Finding Your Roots

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  • Documentary History Mystery

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Harry Connick Jr. - Branford Marsalis
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Their European immigrant ancestors blazed unconventional trails in America, from capturing British ships for the American Revolution to crossing racial barriers in slave-era Louisiana. .. show full overview
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Mayor Cory Booker - Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.)
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In this episode, we feature two African American politicians from different generations and opposite backgrounds. John Lewis grew up in a sharecropping family in rural Georgia, while .. show full overview
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Barbara Walters - Geoffrey Canada
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What's in a name? Well, a lot, at least when it comes to piecing together your family history. For former slaves, choosing a last name was one of their first acts of freedom. For Jewish .. show full overview
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Kevin Bacon - Kyra Sedgwick
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What do Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have in common? They are both famous actors and both descend from prominent American families that have been in this country since its inception. .. show full overview
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Angela Buchdahl - Rick Warren - Yasir Qadhi
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Pastor Rick Warren, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Sheik Yasir Qadhi are of three different faiths, all with complex family histories that profoundly shaped their religious beliefs. Our .. show full overview
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Maggie Gyllenhaal - Robert Downey, Jr.
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Many American descend from a dense soups of European ethnicities; we could call them mutts, with ancestral roots across every country in Europe. Actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie .. show full overview
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Samuel L. Jackson - Condoleezza Rice - Ruth Simmons
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Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Brown University President Ruth Simmons have each climbed to the pinnacle of their profession, yet each started life as a second class citizen in .. show full overview
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Sanjay Gupta - Margaret Cho - Martha Stewart
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Sanjay Gupta, Margaret Cho and Martha Stewart are children of first- or second-generation immigrants.
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John Legend - Wanda Sykes - Margarett Cooper
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Michelle Rodriguez - Adrian Grenier - Linda Chavez
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