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Brittany Packnett Cunningham Yearns to Know Her Grandfather

Brittany Packnett Cunningham Yearns to Know Her Grandfather

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Brittany Packnett Cunningham Meets Her Great-Grandparents

Brittany Packnett Cunningham Meets Her Great-Grandparents

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Anita Hill Learns Her Great-Great Grandparents’ Identities

Anita Hill Learns Her Great-Great Grandparents’ Identities

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Anita Hill Unpacks Her Optimism and Humble Beginnings

Anita Hill Unpacks Her Optimism and Humble Beginnings

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Anita Hill Wins “The Genealogical Jackpot”

Anita Hill Wins “The Genealogical Jackpot”

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Kathryn Hahn 3rd Great-Grandfather’s “New Family”

Kathryn Hahn 3rd Great-Grandfather’s “New Family”

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Kathryn Hahn is DNA Cousins with Regina King

Kathryn Hahn is DNA Cousins with Regina King

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Pamela Adlon Knows The Importance of Knowing Your Roots

Pamela Adlon Knows The Importance of Knowing Your Roots

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Pamela Adlon's Great-Great-Grandfather Was a Rabbi

Pamela Adlon's Great-Great-Grandfather Was a Rabbi

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Pamela Adlon Has an Aunt She Didn’t Know Existed

Pamela Adlon Has an Aunt She Didn’t Know Existed

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Pamela Adlon's DNA Cousin is Meryl Streep

Pamela Adlon's DNA Cousin is Meryl Streep

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Kathryn Hahn Reads Her Third Great-Grandfather's Obit

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Finding Your Roots

“Passing” Helps Rebecca Hall Uncover a Family Mystery

The book “Passing", which Rebecca Hall has directed for film, helps her bring her grandfather's ethnicity into focus.
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Season 6 Episode 16
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Nancy Pelosi, Norah O’Donnell, and Zac Posen discover surprising roots.
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Season 6 Episode 15
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Gayle King, Jordan Peele, and Issa Rae discover surprising roots.
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Season 6 Episode 14
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Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong’o, and Lidia Bastianich discover surprising roots.
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Season 6 Episode 13
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Julianne Moore, Bill Hader, and Kehinde Wiley discover surprising rates.
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Season 6 Episode 12
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Téa Leoni and Joe Madison discover surprising roots.
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Season 6 Episode 11
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Diane Von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez, and RuPaul Charles discover surprising roots.
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Season 6 Episode 10
Criminal Kind
Laura Linney, Lisa Ling, and Soledad O’Brien discover surprising roots.
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Season 6 Episode 9
Italian Roots
Jimmy Kimmel, Marisa Tomei, and John Turturro meet ancestors who made immense sacrifices.
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Season 6 Episode 8
Slave Trade
Ava DuVernay, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Questlove discover unexpected family histories.
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Season 6 Episode 7
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Francis Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Harold E. Varmus learn their family histories.
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Season 6 Episode 6
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Sigourney Weaver, Justina Machado, and Amy Ryan unearth surprising family histories.
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Season 6 Episode 5
Beyond the Pale
Jeff Goldblum, Terry Gross, and Marc Maron uncover unknown family histories.
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