THEY'RE ALL COMING BACK
'Red Widow' Gets The Axe
Tim McGraw Learns His Ancestor Migrated with Elvis Presley's Family (VIDEO)
by Aimee Deeken, posted Feb 14th 2011 7:10AM
Tim McGraw -- who grew up poor in Louisiana, sold all his possessions and headed to Nashville for a new life -- discovered one of his German ancestors did a similar thing -- many, many generations before him.On 'Who Do You Think You Are?' (Fri., 8PM ET on NBC), the country music star learned that his eighth great-grandfather, Johan Jost Hayd, emigrated to America at age 24 and worked hard for a better quality of life, first for the British Navy and then as a farmer. Eventually he became one of the largest landowners in Virginia at the time.
The geneagoly expert had more news: A family by the name of "Preslar" was in Hayd's migration group. The last name was later changed to "Presley" -- as in Elvis. "His ancestors were traveling with your ancestors to America," the expert told McGraw. The singer chuckled and said, "Maybe they were jammin' [together], you know, on the boat on the way over!"
Watch the full episode here:
- See a great moment on TV? Send feedback & suggestions to TT5@aoltv.com
- New clips post all day long. Don't miss out, subscribe to our RSS feed
5 Comments