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Brittany Packnett Cunningham Meets Her Great-Grandparents

Brittany Packnett Cunningham Meets Her Great-Grandparents

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Anita Hill Learns Her Great-Great Grandparents’ Identities

Anita Hill Learns Her Great-Great Grandparents’ Identities

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Anita Hill Unpacks Her Optimism and Humble Beginnings

Anita Hill Unpacks Her Optimism and Humble Beginnings

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Brittany Packnett Cunningham Yearns to Know Her Grandfather

Brittany Packnett Cunningham Yearns to Know Her Grandfather

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Anita Hill Wins “The Genealogical Jackpot”

Anita Hill Wins “The Genealogical Jackpot”

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Pamela Adlon Learns About Her Relative’s Capture by Nazis

Pamela Adlon Learns About Her Relative’s Capture by Nazis

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Kathryn Hahn Gets to the Bottom of a Family Scandal

Kathryn Hahn Gets to the Bottom of a Family Scandal

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Kathryn Hahn 3rd Great-Grandfather’s “New Family”

Kathryn Hahn 3rd Great-Grandfather’s “New Family”

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Kathryn Hahn is DNA Cousins with Regina King

Kathryn Hahn is DNA Cousins with Regina King

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Pamela Adlon Knows The Importance of Knowing Your Roots

Pamela Adlon Knows The Importance of Knowing Your Roots

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Pamela Adlon's Great-Great-Grandfather Was a Rabbi

Pamela Adlon's Great-Great-Grandfather Was a Rabbi

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Pamela Adlon Has an Aunt She Didn’t Know Existed

Pamela Adlon Has an Aunt She Didn’t Know Existed

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Finding Your Roots

Clues About Lee Daniels’ Fun-Loving Side of the Family

“That’s why they’re so damn uppity.” An 1850 census reveals clues about Lee Daniel’s grandmother’s fun-loving, musical family and why he has always felt a special connection to them.