Top 10 Darkest Family Reveals on Finding Your Roots

it's intense sir it's intense welcome to Ms Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the most disturbing Revelations made by celebs on this genealogy documentary Series this is wild this is this is do we know what he wanted for number 10 Roseanne Cash in 2021 Roseanne Cash the daughter of country music icon Johnny Cash appeared on Finding Your Roots where she made a particularly interesting Discovery would you like to meet your DNA C yes k please turn the page back in 1965 Cash's mother viven was targeted by the KKK in a racist campaign the white supremacist group believed viven was black thus alleging her marriage to Johnny was illegal she filed for divorce is kind of an ultimatum and and wishful thinking and thinking that maybe if he sees I'm serious he'll come back the controversy only died down after the country singer issued a public statement in insisting his wife was white however on Finding Your Roots cash discovered that her mother indeed had African-American Heritage Vivian's maternal great great grandmother was a mixed race woman named Sarah Shields who was born into slavery in Alabama Shields later married a white man and recorded all her children as white in official documents number nine Joe manganello actor Joe manganello owes his existence today to the remarkable tenacity of of his maternal great grandmother Turvy Rose dck John Joe's grandmother sandre was born in the Ottoman Empire during World War I her mother a woman named Rose dck John was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide derck John was an Armenian woman who was married with eight children in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide her husband and seven of her children were murdered before her eyes derck John managed to escape and swam across the Euphrates river with her last surviving child strapped to her back but tragically the infant died during the journey you ready to see what we found oh man she was then thrown into an internment camp where she encountered a German soldier named Carl vilim buinger who impregnated her on his paternal side manganelo also discovered that the man he believed to be his grandfather emelo manganelo was not biologically related to him close the door and I open the door and and I'm here in Germany at this time looking at at at my ancestor that I never knew number eight TIG Naro even before Finding Your Roots comedian TIG Naro always knew she was the descendant of a politician comedian TIG Naro grew up knowing that she had a celebrated ancestor her great great-grandfather was John Fitzpatrick who served as the mayor of New Orleans from 1892 to 1896 but it was on the show that Taro first learned about her ancestors upbringing register of boys received into the Asylum name of the boy John Fitzpatrick age when received 10 years at the age of seven Fitzpatrick lost his father and was placed in an orphan Asylum alongside two of his brothers surprisingly this wasn't due to their mother's demise but rather The Limited public welfare system which apparently left her with no choice but to entrust some of her children to an orphanage I can you imagine being a Cath 's position and being forced to do that that's something I don't think I could get through Fitzpatrick was later reunited with his mother and worked his way up from a newspaper boy to the mayor's office the only thing that I know about him is just this man in a picture it's like hey he's he was the mayor I really I I don't know any of this number seven Edward Norton while Edward Norton is widely recognized for his roles in several popular Hollywood films it turns out out he may not be the most famous individual in his family tree goas is indeed your 12th grade grandma oh my God in the season 9 premiere of Finding Your Roots the actor learned that Pocahontas was his 12th great grandmother confirming a long-held family lore makes you realize what a what a what a small you know piece of the whole human story you are but perhaps the most uncomfortable detail uncovered during the episode was the Revelation that Norton's third great-grandfather John Winstead was a slave owner in North Carolina while he wouldn't be the first celebrity to make such a discovery Norton reflected on its disturbing nature describing it as a quote uncomfortable truth that quote needs to be acknowledged and quote contended with you know it is is no it's not a judgment on on you and your own life but it's a judgment on the it's a judgment on the history of this country number six Fred armison for most of his life Saturday Night Live Alum Fred armison believed he was one quarter Japanese attributing this to his grandfather the late Mami Kuni who hailed from Japan he would later discover this was all false so am I Korean no COI was actually South Korean originally named pakyong in and only assumed a Japanese identity after the 1923 Massacre of Koreans in Japan it definitely it changes the way I think about myself but that was just the tip of the iceberg armison also learned that while Cooney lived in Germany in the 1930s and 40s he engaged in propaganda efforts for the Nazis by entertaining German troops additionally during this period Cooney apparently also worked as a spy for Japan Gathering Intelligence on Southern European and Turkish Affairs he is one of the most clever agents they have number five Lena Dunham the 2024 film treasure Stars Lena dun denim as a young woman who visits Poland with her aging father and is forced to confront her family's Holocaust past when denim appeared on Finding Your Roots she discovered unexpected parallels between her own ancestry and that of her character in the movie can you imagine when you were 14 your parents would put you on a boat no I can't it turns out that denim's great great grandmother Regina migrated to America as a teenager leaving behind nearly a dozen siblings in Europe tragically during World War II one of Regina's nieces Alana was separated from the rest of her family and sent to the Nazi occupied city of CET pisi in Ukraine Elana is believed to be one of roughly 24,000 Jews who lost their lives there to see a personal connection to it literalizes it in a way that is um that's very very powerful number four Joe Madison celebrities who appear on Finding Your Roots step into the unknown unsure of what family secrets might be revealed while many learn unsettling details about distant ancestors veteran radio host Joe Madison was confronted with a startling truth about his own father it was such a shocking discovery that I felt compelled to call Joe at home before our interview to let him know in private away from any TV cameras in the season 5 episode Madison found out that Felix Madison whom he had always believed to be his biological father actually wasn't I appreciated the the uh your sincerity and concern sensing the sensitivity of the information host Henry Lewis Gates Jr first called Madison privately to share it with him away from all the cameras and then the real question is then who was mhm Madison's appearance on the show also led him to the discovery that his biological grandfather was one of the subjects of the controversial Tuskegee Institute syphilis study number three for Williams for many African-Americans having the chance to read firsthand stories of their ancestors lives especially those who were enslaved is rare a claimed music producer Fel Williams got this opportunity when he appeared on finding your roots in 2021 I was born on the 18th of December 1852 I was born on the plantation near Tar River during the show Williams was presented with an interview given by his great great great Aunt Jean Arrington who part participated in the slave narrative project in the 1930s in the interview Arrington shared detailed accounts of her harrowing experience as an enslaved person as he read the notes on the program Williams was deeply moved by the hardships his ancestor was forced to endure those words also forced him to confront the cruel reality of what those ancestors actually experienced he also uncovered the unsettling fact that his great great great grandfather Fenner Williams spent the first decade of his life enslaved this a lot man oh I have to say I'm forever changed number two Michael Douglas throughout his career actor Michael Douglas has starred in multiple crime Thrillers yet few of those fictional narratives can match the gripping real life Tales of his own ancestors last permanent residence chowy Russia cha Russia you know who that is that's your father's uncle in a 2024 episode of the show Douglas learned about his grandfather Harry danovich and his great uncle mosha both of whom migrated to the US from chowy in present day bellarus before they left for America both Harry and mosha were caught up in a life of crime anyone who knows the whereabouts of Dani elovich is obliged to inform the court where he is Harry had been arrested and sent to prison for robbery while mosha was implicated in an armed robbery case in 1906 and declared a wanted man in chowy however it is unclear if he was ever apprehended before he left the country this blowing my mind a little this is really blowing my mind before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one Maya Rudolph like many other celebrities who have appeared on Finding Your Roots Maya Rudolph aimed to uncover her identity 1860 slave census for a man named John Warren griggsby my God my God my God my God cannot believe I'm looking at this the SNL Alum was curious about her maternal African-American Heritage and was given a glimpse into her ancestry through the show Rudolph discovered her maternal great great great grandfather James griggsby who was born into slavery in Lincoln County Kentucky that breaks my heart well a census document from 1860 showed griggsby listed without a name but solely by his sex and age five this discovery was deeply unsettling to Rudolph causing her to break down in tears wow I just can't believe what I'm looking at she also learned of another maternal ancestor whose owner's grandson denied him the financial compensation and Freedom promised in his owner's will fortunately he took the grandson to court and won it just makes you feel like you're part of something so much bigger have you ever made a startling Discovery in your family's history let us know in the comments and if I hear it and I and I and I see it I was supposed to feel it do you agree with our piics check out this other recent clip from Miz Mojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos

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Length: 12min 7sec (727 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 18 2024