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Finding Your Roots
Hollywood Royalty
Season 6
Episode 1
Three actors born into Hollywood royalty discover branches of their family trees that have been hidden from the public eye--and meet a cast of characters every bit as dramatic as the people they themselves have played on camera.
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Broadway stars Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nathan Lane meet a cast of inspiring ancestors.
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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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Retracing the ancestral journeys of David Chang and Raúl Esparza.
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The family history of Brittany Packnett Cunningham & Anita Hill.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family history of Rebecca Hall & Lee Daniels
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family history of Roy Wood, Jr. and Lewis Black.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines the family histories of Audra McDonald and Mandy Patinkin.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discovers the lineages of Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces ancestors of John Lithgow and Maria Hinojosa.