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Bob Odenkirk Learns The He is Descended from Royalty

Bob Odenkirk Learns The He is Descended from Royalty

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Iliza Schlesinger's Comedic DNA Cousin is Revealed

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Iliza Schlesinger Discovers Her Connection to the Holocaust

Iliza Schlesinger Discovers Her Connection to the Holocaust

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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

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Finding Your Roots

Sammy Hagar Tears Up Over His Mother's Hard Life

Sammy Hagar is overcome with emotion while reflecting on his family's difficult past and discussing the challenges his mother faced growing up with a traumatized grandmother and the lack of proper love and support.
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Season 5 Episode 2
Mystery Men
Dr. Gates, brings Felicity Huffman and Michael K. Williams their family histories.
Grandparents and Other Strangers
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Season 5 Episode 1
Grandparents and Other Strangers
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps Andy Samberg and George R. R. Martin answer family mysteries.
Southern Roots
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Season 4 Episode 9
Southern Roots
Questlove, Dr. Phil and Charlayne Hunter-Gault join Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Relatives We Never Knew We Had
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Season 4 Episode 8
Relatives We Never Knew We Had
Gaby Hoffmann and Téa Leoni join Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Children of the Revolution
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Season 4 Episode 7
Children of the Revolution
Carmelo Anthony, Ana Navarro and Lupita Nyong’o join Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Black Like Me
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Season 4 Episode 6
Black Like Me
Bryant Gumbel, Tonya Lewis-Lee and Suzanne Malveaux join Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Immigrant Nation
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Season 4 Episode 5
Immigrant Nation
Scarlett Johansson, Paul Rudd and John Turturro join Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The Vanguard
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Season 4 Episode 4
The Vanguard
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ava DuVernay, and Janet Mock join Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Puritans and Pioneers
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Season 4 Episode 3
Puritans and Pioneers
Ted Danson, William H. Macy and Mary Steenburgen join Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Unfamiliar Kin
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Season 4 Episode 2
Unfamiliar Kin
Fred Armisen, Christopher Walken and Carly Simon join Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The Impression
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Season 4 Episode 1
The Impression
Larry David and Bernie Sanders join Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Finding Your Roots.
The Long Way Home
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Season 3 Episode 9
The Long Way Home
Discover the family traditions of Julianna Margulies, Azar Nafisi and Lidia Bastianich.
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