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Children of Exile

Children of Exile

Season 8 Episode 3
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Things We Don't Discuss

Things We Don't Discuss

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Mexican Roots

Mexican Roots

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Fighters

Fighters

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Forgotten Journeys

Forgotten Journeys

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Songs of the Past

Songs of the Past

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Watchmen

Watchmen

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Where Did We Come From?

Where Did We Come From?

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Born to Sing

Born to Sing

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Forever Young

Forever Young

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Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

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Buried Secrets

Buried Secrets

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Finding Your Roots

Activist Roots

Season 8 Episode 2

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. welcomes Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Anita Hill, two guests who made profound sacrifices for social justice, and helps them discover the ancestors who made sacrifices for them.

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps family trees of comedian Tracy Morgan & actor Anthony Ramos.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares ancestry with actor Danielle Brooks & singer Dionne Warwick.
Finding Your Roots Season 10
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Sunny Hostin and Jesse Williams discover ancestors from very diverse places.
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Bob Odenkirk and Iliza Shlesinger—two very funny people whose family trees brim with drama
Buried Secrets
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Sammy Hagar and Ed O’Neill discover the dramatic stories hidden within their own roots.
Fathers and Sons
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LeVar Burton & Wes Studi grew up fatherless, haunted by questions about their family trees
Forever Young
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. unearths the hidden roots of Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser.
Born to Sing
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Explore the roots of Alanis Morissette and Ciara and their hidden connections to history.
Out of the Past
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Henry Louis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley.
Anchormen
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Journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones uncover the ancestors who blazed a trail for them.
And Still I Rise
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Henry Louis Gates reveals the unexpected family trees of Angela Y. Davis and Jeh Johnson
Chosen
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David Duchovny and Richard Kind trace their Jewish roots from Eastern Europe to the US.
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