Music. Alanis Morissette discovers a family secret through a TV show

“Finding Your Roots” is an American PBS television program featuring the host, historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. Reveals the results of celebrity genealogy research. Alanis Morissette guest-starred in the first episode to air in 2024. “I think I was Jewish when I was 20,” the Canadian singer said. He noted that his parents did not share Jewish heritage with him and his siblings due to the “generational trauma” caused by their World War II experiences.

Through Finding Your Roots, Morissette learns that her maternal grandfather managed to survive the Holocaust, and then spends years trying to find her brothers, Georgy and Sandor Feuerstein. The program team visited the Israeli Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Memorial, where they determined that the brothers died in labor camps in the Soviet Union.

Gates Jr. told the singer that his grandfather was looking for his brothers – documents found in the archives of the International Red Cross prove this. The man asked for help in the search in 1949. “I didn't know that,” Morissette admitted, speaking of the “perseverance and survival skills” of her ancestors. He said he had “always been fascinated by Judaism” and willingly participated in Jewish celebrations. – Now I know why. It was like coming home, she said.

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Alanis Morissette was born in 1974 in Canada. She is a singer, songwriter, composer, actress and winner of multiple awards, including seven Grammys. He released his first album “Alanis” in 1991. Morissette's first songs were pop and dance, and then the artist began to experiment with music. His subsequent albums have sold over 75 million units worldwide. In 2017, Rolling Stone magazine called her the “Queen of Alternative Rock”.

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