Richard Kind discovers a chilling family secret on 'Finding Your Roots.' Host Henry Louis Gates Jr. said this kind of discovery doesn't happen all too often on the show.
When Richard Kind signed up to learn about his ancestry on the PBS show"Finding Your Roots," never expected to hear that one of his ancestors was murdered.
Growing up, Kind says he never understood his paternal grandfather's serious demeanor. By the end of the episode, he gains a new understanding of his grandfather's character, and how a tragedy he experienced at 31 may have informed his outlook. Kind's great-grandfather Hyman Berson, when he came to the U.S., worked as a peddler on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, which Gates says was a common occupation for Jewish immigrants at the time. Hyman was one of the few who made a profit, and eventually was able to start his own business — in crayon manufacturing.
All of this comes as a surprise to Kind. The actor explains that his grandfather never addressed the tragedy with him.The accused gunman, Simon Stern, also shot Hyman Berson’s nephew Charles, who later died from his wounds. According to records that the show’s researchers dug up, Stern may have killed Kind's great-grandfather in order to cash in on an insurance policy.
“My grandfather was a very moral man ... maybe he really was affected by the death of his dad,” he says.“We haven’t had many murdered ancestors sitting in the seat across the table from me. How about that?" he says.During the episode, Kind also learns that he descends from a long line of Jewish religious leaders. He says revelation makes him feel"smarter."
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