The scene where he sees a photograph of his grandfather for the first time needs to be added. Andy looks so much like his grandfather. There is no denying that they are related.
"How do you feel now, funny man?" I didn't expect that line, but it was terrific to see Andy's reaction to finding out about his grandmother and the impact it would have on his mother.
I knew someone who was adopted as a baby, she loved horses and dedicated her life to working with them. When she tracked down her birth mother, she discovered that she also loved horses and had owned her own stables, sadly they never got to meet, but it's interesting how these interests seem to come from parent to child, perhaps just a coincidence.
Finding Your Roots is one of my favorite shows. I look forward to seeing the rest of this episode. Henry Louis Gates is one of my favorite interviewers of all time. He comes across as being so compassionate and sensitive.
The fact that they both shared the love for working with children and didn’t know each other hits home for me personally. My birth mother was a special ed elementary teacher and she died when I was five days old. I have always had a love for working with young kids and am an early Ed aide and work really well naturally with special needs children. And my birth mom’s career didn’t cross my mind till after I knew my path in life had to involve working with kids. So I’ve wondered about how if that’s a coincidence or something that can be passed on as well and that’s crazy to me that it’s happened to another daughter who never knew her biological mom. According to family she was just herself with kids and could be awkward around adults, just like me and I couldn’t of learned it from her and I didn’t know that about her till I was older. This just really makes me wonder.
@@mikrobyo1790 There are many reasons for adoption sometimes it’s giving your child a better life. If I don’t know the circumstances I try not to judge the world is hard we all are trying to stay a float the best we can. I also don’t see why you had to comment that on my comment as my comment was about how biology can connect us in mysterious ways and I told a heartfelt story to me I don’t get why you had to add your judgment on my comment. If you have to say that fine that’s your right you just didn’t have to add it to my comment.
I had to go buy this episode so I could see the full story and boy was it worth it. I'm so glad you were able to help him and his mother connect with her family.
@@JustSomePerson8 Andy's grandmother, Ellen, was a German born Jewish woman who immigrated to the U.S. and was taking classes at Berkley. She also worked and took classes at the California Labor School where she met Sicilian born Salvatrore Maida who was stationed near Berkley while serving in the U.S. Navy. They don't say why Andy's mom was placed for adoption but it seems that Ellen was a pregnant unmarried woman in school and Salvatore was only around for a short time being that he travelled in the Navy. I would assume that is the reason why Andy's mom was eventually placed for adoption.
My favorite part of this episode is when they find the photo of his mother‘s birth mother with his mother‘s birth father from the date they went on. Just amazing. Nobody gets that.
Henry Louis Gates Jr! He and his team made all of this possible! Some smart, clever people, plenty of hard work and a lot of resources uncovered this information for Andy and his mom. Utterly fantastic!
I know exactly how he feels. My mom never knew her real dad. He walked out when she was six months old and tried to return when she was about 6 but my grandmother wouldn’t let him. She found him through ancestors by contacting one of her 12 siblings from her biological dad. She got his number and confronted him. He apologized and they talk on a semi regular basis. Although, her steps father is her dad. Rip papaw.
So cruel that your grandmother did that. She didn’t need to get back with him but it’s cruel mostly for your mother, not getting the chance to grow up with her father. Glad they reunited eventually though
@@jjgems5909 I don't think she did it out of cruelty though, she probably thought she was doing it in her granddaughter's best interests... Or not, maybe she did let her personal vendetta take over her; the point is - we don't know what happened and therefore can't judge.
@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 Prolly in her daughter's best interest. If the poster's mother has 12 siblings from her biological dad - prolly with more than just one woman - this doesn't sound like the type of man a woman needs in her life. Grandma knew best.
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I actually bought this episode and it did not disappoint because I wanted to see everything about his mom finding her people. Prob one of the best episodes. ❤
I found my dad’s biological family via an Ancestry DNA test. He had passed on already, and so had his biological mother (they died the same year, actually within a couple of months of each other.) But I was able to get in contact with a lot of cousins, and his brother. I met his brother and his adult son last year and, and it was such a special time. I wish my dad had been alive to get to meet his brother, and realise that he wasn’t so different after all. My dad growing up never felt like he fit into his family, his dad didn’t like him, and he just felt like he didn’t belong. He wasn’t told until he was 43, that he was adopted, and though I pushed and pushed, he was never ready in his lifetime to discover his roots. He wanted to, he just asn’t ready. He died at 62. I know when meeting his family and uncovering his family, that my dad was with me. It really is a beautiful thing.
I've had the biggest crush on Andy Samberg since I was like 20..... And my friends laughed at me and said he isn't cute. I think he's so dashing and funny. I'm 36 now and it endures 😩🙆🏾♂️😂
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Thank you, Ancestry, and Andy for helping find that connection to your mom. So special, your mum now has a cousin. So grateful for this technology and it being able to bring people together. Much Love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺
Thanks so much for getting in touch. While shows like Finding Your Roots does typically dive into the family histories of celebrities, their production team is in charge of casting and finding individuals to feature. Earlier this year they had an open casting call for anyone that was interested in appearing on the show, though castings did close a few weeks ago and we are not sure when or if they will offer that opportunity again. We would recommend following them on their own social media pages for any news. You may also be interested in our shows "Roots Less Traveled" and "A New Leaf" as well, which do follow everyday people's journeys of family research. Alternatively, if you have any questions on starting your research yourself, please don't hesitate to reach out. Our DNA test can be a great first step when searching for biological family memberships, which you can learn more about here: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Finding-Biological-Family Thank you again for your comment, and have a great day!
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@@AncestryUS I’ve had my dna tested but my first cousin seems to be on hard drugs and she won’t message me back with anything useful. Also some of my relatives i’ve matched with are adopted so that’s another dead end
@@AncestryUS Ancestry bot idk if you’re reading this love but actually the dude everyone thought my dad was is my dad lmao someone i matched which is actually his cousin with a different last name
I found my biological grandma and she wanted nothing to do with me. I felt bad for even looking for her. Obviously, she chose to separate. Best of luck to anyone that does this.
Were you adopted? I hope your adopted family wasn't hurt by your rejection of them to go hunting for some person who was only related to you by genetics.
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He did it for hims Mom though, so that's not really ''kindness'' but just being a good loving Son... (not saying that he isn't but your bar to define kindness seems low)
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@michaelharris8228 Oh!!! Because you said so, now I changed my entire view, person whom I cannot see. I won't ask how you knew about the hood! Must be my differing view since different views are bad. Thanks for clarifying! 🫡
Never heard of Andy Samberg, but this is fascinating. Reading the documents that are in the video, his maternal great grandfather and grandmother were both musicians and actors (Being Jewish and Central European, that's not overly surprising, but still...) His mother and maternal grandmother both worked closely with children, that has to be more than coincidental. As a physician, I've always asked what else is locked into DNA? It has to be much, much more than a string of 20 thousand independent proteins that magically just come together into a human or a horse. Imprinting into a future brain, well that's mind blowing!
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Ancestry is amazing I learned about my family. Some I'm proud of and some I'm not proud of. If you want to know the truth about your family you will find out. I went back into the late 1400s. My family doesn't want to accept the truth about our family. The truth is the truth 💯
Louise Wise Services is the same company in the documentary Three Identical Strangers which uncovered long term psychological testing on identical siblings separated at birth and given to different parents.
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@@sr2291 i mean have an actual expert sit with me after discovering some answers to questiions about my family before the year 1725,which my family tree is stuck at even after connecting the European records
His mom was there when they recorded - they had to stop filming as she burst into tears behind a curtain in the room when they revealed the picture of her biological mom.
@@caterinabandiera7529 The episode misses out the fact that the agency his mom was adopted from was in New York, and Andy's mom and dad moved to Berkeley as adults having no idea that's where his mom's biological parents were from. Which makes it more incredible. They might have been living near his mom's cousins, nieces & nephews for decades without ever knowing it if they stayed in Berkeley too.
Since humans have tons of electrical impulses happen inside our bodies I’m sure during a time of intense emotion we can leave behind an energy fingerprint in the area, especially trauma. This is what I think “ghosts” are - left behind energy that replays like a recording.
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I BET HER MOM WAS YOUNG AND HAD HER OUT OF WEDLOCK. BACK THEN THE ONLY OPTION WAS TO PUT YOUR CHILD UP FOR ADOPTION IF THE MOTHER WAS YOUNG AND IN A HOME OF UNWED MOTHERS, UNFORTUNATELY. ALL RECORDS WERE ALSO SEALED REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CHILD OR EITHER BIOLOGICAL OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS WANTED. 💔.
geneology is the best way to show humans how closely bonded in blood we are to one another. stuff like 6% of your genes are just demonstrably visible to indicate we are all so similar and that races are just divisional concepts. we are one species, and races are just branches on that tree.
ALWAYS WONDERED why other families don't keep their own records. I can trace my family on both sides back over 350 years (15 generations). Along with what they did for a living for most. I have have photographs of my great great grand parents and up until now. Also have color movie film of my mother and her family when she was just 8 years old in the mid 1940's up until now.
One or more of the following reasons: Lack of money, lack of literacy (especially before 1900), horrible parents that a person wanted to forget, lack of interest. Very few people could afford home movies, especially colored ones. We can't all come from privileged backgrounds.
I guess your ancestors didn't get chased from country to country and have their names changes against their wills everywhere they went. I guess your ancestors weren't war orphans or genocide survivors. I guess your ancestors didn't have to escape a country in the middle of a night, taking nothing but what they could keep in their pockets, or descendants of slaves whose families were busted up and split against their will hundreds of years ago. I guess your ancestors aren't from parts of the world where food and basic survival are the only priorities people can afford to have. I guess you're also not aware that there are things like house fires, floods and even misplaced moving boxes that can destroy historic photos and documents, and that prior to this century, those documents weren't backed up digitally because there was no such thing. Well, whoopee for you.
I barely know how my grandmother looks like (I have 2 photos only, and her face is blurred on both) she was born in 1926. My grandfather is not sure where his brothers and sisters are buried, he was born in 1923. I’m from Eastern Europe and my country was constantly torn apart, I doubt there is much evidence of their existence since documenting their lives was a last thing they would think about when struggling.
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Andy’s love for his mother is so touching! Which women in your family have impacted you most?
My great grandmother came to America in 1918 and I am forever grateful for her taking that journey.
My paternal grandmother who instilled in her descendants who they were and where they came from. The family historian.
All the women who came before me on my paternal line are all amazing, hardworking, and gorgeous women.
My mom and one of my paternal great-grandmothers. 💙
My grandmother. She was my kindred spirit. I miss her terribly.
The scene where he sees a photograph of his grandfather for the first time needs to be added. Andy looks so much like his grandfather. There is no denying that they are related.
I was gonna say the exact same thing!!!
Wait where did you find that picture
@@allisonrickert9161 it’s in the video when they showed the picture of his grandmother. He’s wearing a hat.
@@allisonrickert9161 I watched the whole episode when it first aired on PBS years ago.
I'm so used to Andy never being serious that I thought this was a giant joke that she was making fun of the show until I actually started watching it😂
"How do you feel now, funny man?" I didn't expect that line, but it was terrific to see Andy's reaction to finding out about his grandmother and the impact it would have on his mother.
Sad that Ellen died in 2010. She could easily have been watching Andy Samberg on television and not realized he was her grandson.
Yeah doing “d!ck in a box”. She’d have been so proud
They said that Ellen died in 2007 and not 2010.
She knew.
@@acephas3 How would she have known?
The experiments the “child psychologist” were doing on children 🤮
You can see how much he loves his mother in his eyes.
It's so sweet! 😢
I knew someone who was adopted as a baby, she loved horses and dedicated her life to working with them. When she tracked down her birth mother, she discovered that she also loved horses and had owned her own stables, sadly they never got to meet, but it's interesting how these interests seem to come from parent to child, perhaps just a coincidence.
Not.
It's obviously not a coincidence, many traits/predispositions are hereditary/passed genetically. Standard biology, really.
I've heard several other stories like this, not coincidence. ❤
I wish they would have info on why she was abandoned.
When I found my birth father, we discovered that we have a lot of the same favourites!
Finding Your Roots is one of my favorite shows. I look forward to seeing the rest of this episode. Henry Louis Gates is one of my favorite interviewers of all time. He comes across as being so compassionate and sensitive.
Nobody does it like Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., we're so lucky to have him 🙌
Andy is pure and genuine- i wish him nothing but warmth, light, and happiness.
But a comedian he is not, a shameful representation of the same tribe that Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David cone from
get lost @@NoName-bb2pu
@@NoName-bb2puyeah no, good try tho
@@XArkProductionsX he isnt funny, that is true
@@NoName-bb2pu larry david is funnier i agree, but jerry seinfeld has never been funny
The fact that they both shared the love for working with children and didn’t know each other hits home for me personally. My birth mother was a special ed elementary teacher and she died when I was five days old. I have always had a love for working with young kids and am an early Ed aide and work really well naturally with special needs children. And my birth mom’s career didn’t cross my mind till after I knew my path in life had to involve working with kids. So I’ve wondered about how if that’s a coincidence or something that can be passed on as well and that’s crazy to me that it’s happened to another daughter who never knew her biological mom. According to family she was just herself with kids and could be awkward around adults, just like me and I couldn’t of learned it from her and I didn’t know that about her till I was older. This just really makes me wonder.
she is great with kids but why abandon her child.
@@mikrobyo1790 There are many reasons for adoption sometimes it’s giving your child a better life. If I don’t know the circumstances I try not to judge the world is hard we all are trying to stay a float the best we can. I also don’t see why you had to comment that on my comment as my comment was about how biology can connect us in mysterious ways and I told a heartfelt story to me I don’t get why you had to add your judgment on my comment. If you have to say that fine that’s your right you just didn’t have to add it to my comment.
Andy Samberg wearing glasses makes him look like he could be my CPA agent
CIA
This show is one of the best on RUclips. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a genius.
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I had to go buy this episode so I could see the full story and boy was it worth it. I'm so glad you were able to help him and his mother connect with her family.
Why did his mother not know her mother?
@@JustSomePerson8 Andy's grandmother, Ellen, was a German born Jewish woman who immigrated to the U.S. and was taking classes at Berkley. She also worked and took classes at the California Labor School where she met Sicilian born Salvatrore Maida who was stationed near Berkley while serving in the U.S. Navy. They don't say why Andy's mom was placed for adoption but it seems that Ellen was a pregnant unmarried woman in school and Salvatore was only around for a short time being that he travelled in the Navy. I would assume that is the reason why Andy's mom was eventually placed for adoption.
@@christinesmith20 thank you so much that makes sense now
My favorite part of this episode is when they find the photo of his mother‘s birth mother with his mother‘s birth father from the date they went on. Just amazing. Nobody gets that.
Henry Louis Gates Jr! He and his team made all of this possible! Some smart, clever people, plenty of hard work and a lot of resources uncovered this information for Andy and his mom. Utterly fantastic!
I know exactly how he feels. My mom never knew her real dad. He walked out when she was six months old and tried to return when she was about 6 but my grandmother wouldn’t let him. She found him through ancestors by contacting one of her 12 siblings from her biological dad. She got his number and confronted him. He apologized and they talk on a semi regular basis. Although, her steps father is her dad. Rip papaw.
So cruel that your grandmother did that. She didn’t need to get back with him but it’s cruel mostly for your mother, not getting the chance to grow up with her father. Glad they reunited eventually though
@@jjgems5909 I don't think she did it out of cruelty though, she probably thought she was doing it in her granddaughter's best interests... Or not, maybe she did let her personal vendetta take over her; the point is - we don't know what happened and therefore can't judge.
@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 Prolly in her daughter's best interest. If the poster's mother has 12 siblings from her biological dad - prolly with more than just one woman - this doesn't sound like the type of man a woman needs in her life.
Grandma knew best.
5:08 😢 me sobbing because it's so beautiful to see a son talk about his mom this way.
This is one of the most compelling and interesting roots story! So heart warming! ❤
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I actually bought this episode and it did not disappoint because I wanted to see everything about his mom finding her people. Prob one of the best episodes. ❤
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I especially loved the end where they meet the family!
Where do you buy episodes at?
@@RawrRena I think I did it on Amazon
"actually"
Of all the Finding Your Roots episodes I've seen over the years, this is the one I got the most invested in as I was watching.
Andy has such an amazing story and bond with his mom. Great episode for sure!
I found my dad’s biological family via an Ancestry DNA test. He had passed on already, and so had his biological mother (they died the same year, actually within a couple of months of each other.) But I was able to get in contact with a lot of cousins, and his brother. I met his brother and his adult son last year and, and it was such a special time. I wish my dad had been alive to get to meet his brother, and realise that he wasn’t so different after all. My dad growing up never felt like he fit into his family, his dad didn’t like him, and he just felt like he didn’t belong. He wasn’t told until he was 43, that he was adopted, and though I pushed and pushed, he was never ready in his lifetime to discover his roots. He wanted to, he just asn’t ready. He died at 62. I know when meeting his family and uncovering his family, that my dad was with me. It really is a beautiful thing.
This is by far one of my favorite episodes...they found every little gem there was to find for Andy! He looks just like his grandfather!
Any common DNA with Chevy Chase?
I've had the biggest crush on Andy Samberg since I was like 20..... And my friends laughed at me and said he isn't cute. I think he's so dashing and funny. I'm 36 now and it endures 😩🙆🏾♂️😂
He totally is dashing!
You have an amazing voice by the way.
@@Pinkclouds512 thank you so much 💛
You make so many people feel good when they are feeling bad. Dude.
HOW DID I NOT HEAR ABOUT THIS SHOW BEOFRE, i'm a huge Brooklyn99 fan and you just gotta love Andy, just look at him, love all the from EGYPT
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This is very relatable, being adopted myself. I've got very info about my parents, especially the mom.
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So touching! What a gift to uncover this connection for their family. ❤
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These stories are so touching and moving.
I really enjoyed this one ☺
This made me cry.
Thank you, Ancestry, and Andy for helping find that connection to your mom. So special, your mum now has a cousin. So grateful for this technology and it being able to bring people together. Much Love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺
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Andy is a treasure to the world. Thank you Andy!
We're so glad you enjoyed this clip from our episode with Andy Samberg, Daruma. 😊
Y’all need to do a random drawing for normal people to get this in depth info lmao my mom won’t tell me who my dad is
Thanks so much for getting in touch. While shows like Finding Your Roots does typically dive into the family histories of celebrities, their production team is in charge of casting and finding individuals to feature. Earlier this year they had an open casting call for anyone that was interested in appearing on the show, though castings did close a few weeks ago and we are not sure when or if they will offer that opportunity again. We would recommend following them on their own social media pages for any news. You may also be interested in our shows "Roots Less Traveled" and "A New Leaf" as well, which do follow everyday people's journeys of family research. Alternatively, if you have any questions on starting your research yourself, please don't hesitate to reach out. Our DNA test can be a great first step when searching for biological family memberships, which you can learn more about here: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Finding-Biological-Family
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@@AncestryUS I’ve had my dna tested but my first cousin seems to be on hard drugs and she won’t message me back with anything useful. Also some of my relatives i’ve matched with are adopted so that’s another dead end
@@AncestryUS Ancestry bot idk if you’re reading this love but actually the dude everyone thought my dad was is my dad lmao someone i matched which is actually his cousin with a different last name
@@spikejonzelover420 Congrats on finding out!
I found my biological grandma and she wanted nothing to do with me. I felt bad for even looking for her. Obviously, she chose to separate.
Best of luck to anyone that does this.
im sorry to hear that. did she say why?
we're dealing with similar situation in our family. I think the norm is that the 'long lost' parent or grandparent is not a real nice person.
Were you adopted? I hope your adopted family wasn't hurt by your rejection of them to go hunting for some person who was only related to you by genetics.
@@Leandros135 A bit tactless to ask this...
@@rah62How else can you be related?
Sometimes we are destined to be who we were created by without even knowing it. Always cool how history repeats itself.
It's not about ''destiny'' or ''history repeating itself'' - it's about GENETICS, as simple as that.
So this could be her only photo whit herself and her parents all together in one photo ( of her mom where pregnant)
That’s very sweet 😢
I watch very little television, but I dare say Finding Your Roots is the best thing on television.
We're happy to hear that, Alfonso! It's amazing what you can find researching your family history and comparing DNA results. We're glad that you find these episodes helpful and hope you'll continue to enjoy them!
I wish regular people would have the opportunity to have access to this , public records are supposed to be free.
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aw i love andy samberg, this is awesome ! i just did my whole family tree back to the 1600s on ancestry! amazing stuff
I found my dads birth family through ancestry, and I understand Andy’s emotions completely here.
Great spot. I love what Ancestry is doing. There was such a missed opportunity to have his mother be there with her and get her reaction on camera
The Fred Armisen and Andy Samberg episodes were my favorites! They both changed my perspective on life
Yes!!! I shared Fred Armisens story with family and friends so many times. I need to find Andy Sambergs story.❤❤
I,love this story! So happy for Andy’s mom!
We're so glad you enjoyed the clip, Marilyn. It certainly was a fascinating story. 😊
Andy is such a kind person. ❤️❤️❤️
Hi Geri, thanks for watching! We hope this video inspires you to dive deeper into your own family history.
He did it for hims Mom though, so that's not really ''kindness'' but just being a good loving Son... (not saying that he isn't but your bar to define kindness seems low)
Andy is a sweetheart.
I love this show, why in the world would NBC not green light it? It's better than anything else on the network!
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Ikr, its usually mostly about black history so idk why they wouldnt!
@@trobinski1842 It's usually about American history sir, put your hood away!!!!
@michaelharris8228 Oh!!! Because you said so, now I changed my entire view, person whom I cannot see. I won't ask how you knew about the hood! Must be my differing view since different views are bad. Thanks for clarifying! 🫡
Never heard of Andy Samberg, but this is fascinating. Reading the documents that are in the video, his maternal great grandfather and grandmother were both musicians and actors (Being Jewish and Central European, that's not overly surprising, but still...) His mother and maternal grandmother both worked closely with children, that has to be more than coincidental. As a physician, I've always asked what else is locked into DNA? It has to be much, much more than a string of 20 thousand independent proteins that magically just come together into a human or a horse. Imprinting into a future brain, well that's mind blowing!
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He looked just like his Sicilian grandfather.
A child psychologist who gave up her child! There are always so many twists and turns here, which is why its one of my favorite shows!
Thanks so much for watching, Taina! We're glad you enjoyed the clip, and hope you've been enjoying the latest season, too!
Adam seems like such a sweet guy.
Nice, but who's Adam?
I found my mother’s birth family through Ancestry, too.
Still have not found out who my grandfather is even with dna testing. No leads at all.
Glad that he found his missing link.
Ancestry is amazing I learned about my family. Some I'm proud of and some I'm not proud of. If you want to know the truth about your family you will find out. I went back into the late 1400s. My family doesn't want to accept the truth about our family. The truth is the truth 💯
that adoption agency is the one that separated all the twins and triplets
Yeah they are such weirdos, they even got that documentary about the triplets that got separated and got experimented on
Louise Wise Services is the same company in the documentary Three Identical Strangers which uncovered long term psychological testing on identical siblings separated at birth and given to different parents.
I cannot be the only one who started watching this thinking it was gunna be a comedy sketch. This was cool to see.
Oh how I wish we could see her reaction ❤
her reaction is in a full episode. actually if you search andy and finding your roots, someone uploaded a full episode, you can check it out
I want to do this for MY family tree
Why can't you?
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@@sr2291 i mean have an actual expert sit with me after discovering some answers to questiions about my family before the year 1725,which my family tree is stuck at even after connecting the European records
@Strange MARVEL Theories Which areas are you doing research in?
That is amazing, so good how they can find out all that
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I wonder how he will deliver this news to his Mom …
His mom was there when they recorded - they had to stop filming as she burst into tears behind a curtain in the room when they revealed the picture of her biological mom.
I was thinking it would be so much better if Adam’s mom was there. I’m glad she was there to hear it first hand. Another amazing story.
@@caterinabandiera7529 The episode misses out the fact that the agency his mom was adopted from was in New York, and Andy's mom and dad moved to Berkeley as adults having no idea that's where his mom's biological parents were from. Which makes it more incredible. They might have been living near his mom's cousins, nieces & nephews for decades without ever knowing it if they stayed in Berkeley too.
This one is super beautiful. Great investigative work.
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My grandfather was born in December 1912 and adopted in early 1913. I often wonder if descendants of his biological siblings watch these.
There are many stories where the energy of a traumatic event, or a difficult experience still lingers in the area it happened in.
Since humans have tons of electrical impulses happen inside our bodies I’m sure during a time of intense emotion we can leave behind an energy fingerprint in the area, especially trauma. This is what I think “ghosts” are - left behind energy that replays like a recording.
Its difficult when youre tribe has been kicked out of places 1030 times throughout history for similiar reasons.
It really is amazing to do this research.
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its really hard to keep a serious face while watching him even when its something serious
I also connected to my mother's birth family with Ancestry DNA
When will this episode be available? I thought seasin 9 was over
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Why am I getting more emotional than Jake Peralta during his own family reveal.
This is stupid and I hate myself but also this channel is the best.
How wonderful 🤗❤️🤗
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Where do they show the entire show?
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Ok. Now you made me cry!
I keep waiting for this to be another of his skits 😅
andy is both funny and thoughtful.
Henry, why do you only have celebrities on?
Yes, and why do they only let celebrities star in big movies? So weird….
Very touching ❤
Beautiful family!
Couldn’t tell if this was a skit or real life the first 30 seconds in
Genetics are very descriptive and exacting. They govern everything we do. We are the stuff from the histories.
I BET HER MOM WAS YOUNG AND HAD HER OUT OF WEDLOCK. BACK THEN THE ONLY OPTION WAS TO PUT YOUR CHILD UP FOR ADOPTION IF THE MOTHER WAS YOUNG AND IN A HOME OF UNWED MOTHERS, UNFORTUNATELY. ALL RECORDS WERE ALSO SEALED REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CHILD OR EITHER BIOLOGICAL OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS WANTED. 💔.
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2:16 is born really part of the name because i thought it was ellen f.
(Born feb 3rd, 1922)
Hold on, what does it mean to say that I share 12% of my DNA with a first cousin but 98% with a chimp?
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Rest in peace❤❤
I love every episode!
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I had to read the comments to make sure this wasn't a SNL skit
amazing!!!
Andy Samberg 👑
Andy has such a lovely face!!!
geneology is the best way to show humans how closely bonded in blood we are to one another. stuff like 6% of your genes are just demonstrably visible to indicate we are all so similar and that races are just divisional concepts. we are one species, and races are just branches on that tree.
I wanted to see him tell his mom
What a beautiful man 👨
Hes jewish.
Samberg,” I’m black !”
❤ so sweet❣️
Don’t throw it in the ground!!! I’m happy for you and your mom. Good day sir.
Lovely!
Is it bad to expect for this to be an SNL skit the whole time. 😅😅😅
Just Andy samberg dressing like every day
I'm right there with Mr. Samberg, you cannot make this stuff up.
Beautiful ❣️
ALWAYS WONDERED why other families don't keep their own records. I can trace my family on both sides back over 350 years (15 generations). Along with what they did for a living for most. I have have photographs of my great great grand parents and up until now. Also have color movie film of my mother and her family when she was just 8 years old in the mid 1940's up until now.
One or more of the following reasons: Lack of money, lack of literacy (especially before 1900), horrible parents that a person wanted to forget, lack of interest.
Very few people could afford home movies, especially colored ones. We can't all come from privileged backgrounds.
I guess your ancestors didn't get chased from country to country and have their names changes against their wills everywhere they went. I guess your ancestors weren't war orphans or genocide survivors. I guess your ancestors didn't have to escape a country in the middle of a night, taking nothing but what they could keep in their pockets, or descendants of slaves whose families were busted up and split against their will hundreds of years ago. I guess your ancestors aren't from parts of the world where food and basic survival are the only priorities people can afford to have. I guess you're also not aware that there are things like house fires, floods and even misplaced moving boxes that can destroy historic photos and documents, and that prior to this century, those documents weren't backed up digitally because there was no such thing. Well, whoopee for you.
If you have multiple siblings they can’t all keep the records and photos?
@@jillk368Amen.
I barely know how my grandmother looks like (I have 2 photos only, and her face is blurred on both) she was born in 1926. My grandfather is not sure where his brothers and sisters are buried, he was born in 1923. I’m from Eastern Europe and my country was constantly torn apart, I doubt there is much evidence of their existence since documenting their lives was a last thing they would think about when struggling.
4:20 pretty much confirms it... and the timestamp, too lol