Was my father killed? | DNA Family Secrets

Was my father killed? | DNA Family Secrets - BBC

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8 ай бұрын

"I hope he had a life, maybe not the life he wanted... but he had a life"
Judy's father, a Chinese mariner who came to Britain to serve in World War II, was one of the thosands forcibly deported by the governemnt after the war. But was he killed before making it back to China?
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@jessm89 6 ай бұрын

This is so sad, but thanks to Ms. Judy, I learned a lot. I had no idea this happened. She also made the British government do a lot of research, which might help others. She's an amazing lady. ❤

@cya2163 6 ай бұрын

Well that's heartbreaking...

@nicolad8822 6 ай бұрын

This was a shameful episode. Legally married couples forcibly separated. The wives lost their citizenship by marrying them too.

@annew8365 6 ай бұрын

I hope her Dad had a good life, too. Thank you for sharing your story Judy. ❤

@oceanstaiga5928 6 ай бұрын

I’m glad that through the advancement in dna some older folks are able to at least get some answers or a bit more knowledge on parts of their life that they probably never thought they would be able to decades ago

@yarnphilosopher9731 6 ай бұрын

There are a lot of people, who have not done DNA tests and have no clue about their own family history and heritage. Stories passed down through families are often inaccurate where intentionally or not. The more people who participate, the more family connections can be made.

@glenjones6980 5 ай бұрын

Simply taking a test isn't enough though, for a result to have any real value some research is needed to tie the matches together in a coherent and accurate family tree and matches have to work with each other but it often doesn't happen like that. The scenario is often someone having to work alone trying to piece things together as the dozens of matches they have messaged have failed to reply and their 3 generation tree based on the memories of an aged relative are fatally flawed and inaccurate.

@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 5 ай бұрын

DNA will be her only hope of an answer if her dad had a second family in China.

@nicolad8822 6 ай бұрын

Whatever the government were doing I do not believe a post war Ship’s Captain and crew would deliberately drown other sailors who had supported them throughout.

@lijohnyoutube101 5 ай бұрын

Hatred is a powerful and dangerous thing, it turns other humans into ‘others’. Humans are sadly pretty easy to control and manipulate, just look at the millions indoctrinated into and brainwashed by religion.

@lc285 6 ай бұрын

Just because boats weren't sunk, what is more telling is the chinese passengers were listed only as " cargo." Who is to ssy these men weren't thrown over board?

@nicolad8822 6 ай бұрын

🤦🏻‍♀️

@joeletaxi821 5 ай бұрын

My father was an unpleasant man. He hated everyone but none more so than the Irish. I completed a family tree. I had a little Irish ancestry on my mother's side but none on my father's. I went back around 400 years. Then I took a DNA test. I am half Irish and half English. The parental results are included with the test. My mother showed as being half Irish and this was no surprise. My father showed as half Irish. With no Irish history in his tree and such a strong percentage of Irish, there is only one conclusion. I wonder if he knew? If he were alive today I would wave the results in his hateful gob. If nothing else, I get to support two teams in the six nations. Hoorah! Take the test.

@cherylreid9165 4 ай бұрын

I wonder if you knew.... or at least suspected..... that he wasn't your father and hence his attitude.

@villasoka884 6 ай бұрын

They know what happened to the boats, but not the poor Chinese!

@oceanstaiga5928 6 ай бұрын

Right? When they said the Europeans passengers were listed but the Chinese just noted down as cargo… what a shameful history!

@lovedaybebe5881 5 ай бұрын

There’s an exhibition in Liverpool museum documenting this terrible incident! So heartbreaking 💔

@charlotteinnocent8752 5 ай бұрын

Oh how sad I hope if she has extended family she is able to find them!

@Lily_of_the_Forest 4 ай бұрын

Oh this is so sad. I’m so sorry

@AvaCherry189 5 ай бұрын

Tragic period in the history of British government. I’m glad that they were able to give you peace with regards to his being safely taken back rather than killed. You’re a tough woman.

@birthdaybash4721 3 ай бұрын

This has made me realize how not only my country (U.S.) but Britain as well were so scared of the Chinese in war time. The government thought they were protecting their interests and possibly their people too. War is terrible and is far reaching in its destruction.

@crush3095 6 ай бұрын

repatriation : ( guy had a wife and a daughter that's a man's world and they took them away

@bteuben-faber8215 5 ай бұрын

I wonder why these men never wrote a letter to their family? And aren't there some medals left from their effort in WW2? Can't China trace these men in this time, after their arrival so many years ago? A very sad part of British history indeed, especially for the families. Thank you for sharing this! Love from Holland ❤

@Lesloi6227 Ай бұрын

Under Maos policies letters would never have been allowed.

@delilahhart4398 5 ай бұрын

I wish they could have found out her father's fate. I hope he wasn't a casualty of Mao's policies.

@abbyhickman8059 8 ай бұрын

Can us America’s get some full episodes

@munchkinheaven 5 ай бұрын

you have to be able to download BBC I player, which I think may mean they expect you to be a BBC licence payer

@guguncube2308 4 ай бұрын

BBC player

@bethgeibe8844 5 ай бұрын

Chinese workers listed as "cargo" on the manifests. SHAMEFUL.

@guguncube2308 4 ай бұрын

But not surprised

@jemmajames6719 5 ай бұрын

Wonder why these men didn’t keep in touch, was it their choice not to or was it banned.

@guguncube2308 4 ай бұрын

To painful to keep in touch with people you may never meet again. Just like black American soldiers who left women and children in uk weren't allowed to contact or to come back and be with them

@comealongcomealong4480 3 ай бұрын

@jemmajames6719 I think post-WW2 coincided with the rise of the communists, under Mao Tse Tung, in China. The China these men returned to was about to be violently torn apart. With millions dying of starvation in the process. They may have sought refuge in the British dominion of Hongkong. Especially if they could speak and write English.

@p.z.970 8 ай бұрын

❤

@ankiking 5 ай бұрын

I am sure he would have written if he lived. What a terrible thing to do to a family!

@courtneyc3850 5 ай бұрын

Agreed. I don’t think it was easy surviving in China after WWII, especially if it was known that you worked with western powers.

@Lesloi6227 Ай бұрын

Mao would not have allowed letters etc

@OneMamaToAnother 5 ай бұрын

I can't believe that they made it there alive but decided never to write home.

@guguncube2308 4 ай бұрын

Black American soldier in uk weren't allowed to stay or come back to their girlfriends abd babies

@EmanChuks 5 ай бұрын

Tragedy.....

@buzzlightyear3715 7 ай бұрын

Her dad was called Mr. John Chinaman at that time.

@comealongcomealong4480 3 ай бұрын

@buzzlightyear3715 I imagine they all spoke and understood English at some level? Especially the Chinese workers who'd formed relationships and married.

@guguncube2308 4 ай бұрын

British have a lot to answer for home and away

@gretchenboyd69 4 ай бұрын

New Zealand had the Chinese come out for the Gold Fields. They were treated similar to the Jews, with their isolated shacks and China Towns. They had to pay a Tax to live in New Zealand.