah we share 0.00000000000000000000000000000001% dna.
She is American before America was America!! How awesome! I bet Thanksgiving is a party at her house and has way more personal meaning to her family. This is so cool.
I would be embarrassed. Thanksgiving has been whitewashed by those who celebrate it, but these “settlers” abused, tortured and displaced Native Americans.
Based on hypothetical information; sure.. lol
America has been written in history since 1507.
@@LettingGo757Jealous much!
The only ones truly meeting that criteria are the Natives like the Wampanoag people mentioned here. The English were only the first of many to come later.
This video needs to be shown on every TV station and passed around the internet. This is America.
Governor Ron DesRacist would not approve.
@@celestialnubian😂😂😂 so true!
@@celestialnubianwait how is he racist 🤡.
My father is a decedent of William Brewster. His family always lived in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He was a member of Mayflower Society. Tamera and I are related
Her thanksgivings will NEVER be the same!!
Right?? I totally thought the same thing!
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Her Thanksgiving will now become a religion!
I've always said Tamera is like....the princess of America. (She's so beautiful, graceful, Regal, classy, vulnerable, kind, empathetic, etc - everything a Disney princess would be) but this literally kinda makes her America's Princess - connected to both the oppressed and the oppressors, the rebels, the freedom seekers. She has that Dolly Parton factor - very likeable
couldn’t agree more. she is a light in this world.
Completely true. If Disney continues on the path of all these live actions, they'd be crazy to not cast Tamera as Princess Tiana.
What about Tia?
She is delightful. It’s about time people of color declare they are Mayflower descendants. We all share that rebellious spirit.
The USA is getting kicked out of America.
I got to go to a taping of Sister Sister when I was like 10 and I got to give Tamera a hug, it was the BEST.
Very cool. She's a Mayflower descendant. So cool.
its sad really
@@supernatural5354 why?
She’s just one of those woman who keep getting better with age. Some times I forget that her and her sister are Hollywood royalty, because they are both so frekin funny.
Please, please it’s “she and her sister”.
Make up helps... Women need to quit acting like makeup is a part of their face permanently..
@@BriBryBriBry you sound like you don’t like hearing other woman getting compliments.
Wow...the extremes of past to present and the trails of ancestry never cease to amaze! When I heard Brewster, I knew what was coming! Lol I've traced my roots to the Mayflower as well and to Jamestown and beyond....it's especially mind-blowing to realize these connections to history in our own families. Love her reaction!
Who is your Mayflower ancestor?
Haha, I heard “Scrooby” and knew what was coming :). Both my mom’s parents descended from colonists who arrived in Massachusetts in the 1630s during the Great Pilgrim Migration (1620-1640).
This was the episode of Finding Your Roots that I was dying to watch. Tamera is still one of my favorite actresses 😍😍😍 I am so thrilled she got to find all this in order to be able to share with her children 💗💗💗
What episode and season is this please
@@Dayz_will Season 9 ep 10
Yeah, I was looking forward to watching it all season too. I remember from their reality show when they discussed how their dad prioritized love to their mom and was ostracized from his family. So things have come full circle for her and her siblings.
My husband and I both had ancestors on the Mayflower. We were together way before we were together. 😂😂
That’s sweet. My family too. We descend from Richard Warren.
I'm also a descendant of the William and Mary Brewster, and it's always nice to see another cousin. 🙂
Me too, awesome
Me too on my Dad's side, five other passengers on my Mom's side!!
@@hruodvan7081 I have multiple passengers from my great grandparent - great to meet you!! My family is all in Canada now so we don't study about the Mayflower, we studied Canadian History. What surprised me was how she didn't know much about the Mayflower, it's taught in schools isn't it with other American History? Don't get me wrong, I had to learn it on my own for my family tree, so I'm happy for her, I was just surprised that's all.
One never knows 😉
You guys are so lucky to know this!!
This is by far my favorite of them all.
Happy for Tamara 🙂
her white family were the original colonisers
Oh she’s so sweet. Happy that she was able to know this information about her ancestors.
Even if I weren’t a fan of Tamera’s I would want to watch the full episode because this is *fascinating*.
I've always loved Tamera's energy, she's so fun to watch! This is such mindblowing news!
Only 105 passengers on the Mayflower. My reaction was the same as hers when I discovered Digory Preist and his wife are great grandparents of mine. Digory was one of the first to die. Great to see other descendants here and think about how are great grandparents embarked on that journey together.
Hello cousin.
👋
102 passengers were on the Mayflower and 52 (exactly 1/2) all died in the first year after they landed in 1620. It's absolutely incredible how many descendants are alive today from just those remaining settlers. I had 10 passengers that I have officially proven that were my direct grandparents that sailed on the Mayflower and settled in Plymouth. I'm so thrilled for Tamara discovering new connections and details about her family's past.
I am also related to William Brewster (and wife, Mary). As well as William Bradford, Stephen Hopkins, and Giles Hopkins. All Mayflower passengers. Turns out the person who piloted the Mayflower (John Clarke) is also a descendant! Not a Pilgrim, but still cool. I also have some that weren’t on the Mayflower, but came shortly after. Mainly Thomas Prence, who was married to Brewster’s daughter. Prence is the 2nd longest serving Governor of Plymouth! I will take much pride in Thanksgivings from now on. As it’s not just a holiday, but now a family tradition! I already loved American history, and to know this legendary part of it lives inside me is amazing.
That is so beautiful, that you had a relative at the First Thanksgiving, And said grace also. I love hearing these life past, in another lifetime.
One of the best episodes ever, very interesting family ancestory but also love her reactions to the information.
This is absolutely amazing!!! Such an exciting and beautiful heritage!
At 03:33 - this is why forgiveness between all is the step we cannot afford to skip when moving forward in unity between us. ❤
Forgiveness requires a proper apology and proper reparations.
The Bible says you are to forgive 70x7. You're supposed to forgive anyway, because holding a grudge hurts you.
Exactly❤❤❤
@@c.johnson1789 That part. The same "part," that was swept under the rug to create a "trip hazard" that America will always stumble over, but act as though it's not a "trip hazard."
Thats is CRAZY! Imagine hearing this story for years to find out your family was directly involved! Woah
Its so crazy and wonderful to be able to have an ancestor that made history and is represented in historical paintings our nation studies. I understand her complex feelings, but representing two sides of American history is such a full circle moment. This is probably one of the coolest reveals on finding your roots.
You can literally see her take this in...spiritually greatful for such a connection
Just WOW! She is the embodiment of American History! She is the beginning and the worst part of our history! She has definitely BRAGGED RIGHTS❤️
More American then apple pie and baseball. Shes nit the only mixed race person I know of with these roots . I have a friend who's a direct dependent of the mayflower, and a DAR. Fasansting .
The beginning is the worst part
I have something in common with her then. Stephen Hopkins is my 13th great grandfather and Catherine White is my 13th great grandmother. Both mayflower passengers. Stephen was a signatory and also present at the first Thanksgiving.
Angela Davis has the same ancestor. I know that many people are descendants of William Brewster, but Angela Davis was also a guest on “Finding Your Roots”.
Allison Janney and Ashley Judd too.
I imagine Angela Davis was not too pleased about that at all.
Most of us are connected & related. We african American are taught as children...not surprised & has nothing with being pleased. Just want our roots that was stolen.
@@ifeifesi I don't think it's entirely fair to conflate those who _fled_ Europe to the New World for religious rights, and those who came from Europe for the purpose of imperialism into one. There may be some overlap but overall they're different intentions.
@realtalk6195 At the end of the day, they are the same. The intentions might have started differently, but the end result is the same.
Hey cousin! He’s my 13th great grandfather as well!
So fun to see her reaction. I have 3 11th great grandfathers on the Mayflower along with my 11th great grandmother. Stephen and Elizabeth Hopkins and Frances Cooke and William Brewster. Fascinating to discover this just recently.
You have a cousin in the comments. Someone else mentioned being related to Hopkins
I’m INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICAN and my half sister married a HOPKINS. My niece is a HOPKINS..🤣🥰🙆🏻♀️ I’m 3/4 degree of my Federally Recognized Tribe. I use to tease her and call them JOHN SMITH and POCAHONTAS. 🤦🏻♀️
@@stephanieallangarman5598 Pocahontas married John Rolfe, not John Smith.
Recently found out I'm also descended from Stephen Hopkins on my father's side. It's a small world.
On my maternal grandmother's side I'm descended from Mary Uncas Atwell, so native American.
This has so changed my perspective about love of my country .
Best host ever for these.
That’s just amazing… something that will never be forgotten again. ❤❤❤ I love when history just connects in the most meaningful ways.
I love Tamera's reaction. Her reaction is kind of reminding me of when she found out about her family history on the episode of the real. 😂 but wow this is emotional to find out more about where your family comes from but i think it's important to find out more about where we come from. Especially because one day Our kids are gonna want answers about where we come from.
I know the episode! And shoot - I’m a white woman and I tear up every time I hear Ms Barris say “That means your ancestors who were slaves survived and made it so you could be here at this moment.” That and seeing Tamera cry made me cry. You could tell she was just so moved by that.
Awww I’m related to her! Biracial as well. Def on the white side through Brewster. Love this show SO much.
I love her expression
Wooo. That is got to be the coolest thing ever. When she sees that depiction now she knows that's her great grandpa. This blows my mind!!!
William Brewster and Mary Wentworth were my 14th Great grandparents.
I love Doctor Gates! I watch, every Tuesday night, here, in the Bahamas!
She is precious. I love this show.
This is sooo freaky AWESOME, LOVE that for Tamera! Family history is a AWESOME thing to look in to.
This was my favorite episode of this show! Just amazing
This is amazing! And John Lithgow is descended from William Bradford, another famous Mayflower settler.
Welcome to the club Tamera, glad to have you!❤😊
She’s so cute when she said “I feel seen!”. 😂
I love this clip! I'd love to see the whole episode. I'm so glad Tamara appreciates this information about her roots.
Simply. Fascinating.
Crazy!!! Can’t wait to see the whole episode!!!
I love this for her. She's such an amazing person❤
I love me some Tamera!!! She is so funny, intelligent and real!!! ❤❤❤ I can absolutely relate to her struggle. My ancestor on my father's side signed the declaration of independence: Thomas Stone (signed right under John Hancock). My mother, full-blood Mohave. I am half native and half Irish.
Whoa! Mind-blowing. Heartbreaking. Fascinating. I'm stunned.
This is just incredible! Wow that’s amazing! I’ll love to one day trace my family tree back that far one day in the future. Congratulations for her! That’s very cool and interesting to hear. Henry Gates is awesome!
Wow!! That’s so special to have such a story attached to this beautiful country😍
I grew up on Brewsters Road in Nottingham in England
She’s so beautiful.
Always, her and her twin sister.
These lands have seen so much strife… it’s a relief to hear about a time (even a short one) when people of very different cultures celebrated life together. I used to be down on thanksgiving because of the violent history that came after; but in hindsight, considering the centuries injustice, the original pact between the natives and the settlers seems all the more valuable, and inspiring. I wish that we could celebrate Thanksgiving everyday (minus the clogged arteries lol).
Tamara is a living testament to the humanity that bridges our minor differences.
To where did it lead the Native Americans? 90% of them will die in the genocide that was the European colonization of humanity's reality. Thanksgiving is only the kiss of Judas. I feel sorry for the Natives trying to help the illegal European immigrants and getting killed and then haveing the Europeans rationalize the genocide as you do. No wonder many European Americans are afraid of immigration: not everyone immigrates as savagely as their ancestors did.
Native people feel very differently about the colonizers' idea of "Thanksgiving". We Natives call it a National Day of Mourning for everything we lost due to colonizer greed.
@@gnostic268 And I've met other Natives who love Thanksgiving because it's the one day of the year when everyone on their respective reservations has enough food to eat. There are nuances and differing opinions among every group.
Yes, together. And then, somebody got greedy. We know what happened afterwards.
@@iuile Just because you met somebody with a different opinion does not make their opinion any less valid or necessary to be heard. Whataboutism rejected.
That is amazing, spending your whole life learning about these significant moments in a country's history and looking at depictions not even realizing you're the kin of one of the pictured people
That was one of the most joyful of these clips I have seen :D Tracing your roots is always rewarding in it's own right but to find yours intersects with a point of wider 'history' must indeed be mind-blowing :)
Crazy!!! Love this show 😊
This by far was my favorite episode. So cool.
I always thought Tamera what's so beautiful! I will think about your 13th great-grandfather and we'll say a prayer thanking him for our great feast
I was guna say his name sounds incredibly familiar. It's crazy how the butterfly effect of history and lives can effect and touch different people, how life was created just to reach us now..
He was one of the more famous pilgrims
That is insane! Wow. Must nd own indeed. How cool to be able to trace your roots to the first thanksgiving. Wow!
So beautiful! You can celebrate the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth
Wow talk about a history and background! Its amazing
What a linage!
This is amongst the coolest things I’ve ever seen.
Shock, Awe and Brilliance all at once and we got to watch her grow up or rather them.
✨Tamara's story is beyond jaw dropping, had to watch it twice. Feeling so fortunate to have found this chan, these stories are quite beyond remarkable. But this, I promise to say no more. Watch and get your Mind Blown ~🌬
Most incredible history I've ever heard of
William Brewstser had children named Patience, Fear, Love, and Wrestling. Other descendants include President Zachary Taylor, VP Hannibal Hamlin, Nelson Rockefeller, Paget Brewster, Seth MacFarlane, Thomas Pynchon, Richard Gere, Sarah Palin, Kip Thorne, Julia Child, Bing Crosby, and Angela Davis, among many, many others.
Wrestling!
After 13 generations one can have a lot of descendants ( thousands probably ), especially since most of that time people raised large families.
And the actress Jordana Brewster.
Funny thing is, Tamera dated Seth MacFarlane 😂
@@yourstrulyinthehoodie You can date your cousin 13 times removed. 😅👀
I’m from Nottingham, uk 🇬🇧
when you grow up spiritual and loving thanksgiving and it all finally makes sense
Wow, my ancestors came over on the Mayflower, too.
This is one of the best genealogy stories yet.
What an awesome story.
It’s a beautiful thing how people come together and it hasn’t stopped… we are all the same when we LOVE AS THE LORD would want us to…😉👍🏼❤️😉
I saw this on TV. What an amazing story. Study her family tree and learn about the past of this country.
As a Nottinghamshire citizen all my life this clip made me smile so much at her reaction ❤ much better than Angela Davis’ reaction to hearing about her Mayflower ancestors!
Has to be the most impressive one I’ve seen!
Bless her and all her family ❤ she is what all people in the world should be looking at. That we are all one ❤❤❤❤❤ I pray for the day we can join together with NO HATE.
@myrakeefer5977 If you would like to help end the division in our society, It needs to begin with people accepting that not everything told to them (especially if it was written down by some white guy) is the truth and have their minds open to the real truth.
And just to clarify, this is not about 'HATE', as you put it. This is about an entire native nation trying to correct history as it's been told to us. The fact that you want to label it as HATE tells me that you've got a lot to learn. 😪
@@annieabbott4243 I meant hate needs to stop.
@@annieabbott4243 my parents taught me that everyone IS equal, my whole family is a patch work quilt of race, religion. I don't believe that that books tell our lives.
I love this show !!!
Tamera is so beautiful, authentic and a great example ❤
Reading this on Thanksgiving makes me smile wow
Honestly it is a history so marvelous it is hard to believe. But, one thing is certain she and her sister would be 2 people that deserve it.
Mr. White who died shortly after arriving, is my 10x great grandfather. I am directly related to his first son, Resolved. The first English person born in America is his brother, Peregrine, which means "traveller ".
I descend from 6 pilgrims and 1 of the crew. Awesome discoveries for her and so many others.
This was fantastic!
My children are biracial, and I love how she embraces her ancestry. My kids are very interested in their white, black, native American and everything else that's melted in our DNA. History is wonderful when you have an open mind. We all come from somewhere, and sometimes DNA will surprise you. It did me.
William Brewster is my 12th great grand uncle. its so cool to be related to someone that I have grown up watching on tv and is my age. Elizabeth Tilley another person on the Mayflower is my 11th great grandmother
Tamera is adoreable. That smile of hers is amazing.
This phenomenal
I too am a descendant of the Pilgrims. To be specific - William Bradford - the governor of Plymouth colony, and Myles Standish, the Captain of security for the colony.
Seeing her reaction to the complexity of American history, I felt a bit of relief (don't know that's the right word, but it'll do for now). I've been conflicted my entire life, having a 100% native grandmother, yet white grandfather. Grew up adopted in a white family, so wasn't steeped in native traditions. Constantly torn trying to honor my ancestors on the native side, yet also having to honor the side that oppressed my native ancestors. I know it's not my fault, but that battle still exists in me. Seeing Tamera's reaction, I felt it as much as I saw it on the screen.
This episode is heads and shoulders above anyone I have watched