My Victorian Ancestors' Secret Revealed | Real Stories Full-Length Documentary

Let's just all agree our ancestors were much more strong, robust, pure, vital, adventurous and wonderful than we are.

I have been doing genealogy for a very long time, and one thing I can tell you, records are only as honest as the people reporting the information. Another thing is that when you are looking in the US for ancestry, you need to remember that America was not fully settled at one time. It took 200 years to get settlements from New England to California, and many towns were made in that time. You can't say "they were born in this state" if that state was not established as a state, you can say "in the area today called...." I know a lady who kept saying her great-grandfather was born in Wales, England. I told her no such place exists, because it is Wales in the UK. But she insisted it was Wales, England and I said the Welsh might have something to say about that. You have to remember that in the UK and Ireland, and most of Europe, they have churches and town records for well over a thousand years. The US does not. You might be lucky to find 100 years ago in the US.

My Father, Malachy McGurk, who passed away on 9/10/2020 emigrated from Tyrone, Northern Ireland where we still have his siblings and the younger generations living at the family’s farm.

Please keep doing these. This is the only way I can see any shows in the 🇺🇸 from 🇬🇧

That Royal connection story was a bit pointless. Like they didn’t tell her anything she didn’t already know and they didn’t talk about other possibilities, given 27% is a significant (grandparent level) proportion. I hope they at least ruled out an NPE for her parents because that would immediately solve the mystery. The link to possibly royalty was not well established at all. I have 25% German and 25% English ancestry, does that mean I might be related to royalty? I don’t like the way that last story was presented, the others were far more interesting.

That picture kind of looks a little like Annie Oakley.

Why do people want to be connected to royalty? The ship builder's story was infinitely more interesting than any fantasy of being royal.

I actually have someone helping me with the mystery of my father’s family since he didn’t speak much likely due to his experiences of being an Irish Catholic in Northern Ireland through a troubled time in history there. My grandfather (on my father’s side) was said to have been born in Philadelphia because apparently my great grandparents emigrated to America but after my grandfather was born in Philadelphia they moved home to the family farm in Tyrone. I have been researching it as I have time over the years.

I wish the Historians figured out what happened to Harriott and I wish each case was a bit longer.

I see no resemblance of that German lady to Princess Beatrice. None. She’s grasping at straws in my opinion.

My great grandfather came up missing since my grandfather was very young. They have some YouTube videos about him. We have searched for years to know the truth. Finds out he left his wife and 12 children and started over. He got married and had more children. He died in Florida.

Life can be so undignified. For those who live on the edge of starvation, being related to royalty can give one a sense of dignity. But it doesn't fill the belly...😮

I find so many of these stories so fascinating! I’ve become addicted to these stories!

Our family has a big stretch from the oldest to the youngest child. The oldest grandchild is only two years younger than my Mom's youngest child. Nothing scandalous about it. I feel sad that this first women thought negative things about her ancestress,likely, because of the negative way in which actresses were considered to be.

My Irish American grandfather used his own Irish last name when dealing (in business) with other Irish people but used another more English-sounding name when dealing with Protestants. The question about Locke vs. Mullins brought this to mind.

I am a 1st generation Irish ☘️ American who according to the records of my now deceased great aunt am the 7th generation of 7 brothers who fled their land which was taken by ??? In Limerick and became all my ancestors in Athea, County Limerick and that just on my mother’s side.

I’ve never heard of the Lancastria before today!

My grandmother was also passed off as her grandmother’s youngest child but her mother had her @ 15 & later left to wed a man who probably wasn’t the father. My mother never knew the whole story but she still remembered meeting relatives that may have belonged to this family. My grandmother also married @ 16 & didn’t have very much to do with her own mother’s relatives. It was an open secret at the time.

Imagine falsely accusing you're own ancestor of hanky panky! 🤣😂

My great granddad was a scoundrel and ner do well. My great grand mum was a lady of the night. I can’t recall the exact phrasing. My grandmother was sent to home for children from problematic families,she was sent to work as a maid in a large home. She was there till from 12 to 14 years old and she stole a pieces of jewelry hocked them n got on a boat to Canada. She never spoke of England.