Comments on: Who Do You Think You Are? Encore Presentations begin Saturday night!

By: New England researcher

New England researcher — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:56:40 +0000

Will you or won’t you have a regular everyday person for a guest? How about an answer to that question?

There are enough people who do want to see someone who is “the man on the street.” The day I see a name I haven’t heard before is the day/night I will watch. Celebrity reruns just won’t do it for me.

I know many folks who are descended from famous people even though they are not famous. Even I have 7 Mayflower people who are my ancestors, which is not unusual since it was so many generations ago, and given the fact they intermarried so much for several years. And old Brigham Youn is in there too.

Everyone has someone of importance in his or her ancestry. What an interesting surprise that would be.

So how about an answer, please?

By: Vera McHale

Vera McHale — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:53:21 +0000

The search by Ms. Paltrow held my attention like glue. It is nice that the “skeletons in the family closet” as the old saying goes, about the down side of family history, was far enough removed from the present for her to go public without harming the living. Public records don’t always tell about corruption or deliberate hurdles that corner people. But they do make us pause enough to realize pride and prejudice are a destructive game. To know your family had a holy person of miracles is to know that faith in Our Creator is not foolish.
Somehow, the commonality of humanity save us all. Thanks for such a nice presentation.
Another old saying was “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover,” meaning that if you don’t know enough about someone to have empathy, you haven’t heard their story. All in Together was favorite playground game of my childhood that taught our class a lot about our own pride and prejudices.
This woman found herself in her family’s history. And that is extremely beautiful. What a loving family. She is very blessed. “The truth shall set you free.” YEAH ! Thanks for sharing with us.

By: Dale

Dale — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:52:21 +0000

I agree with Sara and others about showing regular people. How about showing celebrities for 75%of the show and short clips on regular people for the 25% of the show. This way you still have the audience draw from the celebrities.

By: sara vines

sara vines — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:47:28 +0000

I love the show i just wish you would show regular people

By: Richard Davis

Richard Davis — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 03:56:24 +0000

Just finished watching the “Ashley Judd” segment. Its nice that she had the cash, or was paid, to go to England, But couldn’t she have done a little research here first–the ancestor she was looking for, William Brewster, is well documented. 15 seconds on Wikipedia would give her more info than she found on the show, plus an incredible list of other descendents to whom she is related.

Kinda unimpressive–besides, doesn’t she have other ancestors whose lives are no less important? I suppose everybody wants to be descended from kings, but there are a lot more pig farmers than kings.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:52:53 +0000

I love the show but it would not hurt to add someone in the search that is not a star.

I get sick of celebs. We watch reality shows but the minute they put celebs on we stop watching.

By: SWElliott

SWElliott — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:45:08 +0000

I’ve seen all the programs and never miss an episode thanks to my DVR. How about a new season that spreads out to include people other than entertainment celebs?? How about including people who have actually done something other than just being “famous!” I would love to see the British series run instead of the all the re-runs of the series we’ve already seen. Come on, Ancestry, BRANCH OUT…..

By: Robyn

Robyn — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:07:20 +0000

I love this show as well, and is one of the reasons I joined ancestry.com…I like seeing the celebrities who came from “just plain folk”, but also agree with SCWCM and take an unknown relative of the celebrity with them…

By: Jennifer Totten

Jennifer Totten — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:20:52 +0000

Yes! Am so happy to hear that there will be a Season 3!!! Can’t wait to find out who will be searching for their ancestors.

By: Swenette Ogle

Swenette Ogle — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:48:06 +0000

I’ve got to do more research and double checking, but looks like one of my husband’s branches is the same (along a twig) as one of those “stars”. Unreal!