Tina Arena - 'Who Do You Think You Are?' (2010)

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Tina Arena has always wanted to find out more about where her Italian-born parents came from. She is driven to find out the truth behind some family secrets and heads off to Sicily to explore her Italian roots - episode 3, season 3

[claudiahansen]

One of the most deeply moving episodes I have ever watched.

[theresawarchulski]

Omg, l cried real tears for you, Tina Wow, what a journey so happy you found some peace finally.. ❤

[kjmax]

This is a heart-rending story. I keep wondering if Tina did a DNA test. Bravo to her to understanding her roots.

[soniatriana]

Wow! Having never heard of this Singer, I have to say, she shared so much of her raw emotions - I think we all can relate to the anger we harbor within ourselves & look to target & blame others! Tina is extremely lucky to have this video that documents when her empathy & sudden transformation in her heart & soul change from hatred & anger to peace & love towards those family members she now understands much, much better!

[alidabotes]

That poem she wrote was incredible & had me crying after misty eyes all through the Sicilian search. So happy she's at peace & I know she & her Mum will now bond. Lovely ending.

[OphiuchusSun]

Thank you for sharing your deeply moving journey Tina. As someone else commented, so many of us can relate. It isn't until we come to know what our family have been through, as to why they are/were a certain way.. and then things start to make more sense, and we can begin to make peace with certain aspects of our lives.

[TheCurlyclub]

Tina has a beautiful speaking voice as well as a beautiful singing voice. I saw her in Evita in Melbourne, her performance was a triumph.

[janettescott]

Tina from QLD I started crying before you did. This was a very touching story.. Incredible lives lead. God Bless.

[lvcyxnz]

Much LOVE/RESPECT to you Tina from an Australian! Thank you for being such a much-loved, entertainment/singer icon for us all in Oz - as a child (70’s); teen (80’s) - then beyond intentionally! Such a beautiful, smart, multi-lingual, international, entertainment talent. 💜 This YouTube attests that YOU have SOUGHT information, then acknowledged, & honoured your ancestors 💜 & of their horrifically, difficult circumstances during past, historically difficult times. Thanks for telling their story! 💜 We ALL benefit! 🤗💜

[angelareimann]

Stunning photo of the parents as a young couple ❤

[gissyb]

I liked Tina Arena in the 90s.
What a amazing story

[pipfox]

Oh! First few seconds show beautiful Spencer Street train station in Melbournes heart! As it used to be...now its a mangled mess so ugly it would damage your eyes to look at it.
Thankyou for a glimpse of a grand old dame as she once was...now a memory only 😢

[TheKayc]

My own Nan never spoke really of her past. When she was asked, she got so upset my mum said they didn't like to ask.

Nan said her mum and two sisters had died at the end of WW1 during a flu epidemic. Her father was killed by a train and she was put in a convent until her eldest brother returned from the war and demanded she was released in his care. From what she said about unmarried mothers there, it was a Magdalene Home.

She disappears from all records from the age of eleven until she married my grandad. I would love to know what happened in those fourteen years.

On a strange note, I have always had a vision of my ideal home. Three stories high, up a path over looking a stream. When i visited the house where my nan was born, it was exactly as I had pictured. Yet my nan had left there as a tiny little girl and never spoke of it. Yet, I coyld describe that house exactly as it was, for years before I visited it. Also the night before I had my youngest I dreamt of my Nan and she said I was having a little girl and to call her Emma, it was a family name. My husband laughed as the scan predicted a boy. Yet Emma was born that morning, the image of my Nan, and years later I found that "Emma" was Nans grandmother's name. When we visited Nan's home town fir the first time when my Emma was six, she directed us through streets and shortcuts like she had lived there for years.

I do think the past does impact on us, and its not until we research our ancestors that we truly understand why.

[trishaprett]

Simply the most emotional episode of this programme.❤️

[judithclark]

What a story, what a journey to finally find peace and a sense of belonging.

[debrah]

From bitterness and anger to forgiveness and empathy, and then pride. A heartrending, but beautiful walk with this young lady. My heart has been touched and blown open by her story.

[jeanhawken]

Adore Tina . She has given us so much joy

[AnoJanJan]

This is one of the most bittersweet episodes and makes you think how the many threads throughout our history shape us. There have been scientific studies that show that the mental & environmental of a mother at conception & during pregnancy have a direct impact on genetics and DNA.

[mfb]

Truly heartbreaking and incredibly heartwarming. We are so blessed and spoiled with ignorance and selfish arrogance ... until we look a little deeper into what incredible history made us so valuable.

[jpld]

Très émouvant, d'autant que nous sommes nombreux à s'être trouvé dans des situations familiales comparables, voire similaires. Tu as toute ma sympathie et mon amour.