Heartbroken Olivia Colman Learns Of Indian Orphan Heritage | Who Do You Think You Are

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Olivia Colman is saddened to hear how her 3x great grandmother Harriet left India and headed on a six month solo voyage to the UK, at less than seven years old. What will she learn next?
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@poundlandvodka 4 года назад

"Oh, I hope he's nice!" Olivia, darling, he was a commander in the East India Company. Don't hold out too much hope.

@edwardkumarkenway1875 4 года назад

Wow brits are really more rational than their american counterparts

@edwardkumarkenway1875 4 года назад

@33kaus holokaust Hollywood kind of makes you otherwise. Now I can see it's an elaborate propaganda machine.

@turmuthoer 4 года назад

Well, I can't say anything about the Honourable East India Company, but just because he worked for it doesn't mean he was a bad person. I'm sure most of its employees over the centuries were just normal people who were only in it for the money and couldn't care less about the imperialism side of things.

@leonamay8776 3 года назад

@@turmuthoer engaging in morally dubious actions "just" for the money really doesn't make one a nice person. (I used the term morally "dubious" because I am aware that perceptions of morality have of course evolved with time)

@namefirstnamelast6404 3 года назад

You don't have to be mean to be a person who lived in the past. What will your primitive present look like to people of the future? I'm sure they will find you as barbaric as you assume this commander of the East India Company was. Or perhaps they will have learnt by then not to judge a person of the past with the eye of the present, and that ONE aspect of a person's life isn't a barometer for their ENTIRE life or character.

@nanajiloh 5 лет назад

"You're my favourite so far" Oh my gosh, Olivia, you couldn't be any more adorable even if you tried!

@chloecoe493 5 лет назад

@bye girl She clearly did in the video showing the earlier part of the episode.

@missp5152 4 года назад

@hasslfoot Well said. Viewers inability to concentrate on a story line these days beggars belief.

@makatka 4 года назад

@bye girl Eee quite the opposite really, you clearly didn't bother to watch everything, but yet decided to comment

@borahai 5 лет назад

Research scholars deserve acknowledgement.. 💛 To dig in all the documents..

@solarprogeny6736 4 года назад

To be fair, documents nowadays are typed into databases, so you just have to look for keywords

@pamelaspooner8335 4 года назад

ishei Only a small portion of written/printed documents of human history have been digitized so locating paper records is still a major part of in-depth research. Only very modern documents are originally 100% digital. You often have to still sign paper and that is then scanned.

@Shamsithaca 3 года назад

@@solarprogeny6736 No. you are incorrect. No one types in endless information of such ship manifests and newspapers...its just not possible...too much info...the researchers are gold mines and must be recognized for their incredible talent and perseverance.

@linusp9316 3 года назад

@@Shamsithaca You're right, but also wrong. Nobody "types" it, but we have OCR (optical character recognition), and millions of ships' documents have been digitized with minimal human input. It took me 15 minutes to find my ancestors' ship records on the Internet. Sometimes humans fix up those records to improve the OCR, but they're often pretty good even without human tinkering.

@katherinetutschek4757 2 года назад

Was thinking that too. So nice to just have a paper handed to you😅 Admin staff never get any credit for all the hard and tedious work they do.

@elsagreen1476 4 года назад

I teared up when I learned Harriot came back to India. I'm way too invested in this

@One.Zero.One101 Год назад

This story is better than many movies I've watched lately. This one actually has interesting characters and plot.

@annylopez8118 5 лет назад

I would read the crap out of this novel , someone contact Olivia and write this book

@TheVeek192 3 года назад

Go ahead.

@clarebell5926 5 лет назад

I'm sooooo glad Harriot survived because Olivia Colman makes the world a better place! My heart goes out to Harriot for her young life, and every other child that went through the same thing! It's so sad!! What a strong child for surviving!! xx

@imaginator13 3 года назад

"History repeats itself " isn't it true for Olivia who came india to see her heritage just like her great great great grand mother. What fascinating story ❤

@bluedasher74 5 лет назад

What a fascinating story! It would make a good movie.

@WhoDoYouThinkYouAre 5 лет назад

Great idea! Who would play Olivia?

@nlb1138 5 лет назад

@@WhoDoYouThinkYouAre Grandma Harriet in England!

@sahpem4425 4 года назад

I thought the same thing! Every bit needs to be a movie or book!

@janwijbrans6289 3 года назад

Rusty Kink

@ILSAB 3 года назад

This is exactly what I thought

@Bonobanos 5 лет назад

i like to imagine that besides looking for a husband, harriot had gone back to India to find her mother and that even at 3-4yrs old she had clear memories of that time w her mother

@LanceCorporalKitty 5 лет назад

I want to believe that too

@a1b2ghosh 5 лет назад

@Julia Mimi yes i doubt any money or support was offered to her "local" mother. A young Indian girl in that era with a child born out of the wedlock. I doubt see "voluntarily" gave the child up. I dont think she had much choice either way.

@tim2269 5 лет назад

Perhaps her mother performed Sati.Not something popular to report but its a possibility.Im sure it was on the mind of the historian who reported these findings.

@rik73764 5 лет назад

@@tim2269 Very unlikely, as they were not married. Also as he was an Englishman he was most likely buried, not cremated.

@ranganathanjg3717 5 лет назад

@@tim2269 No way Sati wasn't practised that time...It was long back practised..

@JARomero88 5 лет назад

"Hopefully it's happy and good, or else I'm leaving" 😂😂😂 she is awesome!

@sauhardoroy7440 2 года назад

"this was not the place for single women" and no body thinks about harriot's mom. what she must have faced when harriot's dad died and harriot was taken is beyond my comprehension

@nicoler1183 4 года назад

"She's the best fisherman on the ship!" Gah! She's so adorable!

@mrrajarshi1 5 лет назад

Olivia in Kolkata researching about her roots... how fascinating...

@sumedhasamaga9114 5 лет назад

That's my professor!

@jaybell1390 3 года назад

..... and.... Jeez!

@wickandde 5 лет назад

Harriet's life sounds so facinating! Would love it if we're a book or a move!

@amandah.2202 3 года назад

There is s book

@dhanushr04 2 года назад

@@amandah.2202 can I please get it's name

@edwardkumarkenway1875 4 года назад

The history of Bengal( specifically Calcutta) and London was a quite bittersweet one.

@hammun6 3 года назад

"You're my favourite so far." Olivia cracks me up!

@mycroft983 5 лет назад

Isn't good to see how lovely Olivia is seem so real and natural...Lovely Lady

@DhruvMalikk 4 года назад

So much of India and England history together..

@subhu678 4 года назад

she is like, "You're my favourite so far" That was so cute😍🙈

@andreas.bottanova3056 3 года назад

What a life! What a story! Like a mix of "Little princess" and "the secret garden" - should be made into a book or a movie🥰

@ananya1721 2 года назад

I was just going to point that out!!

@hibafassifihri3420 3 года назад

olivia: getting seriously emotional the dude: imagine her all alone! read the room !!

@TatianaOConnor 5 лет назад

Who else is living Harriet's journey with Oliva? :'(

@vamanosninja4143 5 лет назад

I relate to her because I'm also half South Asian.

@purabi123 5 лет назад

@MT-ih6vq 3 года назад

I adore Olivia Coleman. I'm also half anglo Indian, so this got me in the heart.

@vidya198326 3 года назад

Anglo-Indian already states ur half n half.. U can't be half of that! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@obisan666 5 лет назад

I bet Harriet had Olivia's personality and empathy x

@markstewart4501 4 года назад

Obviously Olivia won't see this, but I thoroughly enjoyed witnessing her feelings of connection and concern. Somewhere in all of this I hope we/I learn that we all have this inside us.

@nomdeplume2213 2 года назад

Harriets father must have rly loved her and her mother for him to not only tell his family about her but tell them about her enough to make them love her as well. Just imagine spending thousands to bring your great niece whom youve never met to your country. She wasnt some illegitimate secret, she was loved immensely. Her story is bittersweet. She has 2 loving parents one minute and loses both of them the second.

@kooolkidninjamaster Год назад

For sure. Mind you it helps to have been named after her grandmother. Poor child but realistically she had a better life in England just because of the money

@lynneleclerc7376 5 лет назад

Olivia Colman is such a lovely person! I really enjoyed watching this.

@frenchartantiquesparis424 3 года назад

Olivia is so lovely..... she is very attached to her ancestor.

@johnaddison3147 5 лет назад

Congratulations on your Oscar Olivia.

@staticcentrehalf7166 5 лет назад

So what we're saying here is that she's got the lot; insanely talented, funny, humane and possessed of a fascinating back story.

@Elwene2fr 4 года назад

Olivia is so sweet and pure. She keeps amazing me everytime. She looks like such a nice woman, I just wish more could be like that

@vamanosninja4143 5 лет назад

The third guy was funner than the others. Funny that Olivia said he's her favourite so far. :p

@tomad919 5 лет назад

What a genuine sweet person Olivia is.

@laura6954 4 года назад

I LOVE Olivia's sweet chuckle after the guy said "interesting little tittle tattle"

@cesaroviedo6345 5 лет назад

I need Harriot's life as a movie

@michellemahar9030 Год назад

What a warm person she is! And I am so glad that her relative's fortunes turned around.

@cloudsparrow7729 4 года назад

Olivia "I'm usually in everything" Colman, is just awesome. Moving story, too

@knox273 4 года назад

I love her so much that she not only came to india but to the city where i live in. I really wish i would have met her

@AlanHope2013 3 года назад

Olivia is a sweetheart in everything she does.

@Not_a_Saint9891 4 года назад

This should be a tv drama series

@DeborahWalkerXOXO 3 года назад

People are suggesting a movie but this really deserves a little mini series

@yossyxo 5 лет назад

She is an extraordinary woman. 💓

@deepz513 3 года назад

They should make a film out of her great great grandmothers story..and she should play the role❤️

@SarahDawnable 3 года назад

I could watch Olivia Colman do anything. What a gem

@tatikto 4 года назад

What a compassionate woman

@rosemarieconklin4683 4 года назад

It's strange you dont personally know your ancestor but you still feel sad for them same thing happened to me when I found out my granny was in a orphanage love Olivia

@mukundadasnarayanappa6214 2 года назад

It's great to know that such old documents are still maintained and researched by scholars . Appreciate Mrs Olivia Colman's perseverance in taking so much interest in knowing her ancestors. Very interesting to watch and listen . Thanks again.

@helenmcdonald3627 2 года назад

olivia colman is one of the warmest sweetest genuine funny and talented actresses, i would love to be her friend what a betterplace the world would be if there were more like her. she llights this world up

@mrguillemot 3 года назад

Have adored Olivia since The Green Wing...so nice to see that she has such a lovely soul 😍

@HIBYROSE 2 года назад

Calcutta is my home, and had I ever known tht this oscar winning, talented, brilliant actor Olivia Coleman had visited, I'd have went to lengths to get a glimpse of her. To know that this lady walked the streets of my city, aah! After I watched "The Crown" I had such a deep appreciation for Coleman's acting genius.

@foxycinnamon7307 4 года назад

I just love her! I love her story & I'm dying to know how Harriet's story turns out!

@miapax1962 2 года назад

What a lovely big hearted person you are to be so moved by your ancestry😍🙏❤️So happy Harriet had a love-filled life later xxx

@nishantk3459 4 года назад

these stories are all so exciting... never experienced history that is so personal...

@ritishp 4 года назад

Man watches The Crown - Season 3 on Netflix RU-vid : Suggest this man to watch Olivia Coleman's journey to India to find her roots !! 😀👍

@mohammedhussain4907 5 лет назад

A truly heartwarming story

@rachelring2542 4 года назад

So exciting and not even my family!!

@medhanayak_ 3 года назад

Oh I'm from Kolkata (then calcutta) and I wish I could have met this beautiful human❤️

@nerysjones7333 4 года назад

This story would make a great film

@lindapesnell5723 5 лет назад

❤️ Thank You ❤️

@Eileen62h 3 года назад

I couldn't love Olivia more ❤

@jin_stix.a8679 5 лет назад

This would make such an interesting movie

@andynixon2820 5 лет назад

She's wonderful .

@vamanosninja4143 5 лет назад

Harriet's father and first husband were both named William and both died in July. Weird!

@mimi1578tube 3 года назад

This is so amazing! It would be so amazing if they would make a movie about little Harriette!

@vamsikumarkallem2909 3 года назад

From today onwards, I'm writing a book about my mom. Everything about her. I'll even include the latitude and longitude of the place she's born. I don't want my future generations to struggle to find my mom's information like them. I've been creating my family tree . I'm gonna turn it into a beautiful animation and just pass it to my future generations. I gathered few families' information on my own. I've met them on marriages and family gatherings. Now I'm gonna ask my mom for the detailed information. This feels really really exciting to store the information of our families in detail..... 🖖 Live long and Prosper y'all. From India 🇮🇳.

@aksayinishah2509 2 года назад

that's an incredible idea!!

@daniellinehan63 4 года назад

Called a sleive in Ireland , one would love to slip back to spend time with ancestors from the way back

@anujachatterjee6719 3 года назад

Wow Olivia came so close...I live in Kolkata

@saforakhimov 2 года назад

I know Olivia Colman from "Hot fuzz" and I love her from that time. What an astonishing actress. And her story here is very interesting. Love it

@lynnralph8373 2 года назад

Olivia I have recently completed a book about my family. My research took twenty years to complete because I visited all the places where they lived. The book was not intended to be a commercial venture but a record for my family since this type of information is easily lost or forgotten. I suggest you do the same. Your story is fascinating. Good luck with it.

@christinemacmacleod4880 3 года назад

Harriet sounds like Mary Lennox from a Secret Garden. I hope your great great grandmother had a happy ending like the child in the book.

@bigmesstheartist5888 4 года назад

Harriet's story makes a great movie!

@globalcitizenn 3 года назад

The Penmanship on those shipping records wow

@immukku_ 5 лет назад

this is amazing

@pundithkupamanduka6936 5 лет назад

Congratulations on your Oscar!!!

@DrLoren668 4 года назад

That's beautiful

@lesleyoxspring7202 5 лет назад

This is good but I'd like to see the WHOLE show, as that would be interesting. I like getting the whole back story. I do not find snippets enough. Went into website only to find clips, not the whole thing.

@WhoDoYouThinkYouAre 5 лет назад

Check out the full episode with this playlist - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AHO8U0gs2tQ.html

@joybee5862 5 лет назад

Thank you so much! @@WhoDoYouThinkYouAre

@yogithashetty2587 3 года назад

Most brilliant British actress 👏🏻Olivia

@knox273 4 года назад

Oh how disappointing. I live in kolkata (then calcutta) i wish i would have met her , i would surely guide her around the city and treat her to some famous bengali dishes or atleast some of my favorite cuisines

@TonchoBluegrass 5 лет назад

Damn it all to hell, Olivia Colman is delightful!

@nazlimerick3395 Год назад

Excellent story for a film. Stronger than fiction, isn't it?

@Benyikoko 2 года назад

Ahww this was such a perfect point in Harriets story!!! Finally some good news 🤭😍

@aditilalit2155 5 лет назад

Man Harriet's got game!!

@iwakuraSanta 5 лет назад

I think its cool the Indian people in this video ,can get say I met that oscar winnner

@SshivamKhopkar 4 года назад

Nobody cares! Oscars are biased.

@moonshadow2724 3 года назад

I am imagining that Harriet met L before they decided to leave to India together... wow ... this is an incredible story

@The1234567890ashish 2 года назад

This could be a movie and I'd watch it.

@kristenkuruugaa7903 4 года назад

“You’re my favorite so far” 😂

@Dr.Phoenix 4 года назад

Imagine yourself in the shoes of young Harriett... Poor girl has suffered so much in life..

@kaleahcollins4567 4 года назад

I wish you would have bought a sorry or something to be more connected to ancestral mother I have a feeling that Miss Harriet although she lived most her life in England she ultimately had a strong sense of her Indian culture I have a feeling that she was very Headstrong and never forgot her language nor the smells of the country or the stories that she heard or aunties and uncles back home