Olivia Colman Gets Emotional Learning About Indian Ancestors

Olivia Colman Gets Emotional Learning About Indian Ancestors | Who Do You Think You Are

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5 жыл бұрын

Olivia Colman discovers how her Indian ancestors fell in love, returned to India and had four children. Where will Olivia's journey take her next?
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@dragonmaid1360 5 жыл бұрын

What's so lovely about this is the story obviously, but the delight on that Indian ladies face as she reveals these things to Olivia is gorgeous. Two strangers coming together over a story. How lovely of the Indian lady to find out all those things for Olivia and to take such delight in the reveal. God bless her.

@finnpeters7867 5 жыл бұрын

Dragon maid I teared up 😂

@swarnarekha6110 5 жыл бұрын

She is history professor of Calcutta University

@crazydiamond4565 5 жыл бұрын

Dragon maid What I find sad about this is that 200 years from now there will be no written love story like this. Olivia is like a child discovering her past. So lovely!

@remarkableshailesh 5 жыл бұрын

Lol .. she must have been paid to do it

@Ladeliciadelinda 4 жыл бұрын

They are just so cute together as they read the letter. So much excitement. I would be too. It really is like out of a Jane Austen novel

@user-xk2st7fd1f 5 жыл бұрын

This professor is the nicest of the historians , her smile and genuine joy over Harriet is quite apparent!!

@dragonniz 5 жыл бұрын

True. I can almost imagine her excitement, having the opportunity to see history jumping out of the old texts, bits and pieces coming together, and ultimately appear before her very eyes as Olivia - a real life breathing human being. Things have come full circle.

@swarnarekha6110 5 жыл бұрын

She is a nice person in real life too i had been her direct student for five years

@mwenvlay 4 жыл бұрын

@@swarnarekha6110 lucky!

@fatimacabral1777 4 жыл бұрын

Anna R she’s beautiful 😊

@revolrtol 3 жыл бұрын

She kinda remind me of an auntie who was just telling her niece abt her parents/family

@MrNikolidas 5 жыл бұрын

This is how our 3x great grandchildren will look back on our lives - facebook posts and text messages. It makes you want to leave a better impression, to be honest.

@WhirlyPearly 5 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Charles well put.👌🏻

@captainstark5496 5 жыл бұрын

Haha XD they will see all the thirst tweets

@lisaellis9749 4 жыл бұрын

True.

@gamerzpower926 4 жыл бұрын

They will disappointed, not gonna lie. I ain't got any elephant bro.

@akari1605 4 жыл бұрын

Captain stark thanks for reminding me to delete them.

@lastudentessa 5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking this sounds like something in a Jane Austen novel just as the lady said it. Lol! Who said men aren't romantic?!

@sadiaadil6423 5 жыл бұрын

I knwwww.i was grinin from ear to ear 🤭🙈

@dandygirl6 3 жыл бұрын

not these days bloody hell

@maggiepie765 2 жыл бұрын

YASSS - esp “I am not indifferent to you…” if this isn’t PEAK JANE AUSTEN IDK what is… 🥰

@singtweetypie 5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved Olivia's description of Harriet's hand holding her grandsons' - and Olivia's mother's hand holding her grandfather's - and by that touch - they have all connected. Just beautiful imagery.

@LanceCorporalKitty 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed, that was such a beautiful visual and really brings it home how close we are to our ancestors

@Liz-sc5dg 4 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. Such a beautiful image! That I feel in my heart towards my ancestors going back over the years. So lovely!

@kooolkidninjamaster Жыл бұрын

For sure..made me tear about my own family

@SaoirseK 4 жыл бұрын

"I am not indifferent to you" even that made me blush. ☺

@immers2410 Жыл бұрын

I’m going to use that line on tinder

@Ainennke 4 жыл бұрын

That letter to the brother was the most interesting artefact I've ever seen on one of these episodes. What an incredible insight to have into the lives of one's ancestors.

@siddharthnaagar7028 4 жыл бұрын

As an Indian who loves Olivia Colman this was a jackpot

@nishidgaikwad1412 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more 🤷🏻‍♂️💯

@arpanmalakar11 2 жыл бұрын

Want to be a British servant again?

@beminae1603 2 жыл бұрын

@Unknown Sender that’s so unnecessary 😐

@shermz8888 5 жыл бұрын

I would like to be as happy at the Indian lady. Gorgeous smile.

@globalcitizenn 5 жыл бұрын

Sherman Dsouza in India it is a polite thing to smile. It is rude not to.

@ashleydavall 4 жыл бұрын

The history professor seems like a really charming fun lady who clearly loves her subject.

@sjc4 5 жыл бұрын

The most telling bit is when she gets on the boat and offers help to her guide... what a gem.

@KLI22 5 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't most?

@kluger2222 5 жыл бұрын

she is so genuine.

@budle89 3 жыл бұрын

@@KLI22 most would. I'm not a decent person and I know it's just normal to help elderly/child in such situation.

@soul_asmr 5 жыл бұрын

OH my god I need to watch this as a movie??? The Jane Austen comparison was SPOT on ahhhhhhh I love this

@sahelimazumder1586 5 жыл бұрын

“ oh she is having a babby” I love this woman ♥️

@leovids9353 4 жыл бұрын

I can't even find my school certificates when I need tgem. This is amazing seeing them produce letters and documents from 200 years ago🤪

@shireenpadhye8450 3 жыл бұрын

This comment is lit😂

@marabarbra4881 3 жыл бұрын

Olivia and the researcher lady are such gems.

@polyannamoonbeam 5 жыл бұрын

the letters.....!:) a lost art. Olivia Coleman narrates them so beautifully.

@SR-us5gr 4 жыл бұрын

and from the heart! True love and nothing more!

@marinazagrai1623 4 жыл бұрын

polyann...I know how it sounds, bu today's younger generation don't even know proper English! Theywill have a shock when the job they might want requires them to speak and maybe write.

@A_T__ 4 жыл бұрын

“I am not indifferent to you” We should be talking like this now, its so romantic!

@Felidae-ts9wp 5 жыл бұрын

What a lovely love story..they sure knew how to court in those days.

@henryfung9725 5 жыл бұрын

i thought the whole thing was sick. poor harriet for being a product of some crap

@rakabarua6696 5 жыл бұрын

+Henry Fung Why do you go on every page to spew negativity?...I have noticed you before.

@rojaiqbal5403 3 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 I

@ebybeehoney 5 жыл бұрын

I know it was so difficult for ancestors of mixed heritage at the time, but for those of us finding out about it now, it can be very exciting.

@clarissagafoor5222 5 жыл бұрын

It's wonderful that people are happy about being Eurasian now a days. There was a time when people would deny this strongly!

@dikshapoman4482 3 жыл бұрын

I had goosebumps when professor said do you want to see her photograph.😭🥺

@taram9409 Жыл бұрын

Me too. I teared up a little bit!

@sarahjones4955 5 жыл бұрын

omg that letter though!!! 😭❤️❤️ soo cute and lovely , i really wish people talked/wrote liked this

@sadiaadil6423 5 жыл бұрын

Ikr? Not swipe right/left 🙄 this is silly,but old world romance needs to come back 😑😅

@ailsadixon281 4 жыл бұрын

Olivia Coleman is such a joy! Also I think it's wonderful that Charles and Harriet called their first son Richard after his uncle. It's clear from the letters that the brothers were so close, wonderful.

@globalcitizenn 5 жыл бұрын

Indian people are gorgeous, warm and intelligent

@lizclegg7556 3 жыл бұрын

Are you Indian?

@thehound7263 3 жыл бұрын

oh no another globalist puppet.

@pix_d20 3 жыл бұрын

@@thehound7263 what's wrong with globalism

@samanthabloggins1775 3 жыл бұрын

Not all of them, my father-in-law wasnt! Gave me no end of grief and didnt want me to marry his son!

@pooja350 3 жыл бұрын

@@samanthabloggins1775 this is unfortunately common, I'm afraid. Even in my family, my grandad downright refused to acknowledge my aunt's Scottish husband for years. He was from a different time. Hatred for colonialism still runs deep for some. Hope you're doing okay love

@lpeterson2336 4 жыл бұрын

oh that letter is a beautiful record of love blooming.

@foxycinnamon7307 4 жыл бұрын

I love both these ladies - and that sari is gorgeous!

@AndrewKendall71 4 жыл бұрын

I remember Olivia saying of co-star David Tennant, "You just love him." Well, that can be said of her and this makes it all the more so. So lovely. You just love her. What a story.

@fatsmims3099 5 жыл бұрын

Olivia Colman is an absolute gem

@FCntertainr 5 жыл бұрын

India Harriet is so beautiful! This account is so inspiring to think as adventurous , real family heritage . The people have done indepth research and painstakingly helped this wonderful lady find her mother's lineage back and forth from UK to Hindustan and back to Scotland! Wow . finding that picture was a miracle and seeing ancestors back to the 17th century. Love these videos.

@littlewoodimp 5 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness for the Great Aunt who settled that money on her, what would have been regarded 'a decent fortune' and made her a 'good prospect' for 'young men of good name but little money'! As they would have said back in the day. What a life Harriet had. Olivia is so lovely, warm and genuine.

@aishaali6806 4 жыл бұрын

Calcutta is where my late dadaji comes from and called bengalis. Heritage is nice when we know part of who we are. My dad was born in Singapore when late dadaji married a Singapore woman. It's nice being a mixed culture heritage as I have a unique family name. Shaikh

@ganderson5104 5 жыл бұрын

How wonderful to have this letter written by your great-great-great grandfather!!

@jayatidave2864 3 жыл бұрын

It's so wholesome ❤️ seeing Olivia Coleman and Mrs. Chakroborty gushing over that letter

@estherfuerster-ashkenazi3258 3 жыл бұрын

I am a forensic genealogist and I deal with this kind of cases all the time - but! This is so emotional! I have goosebumps all over!

@arunimabhattacharjee4614 Жыл бұрын

Wow 😮

@dr.doofenshmirtz124 3 жыл бұрын

That letter was everything! And they say romance is only in the movies.

@korakendalls7519 3 жыл бұрын

The more I watch her, the more I love Olivia Coleman!!!! She is just the sweetest person.

@sarahvisker7613 4 жыл бұрын

Olivia, make this into a movie!!

@sahpem4425 4 жыл бұрын

What a lovely way to end India Harriet’s story. I’m so glad she found happiness!

@kitchenmom 5 жыл бұрын

oh this made me cry. These two together are just so adorable.

@kitsonk717 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, I really like Olivia Colman. The Favorite movie was my 1st time seeing her. I really like her spirit.

@pranphu5248 3 жыл бұрын

Olivia is the most delightful person and her reaction

@georgiesmith106 Жыл бұрын

I love the two women reading the love letter, so charming.

@hdpmrr 3 жыл бұрын

[9:18] "...which means we've all touched each other's hands..."

@scouser2010ify 5 жыл бұрын

He was a great writer I could see what he was saying in the letter in my head

@otherwisemaladroit 5 жыл бұрын

You can write a book with all that happened to Harriot...even better a telenovela!

@TheTrwebster 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the comment "sounding like Jane Austen"; one of my favourite Austen bits is the letter at teh end of Persuasion: "you pierce my soul, I am half agony, half hope..." Marvelous

@alohaXamanda 4 жыл бұрын

I am so emotionally invested in this story

@SanjayFGeorge 2 жыл бұрын

The photo of Harriet the younger @3:47 looks strikingly similar to Olivia Colman

@mayaout7808 5 жыл бұрын

Indian lady looks so much like my mom..

@bleedinketchup 2 жыл бұрын

i must have cried 10 times already , with her, getting through this story

@madiantin 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, how cute is that letter? Someone needs to write a novel about "India Harriet" and her family. I agree with @garypeter casella, the name "India Harriet" may in fact have been a racist nickname. The fact that Harriet was accepted at all, and brought to England to be educated, would have been seen as remarkable tolerant and progressive at the time.

@AmitSinghco 4 жыл бұрын

Yes racism was there but Maybe in this case it was just to identify her. It was common that British used to name their daughter India because country India is referred as Mother India. And some still use to name their daughter by this name in England.

@silverback3633 3 жыл бұрын

It is true. Either Diana's ancestor's story or most Anglo-Indian stories speak volumes. Having relationships with the locals was taboo and creates problems for their careers in colonial India. In Diana's story, the child was taken back to England, and her communication with her mother was cut off.

@miss42310 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what i was thinking.. they weren't a tolerant society.. very few of them looked at Indians as people

@stephenconway2468 Жыл бұрын

Olivia is great. Her face just lights up. She is brilliant in it's literally sense.

@hoothoot123 5 жыл бұрын

This is the best love story every written. I got goosebumps all over.

@eleanor8002 3 жыл бұрын

Olivia Coleman was wonderful to listen to and a joy to watch as she discovered her ancestry

@karenmombourquette4434 3 жыл бұрын

Olivia's interactions with all the historians was the best part.

@susanpratt4061 4 жыл бұрын

I love love love his letter to his brother!! So sweet.❤️

@SeanRCope 3 жыл бұрын

How odd it is to imagine Charles and Harriet knowing their famous Great x3 grand daughter is gushing over their correspondences with family back home.

@Daleylife 4 жыл бұрын

Oh lord. What's going to happen 200 years from now? "This is how you and your grandmother met... Chad: Netflix and Chill? Jessica: You know it. Riverdale season 4 just came out!

@ArunaKhudan 5 жыл бұрын

Love story so sweet, I wish I could see where my ancesters came from

@namrataagarwal3733 2 жыл бұрын

Clicked for Olivia stayed for Harriot.. what a roller coaster of a story!!

@ruthwickline1000 5 жыл бұрын

I just stumbled upon this and the 2 previous parts... I love Olivia’s work as an actor! She’s one of my favorites!

@galleryg998 3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t this just such a lovely reminder that history is more multicultural than we thought. This woman could clearly be identified as mixed still lived a life much like many of her peers at the time. Of course there would have been differences in how she was treated, maybe she was scorned, maybe she was treated as an exotic thing, who knows - but we can see that in the middle of Victorian London she still found love, happiness, and a stable life.

@joseaod15 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I loved Dr. Chakraborty!

@TheVampireLily 5 жыл бұрын

Olivia is such a sweetheart. Love her!

@ayushaish1478 3 жыл бұрын

This should be a movie😭❤️❤️ I know I will hunt it down and binge watch it❤️

@somusonuroy 4 жыл бұрын

How these records are kept for so long... Amazing!!

@damemarthafalker6738 3 жыл бұрын

Just have a true thespian with strong acting prowess read a story and the words jump off the page into a reality manifestation. Olivia Colman is simply lovely.

@anandhindu2804 4 жыл бұрын

Harriot is a real beauty............. wow!!!

@theavandenberg6876 Жыл бұрын

Olivia is such a wonderful lady...

@suetaitporcaro2481 5 жыл бұрын

that photo did it for me! :)

@asantewa3 4 жыл бұрын

As everyone here has said, I do believe, India Harriet's story is one for the telling. I hope that somewhere someone can make that happen.

@tieiatalks 3 жыл бұрын

Olivia’s excitement and emotions got me crying!

@wintersoldier2006 5 жыл бұрын

How do they find all these documents? This is fascinating!

@perrywilliams4593 5 жыл бұрын

wintersoldier2006 same!

@swarnarekha6110 5 жыл бұрын

She is a history professor of Calcutta University

@samanthabloggins1775 3 жыл бұрын

Thats what i would like to know! Trying to do my husbands genealogy is almost impossible, his father was an Indian born in India

@nc-pf3qm 3 жыл бұрын

@@samanthabloggins1775 find state,distt,village may b..older ppl will remember if it was a small place..old census records can help..

@samanthabloggins1775 3 жыл бұрын

@@nc-pf3qm thats easy to do here in North America and some European countries. But i have tried the same for India to no avail. Im 66 and have been doing my families history since i was in Gr 7. Its my husbands i am having trouble with.

@afrimsedattairi5307 4 жыл бұрын

Can’t stop sobbing tears of joy for her sooo happy for her

@snickerbars4129 5 жыл бұрын

Thats a very polite and British way of saying... She was not pale enough to be English......but not Brown enough to be called Indian..... So extra special......yes indeed.......!

@BatraSahb 5 жыл бұрын

@Li saaa I'm so called 'higher caste' and I'm not particularly fair but my brother is. So thats just a stereotype relating skin colour with the caste.

@Rajeshb1965 4 жыл бұрын

Variations exists in UK and India as far as colour goes. It was 100 years back, bygone is bygone for good, European actors were not so successful in Indian movies for their fair colour and light eyes, they struggle even today. Exception was hunterwali an out standing actress was ahead of time even by today's standards.

@patriciajrs46 Жыл бұрын

I do like the scenery in India. I think their architechts were very talented, and very forward thinking. Those old letters are so wonderful to hear, how the people expressed their passion. This is so great.

@wendysherbert3257 2 жыл бұрын

We ALL wanted to see a picture of Harriet! Lovely indeed!

@nilanjanadas9752 3 жыл бұрын

This was really a surprise gift... I'm from Calcutta and I adore Olivia Colman. Glad that to know about her roots.

@coopsevy5664 3 жыл бұрын

It looks so pretty in India

@learn-2-earnn 4 жыл бұрын

This is an amazing script ...Harriet's journey would be an Oscar winner

@c.m.hansen2044 5 жыл бұрын

So sweet, brought me to tears often.

@rahulvinalnarayan9743 4 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing how much Olivia looks a lot like Harriet...omg she could play Harriet in a movie

@s.g.6350 3 жыл бұрын

It must be lovely to find find out who your ancestors were. Olivia looks so joyful. :D I hope I can someday learn more information about my ancestors, because I barely know anything about them.

@HRHDMKYT 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I watched all the videos up to this one. That letter! Charles tells his brother what was in his heart! SO romantic. Lucky Olivia to discover this gem from her ancestor. :-)

@Beruthiel45 2 жыл бұрын

What a sweet person Olivia is and what a wonderful history was uncovered. I watched these videos out of order but still, the story captivated me and I searched for them all and watched them anyway. I love how it shows we are all members of just one humanity and can care for each other. " India Harriet" is such a typical family thing. I was Little Ruth and my dear auntie was Big Ruth, and I grew the taller but kept the nickname. There is another Ruth named after her Grandmother, my auntie, now. I'm in my 70's but still Little Ruth. 😊

@abominusrex3205 3 жыл бұрын

Amazed at how detailed these documents were....My great grandfather committed a crime in India (some petty drunken assault on guy) in the 1910s..I found no record of it here in India, but surprised on finding a chargesheet in England

@lindagraham3346 4 жыл бұрын

this made me cry,

@yashnema84 5 жыл бұрын

After olivia ' s oscar win 😅

@madyjules 4 жыл бұрын

This is so incredibly lovely!!

@AlanHope2013 3 жыл бұрын

We should all be as delighted by things as Olivia Colman.

@LauriShalom 4 жыл бұрын

So exciting!!!! I am loving this episode!!!!

@terribohn7588 3 жыл бұрын

Olivia! You need to make this into a movie!!!

@Ntyler01mil 4 жыл бұрын

This is such a lovely story.

@yasuo977 3 жыл бұрын

Those letters where amazing i was excited with every line read!!

@ItsMeBoomBoom 5 жыл бұрын

Those smiles!

@thehoneyeffect 4 жыл бұрын

Harriet and Olivia have similar deep set big eyes

@satyapriyanath2061 3 жыл бұрын

this is probably the most interesting, emotional piece of historical documentary I have probably seen... And, moreover belonging to Bengal I feel a special connection to the story, maybe that's why the youtube algorithm suggested it to me...