Woman Makes Surprising Discovery about Adopted Mother's Family History | A New Leaf | Ancestry

i feel like they're real people not only are they real people but they're your people they are my people get ready for a journey of personal discovery that begins with a new leaf hi i'm daisy fuentes welcome to a new leaf hello hi heidi i'm daisy nice to meet you so good to meet you hey daniel i'm daisy casey nice to meet you guys what a gorgeous couple of minions yes thank you so tell me a little bit about yourselves i want to learn a little bit here before we get into the nitty-gritty of your family history how did you guys meet first time i saw her i knew that i loved her we've known each other since middle school so it's been a few years why is it important for you to dig a little deeper into your family history well i've always enjoyed family history and uh genealogy aspect and knowing why we're here you know i mean what made our lives possible that's so great and it has been a little tough of course because your mom was adopted and so that's why it was difficult for you to make all those connections right i wanted to find out basic information and i petitioned the court and the court said well records are sealed we can't find anything so that was what it was left and so knowing who my biological grandfather was is of great interest to me so i'd really be interested in knowing more about him and actually my whole family as a whole curious also the story has been that my great-grandfather was sold to a family in germany to work on their farm because his family was so poor and i'd like to know if that's a true story but that's been in the family so you do have a big family reunion coming up for your 50th anniversary and of course you will want to share everything that you learn well heidi are you ready to dig deeper into your family history i sure am let's get to it thank you first let's take a look at your mother's biological mother oh goodness so you've never seen that picture i have never seen this picture that is louella oh really that is louella crawler okay so that's my biological grandmother my big question is who is my biological grandfather using dna and historical records our sponsor ancestry tracked down heidi's biological grandfather his name joseph ice oh that's amazing seeing her make these connections with her family makes me understand how driven she has always been to make sure that there was a strong bond of love between us how does all this information make you feel what are you guys thinking well i feel like they're real people is very special to me not only are they real people but they're your people they are my people yeah so you did take a dna test and i think it'll be very interesting to see those results are you ready oh i'm ready there you go ah yeah 58 germanic okay that's what i expected and sweden 22 i found the swedish to be uh interesting because it's almost a quarter and i wouldn't have thought i was almost a quarter of swedish well you have learned a lot indeed in a short amount of time but i still know that there's more for you to learn so i've set up a little trip for you and someone i want you to meet are you guys ready to go on that i'm ready come on i'll give you the details hello you must be hiding daniel i'm heidi daisy told me i'd be meeting you my name is julie huffman i suppose you're curious to hear what we have to say about your ancestry really curious okay well let's go inside and get started great so back in the late 1880s there was a big group of germans who left to go to america so much so that germany found itself having to go to sweden to recruit farm laborers to come to germany it was very surprising to me i was always told that my grandfather had been sold to a family in germany but it's looking more like that might not be the real story that might have been just a family story and now that i've been able to discover the real story it's a feeling that i can't really describe it's very very close to my heart as a farm worker in rugen germany heidi's great-grandparents would have had a very modest lifestyle and so you can see some of the examples of what it must have been like to live there's the name would they build their own homes in that area yes or move into one that the that was already on the farm to take care of it this cultural experience has given me a really sweet understanding of why she feels so connected to her ancestors [Music] [Applause] hi everybody oh what a good looking bunch you've got here a lot of friends tell me a little bit i've seen pictures but uh point them out to me okay front row are my children background is all my friends oh it's such a pleasure to meet everyone we've been having a lovely time and heidi and daniel have been learning so much i'm really anxious for you to share with everybody all you've done okay let's get to it okay being able to share my family history this afternoon was really special it gives us the opportunity to bring in some more family links for this family time and family is so important to us it means the world to me this is a great opportunity that we had here to share those stories with our children it had a huge impact on their life and i think how they will think about the future oh that was so great did you love that i don't know if there is a secret to 50 years of marriage and i happen to marry the best person in the world and so it's worked out

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Length: 6min 26sec (386 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 09 2021