Rita Wilson finds out she has a secret brother!

During her travels to Greece and Bulgaria, Rita Wilson embarks on a mission to uncover the untold story of her deceased father. Rita experiences a range of emotions and eventually makes a surprising discovery about her father's first family.

In each episode, one of Britain's best-loved celebrities traces their family tree to reveal the surprising, extraordinary and often moving stories of their ancestors. We publish new videos twice a week with the most memorable moments from the show. Subscribe now and click on the bell 🔔 to get notifications every time we upload a new video!

[rosierennie]

The fact Rita expressed remorse and cried for her father's first wife... it proves to me she's a good Woman. Tom Hanks married a good woman, a kind woman

[francineh.]

Brought tears to my eyes. So much heartache our family members can go through that we never even know about.

[nicoletambasco]

Her son sharing her brother’s birthday is such a precious piece of her story.

[Nimue]

Some of these stories are so heartbreaking.

[Damian.D]

We humans go through a lot of pain.. So good that her father still managed to find happiness after this horrific experience...!! Poor mother and son... 😢

[mkelly]

This was gut-wrenching. Better to know then to wonder forever but it is so sad that none of that family exists anymore

[Sammy_]

Oh Rita, how hard it is to find out about our families. My heart goes out to you!😢

[dianenewton]

When I was 13, I discovered a birth certificate for a baby named John August born in 1947. I asked my mother who he is and she told me he was my older brother, who was born a " blue baby" and he died within hours.
Immediately upon learning this, I missed him. To this day I still miss my older brother whom I never knew. Neither of my parents could ever speak of him but for the basic facts. The memory pained them the rest of their lives. One never recovers from something like that.

[tariqmahmood]

Out of knowhere and unexpected I found this very emotional ❤️ God bless all the loved ones who have passed over amen 🙏

[dinasun]

I don’t know why Im crying listening to her story.

[Aleka]

My heart goes out to Rita Wilson. So sad she never knew about a brother, then to find he was deceased.

[SuttonShimai]

While researching some information on my great-grandmother in cemetery records, I discovered that there was a grave next to hers with a little girl who was the daughter of her and my great-grandfather. I thought my grandfather was an only child, so I compared the dates. The little girl was born two years before my grandfather and died one month before he was born. I asked my mother if her father had a sister and she said no. I told her that he did have a sister who died just before he was born and my mother didn't know that.

[zbuildsthewayyyt]

My grandfather had a child with a woman while he was stationed in Germany during the Korean War. He knew there was a child. When he married my grandmother, he told her. She's known since 1952. My mother and my aunt have known, at least since they were grown, that there was a brother or sister in Germany. No one has ever tried to find them. For 70 years. I found out last year.

[nanaofpreciousgrands]

Wow this one has me bawling. Her poor father ; his wife and son ...wow

[darla-wciv]

I'm crying. I also was born on December 26th. How sad to see and feel the pain of your father.

[carolechenowith]

That brought tears to my eyes. Such a sad story.

[lisazihrul]

I am so sorry Rita for a loss you never knew of.I absolutely adore you and Tom and Im so happy he's there to help you.❤❤🙏🙏

[LudiCrust.]

I totally understand why he never told his family. I know that pain; it hurts on a cellular level and something you never get over. Basically you just learn to live with it & every time you think about it you feel extreme guilt for not letting it destroy you. It gives me a bad taste in my mouth and I feel numb which is worse than any other feeling in my opinion. Opening up about something like that to your second wife & kids is just not something I could possibly do bc then you worry about what they’re thinking about ‘if you love them as much as you did them’ & crazy stuff like that. I feel horrible for her dad.

[chrischris]

Well, a story that would have been forgotten! Is now remembered!
A sad story, but one worth knowing. Imagine how many peoples stories never get told!

[susanpera]

It’s incredible how much we don’t know about our parents lives.