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Finding Your Roots
Things We Don't Discuss
Season 8
Episode 4
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. works with Pamela Adlon and Kathryn Hahn, two guests whose family trees were obscured by scandals, to discover the truth about their ancestors.
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