- Yes, exactly. - Wow!

- Thank you so much! - You bet.

You guys are amazing. I mean... I just... I'm... I'm shocked.

"Coco" is a film all about family and the importance of remembering those who came before us.

Making this film has certainly made me think about my family history.

The people that I knew who are no longer in my life, and, also, family members I don't know at all.

And, so, those ideas infused their way into the movie.

What's so fun about this story is that Miguel has the opportunity to meet his ancestors.

I think that we're all curious about who came before us and where we got all our talents, our proclivities.

It's just part of being a human being, I think.

I've long thought about doing the AncestryDNA test, so when I had this opportunity, I jumped at it.

Taking the DNA test is interesting to me; I'm curious to see if there's any artist in my family.

My mom was adopted, so I don't really know my background very well.

Hopefully, this will open some doors to some mysteries.

Hi, Adrian, my name is Jenn Utley.

- Uh, pleasure to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.

- I work for Ancestry; I'm a family historian. - Okay.

And I'm excited to show you some of your AncestryDNA results.

I am excited as well.

I've got Iberian Peninsula 29%, Europe South 28%, Native American 17%, and Great Britain 14%.

That's cool.

So, if you take the combination of the Iberian Peninsula and the Native American, that is a very clear indicator that you have Mexican Heritage.

Good to know.

(I) See Western Central Europe, I see St. Lawrence River French settlers.

- We call these migrations. - Interesting.

My AncestryDNA test revealed a few surprises.

The first person I want to introduce you to here is Hiram Kibby.

Never even heard that name.

Hiram Kibby.

In October 1861, he signed up for a year's service.

So, he fought in the Civil War.

And if we look at this other record here.

There he is. Drummer!

My great-great-grandfather was a drummer in the Civil War.

And my son, who's thirteen-years-old now, has been playing the drums in his school band.

So, there's a nice connection there across time.

Your great-grandfather right here…

Jean-Baptiste Picard.

We found him in a few census records.

It tells you what he's doing as an occupation.

Let's see if you can decipher that.

- Is that a drawer? - Drawer.

Seeing the documents, it's really neat to see a little piece of history.

And, so, we found the actual images that he drew.

So there are his drawings?

- Yes. - Oh, that's fantastic.

He designed oil pumps, and I've always been an artist, my brother's an engineer.

It's cool to have that connection.

- Your mother is adopted? - That's right. Yeah.

And I'd like to introduce you to a new ancestor in your tree.

- Okay. - And his name is Joshua Barker.

And here is a picture of him.

To connect back to the maternal side is just so vitally important.

And this is his wife.

Wow! So I'm related to her as well?

- These are your people. - Wow!

- These are your great-great-great-grandparents. - Wow!

Amazing.

How cool is that?

The AncestryDNA test was able to find some relatives on my mother's side.

I think it's gonna be very healing for our family.

A hundred percent she's my great-grandmother?

- She is. - That's so cool!

I love that; this is great.

If she is your great-grandmother, one of these three children is even closer to you.

This is Orville, and he works in the movie industry.

Come on!

They called him "Curly" 'cause he's got this curly hair underneath here.

That's amazing!

Curly could be my grandfather or great-grandfather, but he's definitely related to me and he's definitely in the film industry, which is so cool.

I'm shocked that you guys could crack any of that code.

My heart just feels full, and I feel excited to connect with some relatives and keep unraveling the mystery.

If we don't pass stories along, there can come a point where people are just forgotten and lost to time.

That's something we really explore in "Coco".

It's really cool to be connected to someone that is far away from you in time, but when you know their story, they become that much closer to you.