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Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots: Season Three — Preview

In season three of Finding Your Roots, Henry, Louis Gates, Jr. traces the ancestral trails of 28 new guests including Maya Rudolph, Richard Branson, Soledad O’Brien, Bill Hader, Julianne Moore, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Senator John McCain, Norman Lear, Shonda Rhimes, and more. The season begins on Tuesday, January 5, at 8/7c on PBS.

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Against All Odds
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discovers the lineages that claim Andy Cohen and Nina Totenberg.
To the Manor Born
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discovers the lineages that claim Glenn Close and John Waters.
Coming to America
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Nancy Pelosi, Norah O’Donnell, and Zac Posen discover surprising roots.
Breaking Silences
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Gayle King, Jordan Peele, and Issa Rae discover surprising roots.
Flight
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52:40
Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong’o, and Lidia Bastianich discover surprising roots.
War Stories
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Julianne Moore, Bill Hader, and Kehinde Wiley discover surprising rates.
DNA Mysteries
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52:45
Téa Leoni and Joe Madison discover surprising roots.
Fashion's Roots
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Diane Von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez, and RuPaul Charles discover surprising roots.
Criminal Kind
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Laura Linney, Lisa Ling, and Soledad O’Brien discover surprising roots.
Italian Roots
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Jimmy Kimmel, Marisa Tomei, and John Turturro meet ancestors who made immense sacrifices.
Slave Trade
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Ava DuVernay, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Questlove discover unexpected family histories.
Science Pioneers
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Francis Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Harold E. Varmus learn their family histories.
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