Finding Your Roots: Larry David and Bernie Sanders

[yuiyoshida]

[SamKnause]

1. Excellent program !!!

I watched it at 3:00 a.m. this morning.

Very informative and educational.

[FailureToCommunicate]

2. Recent show with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ava DuVernay, Janet Mock was terrific...as they all are!

Facinating stuff, other people's lives.

[safeinOhio]

3. Thank you for posting this. I love a big surprise ending.

My DNA has been sent in to 23andme.

[sarge43]

6. When you get your results, you will be surprised.

I found out that I have distant cousins among the Berbers and the Sami -- "Say what!?"

[safeinOhio]

7. My brother got his and

found out we have one relative, born between 1680 and 1720 from a tribe in Siberia. WTF.

[ancianita]

4. What a great way to start my day. Thank you. I loved this.

[sarge43]

5. Thank you so much for posting this.

All our ancestors have a story to tell, some noble, some tragic, a few appalling, but never merely ordinary.

Yes, when you look closely enough, we're all of us cousins.

[FlaGranny]

8. Love that show.

And also "Who Do You Think You Are".

I've been doing genealogy research for some years now and just recently discovered that Abe Lincoln's mother was a sister of one of my direct ancestors so Lincoln is a very, very distant cousin. I also took the Ancestry DNA test and discovered, to my surprise, that I am half Irish. Always thought I was half British and found out I'm only 12%. There are some fascinating people in my ancestry and I'll bet in everyone else's too.

Since I've been doing research I've come to the conclusion that it would be an excellent way to teach history in school. You get a lot more interested when you find family members who took part in historical events and almost everyone is related to some famous person from the distant past.