I love the British version so if it's pretty much the same then I'll have to take a look at this too. I hope it goes as far back into people's history as the Brit version tries to do. It's interesting stuff. 

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the idea of watching people research their family history sounds like a sure cure for insomnia

what?! no way. 

this looks so interesting! i think i've seen one episode of the british version once, without knowing what it was. 

ha we have this in Britain. My Mum goes crazy over it.

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I love this, especially being in America where we have such varied backgrounds!

It's inspiring to look into your own genealogy, maybe the show can give us tips on how to start!Though I really want to know how to find out more from previous countries of origin as well...

did a version over here in the UK, because she found her roots brought her to a town near me in Wales.

The Kim Cattrall episode was good too on the Uk Version

 The British version of this show is really amazing and inspiring. Just in one episode you can go from "wow" interesting to having your heart broken.

Those of you who arent convinved should search for the episode Jerry Springer did a couple of years ago, truly amazing! 

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I will definitely be tuning into this show. I find genealogy very interesting.

Oh I love this one! That British show is part blissful nerd heaven, part shocking turmoils of the European history. It's almost mindboggling how practically every person has either huuuuge scheletons in their family closet or has family that long ago was touched by the most grizzly of fates. Ah, destinies! 

It's more interesting than you would think. I hope the great Americans won't butcher this show like they did with other remakes.. cough *Coupling* cough 

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or the great and inspirational music but I got a little misty-eyed!  Will it be streaming on NBC.com??

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I remain baffled by the insistence of many people that history is boring.  Learning about how we got to be where we are is boring?  How?  I believe the problem is not in the subject - never the subject! - but in how we were taught as kids.  I thought maths and sciences were boring, and as an adult, I realise they're fascinating - I was just badly taught.

It's also fascinating to me how many of us take the ability to trace a family tree for granted.  Given that whole chunks of the population just can't trace their families back because of slavery, or because of the adoption laws of previous generations, it seems to me that considering family history to be boring is a pretty privileged position.  I love family history, and when it hit me that huge numbers of people were denied the ability to trace theirs because their ancestors happened to have the "wrong" kind of pigmentation, it really shocked me and made me realise how precious a commodity family history really is.  It puts us in context, it gives us a sense of continuity tht we take for granted.  And when we look at our ancestors, we discover that ordinary people's lives are complex, dramatic, absorbing in ways we never imagined - it makes us realise how extraordinary our own lives might be.

In every way possible, being in a position to trace family history is a privilege and a real treat.

This is definitely my show! Since I am currently researching my family's history I can absilutely say it is fascinating.

This is totally going to be my show! 

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I really like the British version and watch it when it's on but by the look of the trailer the American version looks a bit too Hollywood.  I'm not talking about the celebrities so much as the way that the family history/secrets are revealed and stuff, it looks a bit too storybook.  Is that the right word?  It's hard to explain what I mean, but that's my initial reation.  I just feel that part of the charm of WDYTYA is that it shows the celebrities as "normal" people.  Maybe it's just the trailer?

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I'm from the UK and haven't watched all of the series of this show (it's run for about 4 or 5 seasons here I think) but some have been so touching and surprising. Kim Catrell's was excellent last year, as was Jerry Springer's. I often think though, I wonder if some people's episodes get canned if there isn't much to find, because surely there must be many dead ends for some people.

It is always interesting to see how the people react. Famously, last year Pasty Kensit got really upset over finding out about her families criminal past, and almost quit, only to have them turn up a do-gooding ancestor who made her feel better about the whole thing! If some US celeb ends up with KKK ancestors or something equally horrible, it will be interesting!

The format of the show is fascinating and looks like the US version will be equallygood quality. Isn't Lisa Kudrow involved as a produer too?

As my fellow Brits have mentioned, we have had this programme for several years and it is never short of fascinating. Most are incredibly moving and you shed tears for the hardships we can only imagine. I remember the opera singer Lesley Garrett finding out - to her amazement - that her grandfather had murdered his wife. If these programmes are made as well as the BBC ones then they will be compulsive viewing.

Fascinating. The irony of Spike Lee's story is amazing.

I think knowing that we're all entangled and intertwined thru the ages would be a nice antidote to the "us" vs. "them" mentality we all go through. People have all been both 'us' and 'them', and it's been ever so.  Any of us would be equally surprised at what really lies beneath our edited, sanitized, or just plain forgotten history.

(Can we pool our resources to prove Anita Bryant's great grandmother was in a long term, happy Boston marriage or something?)