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Finding Your Roots
About Finding Your Roots
For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.
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Anchored to the Past
Journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon were able to overcome biases in their careers, drawing parallels to relatives who met profound challenges of their own.
- Friday April 23, 2021 12:00 pm ET on KET
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- Sunday April 25, 2021 12:00 am ET on KET2
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On Broadway
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family histories of Broadway stars Audra MacDonald and Mandy Patinkin.
- Tuesday April 27, 2021 8:00 pm ET on KET
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Laughing on the Inside
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. provides comedians Lewis Black and Roy Wood, Jr. with accounts of hardship in their family trees, which may have led them to find humor in adversity.
- Tuesday May 4, 2021 8:00 pm ET on KET
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Funny Business - S4 E10
Amy Schumer, Aziz Ansari, and Maya Rudolph take a serious look at their family trees, learning contrasting stories of assimilation, independence, hardship, and success all over the globe.
- Friday May 14, 2021 7:00 pm ET on KET2
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- Sunday May 16, 2021 12:00 am ET on KET2
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Grandparents and Other Strangers - S5 E1
Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps actor Andy Samberg and author George R. R. Martin answer some family mysteries when DNA detective work uncovers new branches of their family trees.
- Friday May 21, 2021 7:00 pm ET on KET2
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Anchored to the Past
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The New World
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Immigrant Nation - S4 E5
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- Wednesday March 31, 2021 12:00 pm ET on KET
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The Vanguard - S4 E4
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Freedom Tales - S5 E5
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- Tuesday March 30, 2021 8:00 pm ET on KET
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Puritans and Pioneers - S4 E3
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