The idea behind this episode of the series is to take 2 famous people and trace their family tree and do DNA tests with their permission to find out things about them that the people themselves do not know and tell them about the family in previous generations they do not even know. In this episode, Larry David creator of Seinfeld, and Bernie Sanders Presidential candidate both find out family history neither of them knew.
While both of them knew their parents, they did not know the parents parents, and so on back into the past. Because of this, they are in a mystery that many of us who have not traced our trees do not know all too well.
The strongest points of this episode is the filling in of a lot of unknown History which both David and Sanders relatives endured. Both of their families emigrated from Europe. They grew up within a few miles of each other in New York City. Yet their family histories are quite different.
David's family parents are Jewish, but immigrated here from Germany. Before that they even go back to other areas of Europe. Then one of David's Grand Parents was from Alabama. Pre-Civil War Alabama had a Jewish settlement. Not a well known fact. David is shocked when he finds out one of them was a Slave Owner. They enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1862. There's much more about David and this program does a great job presenting it. Before Germany, David's previous generation lived in Austria.
Sander's finds out more about his parents, and then finds out that dad immigrated here from Austria. In the amazing background he finds out about a historically forgotten Holocast, when the Russian Army in World War 1 invaded his grand parents town in Austria, and proceeded to slaughter Jews in the town before the Austrian army drove them back. Later after that in the peace after World War 1, their city becomes part of Poland when the maps are redrawn. Then the Polish people slaughter many more of the cities Jews.
The sad historical fact is that Hitler was far from the only person who slaughtered Jews in Europe. This show points it out. At the end of the program, they present David and Sanders (in different rooms at different times, they are not together during any part of this episode), with family trees as far back as the show could find. All the way through they astonish both men with new facts they never knew about their families.
Then in the finale, each man is given a DNA test. The amazing result almost makes Saturday Night Live's Larry David doing an imitation of Bernie Sanders like an amazing bit of luck. The DNA tests and the family research prove the men are actually cousins.
This is the first episode of this series I have viewed and reviewed. It is excellently produced and well constructed. If the rest of the series is like this, it is worth while watching. The History lesson proves we should embrace our history, not destroy it. History makes us who we are and both men here learned more about their family then either ever knew. In the process they learned more about themselves. When we destroy history, we lose ourselves. That can be a fatal mistake for all of us.
While both of them knew their parents, they did not know the parents parents, and so on back into the past. Because of this, they are in a mystery that many of us who have not traced our trees do not know all too well.
The strongest points of this episode is the filling in of a lot of unknown History which both David and Sanders relatives endured. Both of their families emigrated from Europe. They grew up within a few miles of each other in New York City. Yet their family histories are quite different.
David's family parents are Jewish, but immigrated here from Germany. Before that they even go back to other areas of Europe. Then one of David's Grand Parents was from Alabama. Pre-Civil War Alabama had a Jewish settlement. Not a well known fact. David is shocked when he finds out one of them was a Slave Owner. They enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1862. There's much more about David and this program does a great job presenting it. Before Germany, David's previous generation lived in Austria.
Sander's finds out more about his parents, and then finds out that dad immigrated here from Austria. In the amazing background he finds out about a historically forgotten Holocast, when the Russian Army in World War 1 invaded his grand parents town in Austria, and proceeded to slaughter Jews in the town before the Austrian army drove them back. Later after that in the peace after World War 1, their city becomes part of Poland when the maps are redrawn. Then the Polish people slaughter many more of the cities Jews.
The sad historical fact is that Hitler was far from the only person who slaughtered Jews in Europe. This show points it out. At the end of the program, they present David and Sanders (in different rooms at different times, they are not together during any part of this episode), with family trees as far back as the show could find. All the way through they astonish both men with new facts they never knew about their families.
Then in the finale, each man is given a DNA test. The amazing result almost makes Saturday Night Live's Larry David doing an imitation of Bernie Sanders like an amazing bit of luck. The DNA tests and the family research prove the men are actually cousins.
This is the first episode of this series I have viewed and reviewed. It is excellently produced and well constructed. If the rest of the series is like this, it is worth while watching. The History lesson proves we should embrace our history, not destroy it. History makes us who we are and both men here learned more about their family then either ever knew. In the process they learned more about themselves. When we destroy history, we lose ourselves. That can be a fatal mistake for all of us.
