The Truth About JK Rowling's Secret Past | Who Do You Think You Are
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts author, JK Rowling explores her family tree in Who Do You Think You Are. She heads to Edinburgh to meet with her Auntie Marian, the last link to the French side of her family. When her mother Anne died, author JK 'Jo' Rowling had only just begun writing her Harry Potter novels. To her daughter's abiding regret, Anne never lived to see the boy wizard become a global phenomenon. Anne was keenly interested in learning more about her roots, but never found the time to explore her French genealogy. This is something her daughter wants to correct. It's the beginning of a personal journey that demolishes a long-treasured family story and reveals three generations of indomitable single mothers.
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In a rare television appearance, best-selling Harry Potter author JK Rowling sets out to investigate her French roots. Jo has always been intrigued by her late mother's French ancestry, but knows very little about it. Beginning her journey in Edinburgh, Jo's search takes her from The Savoy in London, to once-bloody battlefields and the back streets of urban Paris. Jo is especially keen to find out more about her great grandfather, Louis Volant. She knows that he was awarded one of France's most prestigious medals, the Legion d'honneur, for his actions during World War One. Jo wants to find out exactly what he did to win the honour. The trail leads to a surprising and shocking discovery. Pushing back further into her family tree, Jo discovers an ancestor who triumphed against the odds, despite her inauspicious beginnings, and discovers how a war almost transformed her family's identity forever.
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My mom has MS as well. She was diagnosed 32 years ago when I was 2. I remember reading and falling in love with the first harry potter book the year it was originally published. Only years later did i know that her mom also had MS and wed struggled through some of the same pain.
Oh wow, love that. I love JK Rowling! She will find out what the medal was for. Hopefully shares.
JK Rowling looks just like him. Amazing how genes can skip generations.
Less education back then, but wrote cursive beautifully. Kids today don’t know how to write cursive. 🤦🏻♀️
It's not like it's an important skill to have anymore. It's like knowing how to read an analog clock or a map, there's no need for it. I love writing in cursive, but I had to teach myself because it isn't taught in school. If you want your children to know how to read and write in cursive, you have to be the one to teach them.
Yes cursive is important. Some of us learn by writing notes and brainstorming by hand. How will they read historic documents that are in cursive?
@@elainagilbert7663 I have to say that I still use an analogue clock several times every day, and that I will sometimes look at paper maps too.
But I never had any use for cursive writing since I never had to use the kind of pen, that has to be dipped in an inkwell.
My teacher in 2nd grade forced it upon my class decades after it went obsolete without explaining what it even was good for.
And it also gave me a grudge towards it, that I can't fully get rid off even today.
When I saw that no other teacher expected me to use cursive writing already in 1995, I decided to not bother with it after that...
@@zellahIt is very much possible to learn how to read old documents without using cursive writing in your modern everyday life.
I mean, some people can read cuniform or hieroglyphs, and yet, it is not like most people have to learn it.
I understand that, but I wasn't saying nobody uses these things. I said they aren't useful skills to have in this day and age. I can't stand when older generations complain about the things kids don't have today without realizing there are reasons for that.@@Furienna
That is an amazing box of treasures she has kept over the years! I hope they will be scanned and preserved.
@T.M. POWERS what's your problem? If you don't like JK Rowling then don't watch the video.
@T.M. POWERS I'm referring to JK Rowling as a person. Her books have nothing to do with this program.
I had no idea JK was so beautiful. Definitely a beautiful mind to make HP!
Jo, sweetheart, you need to get that personal correspondence of his and hers typed. Those papers are so fragile. Please do something to preserve them for future generstions.
I wish these playlists were in order without repeats and missingbepisodes.
J k looks very like louis
I believe that loved ones are often here to protect us. Some of the greatest earner have a loved one gone bevor their success and I like to think that they were guarded by them to achieve their goals. So having this believe system I am pretty sure her mum knows about her success because she might be the reason of it.
What are the chances they share a bday?! How awesome.
It would be great if she not only documents her experiences of her journey but also transcribes the letters.
An example of how family members often live with a falsehood all their lives. I know the Legion of Honor gets sorted out later, but you must verify everything when researching your tree.
nice but why upload something wich is allready only from 8 or 9 years ago? with nothing new in it?
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We love her for standing up for actual women everywhere in a time where people are trying to redefine the word to fit their identity politics. We exclude trans identifying males, not trans men, which are born female.
@@orsors2129 Stop being scared of trans people.