Angie Harmon sets out to discover the roots of her father on Who Do You Think You Are?, airing tonight, Sunday, March 22, on TLC. On her journey, she uncovers the dramatic story of her 5X great-grandfather, who endured hardship and danger as an immigrant going to America. She discovers that he fought in the American Revolution and risked death for standing his ground, and learns that some of her own values may have been in the family for generations.
The program begins at Angie Harmon’s home in Charlotte, North Carolina where she sits down with her children and opens a package that her father sent to help her start her journey. She learns a new name, Jim Harmon, who is her 2X great-grandfather, and sends this information to a genealogist to get the research going. During the program, she travels to Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
Always believing she was Greek, Irish and native American, Angie Harmon will be surprised to meet her 5x g-grandfather, Michael Harmon, who immigrated from Germany as an indentured servant and winds up gutting it out as a soldier in Washington’s regiment at ValleyForge. After a bleak season in hell he mutinies against the Continental Congress in protest for his basic rights of food, clothing and shelter…and succeeds. After the war Michael becomes a well to do land owner in Kentucky where Angie will get to pay her respects to what is still Harmon owned land today.
