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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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Pamela Adlon's DNA Cousin is Meryl Streep

Pamela Adlon's DNA Cousin is Meryl Streep

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Kathryn Hahn Reads Her Third Great-Grandfather's Obit

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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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Mario Lopez’ Grandfather’s Immigration Story

Mario Lopez’ Grandfather’s Immigration Story

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Melissa Villaseñor Learns Her Great-Grandmother's Lost Story

Melissa Villaseñor Learns Her Great-Grandmother's Lost Story

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Mario Lopez' Ancestors Came to America… and Left

Mario Lopez' Ancestors Came to America… and Left

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Finding Your Roots

Anita Hill Wins “The Genealogical Jackpot”

“This is like winning the lottery!” Anita Hill is stunned to learn that her great-great-grandfather lived in one of only THREE counties in the U.S. to record the names of enslaved people in the 1850 census.
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The family histories of politicians Tulsi Gabbard, Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan.
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Dr. Gates reveals the family history of Kal Penn, Sheryl Sandberg and Marisa Tomei.
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Dr. Gates, brings Felicity Huffman and Michael K. Williams their family histories.
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