The Most Jaw-Dropping Family Scandals Discovered on Finding Your Roots | Ancestry®

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[mermaidmoon]

My great-grandmother was one of the first female lawyers in Milan. She left her first husband right after my grandmother was born in a very dramatic way. The early 20th century was a time when that wasn't common at all, it was a true scandal at the time. And nobody dared discussing it ever in our family, so I wish I could've asked her the reason. I'm so curious about why...

[lovesing]

I think stories of our ancestors are so much more interesting than many of our lives nowadays. The stakes were so much higher with everything.

[coppertopv]

My mom is my 5th cousin on my dads side.
I found my dad in my early 30s and so i did uncover not only a scandal that my mom was 19 & my dad was 16 when i was conceived. But two years ago i found out i have a half aunt, because my grandfather who i never thought would cheat on my grandmother did cheat and he knew he had another kid, but he was never in no part of my half aunts life.

When hunting family secrets.. be ready to accept most anything ..

[darkangel_]

I love John Waters. I'm from the same town and state as him, and we love him.

[Olive_O_Sudden]

A couple of years ago I saw my great-grandmother Rebecca's birth certificate for the first time and was surprised to see that the name listed was "Eva Becky". Nobody in my family ever called her either Eva or Becky.

[johnchandler]

My greatgrandad, Gillis Fewell, was in the local saloon when he heard screams for help. Five European immigrants who couldn't speak English had been picking strawberries from the storekeeper's garden. When he tried to make them pay they pulled knives and cut him badly. Greatgrandad, who was county champion shot and always carried his rifle, shot and killed all 5. One of the bystanders said, "You missed that last one when he ran around the corner." He replied, " No, I got him right where his suspenders crossed." Sure enough the bullet hit dead center where they crossed. When the sheriff came into the saloon to question him he told him that some stranger he'd never seen before came in, asked to borrow his rifle. Said they'd heard 5 shots, then the stranger returned the rifle and left. All the men present swore that was what happened and the sheriff couldn't do a thing. Still, I played with that old Winchester 1873 44/40 as a kid and it had 5 notches whittled in yhe top if it's stock.😊

[pamelacurts]

When are they going to start doing this for regular people?

[AncestryUS]

Has learning a family secret made you more compassionate towards an ancestor?

[AFloridaSon]

I'm always surprised when people know so little about their parents and grandparents, unless they were adopted.

[haroldconover]

You have the greatest show . I wish i could afford to pay you to do my ancestry.

[mmeyerdc]

My 2X great grand aunt Eliza married at least four times in the 19th century and had one child. The man who fathered the child lived next door and had a wife and five kids, and my aunt was married to one of her husbands at the time who divorced her and cited the pregnancy as grounds. I found this all out while researching family history.

[philippschwartzerdt]

And what have we learned?
Your ancestors share your DNA, but they don’t share your future and what you make out of it!

Adding:
And as so many people like to have it. The same way, nobody should hold your ancestry against you, the one way or the other.

[hnoiyzh]

It may sound strange, the scandals do show a determination and strength of will.

[DonnaBarrHerself]

My mother's brother's first wife's first cousin was Leni Riefenstahl 😳

[sharons]

Not sure a mother’s name change is scandalous.

[girl]

Not really a scandal but...I know my paternal grandma's family come to Wisconsin because they were running from a murderer. From the story, they believed he believed they knew something about a murder he convicted, so they took the family and ran, and settled in the Cheese State. I guess they were successful since there haven't been any suspicious deaths since.

[NicholasPaulArnold]

I’m related to John Dillinger on my dad’s side and Madonna on my mom’s side

[jayfire]

Who is that dude at 0:47 ? Could be a mix up in my brain but his voice sounds hella familiar

[Eddiedoherty]

What date is Ancestry gona start charging members to look at there Shared matches.. 💸 💰

[fuq]

My uncle was the first one to get his 🐓 clipped off