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Finding Your Roots

Courtney B. Vance's Fearless Ancestors

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces Courtney B. Vance's fascinating family line back to a runaway slave turned Union Army soldier. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Season 2 premieres Tuesday, September 23 on PBS (check local listings).

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Flight
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Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong’o, and Lidia Bastianich discover surprising roots.
War Stories
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Julianne Moore, Bill Hader, and Kehinde Wiley discover surprising rates.
DNA Mysteries
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Téa Leoni and Joe Madison discover surprising roots.
Fashion's Roots
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Diane Von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez, and RuPaul Charles discover surprising roots.
Criminal Kind
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Laura Linney, Lisa Ling, and Soledad O’Brien discover surprising roots.
Italian Roots
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Jimmy Kimmel, Marisa Tomei, and John Turturro meet ancestors who made immense sacrifices.
Slave Trade
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Ava DuVernay, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Questlove discover unexpected family histories.
Science Pioneers
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Francis Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Harold E. Varmus learn their family histories.
Secrets & Lies
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Sigourney Weaver, Justina Machado, and Amy Ryan unearth surprising family histories.
Beyond the Pale
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Jeff Goldblum, Terry Gross, and Marc Maron uncover unknown family histories.
This Land Is My Land
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Queen Latifah and Jeffrey Wright discover unexpected family trees.
Homecomings
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Sterling K. Brown, Jon Batiste, and Shasheer Zamata learn their family histories.
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