Granddaughter of Immigrants

Episode 20 - The After Show

An unscripted interview that discusses the topics of Granddaughter of Immigrants. In this candid space, sisters Erika and Jackelyn Hanchar are joined by guest host Ann P

Episode 19 - Epilogue

A post script, and a tiny peek into the future. Erika is joined by her nephew. In an adorable exchange that circles back on the reasons why family history is more than j

Episode 18 - Kule Folklore

Donating a family archive transforms a private search into a shared cultural record, passing the role of storyteller to the next generation. Erika is joined by Oleksandr

Episode 17 - Hello Father

A sudden loss reframes the entire journey. Revealing how memory and storytelling are passed down just before they disappear. Granddaughter of Immigrants is a mini series

Episode 16 - Victoria

A DNA match reframes and reveals generations of sacrifice, and betrayal wrapped in secrets and survival. Granddaughter of Immigrants is a mini series about a woman's 20

Episode 15 - All Roads Lead To Hostiv

A long awaited return to the ancestral village and homeland, confirms family myths and confronts new revelations. But does it really change anything? Granddaughter of Im

Episode 14 - Kyiv Archives

A shot in the dark and one email illuminates a new path, cracking open an 80 year old mystery. But would you want to know the truth? Kyiv unlocks the archives of a long s

Episode 13 - Pier 21

When a chance visit to the Canadian Museum of Immigration turns into a breakthrough, putting real names and ship records into a somewhat stagnant storyline reignites a fa

Episode 12 - The Girl At The Café

A chance encounter threatens a new post war life, where secrecy, survival and unfinished lives collide in 1950’s Canada. Granddaughter of Immigrants is a family tree tha

Episode 11 - Moving To Saskatchewan

Two displaced survivors take a chance on a new life. Crossing continents and borders to reunite in Canada all while outrunning the threat of repatriation. Granddaughter

Episode 10 - No Home Land

An abandoned ambulance, a mistaken identity and a moment of sheer luck leads a displaced young man to a chance at love and connection in the aftermath of war. Granddaugh

Episode 9 - A Tale of Betrayal

A 16 year old girl is handed over to nazi forced labour by her own parents, but even in an idyllic location captivity can still exist under the guise of freedom. Grandda

Episode 8 - Ice Cream World

A young man’s fragmented memories reveal a work opportunity under nazi occupation that quickly turns into forced labour genocide and mysterious escape. Granddaughter of

Episode 7 - The Wedding Photograph

A candid wedding photograph draws emotions and lost stories of divorce to the surface. As an immigrant woman in the late 1930’s, leads her own private rebellion, and chas

Episode 6 - The Brothers Hanchar

A story of a plan for a better life in Canada. Escaping the threat of famine and poverty, an immigration journey turns quickly from a plan for a better future into a perm

Episode 5 - The Melnyk Sisters

A potentially misspelled name takes us down a rabbit hole of possibilities. From Ellis Island in New York, to a Christian mission in Alberta, Canada. Even with documents,

Episode 4 - The Homesteaders

Desolate prairie landscapes, sod houses, the 2nd Ukrainian diaspora and a few government parcels of land. Alberta didn’t seem like much to write home about back then, but

Episode 3 - This Is Antoniv

Travel back in time 100 years to the tiny village of Antoniv, Ukraine. Where the places and people who were once just a birth and death date on an old document, now ignit

Episode 2 - The Garage Sale

What is one tiny thing that you have done that set your life on to a completely different track? A simple question at a garage sale in 2006 prompts a 20 year quest that s

Episode 1 - The Kobzar

How do you know where you are going if you don’t know where or who you come from? The age old question that has a different answer for each person that asks it. A search