Reggie Visits Family Home In Ghana | Who Do You Think You Are

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Presenter and DJ Reggie Yates grew up knowing very little about his father's side of the family. Reggie sets out on the trail of his grandfather, Harry Philip Yates. His journey takes him to Ghana, where he unravels a complex family history where Ghanaian culture and British colonialism collide.
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@lovelyjanuary 3 жыл бұрын

“Let’s go home!” oh my gosh if that was not the most incredible simple innocent beautiful thing on the planet then I don’t know what would be. I literally have chills, that was such a sweet exchange! 😭💟

@gongonmen 4 жыл бұрын

0:17 he said "thats Reggie, thats my boy" 😁😁😁😁 that must feel so good

@lovelyjanuary 3 жыл бұрын

Right??!?? I was immediately in tears at that! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@reginal131 4 жыл бұрын

I love Ghanian people so friendly.

@natturner806 Жыл бұрын

They are better than Nigerians and more humble

@bobtalksseries650 4 жыл бұрын

I like it when Africans tell their own stories. Authentic and original.

@heyitsj1834 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!! that welcome that JB gave Reggie was so genuinely warm, I hardly ever see that any more these days.

@apamtv 2 жыл бұрын

This is Beautiful! I am a Biracial child. Through research we found out our European heritage is from England 🇬🇧, Scurry's !

@apamtv 2 жыл бұрын

Yes what a Warm welcome! You feel the energy, excitement, the embrace the ❤!

@PualaniMaksoerElla 2 жыл бұрын

@@apamtv het

@ChristineInNornia 3 жыл бұрын

‘Sixteen Solid Children’ The pressures on, Reggie😅

@truthunfolded1300 4 жыл бұрын

The gentleman sharing history with Reggie is very handsome I bet back in the day he was a lover

@18QueenHearts 4 жыл бұрын

He is right!!!!

@0207s_FINEST 4 жыл бұрын

Annnd he is 58!!! Unbelievable!!!

@martyal 3 жыл бұрын

And the lady in this video has got amazing cheekbones!

@africansunshine7277 5 жыл бұрын

You are fortunate to find your root. Congratulations

@PatriciaAbijah 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, he is

@Glass_Nkoaa 4 жыл бұрын

Not just fortunate but also respectful of his roots.

@raymundofantastico 5 жыл бұрын

58?! Living in a Ghanaian environment must feel and be really good.

@abasskalalatom8476 4 жыл бұрын

Lol we have much older than that nd looks very younger

@komphortampadu9985 4 жыл бұрын

Yhhhh.... It is

@kiwishbj1 4 жыл бұрын

That's not the youngest look at 58 bro... Don't be surprised

@raymundofantastico 4 жыл бұрын

Lumani LuLu. Amazing. My great grandfather who'd passed on in 1995 (aged 121) didn't look very old but he certainly was the oldest man I've ever personally known.

@InfiniteCuriosity1210 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is looking sharp for a 58yr old

@exdus235 5 жыл бұрын

How fortunate to have a place to go visit, many pictures to see, people to give DETAILS, and leads to take you farther back. Reggie appreciates every single drop of his family story and thus deserves everything afforded him in his fascinating journey. Love this.

@PHlophe 5 жыл бұрын

so the mixed grand dad was basically 75% caucasian. no wonder he looks no different than any caucasian

@rojamillerover 5 жыл бұрын

And get all the answers you need

@patrickelijah4930 2 жыл бұрын

I dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know a way to log back into an instagram account?? I somehow lost the login password. I would love any tips you can give me.

@spincity850 Жыл бұрын

Dude is edging 60 and looks at most 40. All that smiling has kept him young.

@jjgems5909 5 жыл бұрын

Omg his grandmother was gorgeous! All the women’s were beautiful!

@khalilahalkasib8920 4 жыл бұрын

Are beautiful always😊

@lovelyjanuary 3 жыл бұрын

TheClassicalSymphony I think you’re an idiot. Especially for unnecessarily supposing that you were at all needed to engage in that commentary above. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙅🏻‍♀️🙅🏻‍♀️🙅🏻‍♀️🙅🏻‍♀️

@isd4154 3 жыл бұрын

@@lovelyjanuary how??? Tf is wrong with u

@Hoganply 3 жыл бұрын

@@lovelyjanuary Sure, it's not necessary, but yours is a bit of an overreaction. (He's not wrong that nordic people are gorgeous.)

@gladysomari2832 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome home brothers and sisters. Peace and love to you all. 💖💖🙏

@oboadumkusiwaa311 4 жыл бұрын

This is a big lesson for all of us to take a foto very single days of our lives

@PatriciaAbijah 4 жыл бұрын

Yes. It helped that they had pictures to show

@0207s_FINEST 4 жыл бұрын

True! Our ancestors in the future will surely appreciate it.

@apamtv 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely 💯!

@Gamegal07 4 жыл бұрын

What I love is that when the lady speaks I understand . Got my Fante lock down

@jeangermain3621 4 жыл бұрын

Your grandmother was so very beautiful!!!!

@PatriciaAbijah 4 жыл бұрын

Yea

@sammorris1779 2 жыл бұрын

Dorothy was a character, you can tell that just from the photo what a legend

@sistersmiley5 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmmmm! If you find your fore-parents in the Mother Land that’s a blessing

@EMChantalG 4 жыл бұрын

It is indeed

@peacheskong2245 4 жыл бұрын

It's his dad that's Ghanaian it wasn't so far from him at all

@figo007tv 3 жыл бұрын

To bad said Africans were slave sellers. Harder to find that expected

@jessicabowie8104 4 жыл бұрын

His great grandmother is gorgeous

@theonly6359 4 жыл бұрын

So 🤔he is Ghanaian🇬🇭‼️heeee 🙆🏽‍♀️ Ghana 🇬🇭 you have people everywhere.

@amponsahellen1149 4 жыл бұрын

I tell you😂😂

@theonly6359 4 жыл бұрын

Amponsah Ellen 😂

@cynthiamc1953 4 жыл бұрын

Always thought he was Caribbean! Bit disappointed he's not South African 😆😉

@Ghanadiaries 4 жыл бұрын

Go to Germany and you will clap fie your people😂😂😂😂😂

@PatriciaAbijah 4 жыл бұрын

Yea

@somethingelse_uk 4 жыл бұрын

When he meets the family it is beautiful

@kevinboateng7188 4 жыл бұрын

I think Reggie you are doing a remarkable job.Great young man..👏Awesome!!.Welcome to the motherland..Good luck for everything you are looking for.👍l like the guy JB he speaks very well.He should be a translator for some people..Much love..❤🇺🇸🇬🇭

@user-oc5zw2cd8k 4 жыл бұрын

Who said he'd from America? He's from the UK

@katbrax8622 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so very happy for Reggie to have found out his heritage and growth of his family.

@ghana11233 4 жыл бұрын

This is an interesting Background Search. Ghana is proud of you. We hope your project will inspire other people to do the same.

@Abena425 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely story. Always good to know your roots. And a treasure when you can find pics of the ancestors from back in the day. The older lady in the video is so beautiful.

@DutchessG 4 жыл бұрын

Someday I’m gonna “go home” and I rejoice in that. Such a gift, such a gift.

@puffymuffin9064 5 жыл бұрын

Love this story wish I could trace back that far about family members I know they are gone but always nice to know who you really are...good for you Reggie

@EchoBravo370 3 жыл бұрын

JB seems like such a nice, nice man. How fortunate for you, Reggie.

@heather-vs9qe 4 жыл бұрын

I just want to cry this is lovely x

@darlenefarmer5921 5 жыл бұрын

So neat! It is so important to know who you are!

@sharonqaranivalu5152 5 жыл бұрын

This is so compelling. This young handsome man is so intriging, So glad to be a part of his journey.

@justred5164 3 жыл бұрын

He was so excited to see him. That’s wonderful

@longstandingemperor5009 4 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating. Glad Regie knows his roots.

@raiethefantibae 4 жыл бұрын

It feels great to hear my mums language and i can ACTUALLY understand💞💞

@dreamflite 5 жыл бұрын

Lovely.. many African societies made use of oral tradition to narrate their histories. Its a matter of you asking the right person to unlock those stories. I believe some are called griots or grios

@EMChantalG 4 жыл бұрын

You're right. That is our oral culture. We are good storytellers

@PatriciaAbijah 4 жыл бұрын

This family are good to have had pictures

@denisedean2446 4 жыл бұрын

Bola This exist in America among Aftican Americans, we are great Griot's, a gift passed to us from ancestors. It is what helps is to become great orators. I wonder if all those people living in n the house wondered if young Ysted was coming to claim the house of his family.

@deeperson478 2 жыл бұрын

I love genealogy. Your story was riveting. You are so blessed to be able to trace your roots back so far. God bless!

@deepikasundar4875 4 жыл бұрын

I have been binge watching this series.. Now am longing to trace my heritage too

@feliciagaffney1998 10 ай бұрын

How awesome to be able to find such a wealth of photos and stories!

@lisapierce364 2 жыл бұрын

Blessings Reggie Yates best reporter ever u belong on tv blessings much love

@wap9137 5 жыл бұрын

Fascinating story.

@mabelimbrahamakye1101 4 жыл бұрын

Dora from this clip is my maternal Grandmother and she is not a distant relative.

@martyal 3 жыл бұрын

You’ve got a very beautiful Grandmother! I wish I had her bone structure.

@emmanuelmensah3358 2 жыл бұрын

True!!

@emmanuelmensah3358 2 жыл бұрын

True!! Our lovely Auntie Esi

@lindajackson7310 4 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear this History from people that live this life not talked about now I can understand more about Mr. Obama as a citizen of the U S.A. his roots are strong drifent material blessed inside and out linda j ☮️❤️ ❤️💯 💯💯 💯💯 💯

@purpleskies4553 3 жыл бұрын

"Thats my boy!" Aw what a sweetie this guy is sunshine and damn I need to know his skincare routine, 58!

@konnieitsreal3606 4 жыл бұрын

And i see that part of his family is more important to him

@moiselles3339 4 жыл бұрын

Yep!!!

@reid69uk 4 жыл бұрын

Yep!!! Definitely

@tunjilegba 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm 🤔

@lucybee3361 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think so. He doesn't know about that side. Hence the interest. Shone a light on interracial marriages in West Africa and elsewhere in those times

@maamealima7686 4 жыл бұрын

He is from a beautiful family.

@maameserwaah5338 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice story ❤️🇬🇭🇺🇸

@abby-a 5 жыл бұрын

Great video

@beamsofcedarcedar7530 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome home brother xxx

@ekanjonuusikuhertta8232 Ай бұрын

Amazing story 🙌.Frm Windhoek 🇳🇦 ✌️

@WendysTaste 4 жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful 😍😍😍❤️

@ericghanaman238 4 жыл бұрын

Woooow...well done finding this out Reggie

@HERRUTUTT 4 жыл бұрын

Wow that was great to find ur history

@Solja88 4 жыл бұрын

I thought his dad was Prince Charles

@hellenmorgan274 4 жыл бұрын

God bless you young man going back to look for your route stay bless

@BIGNELLTV 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Well done Reggie

@barbaragreen4649 4 жыл бұрын

Well done young man.

@lunalea1250 4 жыл бұрын

I took great delight in asking my great Gmother and Gmother about our family history and in this age of technology, document it for future generations.⏳

@animahfrimpong4226 5 жыл бұрын

I love history like this.keep it up

@leebee5132 4 жыл бұрын

May blessings to you in yo family

@Aba-ds1vs 4 жыл бұрын

My home sekondi... welcome 🙏🏽

@thelma09 4 жыл бұрын

Takoradi

@joanletoyia5217 2 жыл бұрын

Simply beautiful ❤️

@paullast5686 3 жыл бұрын

The guy knows everything about the family wow

@leebee5132 4 жыл бұрын

Love it 😍

@kwameaboagye940 3 жыл бұрын

Big up to my man 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭Brother Reg Yates

@emmanuelgolden1623 4 жыл бұрын

Great boy

@nanabadu7079 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, i never knew this dude was from my country, i thought he was rather half Jamaican and half English, hahahaha, nice one though, 😅😇👍

@theonly6359 4 жыл бұрын

Same here 🤣

@trulyrich707 4 жыл бұрын

Nana Badu: A majority of Afro-Jamaicans trace the majority of their African ancestry to Ghana. The Maroons of Jamaica are primarily Ghanaian descendants. Chief among those Maroons was priestess, Nanny who led rebellions against the British colonizers/slavers which eventually led to the British signing a treaty with the Maroons in 1734, granting them semi-autonomy in Jamaica up today where they live in their self-governed townships such as, Accompong.

@nanabadu7079 4 жыл бұрын

@@trulyrich707, yo! bro, u are making short story long, good day, lol

@001islandprincess 4 жыл бұрын

True Dame Greetings. Actually, your statement is false and not supported by slave records or DNA. Part of Jamaicans’ African ancestry can be traced to modern day Ghana but certainly not the “majority” as you claim. You should visit Tracing African Roots website. The author warns people not to buy into a “one tribal” roots myth as the reality is that Africans throughout the diaspora have a mixed West and West Central African ancestral background as supported by slave records and DNA. I have yet to see any Jamaican genetic cousin match with predominantly Ghanaian DNA. I have only seen approximately 15% and some slave records indicate that approximately 36% of Akan people shipped to Jamaica in a certain time period and another time frame would indicate in the teen percentage.

@trulyrich707 4 жыл бұрын

@@001islandprincess Let me repeat: a majority of Afro-Jamaicans including the Maroons trace the majority of their African roots to Ghana. Another major African ancestry is from the Ibos of Nigeria, etc.

@awomansfriend5784 3 жыл бұрын

U never know what you’re bloodline will show you. I would love to know my family history ❤️

@lindamartial6348 4 жыл бұрын

Regie seems intreaged how his great grandmother used to make things happened.

@ivanlook5395 4 жыл бұрын

Woow.. nice one

@ekeeje3782 4 жыл бұрын

Reggie great grandmother has British or Portuguese ancestry as well, she is fair in complexion....

@mosesm6040 2 жыл бұрын

Her dad was an English man called Lloyd. Just follow the rest of the series!Her dad also ran away. Men of yesteryears aren’t different from those of our time!

@SharpTac Жыл бұрын

J.B. is awesome. What a sweet guy.

@liyabbangis3735 2 жыл бұрын

The man that spoke with you sir Reggie,is look like is an Actor. He look like the leader of Nigeria Soldier,in the movie TEARS OF THE SUN.

@kubolor1234 Жыл бұрын

We all look alike huh?

@kaybee9222 3 жыл бұрын

he's a fante!!! welcome home brother

@esigolda 4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow....Brumase on the way to Presteaaaaaaoooooo....it’s a small town now, no mines just galamsey 🤷🏾‍♀️

@emmanuelbedzoe6469 4 жыл бұрын

Yea man , Bogoso , Dumase , Prestea you right

@Glass_Nkoaa 4 жыл бұрын

The love is deep

@bempomaa489 4 жыл бұрын

Fanteeeeeeeee!

@joemensah9557 4 жыл бұрын

You mean they came to. steal our gold as usual

@QueenAfia514 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much

@camas9351 4 жыл бұрын

Yes wooo

@dukewilliam3660 4 жыл бұрын

and impregnate the women too.

@sassicuntrol7357 4 жыл бұрын

OMG such Beautiful cheek bones!!!

@cynthiamc1953 4 жыл бұрын

Reggie.. I'd love to work with him(just one doc), teach me the secrets to being a good documentarist 👌👏

@mosesm6040 2 жыл бұрын

He works for BBC. He’s somehow famous and easy to trace!

@alexrobinson1426 4 жыл бұрын

Same story like my family

@ericodonkor3353 4 жыл бұрын

This good

@felicitydowns6651 3 жыл бұрын

I love JB

@jenniferscruggs6248 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing story. I LOVE Reggie and the man that he is. I felt like I was there with him when he met JB and his wife. What a dynamite personality JB has!!! The welcoming he gave to Reggie and the further welcoming he receives from everyone there as he uncovers his roots is so lovely. It makes me want to travel there.

@cool_cat007smoove3 3 ай бұрын

Reggie Grandpa was getting it in 🎉😮

@gdubbs680 3 жыл бұрын

Great looking 58!

@cool_cat007smoove3 3 ай бұрын

Where is part 2

@cilladarkoa23 4 жыл бұрын

1:31 I swear this man is trying like. hahahah

@getprettyfit1997 4 жыл бұрын

JB's skin is smooth.

@emmanuelmensah3358 2 жыл бұрын

That’s my uncle

@danielnugent2675 2 жыл бұрын

I wish one day i can go there i would to travel to Africa it self i pray

@DorothyDanso-lt2ez 11 ай бұрын

My father named me after Dorothy Vardon. Popularly known as Mamaa Vardon! Small world, yeah?

@HML2004 Жыл бұрын

🎉🎉🎉

@abrahamkartenor1425 2 жыл бұрын

Hello am also Yates i have also been looking for u

@originaleverythingelseisca5977 3 жыл бұрын

Oh snap, didn't know that was his grandfather

@arresteddevelopment2158 Жыл бұрын

Interesting

@emmanuelbedzoe6469 4 жыл бұрын

ooomg How did he understand " You look like your Dad

@posjaboateng5556 3 жыл бұрын

Cause he probably speaks twi or Fante

@feliciae5507 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm interesting.

@kubolor1234 Жыл бұрын

All Fante people have an uncle like this

@Alpsbeach 2 ай бұрын

Looks like JB is an interesting character..

@niiamu3300 4 жыл бұрын

Your head is similar to the family members

@amponsahellen1149 4 жыл бұрын

Clab don't give birth to a bird 🦀🕊😂😂

@bohemoth1 4 жыл бұрын

When I was a toddler in New York City during the 50s some strange people came to my house. They said that they traced us from Africa via the Slave Route. They kept talking about a Tree. They would say that the tree told them that their family was a tribe from Israel and had escaped from the Roman soldiers who besieged Jerusalem. My ancestors escaped to Africa and eventually ended up in the Sahara Desert Region. They then ended up in what is known as Malawi. Of course my sister and I thought that they were crazy for talking to a tree. Because of my ignorance and arrogance my parents decided that I was going to Africa to learn about my roots. I learned that the tree was The Family Tree that tracked my ancestors from Jerusalem to the name of the slave ships that brought my ancestors to America. Back then Africa was truly Africa. I remember people getting killed by lions and Leopards. I remember the large herds Elephants. I remember going hunting for food. The history that I learned in Africa is diametrically different than the so called AFRICAN HISTORY that they taught in the American schools. We had those eight millimeter cameras that had no sound and the Kodiak camera with Rolls of film. I am very happy for Reggie that he was able to reestablish contact with his roots and find his African family. When I was in the Navy I went back to Africa to buy the house of my ancestors. Now my children attend school in Africa and debate with the teachers. Our true history has been whitewashed. But I was very fortunate to visit the first African University in Timbuktu and learn about my history, heritage, customs and culture. Now the western nations want to destroy our history by building dams, highways, railways Mega cities. I refuse to sell my ancestors land to the CHINESE people who are the new Colonizers of Africa.

@longstandingemperor5009 4 жыл бұрын

bohemoth1 just couldn’t stop reading this; so happy for you

@rhinochino 4 жыл бұрын

bohemoth1 , what Hebrew tribe was it please. Many are now aware that many slaves were Hebrew not African? Truly shocking. The nations that enslaved the Hebrew will be judged severely because they dehumanized Hebrew slaves to worst than animals.