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Born to Sing

Season 10 Episode 1
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Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

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Buried Secrets

Buried Secrets

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Hold the Laughter

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Far and Away

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The Brick Wall Falls

The Brick Wall Falls

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Mean Streets

Season 10 Episode 8
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Fashion's Roots

Fashion's Roots

Season 6 Episode 11
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DNA Mysteries

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War Stories

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Finding Your Roots

The Melting Pot

Season 2 Episode 5

Three celebrity chefs who cook the food of their ancestors discover family members who have shaped their lives — and America’s cuisine. Tom Colicchio of “Top Chef” learns of the hardships his family endured, Ming Tsai, finds that his roots can be traced back more than 2,000 years, yielding a large family tree and Aaron Sanchez relearns his family’s treasured and diverse Mexican roots.

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps family trees of comedian Tracy Morgan & actor Anthony Ramos.
The Brick Wall Falls
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares ancestry with actor Danielle Brooks & singer Dionne Warwick.
Finding Your Roots Season 10
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Sunny Hostin and Jesse Williams discover ancestors from very diverse places.
Finding Your Roots Season 10
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Bob Odenkirk and Iliza Shlesinger—two very funny people whose family trees brim with drama
Buried Secrets
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Sammy Hagar and Ed O’Neill discover the dramatic stories hidden within their own roots.
Fathers and Sons
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LeVar Burton & Wes Studi grew up fatherless, haunted by questions about their family trees
Forever Young
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. unearths the hidden roots of Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser.
Born to Sing
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Explore the roots of Alanis Morissette and Ciara and their hidden connections to history.
Out of the Past
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Henry Louis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley.
Anchormen
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Journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones uncover the ancestors who blazed a trail for them.
And Still I Rise
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Henry Louis Gates reveals the unexpected family trees of Angela Y. Davis and Jeh Johnson
Chosen
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David Duchovny and Richard Kind trace their Jewish roots from Eastern Europe to the US.
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