The coolest part now is you know I'm at the end of his journey and I get to see
where Isaiah you know rest in peace and I get to go visit his grave and I'm I'm
pretty stoked about that just so like you know have a cool ending to such an
amazing journey that I've been on you know finding out about his life oh my
god this is like my whole family
Prentiss Eros Prentiss eros oh my goodness
Leslie Rose that's my two-times great-grandfather I did not expect to
find you here this is like a rose graver Mary Rose Melissa
oh my goodness
Isaiah R rose I'm your three-times great-granddaughter what's up I brought
you these oh my gosh I just took a long journey man you have had a well lived
life thank you so much for being just such a
hero you know you would think that coming to pay respects would be a sad
part of this journey but only enough it's been just a celebration for me all
right love you my mother and I you know I started this journey off we're not
really connected to our families I mean her maiden name is rose so to
walk into the cemetery and see just what a life and legacy that name is it's
pretty amazing this whole thing is made me just kind of feel like way more
connected than I thought I was gonna be I think everybody should do this because
it is just a fire in me and I am very excited and it's just cool to know your
story you know not your own but your family's Kenny's journey was started by
her mother's research so she's heading back to Nashville to tell her what she's
discovered
I can't wait to show her the strength and perseverance that exists in our
family line hi and I'm hoping that my discoveries about idea will give her the
sense of family connection that she's been looking for the beginning of this I
was like you know what my mother is so strong and I'm a pretty strong
individual there must have been some people in our past that we're just as
strong and what's funny is to find out that you know you're two times great my
three-times great-grandfather Isaiah Rose is really the pillar of strength of
our family he signs up to be in the Civil War he got taken prisoner have you
ever heard of Andersonville Prison yes you have yes that was a horrible place
it is mind-blowing when you go there and dream went there yeah one in three
soldiers that went into Andersonville died I mean you have to really want to
live to get through something like that yes amazing well I think my mother and I
were both very honest with the fact that we don't feel really connected at all
with our families and I think it was cool to be able to show her a story of
how you know what we come from a long line of strugglers but at the end of the
day we survived and then he ends up running for Senate I know just amazing
this guy that is always kind of up against the odds you know and just and
doesn't get knocked down as you see that's what that's why I wanted to look
I wanted to know about our ancestors yeah I wanted to know if we do we have
any of those traits yeah and we do well and that's what I find amazing that like
you we didn't know that that we came from that you know it's in our blood
it's an eight that you need family although I've tried a couple times you
know previously in my life to mend some fences either with my father or other
people in my family like I think it's just time you know it may be it's that
thing where it's like Isaiah you just don't give up you just keep trying and
keep trying I think that that's a very powerful
thing I'm glad you got to do this this was the coolest thing I've by far done
in my life like finding out like I mean I think it's the cool thing anybody can
find out finding out where you come from and I can't wait to figure out what else
we can find out I know yeah you want to hug it out yeah bring it in team hug
thank you baby correct
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