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Finding Your Roots

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Ancient Roots traces the family history of three quintessential voices in American life, Tina Fey, George Stephanopoulos and David Sedaris. All three descend from ancestors that were part of the wave of Greek immigrants that flooded America’s shores in the early decades of the 20th century. But along the way, the stories of their Greek ancestors were lost.

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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.
Family: Lost and Found Preview
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Joe Manganiello and Tony Gonzalez discover close relatives whose names they’ve never heard
Rising From the Ashes
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the roots of actors Brian Cox and Viola Davis.
Far from Home
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Cyndi Lauper, Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo uncover the stories of their immigrant ancestors
Secret Lives
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Comedians Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash discover scandals hidden within their roots.
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