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Finding Your Roots
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps John Leguizamo and Lena Waithe retrace the paths of their ancestors, uncovering crucial pieces of their own identities that were lost on the journey to America.
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Uncover the paternal ancestry of Stephen King, Gloria Reuben and Courtney B. Vance.
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The ancestral pasts of Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez, and Linda Chavez.
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The ancestral pasts of Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho, and Sanjay Gupta.
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The ancestral pasts of Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, and Ruth Simmons.
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The family histories of Pastor Rick Warren, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, and Sheikh Yasir Qadhi.
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The ancestral pasts of married Hollywood actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.
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The ancestral pasts of journalist Barbara Walters and educator Geoffrey Canada.
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The family histories of New Orleans musicians Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick Jr.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines the pasts of politicians, John Lewis and Cory Booker.