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Jesse Williams Discovers the Story of An Enslaved Ancestor

Jesse Williams Discovers the Story of An Enslaved Ancestor

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Sunny Hostin Explores Her Puerto Rican Roots

Sunny Hostin Explores Her Puerto Rican Roots

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Sunny Hostin Learns About Her Grandmother's Missing Father

Sunny Hostin Learns About Her Grandmother's Missing Father

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Jesse Williams Learns About His Swedish Great Grandmother

Jesse Williams Learns About His Swedish Great Grandmother

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Dionne Warwick Explores the Roots of Her Singing Grandfather

Dionne Warwick Explores the Roots of Her Singing Grandfather

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Dionne Warwick Reflects on the Ugly Legacy Slavery

Dionne Warwick Reflects on the Ugly Legacy Slavery

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Danielle Brooks Learns the Dollar Value of Her Ancestors

Danielle Brooks Learns the Dollar Value of Her Ancestors

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Tracy Morgan Discovers His Jewish Great-Great Grandfather

Tracy Morgan Discovers His Jewish Great-Great Grandfather

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Anthony Ramos Traces Roots Back to Ninth Great-Grandparents

Anthony Ramos Traces Roots Back to Ninth Great-Grandparents

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Anthony Ramos' Ancestor was Enslaved by Conquistadors

Anthony Ramos' Ancestor was Enslaved by Conquistadors

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Tracy Morgan Discovers a Pre-Civil War Freed Ancestor

Tracy Morgan Discovers a Pre-Civil War Freed Ancestor

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Lena Dunham Uncovers Her Ancestor's Complex Legacy

Lena Dunham Uncovers Her Ancestor's Complex Legacy

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Finding Your Roots

Iliza Schlesinger Discovers Her Connection to the Holocaust

Iliza Schlesinger's great-grandmother Esther journeyed from Poland to New York in 1921, leaving behind five siblings who faced hardship during World War II in Poland. Eliza reacts to the emotional impact of discovering family history tied to tragic events such as the Holocaust.
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Season 8 Episode 8
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Season 8 Episode 7
Forgotten Journeys
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps John Leguizamo and Lena Waithe retrace their ancestral paths.
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Season 8 Episode 6
Fighters
Terry Crews and Tony Danza find they aren’t the first in their families to beat the odds.
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Season 8 Episode 5
Mexican Roots
Mario Lopez and Melissa Villaseñor look at The Mexican-American experience.
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Season 8 Episode 4
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Pamela Adlon and Kathryn Hahn discover the truth about their scandal-plagued ancestors.
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Retracing the ancestral journeys of David Chang and Raúl Esparza.
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Season 8 Episode 2
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The family history of Brittany Packnett Cunningham & Anita Hill.
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Season 8 Episode 1
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family history of Rebecca Hall & Lee Daniels
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