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Sterling K. Brown Recalls Last Moment He Saw His Dad Alive

Sterling K. Brown Recalls Last Moment He Saw His Dad Alive

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Jon Batiste Ancestor Seen As "Property"

Jon Batiste Ancestor Seen As "Property"

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Jon Batiste's Grandmother Moves to Oregon

Jon Batiste's Grandmother Moves to Oregon

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Jon Batiste’s Ancestor Signs Name With “X”

Jon Batiste’s Ancestor Signs Name With “X”

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Sterling K. Brown Learns About His Grandmother's Death

Sterling K. Brown Learns About His Grandmother's Death

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Sterling K. Brown Discovers Rare Roots

Sterling K. Brown Discovers Rare Roots

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Sasheer Zamata's Great-Grandfather Founded the Town of Fargo

Sasheer Zamata's Great-Grandfather Founded the Town of Fargo

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Taking Strength from Ancestors

Taking Strength from Ancestors

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A Grandfather's Imagery as a Black Man

A Grandfather's Imagery as a Black Man

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Family Roots in U.S Back to 1776

Family Roots in U.S Back to 1776

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Queen Latifah Discovers Ancestor’s Emancipation Document

Queen Latifah Discovers Ancestor’s Emancipation Document

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Marc Maron's Relationship with His Grandmother

Marc Maron's Relationship with His Grandmother

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Finding Your Roots

The Name Stonestreet

Henry Lewis Gates Jr. discovers how the name Stonestreet came to be.
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Erin Burnett, Amy Carlson and André Leon Talley trace their ancestral roots.
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Regina King and Damon Lindelof discover that they have more in common than meets the eye.
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Broadway stars Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nathan Lane meet a cast of inspiring ancestors.
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Season 8 Episode 7
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps John Leguizamo and Lena Waithe retrace their ancestral paths.
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Terry Crews and Tony Danza find they aren’t the first in their families to beat the odds.
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Mario Lopez and Melissa Villaseñor look at The Mexican-American experience.
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Pamela Adlon and Kathryn Hahn discover the truth about their scandal-plagued ancestors.
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Children of Exile
Retracing the ancestral journeys of David Chang and Raúl Esparza.
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Activist Roots
The family history of Brittany Packnett Cunningham & Anita Hill.
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