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Finding Your Roots
Skip Discovers His Great-Great-Grandfather
Skip discusses Jane Gates, his oldest known ancestor up until now. He then learns the truth about who his great-great-grandfather is.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps family trees of comedian Tracy Morgan & actor Anthony Ramos.

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares ancestry with actor Danielle Brooks & singer Dionne Warwick.

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Sunny Hostin and Jesse Williams discover ancestors from very diverse places.

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Bob Odenkirk and Iliza Shlesinger—two very funny people whose family trees brim with drama

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Sammy Hagar and Ed O’Neill discover the dramatic stories hidden within their own roots.

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LeVar Burton & Wes Studi grew up fatherless, haunted by questions about their family trees

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. unearths the hidden roots of Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser.

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Explore the roots of Alanis Morissette and Ciara and their hidden connections to history.

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Henry Louis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley.

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Journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones uncover the ancestors who blazed a trail for them.

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Henry Louis Gates reveals the unexpected family trees of Angela Y. Davis and Jeh Johnson

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David Duchovny and Richard Kind trace their Jewish roots from Eastern Europe to the US.