Same I was waiting for the barking xx

@@nessal4078 i shouldn’t be laughing… we need more of Ray!

I thought it was Ray! Love that guy. We do need more Ray!

thought the same thing, but cleaner house!! they seem so kind and gentle, love them both too!

What Ray could have been ☹

Yes!!!! Great comment!!

Me too

Exactly!!! All I want is the best for both of them.

They seem to be.

Me too, and that greedy people trying to exploit them for a dollar leave them be.

Rick Jenson is proof that there's still a world full of sons of bitches!

They seem sweet.

They cut grass ffs 🙄

@@combrogi I think they have dementia that is why he does not remember.

Did everyone know those 2 men were born as a result of their Dad raping their older sister? How sad. Really sad.

Are you planning to get pregnant?

@@ijustdidahugeshit opportunity

@@carolyncain2897 I am a qualified lesbian

@lisa sam I am a woman

@@ijustdidahugeshit Jesus fucking Christ 🤯

too true.

Have you watched all 37 MILLION youtube channels to back up your claim?

@Trepang 412 but you need facts to support an opinion. He already declared that he has viewed most youtube channels and that is impossible for anybody to do.

@Trepang 412 opinion without comparison is no opinion at all. Most 5th graders could understand that. If I ate only 1 piece of pizza in my life and I said that is the best pizza in the world.....that would be riduculous because I didn't compare it to any other pizza.

@Trepang 412 No I'm not. In his statement he compared this channel with all youtube channels without comparing them with any youtube channels. If he would have said "this is an important youtube channel", that would have been an acceptable opinion.

No you're thinking of Ray from the Whitaker family in Odd, West Virginia. One of the brothers just has a strong resemblance to him.

Was thinking the same thing, thought he might have got a hold of some good medication.

@killwill83 No they don't! Jerry is very articulated...he speaks very well!

One's a clone of the original 🤣

It's the same medical condition, like downs syndrome children have similar features...

This is what i was thinking too so crazy

Indeed and there's likely a reason for the resemblance. Both of them have comitant strabismus, which is often found among descendants of excessive inbreeding.

but of-course, jerry and ray are from different families

@@Blizmogames1337duhh

I said the same

Yes, sadly, I think they're very aware what they're a product of, sadly. I feel so bad, it's not their fault.

I got family down in Ky/West Virginia and they truly are the forgotten Americans, completely untouched by the system and no help for them, but no matter what they are always happy with the absolute bare minimum and they are the most loving family oriented people in this nation. My great grandmother was a Shiflett, which there seems to be a whole shit Ton of them down in West Virginia, it makes finding relatives a little difficult when there’s so many of the same last name.

@@SuperM1206 I thought it was very easy to find relatives there?

Funny thing is ‘uneducated hill folk’ is more of a compliment than you might think.. would mean you were brought up naturally in a sense

Lol hillbilly inbreds yall make whites look bad smfh

@@Nate2003x very true, they carry a inner stillness within them.

Were they TWINS? I don't know the ages so that's why I'm asking. They're too similar & in the other video the sister that told her Mom she'd never get married & always take care of them said that they were always together. Wow. Thanks for a superb channel & content.God Bless you ~Anita

Had me too.

Could be Ray’s twin brother. The resemblance is uncanny.

I thought so too!! Remarkable resemblance.

I totally agree. People may make fun of these people but they are good people. I'd love to meet them

Dude, it's quite obvious this gentleman has memory issues wtf do you really think his Mom is alive 😳 😐 😂

So if their mother is also their sister, is the father, also their grandfather?? I'm confused as hell.

​@garynelson9538 any children born after them would be a sibling and a niece or nephew.

Incest is very common in Appalachia.

@@laken1804 Incest is very common everywhere, not just Appalachia

Very well said. And I feel sad for them. Maybe I shouldn't. They just seem lonely to me but I could be wrong.

Exactly!!!!!! "And just be!" Simple words with extraordinary meaning ❤️

Haha fact's

Thats right, Nick...absolutely 💯

I love this comment. If only more people could do that. Just be! To just chill, relax and enjoy the quite moments.

If only he would listen more and maybe ask questions on their level and not his. That guy on the right with the beard told him he quit school at 15 years old in 7th grade and walked home but he asked again about the schooling.

@@CharleysMom2 He always does that he ask same question over and over He does it on Whitaker’s video Every video same question He says he’s not an interviewer but you don’t have to be in interviewing to remember and comprehend what somebody says to you

@@tripled5165 he’s an exploiter if you want my opinion. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎁🎁❤️

@@CharleysMom2 I have watched enough to know he has a script. He asks everyone the same basic questions to emphasize the differences in people.

Yeah but he really needs to improve how he talks to people, when people get uncomfortable he shouldn’t push the same question, but mild his tone a bit, be more soft-spoken and talk a bit slower. Sometimes it feels like he’s interrogating not interviewing.

They are brothers to ray.

They need to b tested omg

It is all about karma!!! It will come back to you !!!

​@@Salem_Wolf1107 tested for what?

@@TingTingalingy Have a guess? Gee Whiz !

Their handyman loves duct-tape.

@Niamh De Na Crainn Arda I think it's slightly kept.

Looks to me like they are pretty good housekeepers and have done their best. People growing up in good circumstances to take a lesson from them.

The one brothers bedroom is very neat and clean

Do you not see the black mold chilling on the wooden beam behind Jerry lol

Same!!! I read on the comments Jerry & Ray live in the same town? I say do a dna test on them, cuz they gotta be related!!!

Me too they favor that's for sure!

I did too.....

Ray is the best!!!!

Je te croise partout bro ! Ici, sur les vidéos de Driver et les tiennes 😁😁

I don’t think that these two gentlemen are Whittaker’s, though.

They are not the Whittakers.

They've got alot of similarities to the Whitaker's but they're DEFINITELY NOT them. They keep a cleaner home then the Whitakers & they can BOTH speak clearly.

Well said.

Well said I also hope that they listen instead of judging.

Kareb, Thank you for the kind words. Yes, I agree. It’s sad that so many turn to cruelty and judgement rather than listening and learning.

Plus they are isolated and kin is the only way to procreate. Unfortunately this causes a lot of the issues they have. It’s sad really.

It’s disturbing af and people are so “proud of their way of living “. So gross

Just like i felt.

I think Ray is in his 70’s also, if I recall from the Whittaker video Mark asked their ages. I actually thought this WAS Ray for a second lol

Of course they're family... it's a hollers of West Virginia thang. 😉

He is only about 5 or 6 years older than Ray, so he could not be his father.

I think there siblings

I think that is or was Ray

Sorry for the loss of your husband, I feel the same way as far as empathy and insight. 🧡

Bless you Mel and your loss. No hate here

Its a pity the host of the site has not gained any empathy or insight. His bombastic rude questioning is worthy of a Lawyer in s murder case. What a disgusting way to make a living, prostituting poor people for financial gain on utube.

Empathy a word that sometimes forgotten on KZfaq.

I'm so sorry for the loss of your husband Mel. I hope you have family to help you through this difficult time. Sending love and comfort to you in your time of need and a hug if you're a hugger.

I’m from the uk and all I know about the Appalachian people are what I’ve seen on KZfaq. I am really intrigued by the way of life. My impression of the Appalachians is that they are hard working down to earth people and I feel a pull towards them. Maybe being a Lancashire lass I can feel some sort of familiarity. When Covid is over I would love to visit Appalachia, where do you recommend?

Well, my beautiful state of West Virginia is for sure. We have the best whitewater rafting, the most beautiful views you would picture from a calender, we have a ski resort called Snow Shoe, we have rock climbing, great fishing, we have The Greenbrier, which is a luxury resort that is beautiful and had lots of history including an underground bunker that was used in the Cold War(you can take a tour) If you're into history and beautiful nature, WV is the best naturous place you'd ever imagine. Any states that are home to Appalachian people most likely have beautiful views& awesome nature activities. The mountains are my home and though there's not alot to do like on the big cities, there's still alot to do if you're in tune with Nature #WV💙💛

@@Bee-ly4gx salyersville ky, is a beautiful country w beautiful ppl. My mom grew up there and I have beautiful memories of visiting my mamaw and pawpaw. No bathroom just a out house but had a kitchen sink. Spotless home although there was 8 kids. All the males were coal miners and all of them worked in the tabacco and sugar cane fields. Hard working ppl, had what they needed. This was only 20 mi from Butcher holler where Loretta Lynn grew up. Really beautiful ❤️ place and you'd love the wooded hills. You'd be very much welcomed and ppl won't let you leave till they feed you and omg, the food taste like no other. Please visit you won't regret it. You'll make great friends. Ps you can take a tour of Loretta Lynn's house where she grew up.

Appalachian girls are the best!

@@Bee-ly4gx We got us some pretty places out here in Western, NC. Clingman's Dome, Mt. Mitchell, Cherokee, NC. You likely feel some familiarity because most of us come from the Northern English, and Southern Scottish borderlands, and some from Ulster. Lots of us live the way folks did decades, or centuries ago. My neighbors and I grow most of our own food. I had a hog killing just this past week from 2 hogs I raised from piglets. Instead of salting pork like our ancestors did, we just freeze it, but we don't buy any grocery store meat and very few grocery store veggies. We're as stubborn as the granite that's up on some of our balds ;)

Leonard has dementia. No doubt

Maybe it’s not so complicated and they really just don’t remember. Any chance of that?

I feel for these guys as it's obvious there was trauma in their life. One seems to have a good stand on blocking out the past while other wouldn't mind a conversation but fears his brother. if that makes any sense.

Disagree. I think they just don't care and aren't interested in the discussion. They live primarily in the present and are dismissing questions they find odd, irrelevant, or uninteresting to them.

Annoying part to me is that every time they are asked a question they say “huh?” so basically he’s having to ask every question twice.

They are very different. I’ve known Jerry all my life.

that is ray

@@tolleysamishcountry1987 but they look a like. Obviously different people but same face

I thought it was Ray also

Must be related one way or the other

…pink woman’s shirt no less. Hmmm….

Judgemental ​@@rswilsonart

I think it be a congenital deformity

I'm just observant!

@@clairewilliams7762 yeah something from the miner

I'm from Western PA too! Which city or township?

Or it means they don’t want to remember.

A severely short attention span

It might mean that their lives were so mundane that having memory during all those years of life wasn't even required or necessary.

They don't want to talk about the past

Yes, I'm getting a little tired of hoes and pimps

U should come and see for yourself.

Same

@@5p674 you’re damned right lol!

Yes the Appalachian people are my favorite to listen to as well 👏

Who hurt you?

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@DimebagVision R. I. P. - DiME, the greatest EVER!

“I don’t want no part of it, we got enough going on round here”.

@DimebagVision besides raising a stable family and not dying a lonely miserable person lol.

Nice comment.😊❤

Yeah he is...

Hell yeah. He’s the man!!!!

Ray for president 2024 🧡

Naw. That wouldn’t be Ray then.

Ray has a special gift , he can talk to the animals 🤣

@bina nocht just search the Whittaker family

Maybe Jerry and Ray are twins

Are these guys related to the Whittakers??

@@robbiemedeiros244 part of their clan

Might be cool for them to meet

Their parents falling in love didn’t really go well did it…

Very smart answer

No. just NO. Stop bending answers to fit some definition of "wisdom." Human beings desire and NEED love. You don't think both those men wouldn't move Heaven and Earth to find true love, acceptance, caring, and support? There is no "Appalachian mountain country wisdom" in that statement. You may as well find "wisdom" in quiting school and living in poverty. These are good, decent, honorable people. But they aren't "wise."

@@jakemitchell1671 Love is a very loose word. They still have each other for company and obviously there's a brotherly bond. Maybe they just don't produce much testosterone or maybe they are asexual. Plenty of possibilities

@@jakemitchell1671 with the potential of being as heavily inbred as the Wittakers it’s possibly a defense mechanism their organism has to prevent them from reproducing any further. It could also be that they’ve been so traumatized at home as children that they want nothing to do with any kind of romantic relationship.

Gentleman… lol

Jerry is still at home. I saw him out walking a couple of weeks ago. Leonard had some health problems, but he’s doing well now. Leonard is living in a long term care facility.

You said “ gentleman “. I wouldn’t use a restroom that said “ gentleman” I wouldn’t know what bathroom to use. And I don’t even blow snot in my hand b or pick my butt and eat it Or roll around with a sack of dead birds. What would you consider a gentleman

Man an his sister.

​. Thanks for the update on these 2 gentlemen

Zachte blanke onderbuik!

Nobody really gives a flying turd

hallo uit Detroit

Hello from NY, USA. As difficult as it is sometimes for me to understand Leonard and Jerry (and some others), how do you find it?

@@lizbetpcb3759 nobody cares where you're from

I live here and it's a special place with the locals. The tourists are not so great.

I'd imagine they are very very frugal with their money and don't indulge in luxuries often, if ever. So it's probably not all that much money overall

How are they able to live off of their fathers pension plan? Just curious

@@Evettecord First, their cost of living appears to be super LOW. In addition to this, their father worked during a time when employers (the Rich) took FULL RESPONSIBILITY for the retirement of those who made them rich. It was only in the 80's when the 401k became the norm

@@carlathomas5807 got it. I jut thought the pension ended when the dad died unless he’s still alive so they’re all living off of it

@@Evettecord Working with a lady now in her early 70s. She's still receiving pension funds from her deceased husband who worked in New York. Together, we work for the same employer who offers a pension (a county hospital) and we have the multiple options on how to distribute our pension after retirement (or death) which also includes dependants. I suppose their father had better options though, especially with children who have learning disabilities?

These were my thoughts exactly. Like “wow, the Whittaker’s had carpet underneath all of that dirty….”

That’s exactly what I thought! I thought “he’s taking good care of Ray”! I about fell off my chair when he started talking!

Doesn't look anything at all like Ray. Btw I think I bout won me a car just now

@@Bob-yt9qi I guess that’s your perspective. When I came through the comments section I found quite a few immediately said the same thing I thought but who knows 😉

@@aliciablanchard2500 trust the seance

They keep a better house than the Whittakers.

Really?

It's people like you that have never been to a third world country and think.

Me too

SAME! They look SO much alike, except this man is more put-together and clean. I really love these Appalachian stories.

@Sindy lov💋 imagine if your mom found out your only job was making bot links

I thought the same x

Good morning 🌞🌻

It’s uncanny eh? When I heard Jerry start talking I was like shit Ray was just messing with us the whole time lol.

It's because they are most likely related.

Leonard looks like Joe Biden

@@cb4883 ..Baahaha!! Your right, he does look like Biden! I bet Leonard could also run this country better than Joe Biden! Hell, Ray could do a better job!!

@@sandrajohnson2489 ..Your right! They probably are!

I'm sure 'It was so long ago' just means 'none of your business'. Living in WV you learn these people have a lot to say if they trust you and honestly most of it ain't pretty. Older generations out here were encouraged to keep there problems to themselves.

@@mandacole8703 of coarse.. that makes total sense. It's not that they're dull, they're private. Sharing nothing doesn't necessarily mean they're feeling nothing. You made an excellent point.

I can't imagine the Incestuous behavior But GOD'S Good and His Blessings Abound!! Please take care and Thanks for Sharing..

Life doesn't get any simpler than that. No car no wife no kids no worries.

You can't beat the people of WV ❤️ #AlmostHeaven

Pocahontas County right here.

I've never been to WV but only to eastern KY. Its beautiful country and the people are always top notch.

When I first moved to DC from WV I was always told in interviews that people like to hire us for our work ethic. I met a dozen or so WV natives who were working corporate. (Not me. I hated staying in the same job every year. My husband was building a career and going to school. I had the luxury of doing things I liked tho money was tight_ I did work corporate 3 years in security) anyway, it was something oft repeated, that a WV hire was better than 10 others. Lol. I think we all grew up knowing these sort of folks. I remember one girl was mute. I would sit with her in church and she carried a sketch pad and drew beautiful nature scenes. Home delivered babies often suffered oxygen deprivation from unskilled midwives. That was common up to the 60s. My grandmother was a chicken farmer, sold eggs, she spoke a mix of Cherokee and old English _ org from KY. She wed the first time at 13 and the second at 16. I recall she had a philosophy about everything. A strong woman of small stature who raised 14 kids _ 2 she found in her shed during the depression. She found a way to help everyone and oft said, be kind to the outcasts and simple folks, we are poor and hard working so they can have someone look out for them. Yes. It was a shock in the city how cold and rude folks were. It's crowded and where we lived ethnically diverse but gang infested even in the 90s. The police were the equivalent of your rural rear ends_ the men were less gentlemen or not very skilled, I was used to natural mechanics and problem solvers. I had never encountered racism as my family and husbands look white but are ethnically mixed. There's all sorts of divisions in the city. No tolerance under the surface. A sort of caste system among certain groups. And a lot of creeps lol. We left 2000 and it was pretty violent and with terrible schools. Basically a non education so we had to teach much of history and my husband is a chemist. He taught our kids from books at home too. (Also WV born) I donated my 25 Year collection of books locally when I moved where i currently live. Started organic farming and have a 3 acre habitat. We tend to have highly intelligent g children so public education is a challenge everywhere. We still encourage learning in home. I think the lesson is people are people. You have the equivalent to these folks in cities. You have every sort of humanity. The difference is attitude and the fact rural is community, like family, you tend to take time to know them and people help each other. They value all life. The slower pace gives you time to reflect and not having things close makes you think on your feet and problem solve. Most older gen females are skilled and self reliant. They tend to be less self obsessed, and more community oriented. Career women in the city were fairly boring and limited to themselves or status as subjects of conversation lol. Men not much different. I often took (people) jobs just to avoid the yawning nothingness of pretentious conversation. Worked in ethnic salons and malls, walked a lot to encounter more grounded folk.

Sad that basic courtesy has become a rare thing. I don't live in Appalachia and I've always held doors/greeted people etc. I guess it helps that they probably have more limited Internet access and so don't completely worship at the altar of social media.

Hey I don't know much,but I think there's a places in heaven for all ofthem.when u know no better you can do do no better.pure souls all all.

The tic of the clock in the background.....

@@lastnamefirst4035 Don't be ugly

@@jeffreyj3906 just saying what i see but i dont need to say anything at all if its not good

@@lastnamefirst4035 That I agree with and you are judging these gentlemen and they are older and clearly not very well. Shame on you!

your sister is also your mother huh?

🤣 no! I live here. It’s too depressing.

@@hhholly why is it depressing? Is there nothing to do?

@@stephenalex4345 Everything to do, no different than anywhere else in that regards…southern culture and strict religions. No multiculturalism.

@@hhholly ohhh I understand. Have you lived there your whole life?

Well i was born in Toledo Ohio but we moved to Rogersville Tn and Coeburn Va and Bigstone gap Va so im dead in the middle of the beautiful Smokie mountains in the Appalachian mountains. And every morning I get to wake up in the most beautiful places on earth. Ain't god awesome.

Hi 👋 how are you doing?

Hi 👋 how are you doing?

I agree. They are clean, pay their bills, shop and feed themselves. Most importantly, they have each other.

@@Annika626 Yes, but what if one passes and the other is all by himself?

They don’t know anything else..

As heartbreaking it may be to most , the two brothers are living the only way they know it as they don’t know any differently. So they may be quite content in their life. However, isn’t it ironic that there seems to be some sadness showing through even tho they know no differently I still feel and see a sad face

Beautiful people 😍

Beautiful? Oh lawdy.

I can arrange that lol

I was thinking the same. Probably everything in that had a purpose or means something

@@travisechols1570 could you?

I thought he was ray at first until I heard him speak!!

I thought it WAS Ray at first! Absolutely amazing how identical they look.

They are cousins

I'm confused

@Sindy lov💋 imagine if your mom found out your only job was making bot links

Gotta be RAYYY

Lmao

Please… I shouldn’t be laughing

Totally!!! I read in a different comment section they live in the same town…. I say SWU should do a dna test!!!

LOL!!! NOt nice, but still funny!! Shame on me for laughing.

Hi 👋 how are you doing?

Put “Jerry” and “Ray” in the same video and then I’ll believe it!

Speaking from ignorance doesn't help those most vulnerable.

Yoooo I know. Rings and a chain with that nice pink striped shirt.

first thing i noticed very fashionable

dude legit!!

i was thinking the same thing lol he looks pretty fresh

They both look very youthful honestly.