The Powerful Story of Sean Hayes' Namesake

The Powerful Story of Sean Hayes' Namesake | Who Do You Think You Are?

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Determined to unravel the mysteries of his father's lineage, actor Sean Hayes finds multiple generations of family strife. | For more, visit www.tlc.com/tv-shows/who-do-yo...
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@trish1366 6 жыл бұрын

I love Sean Hayes. His comedy has helped me through an incurable disease process. Thanks for making me smile Sean :)

@toddreeder8010 8 жыл бұрын

You live what you learn. I guess Sean is the end of the cycle of abuse.

@montana19696 4 жыл бұрын

“Papa can you hear me”

@mitchelltrio Жыл бұрын

So interesting. That story got really sad really fast. It’s a great lesson on how across the centuries, human beings are human beings, and family dynamics are at the heart of so many issues that people have in their lives.

@sundance81677 8 жыл бұрын

One of the episodes I remember most because of the hidden messages and lessons learnt.

@GailBrenner-vt9ou 6 ай бұрын

I love this man. He has genius comic timing and he is down to earth.

@absurdlyy9009 3 жыл бұрын

his eyes are so beautiful

@SeekerNetwork 9 жыл бұрын

It's crazy how much you can figure out about your own history!

@noreexic 8 жыл бұрын

+Seeker Network To bad many countries dont have great recirds

@LilliLamour 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah if you're not African American.

@rodrigoroger8168 2 жыл бұрын

You all probably dont give a damn but does any of you know a trick to log back into an instagram account? I was stupid lost the login password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me

@kendrickbyron9116 2 жыл бұрын

@Rodrigo Roger Instablaster :)

@413Svd1 8 жыл бұрын

My absolute favorite episode of Who Do Think You Are.

@Trapper4265 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate Sean Hayes a little more now seeing and hearing this story. I absolutely "loved, loved, loved" his performance in W&G. His art was organic, witty, unbridled, and just a breath of fresh air. 😁

@MaryanneAusland Жыл бұрын

This was a lot of BS, he knew who his Grandmother was. Her name was Barbara Hayes. It's really awful how they twist the story around. The picture they show of "Aunt Sallye, who is MY mother. His Grandfather Bill and His Grandmother Barbara.

@SeekerStories 9 жыл бұрын

So cool how far back we can look now, love this show!

@merlefrost7664 6 жыл бұрын

Stories ,

@Ktcsr17 3 жыл бұрын

Stories you should check out finding your roots. African Americans can’t go back very far, but that show does a really incredible job getting info for them and it’s incredibly emotional

@constancemiller3753 3 жыл бұрын

"They all just drank about it" very apt description.

@dianecorcoran3770 4 жыл бұрын

Sean is amazing! He is so talented and wonderful!

@myrnamontiel4042 3 жыл бұрын

He’s completely adorable!

@devonk298 3 жыл бұрын

Sean has some crazy blue eyes!

@jesilee7809 6 жыл бұрын

Cruelty and torture towards someone's donkey... no one's going to point this out? HAHA

@dottiec7943 6 жыл бұрын

Jesi Lee it's common in today's Hollywood my dad is a fake producer had music past. Friends of Harvey Weinstein that dirty atse #$&+ stole my life's music work. I just gave the rest to the same pitchman #$&-.Also Dad's other great friend. Why address it all. I wish I could actually. What a best seller. If only

@antoniamills3000 4 жыл бұрын

@@dottiec7943 what??

@lidyalu5371 6 жыл бұрын

U r an amazing man and so talented I wish u peace

@kateharvey1982 Жыл бұрын

I think he's an incredible man he's so funny he makes life bearable at times I have a son named Sean he's my youngest

@fredcasados20 5 жыл бұрын

I Love You Sean Hayes for making Jack McFarlen so funny, handsome and Adorable. You are an Awesome Actor. From Susie in Albuquerque NM 😘

@bakers41 4 жыл бұрын

So interesting and cool. Love ya Sean Hayes!♥️👍

@Jen-jo5qu 7 жыл бұрын

Great story!!!

@cathykristensen4440 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE him soooooo much!!

@klimber10001 7 жыл бұрын

This is so amazing to watch. But am I alone when I say I cringe when I see fingers dragged along a document that has original ink? The excitement of the moment I guess.

@jspprn7767 7 жыл бұрын

klimber10001 ' Me too!!... wear gloves!!

@charlotted1321 6 жыл бұрын

Sometimes they use gloves sometimes they don’t, inconsistent but hey ho

@exdus235 4 жыл бұрын

@@charlotted1321 😱

@exdus235 4 жыл бұрын

😱

@chayhay2144 4 жыл бұрын

I think it’s considered best practice just have clean hands as gloves reduce sensation and paper is more likely to be torn. Also, none of the documents shown here are particularly old.

@esterherschkovich6499 3 жыл бұрын

My family,after doing my DNA..are from North Kerry.Tarburt is by the sea and where you can travel over to Co Clare☘☘🍀🍀

@theresahealy5332 2 жыл бұрын

Tarbert ferry links limerick to North Kerry...

@retrofan2470 7 жыл бұрын

Sad at the end😰

@gingin6246 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@sights3255kamobrin 9 ай бұрын

Love love love S.p.H alwaysssss♥️🔥 This video was fun, Sad in a way but also fun, I felt like i was traveling with Sean finding out New things about Family

@karenk3458 3 жыл бұрын

Great story & trip to Dublin.

@theresahealy5332 2 жыл бұрын

Trip to Tralee Co Kerry.....our southern coastline and western is the most beautiful in Ireland....so many films shots from the cliffs of Moher Co Clare to Skelligs (starwars) Kerry...proud irish woman

@RabbitTeaPot 6 жыл бұрын

JUST JACK!!!!! That is all.

@tiglilly8208 5 жыл бұрын

All we need and thats enough for me. I ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ Sean!!!

@aloftus5094 Жыл бұрын

nothing can make patrick francis hayes life seem less tragic but you have company. Fiona Bruce learned that her 2x great grandfather whose family had suffered in the highland clearances died in very similar circumstances.

@hannahmcgahan8920 9 жыл бұрын

Awww County Kerry same as my aunties family the Devanes mine are from the North in Cavan 🍀🍀🍀🍀 #lovetheirish

@noreexic 8 жыл бұрын

+Hannah McGahan It's crazy that Ireland, such a small country has so many people who can trace their roots back

@hannahmcgahan8920 8 жыл бұрын

+InterestingName oh yes it's fascinating I'd love to trace mine in the North in Cavan (Cootehill) my great grandparents were sextons of the local Catholic Church in Cootehill x

@noreexic 8 жыл бұрын

Hannah McGahan You should definetly go and travel there soon

@hannahmcgahan8920 8 жыл бұрын

+InterestingName I've been a few times just never been able to research my roots one of my cousin's is researching into our family she's retired so she's got more time x

@AngelicVirgo 4 жыл бұрын

Hannah McGahan Hello from Cootehill👋🏻 Its weird watching this and came across your comment.

@sceneandseenful 6 жыл бұрын

3:23 chilling. the start of a new life

@lorenarivas5485 Жыл бұрын

WOW that’s amazing ❤

@kathleenherron594 11 ай бұрын

Family dynamics have a way of repeating. We can break the cycle and stop the dysfunction.

@ciarabroujos6603 2 жыл бұрын

He looks so Irish!

@technoshaman001 3 жыл бұрын

I love this show

@tracieh215 7 жыл бұрын

My great-grandmother's maiden name was Hayes. She was from Texas. From what I could tell when I did a family search, the Hayes name goes even further back, and has French origins (de la Haye). I wonder if there's a distant connection. No idea. It's so hard to say, especially once oceans are crossed and records are either lost or poorly kept and name spellings change, etc.

@gavsky23 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, I am a Hay with Scottish ancestors on my Father's side. The Hay/Hayes/Hays all seem to originate from Normandy and the de la Haye family name. Certainly a strong Scottish connection (where some de la Hayes ended-up after the Norman conquest). Not surprising that the roots go through Scotland/Ireland and all over the world!

@joanlynch5271 5 жыл бұрын

If you send in DNA to one of those Testsites you can get a fairly good understanding of where you came from.

@ummiramli6554 4 жыл бұрын

Go find out !

@TheCatBilbo 4 жыл бұрын

@H No Well, the Vikings were the original people who settled in Normandy and became the Normans.

@theresahealy5332 2 жыл бұрын

Hayes is a very Cork and Kerry surname

@natalielucius111 2 жыл бұрын

IM RELATED TO THIS MAN

@iwnunn7999 6 жыл бұрын

What a sad past

@miketodd185 2 жыл бұрын

How cool is this…. 👍🏼

@laurenconrad1799 4 жыл бұрын

Life lesson: get therapy. It could help seven generations of your descendants, not just you.

@Alexp36500 Жыл бұрын

His story is so similar to mine. Its very odd. I'm the baby of 5. My mom worked a lot cuz dad didn't. Dad left at 11 for me, but no relationship&past away in 2014. I had also never seen a pic of my grandmother(his mom. She passed when he was 17) I look just like her. Her twin basically. It's very odd. I love this stuff

@kirstinetermansen3426 6 жыл бұрын

Blessed are the

@redbug3485 6 жыл бұрын

This ones Cool!

@kirstinetermansen3426 6 жыл бұрын

Mee too

@rinaarakelian9523 9 ай бұрын

Never tell amybody what relaion you have with us we know in our hart thats enough

@leejganderson7827 7 жыл бұрын

Go and Explore......

@gr8god4u 4 жыл бұрын

An end to cycle of abuse too.

@tamorap1614 4 жыл бұрын

So talented and carismatic actor. His red hair maybe reveals his irish origin.

@theresahealy5332 2 жыл бұрын

We do not all have red hair....I have brunette and dark brown eyes...irish born and breed

@thewalkingthrones9165 2 жыл бұрын

My name is Hayes too.

@eibhlinni3598 3 жыл бұрын

My fathers name was Patrick Hayes and also my Grandfather

@thewalkingthrones9165 2 жыл бұрын

OMG mine too. I'm in Wales.

@mrscashmorrisey1702 5 жыл бұрын

Sean is so handsome and talented.

@andrewperalta9706 5 жыл бұрын

Noo your names Jack

@thephoenix3155 2 жыл бұрын

Sheffield and Nottingham in the UK have the highest concentration of people called Hayes in the world! Hayes is a sept of Clan Campbell, so Sean can wear the Campbell kilt! The name Hayes was brought to the UK from Normandy in France.

@ciarabroujos6603 2 жыл бұрын

It’s actually a Irish name derived from an Irish God called Aodha

@ZuluReddy 3 жыл бұрын

" cruelty and torture towards someone's donkey"!!! what?????🤔😱

@neillouise74 9 жыл бұрын

@DavidBatson 4 жыл бұрын

I find it interesting how different this show is when it's produced in America as opposed to Britain. I notice a lot more cuts and edits in the American one. Less context about where the information is coming from and it feels much shorter. I am not knocking the American one per say, but I think i prefer the British style.

@wikedwhich1 4 жыл бұрын

Where do you live..the american view is shortchanged I feel

@judithjames5109 4 жыл бұрын

This is because there aren't any adverts on the BBC.

@wikedwhich1 4 жыл бұрын

@@judithjames5109 It is also about the better produced show in the UK..as David says the American show seems somewhat lightweight to me

@judithjames5109 4 жыл бұрын

Well the American programme has 15 minutes less that's a lot. Also the BBC'S aim is to educate as well as entertain.

@wikedwhich1 4 жыл бұрын

@@judithjames5109 I think thats what makes the show...a feeling that you are siding with the person because of the human condition that touches the heartstrings, without real spotlight on the whys and wherefores its just entertainment with a celebrity as the lead character, we dont get to really connect with them..so as a piece of television it just doesn't work very well compared to the British series

@patriciajrs46 2 жыл бұрын

I like a lot of these ancestory stories. This one has problems for me. Oh well.

@2326038 6 жыл бұрын

He looks great for a man who's 45 or 46 years old.

@justathought973 6 жыл бұрын

I am 54, I look younger than he does, just saying.:)

@Corsina 6 жыл бұрын

Another way of stating that would be that other people look way too old to be only 45 years old. /wink

@roxanneruiz9261 6 жыл бұрын

He (Sean Hayes) still looks good though.

@addicted367 5 жыл бұрын

That's because 45 isn't really that old yet.

@ambrosuabaliarte5682 10 ай бұрын

Wow there's a lot of guessing here

@garyhutton2654 5 жыл бұрын

I'm Irish my name is English I would be so scared I would always want to know I am Irish but you can't run from the truth I suppose

@gillri 4 жыл бұрын

why would anyone want to be irish over english? the mind boggles

@theresahealy5332 2 жыл бұрын

@@gillri explain please

@kirstinetermansen3426 6 жыл бұрын

Text fon grafology

@exdus235 4 жыл бұрын

😱 Documents need gloves. Long live the archives.

@TheFrigidsnow 4 жыл бұрын

Gloves do more damage with paper. Washed hands are fine

@MR-jq7bk 3 жыл бұрын

I'm more focused on cruelty towards someone's donkey

@trishbaum6364 Жыл бұрын

He looks Irish to me

@lucypatrick7631 4 жыл бұрын

The thing the with us version of this is most of the participants are immigrants from the uk anyway.

@lus.hell1 4 жыл бұрын

I wanna do this but im pretty sure there is no register for 3rd world countries

@angelashevlin2656 4 жыл бұрын

What.cruelty torture.of A donkey

@pastelwaves2344 3 жыл бұрын

I SAW THAT

@rinaarakelian9523 9 ай бұрын

Do not yrust him he is pztrike

@dryscity 9 жыл бұрын

third comment

@graciedavis3307 9 жыл бұрын

First comment

@marygodinez2561 9 жыл бұрын

Second comment

@ChannelGeekTV 9 жыл бұрын

Third Comment!

@kingofmphs 3 жыл бұрын

His wife died then he gave up on life. Terrible story.

@johnbaldock6353 2 жыл бұрын

Total Rubbish! Never has an Irish man been accused of being Drunk and Fighty!!🤣

@hiss9989 4 жыл бұрын

Why do people care about this crap so much?

@peterwimsey1 5 жыл бұрын

is this the actual document ? no, its a complete figment of your imagination

@born2biscuit 2 жыл бұрын

and his branch of the family tree is a dead end because he decided to be gay how quaint

@adris432 Жыл бұрын

No one decides their sexuality. Also, he was one of five children, that is plenty of people to continue a family line.

@jamesdevlin6373 11 ай бұрын

Good on him, too many people on the planet already. I'm straight, no children, how quaint 😅