Bernie Sanders Learns the Depth of His Father’s Patriotism | Finding Your Roots | Ancestry®

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  • @imocchidoro
    @imocchidoro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7428

    Ask your elders about the story of your family before it's too late.

    • @TheObimara
      @TheObimara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    • @jeffreym68
      @jeffreym68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Yes! We realized how many questions we had, and conversations we hadn't had, after Dad passed. Luckily, we were able to have some of those talks with mom.

    • @quiltygal6981
      @quiltygal6981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Sometimes they won't tell you. I found out more about my Mum's early life when she had Dementia. I was in my 40s before I knew she had been sent at 14 to London to be a maid.

    • @imocchidoro
      @imocchidoro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@jeffreym68 When I was young I was too busy and not interested. When that changed both my parents were gone. Took me 20 years to find out most of what I wanted to know. Thanks to the internet and Ancestry.

    • @imocchidoro
      @imocchidoro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@quiltygal6981 I wonder now, did my father not know, or did he just not talk about it.

  • @BlackSalamander439
    @BlackSalamander439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2736

    Fun fact: Bernie Sanders can run in Polish presidential elections. In Poland to easily get Polish citizenship one of your parents also needs to have Polish citizenship, and since his father was a Polish Jew this is just a technicality. All he'd need is 100,000 signatures.

  • @sharonmassey2923
    @sharonmassey2923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3535

    Bernie said his dad wasn't a flag-waving type, but "he loved this country in a very, very deep way." I think it's time for the chronic flag-wavers, and not much else, to put down those flags and put their focus on what the flag represents. They seem to have "forgotten".

    • @tenzinthinley8764
      @tenzinthinley8764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Thank you, I wholly agree

    • @virginialawler7725
      @virginialawler7725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@tenzinthinley8764 Me, too.

    • @hks2377
      @hks2377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      Yes. Patriotism is love of one’s country, not shallow pride. We are what makes this country great or terrible. It’s in in the way we treat each other.

    • @floras2030
      @floras2030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Yes! As a first generation immigrant who came here in escape of tyranny, we understand what this country is about at a different level.

    • @psilocybinx4092
      @psilocybinx4092 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I know I'm a year late responding to this comment, but I see Bernie the same way Bernie remembers his father. Bernie has been the only candidate in my lifetime that has made me truly feel as though they care deeply for the health and wellness of the people of this country. That's true patriotism.

  • @bearpawz_
    @bearpawz_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8199

    I saw that episode of Finding Your Roots. At the end, Bernie finds out he's a distant cousin of Larry David! 🤗 He got a major kick out of that.. 😄

    • @Alan.Endicott
      @Alan.Endicott 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1032

      Thank you. This video did start with a promise it never delivered.

    • @LordRothschild666
      @LordRothschild666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Who is Larry related to?

    • @hectorsmommy1717
      @hectorsmommy1717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      @@LordRothschild666 Bernie

    • @hectorsmommy1717
      @hectorsmommy1717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Just watched this week's episode and both had DNA matches. Jane Lynch is a cousin to Mia Farrow and Jim Gaffigan is a cousin to Derek Jeter.

    • @LordRothschild666
      @LordRothschild666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@hectorsmommy1717 🤣

  • @kittiwhieldon4329
    @kittiwhieldon4329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1030

    Imagine how proud his dad would be to see how his son turned out. He came here as an immigrant, grew to love this country and its people and his son spends his life serving this country and advocating for its people. Bernie has more than repaid this country for giving his dad safe harbor. A son to be proud of to be sure.

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Thanks for sharing your thoughts Kitti, an inspirational story for sure!

  • @Susieq26754
    @Susieq26754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1635

    Elias raised a fine son who cares for all of us. No matter what nationality you are. I have so much respect for Bernie.❤

  • @abigailgarcia3090
    @abigailgarcia3090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +358

    As the daughter of an immigrant I never heard my dad talk about where he came from, we knew very little of him. Now I realized that talking about a place you can never go back to, hurts more than forgetting it 😞

  • @allieversaid
    @allieversaid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3550

    I bet Bernie's dad would be proud of his son.

    • @miskay5526
      @miskay5526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      oh most definitely! I wish his father could have seen the revolution he has started and the profound impact hes on had on so many Americans.

  • @houngrysdigest1525
    @houngrysdigest1525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6955

    I see Bernie, I CLICK.

  • @bigdaddyrat7854
    @bigdaddyrat7854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3878

    Bernie's story is every immigrants story and the common thread we all share, the search for a better life.

    • @ranonampangom2185
      @ranonampangom2185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It is not, his particular story is shared only by other Jews.

    • @X.the.owlking
      @X.the.owlking 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Pretty sure he got in legally.

    • @lorrainegatzke1048
      @lorrainegatzke1048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      America represented a place called freedom.

    • @gymnopedie4445
      @gymnopedie4445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      @@ranonampangom2185 Jews aren't the only people who've endured ethnic and religious persecution, get over yourselves.

    • @maryjacob-israel1341
      @maryjacob-israel1341 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At the cost of other's lives.

  • @ScottJB
    @ScottJB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2000

    Glad Elias got out when he did. Things got much worse for Jewish people there in the next couple decades.

    • @kyriljordanov2086
      @kyriljordanov2086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Things got bad for everyone, not just jews.

    • @ScottJB
      @ScottJB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +292

      @@kyriljordanov2086 True, but especially Jewish folk.

    • @zoereeves6071
      @zoereeves6071 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      @@ScottJB Also the Gypsys, the Jehovah Witnesses, the feeble minded, and other unwanted people! It wasn't just the Jewish!

    • @TheJosephPrice
      @TheJosephPrice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Sadly, other members of his family weren’t so lucky.

    • @lucasm4299
      @lucasm4299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +290

      Some comments here reek of replying All Lives Matter to Black Lives Matter

  • @siiiiiuu7
    @siiiiiuu7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    Bernie is a deeply empathetic person. It explains why he takes certain unpopular stances... sorta reminds me of Jimmy Carter in that sense

    • @pro-choicemom
      @pro-choicemom ปีที่แล้ว +118

      His policies are actually pretty popular. We just live in a country where media convinces you to support things against your interest.

  • @2006glg
    @2006glg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    I have never cared about meeting any renowned person , but Bernie is the exception. The man cannot be bought and his word can be taken at face value. That's extremely admirable to me. I would love a conversation with him.

  • @89strangelove
    @89strangelove 2 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    Bernie is probably the only person that I would vouch for his goodness without meeting him. Normally I feel so cringy to see someone support anyone the way that I support Bernie, it's not cringy only when it's someone real and Bernie is that. He's had his politics even when they were not popular at the time, he had them because they were his truth. He's a true inspiration. Love and respect from Istanbul.

  • @SK22000
    @SK22000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2832

    I found my biological brothers on Ancestry, that made my whole year twice!

    • @thegeorgiacreekwalker491
      @thegeorgiacreekwalker491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Congratulations, I Hope y'all develop a Great Relationship for the rest of your days💙

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  3 ปีที่แล้ว +380

      That's wonderful! We're so happy to hear this - we hope you're able to make lots of wonderful memories with them. 🌳❤️

    • @SK22000
      @SK22000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      so far it’s like we were strangers who knew each other forever, it’s been wonderful

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      That's so amazing to hear! Thank you for sharing this wonderful story with us. Wishing you and your brothers all the best as you build your relationship ❤️🍀

    • @ilikepineappleonpizza4257
      @ilikepineappleonpizza4257 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hey hey! It's been a year! How's it going?

  • @clintbeasthood9758
    @clintbeasthood9758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1161

    It just hit me that this is the first time I've seen Bernie laugh like that, and I'm all here for it. He's such a delightful person!

  • @theaniqa99
    @theaniqa99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +733

    I’m so glad Bernies dad made it here to America. Without that we would have Bernie! One of the few people in government that actually cares about the people!

    • @reason5591
      @reason5591 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      This is exactly why we should never turn immigrants away 👍

  • @Reemkenza
    @Reemkenza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    No wonder he carries so much care for the helpless. Runs in his blood, the struggle.

  • @MillieBert
    @MillieBert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    I teach US history and was searching for a video to explain the push factors for migration to America between 1890 and 1924. Religious persecution, poverty, and political unrest. This works perfectly. The fact that it’s Bernie is also a plus!

  • @emeraldc.8796
    @emeraldc.8796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    Bernie’s a wise & caring man, Especially Appreciate his sincerity. He has so much passion for mankind, of all races.
    God bless you Bernie Sanders 🙏❤️✝️

  • @demoiselledelamontagne
    @demoiselledelamontagne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    Shame on them (esp media) who smear, slander, accuse him a-z and completely erase his family backgroung and struggle.

  • @shanhussain6114
    @shanhussain6114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +818

    I see Bernie Sanders, I click...... Even though I've already seen this episode.

  • @anndriggers6660
    @anndriggers6660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Bernie Sanders is a great man and a champion of the poor and downtrodden. God bless his soul. Love you Bernie 💕

  • @TheRandomINFJ
    @TheRandomINFJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    This is a great reminder to know our roots. I often try to place myself in my mother's shoes back in 1951 when they bombed her Korean village. She lost her family in that war and lost more when she came to America. She'll never be the same person and still can't talk on it, but I like to research that war so that I don't forget the trauma that built this woman of steel.
    One day, maybe she'll be healed enough to talk about it and release it from herself.

  • @Native-Kitty
    @Native-Kitty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2650

    I remember this episode. I have never seen Bernie laugh so hard before when he found out who he was related to.

    • @TheObimara
      @TheObimara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Who is it?

    • @OhMaryJo
      @OhMaryJo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +257

      @@TheObimara Larry David

    • @panamasrose
      @panamasrose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That was the best!!!

    • @sarahsiddiqui9591
      @sarahsiddiqui9591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Wherrs the rest of the video where he finds out

    • @bvrsqzr3569
      @bvrsqzr3569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I seen him laugh this if not harder. Not only once but twice he scammed people into thinking he was running for president only to get bought off by the DNC.

  • @theagenttomato
    @theagenttomato 3 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    Bernie! Learning about his ancestral history makes me appreciate him all the more 🙌💛🤗

  • @123meenasalih
    @123meenasalih 3 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    There is SO much similarities between my story and his story as a Kurd on what’s going on back in Kurdistan, makes me love him more🥺❤️

    • @gostavoadolfos2023
      @gostavoadolfos2023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Kurds participated actively in the Armenian genocide. As a great grandson of an arminian survivor who fled DiarBakr as a lonely teenager to Lebanon I say : what goes around comes back around.

  • @healthyscents
    @healthyscents 3 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    My heart ached when I put myself in his father's shoes immigrating ALONE at only 16 y.o!💔 So 😢

  • @skwarubwa7083
    @skwarubwa7083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Before he became Elias Sanders, he was Elye (Eliyahu) Gitman, the son of Yehuda, born in Stopnica, Galicia (by then, under the hegemony of the Imperial Russia). On May 26, 1921, he made his way to Antwerp, Belgium and boarded the SS Lapland, which brought him to New York City on June 5, 1921. There he joined his maternal uncle, Abraham Louis Horn, in Brooklyn. How he got Sanders from Gitman is another story.

  • @miriammcgee
    @miriammcgee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    The hearts of the children will turn to their fathers.

  • @BonafideGail
    @BonafideGail 3 ปีที่แล้ว +577

    God bless Bernie.

  • @fretnesbutke3233
    @fretnesbutke3233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These are two of my favorite "Elders". Brains AND heart. When they talk,I shut up and listen.

  • @thetruthfree
    @thetruthfree 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I love you Bernie. Thank you for the compassion you have for the United States people.

  • @evangelinapolo
    @evangelinapolo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This episode put me in tears because it makes you think about your family. My father as an Italian came to this country for a better life not only for himself also for the next generations.

  • @karonwalker4082
    @karonwalker4082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Mr. Gates is the most elegant gentleman I have ever seen or heard. He is this show!

  • @friendlier
    @friendlier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    So... why does he burst out laughing at the beginning? You tease us with that to keep watching, and then you don't deliver?

    • @inhale.exhale.2527
      @inhale.exhale.2527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      it said he was a distant cousin of larry david.

  • @GR-ji9fw
    @GR-ji9fw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    And this proud American's son became a very famous and much beloved Senator who also loves this country!

  • @oceans.and.deserts
    @oceans.and.deserts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This is interesting as my paternal grandmother's mother also came from Galicia to NYC in the early 1900s and died not long after in the Flu Pandemic of 1918 on the Lower East Side. She had just given birth to my late grandmother in a tenement a few days earlier. As she and her husband worked in sweatshops in the garment district like many Jewish immigrants, they had very little money and she was buried in a cemetery for indigent Jews on Staten Island where her headstone still stands. My grandmother was adopted by a Jewish couple from Chicago after a year in some sort of orphanage. It was extremely difficult to get her history as NY is a closed adoption state but we were able to do it when she was in her 90s due to a new law for those born before 1920. Thank you for sharing Bernie's ancestry as it mimics part of mine that no one heard about. I only knew his father was from Poland but seeing that Galicia turned into part of Poland and Ukraine, this makes sense.

  • @ditto6330
    @ditto6330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    Bernie Sanders is such a wonderful person who shows he cares for his country and people!
    I was able to go back at least 5 generation back. Thanks to my Mom that is still alive to answer questions and to talk about her family. Please to the younger generation ask questions to your parents/grandparents
    Aunts/Uncle relatives Get all the knowledge you can get you never know when you are going to need it and how important it is!
    Stay safe!

  • @belindagreen8267
    @belindagreen8267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    • @pamelasmart4968
      @pamelasmart4968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love Bernie too.
      He's so genuine.
      Self serving.

  • @gurubhaikhalsa9337
    @gurubhaikhalsa9337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    And he became the father of one of the greatest Americans who has ever lived. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @OleOlson
    @OleOlson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Thank you for sharing this excellent and heart touching family history of Bernie Sanders with us Ancestry. This is one of the most viewed videos on your TH-cam channel for a reason (and after only 1 month since being released): people love Bernie. He's an American icon, will go down in history as one of the great heroes of regular folks, and we really missed out by not having him as our President.

  • @spookyboi8446
    @spookyboi8446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Wow his father grew up in the region of Galicia during the 1900s. That is truly an unreal lifetime to have experienced.

  • @gloriamaggs5453
    @gloriamaggs5453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    The world loves you Bernie....and so do I!!

  • @Heydoesanybodywannalaugh
    @Heydoesanybodywannalaugh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I read Henry Louis Gates Jr’s _Colored People_ in 1995 for my pre-freshman week in college. Amazing book, really great discussions resulted from it. Great writing, and I’m glad he has expanded the broader discussion in Finding
    Your Roots. Nicely done.

  • @kingmir5
    @kingmir5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Bernie is the greatest politician of my lifetime. A very inspirational man

    • @copisetic1104
      @copisetic1104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      All socialists stick together

    • @recoveringfarb
      @recoveringfarb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      dudes a hardcore commie no he's not the greatest politician

    • @diedredbollinger
      @diedredbollinger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@recoveringfarb ...try a dictionary

    • @recoveringfarb
      @recoveringfarb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@diedredbollinger Really is that the best comeback you got? It’s not even relevant to the situation because I’m pretty sure I spelled everything right. 😂 And for you, perhaps, a brain? 🤔

    • @diedredbollinger
      @diedredbollinger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@recoveringfarb Since you clearly have no idea what "commie" means, consult a dictionary. Education is key!

  • @klote82
    @klote82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Bernie has one of the most recognizable voice I've ever heard. Very unique! I love this channel!

  • @graceantonio3573
    @graceantonio3573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Bernie is as resilient as his father. God bless him 😇 we must all pray for govt officials like him who truly understands & cares for the American nation.

  • @jeremycastro3712
    @jeremycastro3712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    How impactful and really shows how Bernie was raised to be the man that he has become. What a feat and truly is the American Dream.

  • @jojoradford3203
    @jojoradford3203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    I can't wait for my whole world will be changed forever especially knowing who's my biological father is. Thank you Ancestry for everything. Looking forward to one of my new chapters comes to life.

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      We wish you and your new found family the very best for the future, Jojo! ❤️

  • @nuplanner5345
    @nuplanner5345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Thank you Dr. Gates, for this project. So many people, especially Black Americans, have little access to their ancestry. I especially appreciated the Pharrell Williams video. We all need to appreciate our heritage as individuals and as Americans.

  • @DrNancyLivingCoCreatively
    @DrNancyLivingCoCreatively 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I have seen this and am in awe of him even more and glad for the sweet twist at the end.
    No wonder how passionate Senator Sanders is.

  • @ch2821
    @ch2821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I know I am very fortunate…. I know so much about my family…and for generations, they were all very good about journaling. Clear back to the 1600’s(witch trials in salem Massachusetts) I have all the journals and because some recorded births and death in rural areas back in the 1700’s, I donated the journals and in exchange, they gave me “copies”…. So I feel good that they will be preserved in a museum.

  • @emilygilliatt7180
    @emilygilliatt7180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I found my biological paternal grandparents on Ancestry. They have both passed away unfortunately, but I have found many new family members in the process. Thank you ancestry ❤

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We're so glad to hear you were able to connect with newfound family members, Emily! Wishing all of you all the best as you get to know one another. ❤️

  • @Robindigsit
    @Robindigsit ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love Finding Your Roots so much! And Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the icing on the cake! 💗

    • @AncestryUS
      @AncestryUS  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Robin, thanks for watching! We hope this show inspires you to dive deeper into your family history.

  • @Vixxen_Viktoria
    @Vixxen_Viktoria 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    We are such a beautiful diaspora with such a sad history. 💙

  • @Iron-sy4yp
    @Iron-sy4yp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Bernie is a really cool guy

  • @gummyberryjoos1693
    @gummyberryjoos1693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    Henry is a national treasure, and so is Bernie.

  • @e-dubbses403
    @e-dubbses403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This story should make you appreciate Bernie and what he has done even more.

  • @dreamscapenow
    @dreamscapenow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Henry Louis Gates Jr. I truly love you! Thank you for never letting us forget where we came from. It's Priceless! Bless you! I'm from to Occaneechi band of the Saponi Nation, black and white! I am a member of Ancestry and have found family back to 1824, but came to a road block with names being spelled wrong and such. HELP! I'm alone and I need to know where I came from. If you could help it would mean the world to me.

  • @weirdduck4578
    @weirdduck4578 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This man has taught me so much in my life. Its really a shame he is not appreciated in his own country. Its almost emotional when you study how this man almost gave away his entire life for his message.

  • @KERose307
    @KERose307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Bernie Sanders is a remarkable man.

  • @zeenasworld
    @zeenasworld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    I was moved to tears.

    • @recoveringfarb
      @recoveringfarb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah it moving but moving to the point of tears no -.-

    • @robincrowflies
      @robincrowflies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too. But then again, for the past couple weeks it seems like everything is moving me to tears.

  • @mariapilarme
    @mariapilarme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This program it’s my favorite 🤩 People always underestimate their ancestors
    to me it’s fascinating every story. We proud of who you are and were you coming!
    Congratulations PBS!

  • @juliemarie3082
    @juliemarie3082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love how the comments are filled with love for Bernie. ❤️

  • @AncestryUS
    @AncestryUS  3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    We can certainly gain great insights and invaluable information from our loved ones personal family history knowledge. It can be so beneficial (even if detail is sparse) to your research and can really help put you on the right trail when seeking documentation and other evidence. We wish you all the best in your own project! 🌳

    • @computerfis
      @computerfis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you pbs, really a great American institution! And greetings from Denmark.

  • @peacenow4456
    @peacenow4456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bless Bernie for who he is and ALL he tries to do to help people and better their lives, all originated with his Dad's young life in Europe during their terrible times.

  • @diversk
    @diversk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’m not American, but I love Bernie xx

  • @joselbazcom4221
    @joselbazcom4221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Grand parents and parents should always share their history with the new generations. That will prevent falling into discriminatory and self entitlement attitudes, and most especially lead us to appreciate our nation by truly uplifting good virtues and values.

  • @mrs.g.9816
    @mrs.g.9816 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Bernie is my favorite senator. (I moved from New York to Vermont a couple of years ago and am proud to be a Vermonter now.) So naturally I watched this video. Boy, what an awful life his dad had before he came to America! I'm so glad he married, had children and found some peace and joy. I know where Bernie got his strong moral character and good citizenship from. His dad, I'm sure, is proudly looking down from Heaven.

  • @LaGruesa76
    @LaGruesa76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Such a genuine reaction. ❤❤❤❤

  • @patricianneryan9299
    @patricianneryan9299 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My great uncle immigrated from Budapest Hungary @16 to the US around the same time he never spoke about the painful past

  • @mildredmartinez8843
    @mildredmartinez8843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    What a wonderful story of this great man, beloved by so many.

  • @AncestryUS
    @AncestryUS  3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    We're glad you enjoyed it, Merylin! Have a great day!

  • @sarahsiddiqui9591
    @sarahsiddiqui9591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Omg im so glad i found this. His laugh is so wholesome 💕💕💕💕

  • @cindylewis3325
    @cindylewis3325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My grandmother & grandfather born in the 1890s, came to the US from Eastern Europe in the 1920s. When the depression hit in the 1930s, they said this time was no where near as bad as where they came from. Also naturalized they were proud to be citizens of America. No one gave them anything, started with the meager money they had built a business. That was the American Dream.

  • @elizabethWramirez
    @elizabethWramirez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Love me some Bernie.

  • @corbelius6
    @corbelius6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We Love you Bernie! You are a National Hero for us ALL!

  • @psychiccarline9653
    @psychiccarline9653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    The host has a soothing voice, imagine him making meditation album omg that would be fantastic.

  • @manuelberrios2215
    @manuelberrios2215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I love ❤️ Sen Sanders

  • @kathrynriggs2489
    @kathrynriggs2489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It is said that my brother in law's grandfather ( from Poland) stole the family cow and sold it to come to America. My grandparents came in the 1920's from England.

  • @kootiblu113
    @kootiblu113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    We love you Bernie. Thanks for caring about the people that need help the most. Always consistent too. :)

  • @adampark..
    @adampark.. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    His laugh makes me feel immense happiness

  • @Claireannette77
    @Claireannette77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Bernie is a national treasure!🥺💕

  • @patricksullivan7140
    @patricksullivan7140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't agree with Bernie's politics, but l do respect him because he has always stuck to his beliefs. This is very heartwarming.

  • @fredericsouthworth2707
    @fredericsouthworth2707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bernie is the man, I live in Vermont and he would visit my high school every year and take questions. He would give lots of time to I’m sure not his only stop of the day.

  • @AncestryUS
    @AncestryUS  3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Hi and thanks for dropping by! We're sorry to hear that recent changes to your AncestryDNA ethnicity estimate have caused you some confusion. We're happy to explain why your results update every now and again.
    Don’t worry - your DNA doesn't change! What changes is the amount of data we have available and advancements in the science we use to calculate your estimate. We’re continually adding additional samples to the reference panel we use to determine your ethnicity estimate and we’ve also incorporated new insights in DNA science into the algorithm we use to analyze your sample. Together, our larger reference panel and latest algorithm let us provide results that are even more precise. DNA science is always evolving, and so are we. DNA ethnicity estimates are updated from time to time based on advances in DNA science and an increasing number of samples in our reference panel. With each update, we continue to add new regions and communities, in an effort to make your results even more precise.
    As for the fact that some regions are broader than other, it's important to bear in mind that AncestryDNA ethnicity estimates are based on available data. Ancestry uses established baseline ethnicities taken from living people with verified roots in a particular area. The 40,017 people whose DNA is used is called our reference panel. We then take your sample and compare it with each of these reference panels, repeat 40 times and provide you with the mean average in the form of your ethnicity estimate. Naturally our members desire the maximum level of precision possible so that they can reveal the clearest picture of their origins science allows. However if we do not have enough data on a particular region it is more difficult to offer such precision. However more and more people are taking our test everyday and so we do hope that you will see more specific geographies in your DNA estimate over time. These changes should consist in breaking down broad regions into more specific regions.
    If you ever have any questions about a particular change, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.

  • @chelseystigall2190
    @chelseystigall2190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    I love bernie Sanders 🤣❤

  • @waitaminute2015
    @waitaminute2015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Uncle Bernie! A true patriot!

  • @gailday3781
    @gailday3781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My Irish father did his electrian apprenticeship with a beautiful Jewish community 😀

  • @jc2delaga
    @jc2delaga 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Wow...Bernie! What a strong man!

  • @astrotherapist
    @astrotherapist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That's a really good and touching story. I love and appreciate Bernie a lot more having watched this.

  • @chantadunn2426
    @chantadunn2426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Love love love this man!!!!!!🥰

  • @Flyonthewall11
    @Flyonthewall11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My great grandparents were German, however they emigrated from Austro-Hungary in the early 1900's. Though I know much about their lives after coming to America, I knew nothing about their lives before. Thanks for the glimpse into the possible troubles which brought them here.

  • @Adeus1
    @Adeus1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for having such an amazing person in Senator Bernard Sanders.

  • @jorgesantos85
    @jorgesantos85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    This represents a fine example of the irony of Destiny ...
    A politician with pacifist orientations that focuses on the most disadvantaged and yet little or nothing knew about his father's bitter past.

  • @francissantos7448
    @francissantos7448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I immigrated to Canada because I had an opportunity to own a car, rent an apartment and be able to do other things as well. Like travel, vote, knowledge etc. My ancestors were immigrants for a better life as well with varying degrees of needs and wants.

  • @aimeekreutzer-malkawi
    @aimeekreutzer-malkawi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just love Bernie. Such a real humble good hearted man. I am sure he father is looking down in him and so proud🙌

  • @gailday3781
    @gailday3781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My father kept the electrical business going and the Lowenstein name for 32 years 🍀❤️