The Hidden Truth in Viola Davis' Family Tree | Finding Your Roots | PBS

I absolutely love this woman she is a great actress and such a beautiful lady.

Love her! I like her genuine and wise responses to her history.

In the film 'Air', when Viola Davis' character makes the speech about the history of African Americans in N.Carolina, the ring of truth in her voice is unmistakeable and undeniable; Just remarkable and memorable. Thanks for posting.

She's so beautiful. I cannot think of a prettier actress right now.

Viola's Autobiography is a MUST READ. Much respect to this human being.

Wow her mother has the same name as my grandmother. Her birth name was Marzel, but she changed her name to and went by Mozell (Mozella) for the remainder of her life unless you knew her when she was younger. She named me after her birth name, and called me Marcel.

What a beautiful story Viola.🫶🏽

need some help finding my great grandfathers parents

What do you owe - What’s your responsibility 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 THINK ON THAT ACT ON THAT

Love every movie she stars in and now ❤ her even more; so very well said and spoken.

She took it like a champ! Don't know who that lady is, but I loved to watch her 🥰

I LOVE SECRETS AND SURPRISES....I LIKE TRUTH AND REALITY....NOT AMERICA LIES AND NON-REALITY....EVERYTHING IN AMERICA IS MATERIALISTIC....ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CORRUPTION........LET'S GET REAL IN USA AND STOP THE NON- REALITY....

Viola, has the most beautiful smile and she is a truly radiant lady who is always dignified. Such a stunning woman ❤️🥰 with an amazing command of language 🤔

Not only her beauty and talent but the way she speaks. She has air of wisdom and dignity that's fascinating.

I'm glad she was honest about it

Beautifully spoken.

My family in SC have allot of “messy truths”!

Back in the day the use to put the husbands name on the husband no matter who the real father is

Her skin is glorious!

As an artist I see Viola Davis face is awesome.

Viola Davis is that celebrity actor that I secretly wish was my long lost cousin. lol She's amazing! Viola is comforting, talented, soulful and voluminously fabulous!

Similar to my family history in small town rural South Carolina. My Great-Great grandfather had a bunch of kids by 3 different women during late 1800-s thru early 1900's. A set of my mother cousins (church going folk) had the story painted that their grandmother was married to him and even list her with his last name on various permanent documents, death certificates, etc. But Ancestry revealed the truth. He was married to my great-great grandmother and their great-great grandmother was the mistress who was living a few homes away. Also found that she married someone else later, so she was never married to my great-great grandfather. Some of them had the nerve to be dismissive of my mother.

Wow

Viola is a beautiful person in and out. I truly love her personality and work, she is just awesome

She is Gorgeous, always thought soo!❤

I love Ms. Davis, so beautiful, talented, and fascinating.

whoa.. my family owned hospowee plantation.. i traced back to elizabeth mother of 8th signer of declaration of independence. thomas sr. was sick.. thomas lynch jr. signed..

So Julia Robert's ancestors were the masters of Viola Davis?

Everytime she speaks its like the movies, short and powerful lines she throws here and there sounds like a scene.

Such a lovely woman. A class act.♥

Viola Davis is such a beautiful woman! Talented with a smile that can light up a room and a laugh like a wind chime.

Her grandfather didn't sign his marriage certificate!! only "his mark"

MOST OF US ,
DIGGING TO FIND OUR ROOTS,
WOULD FIND ALL TYPS OF ROOTS
TAP ROOTS
FIBROUS ROOTS
AERIAL ROOTS and every other type of embarassing ROOT.

In case people don’t know, Viola Davis’s grandmother owned the plantation were she was born.

Read her memoir, Finding Me. Very revealing.

Her great-grandfather was a WWI vet and no one talks about it. The silence is real for so many. Getting the stories is like pulling teeth.

My ancestors also lived in Calhoun County South Carolina!😊

How strange thinking of her birthplace as "home" when she left as a two month old baby.
I was born in another country to Australian parents and came to Australia as a 2½ month old baby. I am Australian.

She's beautiful

Viola is amazingly talented and brilliant .

Viola is such a beautiful lady and great actress. She right it is what it is and no drama.

Was it Gable or Gabriel Logan?

So beautiful, so talented and so wise... Old soul manifesting herself.

Love viola an amazing actress and beautiful

I love how she committed terrorism n was on the fbi most wanted list.
Turn out her ancestors was colonizers n slavers

I think this is a lot of people's history. Secrets are kept and not spoken about.

Sad what they gonna look back at today and see no one was getting married your 2x great grandma was actually born a man but the birth certificate female 😂 it’s gonna be all over the place

Huh. My grandad was born a county over in the early forties. My family is a mess too, and mess attracts mess. I wonder if the families knew of each other.

She’s blessed to be able to trace her history and figure this all out. I’m adopted and wish I had this lineage to trace! Beautiful class act she is!