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

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.

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.

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

As an Indian who loves Olivia Colman this was a jackpot

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

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

Olivia and the researcher lady are such gems.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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

Olivia, make this into a movie!!

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

I am so emotionally invested in this story

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

Olivia is such a sweetheart. Love her!

What westerners especially brits fail to take away from this video and videos like these is that Indians are a very forgiving people. I'd doubt that any other people would greet someone so warmly and be this hospitable if they knew that brits were responsible for 50 million deaths in famine after famine that they imposed upon their natives. Being this forgiving has been India's undoing, frankly.

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

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

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

Oh if only everyone could have a History teacher like this lady

This is so incredibly lovely!!

that photo did it for me! :)

So sweet, brought me to tears often.

I never knew this woman before, but I'm so invested. 😊

I'm here because I was taken with Olivia Colman in Midsomer Murders - Season 12, Episode 5 - Small Mercies. Very interesting, I would never have guessed her ancestry

This could make a great tv series

That letter is everything

I watched her in the Netflix series Broadchurch. Such a talented actor!

Is it only me to whom Olivia looked similar to Harriet. I mean I totally see a resemble in both the ladies ❤️😍

I'm an Indian, a Bengali and a huge Broadchurch fan ❤️

6:39 Now Karnal (Karnaul) is in Haryiana

After olivia ' s oscar win 😅

Who would've thought a actress with Indian ancestry would not only play Queen Victoria but also Queen Elizabeth on screen

The photograph is literally KAJOL!!!! ♥️

I always wish this show and the American Finding Your Roots would do regular people celebrities if they want to find and Trace their Heritage they have enough money to do so regular people we don't and the ones who really want to trace a Heritage we struggle to get bits and pieces I want to be able to do what she did I want to look at my ancestors pictures I want to touch their archives I want to walk the streets they walked in The Villages they lived in

Holly Heck, it has just become amazingly apparent to me, how upsetting it is that we have lost the mad skill of letter writing :((

Olivia's glee is contageious! :D :D :D

OMG the romance. I wanted more!! Yes please a movie.

sounded like a Mills and Boon book

For some unknown reason, this reminds me very much of the movie "Madarasapattinam" eventhough the story is very different from this.

This is sooooooo sweet.

What a lovely story

This is amazing!!!!!!

What a story!

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

This part British era hides in plain slight...... 😌😌

So lovely❤❤

Beautiful

Where’s the rest of this story?!?!?!

4:02 I might be seeing things, but Olivia has Harriet's eyes ❤

What else did the man tell his brother? I hope he drew the line somewhere.

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what happened to Harriot's mother???? Will that search be for another episode??? Please provide me the link to watch that.....

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?!

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🤪

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

Indian people are gorgeous, warm and intelligent

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

oh that letter is a beautiful record of love blooming.

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

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

Olivia Colman is an absolute gem

Is it me but does Olivia look a lot like India Harriet?

God dammit who's cutting these onions again?

Me *watching this at work and crying*: ...allergies

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.

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

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

I find Olivia's enthusiasm for "India Harriet", the nickname given to her by her grandmother, a bit naive. I imagine when Olivia stated hat this made her "extra special", the genealogist was thinking, "no, this was not used as a nickname to make her special, but to point out that she was different...not really one if us though one of us", but the genealogist held back, or her reaction/explanation of the nickname truly distancing her granddaughter from the rest of the family, was edited out because it was racist, in reality. Ok, had Harriet been born more Anglo-Saxon, then it might have been overlooked, but as we could see, she had many Sub-Indian traits such as the hair and eyes and skin color being darker. I believe that the genealogist did explain this, but it was edited out, and that I would have to imagine left Olivia a bit taken aback. Today, in an educated and rational household, being "half-caste" would make no difference at all...but 200 years ago, a huge difference would be noted. Imagine, today, calling someone "Indian Brittany"......I, for one, would be somewhat offended. However, it was the norm, I suppose, then, and in reality, that the family of Harriet accepted her at all, is a plus for Harriet, obviously, but also says something about her family in their acceptance of her, nickname or not. I think Olivia was only seeing the bright side. Which is OK. I know looking back on my Italian ancestry, the problems my grandparents had 2 being from the north and 2 from the south and the intermarriages. They were not looked at fondly and that was about 100 years ago and they all met in NY, not in Italy, where I do not believe it would have been even possible. Good for Harriet, though. She was lucky!

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

Indian lady looks so much like my mom..

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

I think Olivia going to India to find out more about her ancestors is important because you really had to have been there to understand what Harriott left England to go back to. India was her home.

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

Important lesson is that we all are mixed breed and multicultural

Harriet and Olivia have similar deep set big eyes

Olivia is the most delightful person and her reaction

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

Yeh, now people are reading their ancestors letters. A few hundred years from now people will read their ancestors tweets and emails. That's gonna be fun, lol

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.