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No Irish Need Apply

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan, revealing the Irish American experience through their families.
Season 7 Episode 3 Length 52:10 Premiere: 2/2/21

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FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Eight is a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Media, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C. Corporate support for FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Eight is provided by Ancestry and Johnson & Johnson. Support is also provided by Ford Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and by The Inkwell Society and its members Candace King Weir; Lloyd Carney Foundation; Jim and Susan Swartz; Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal; Anne Wojcicki; Hayward and Kathy Draper; and Nicole Commissiong and Darnell Armstrong. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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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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Season 7 Episodes

Laughing on the Inside
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On Broadway
S7 E9 Length 52:11 Premiere Date 4/27/21

Anchored to the Past
S7 E8 Length 52:10 Premiere Date 4/20/21

The New World
S7 E7 Length 52:11 Premiere Date 4/13/21

Country Roots
S7 E6 Length 52:11 Premiere Date 2/23/21

Write My Name in the Book of Life
S7 E5 Length 52:10 Premiere Date 2/16/21

The Shirts on Their Backs
S7 E4 Length 52:10 Premiere Date 2/9/21

No Irish Need Apply
S7 E3 Length 52:10 Premiere Date 2/2/21

Against All Odds
S7 E2 Length 52:10 Premiere Date 1/26/21

To the Manor Born
S7 E1 Length 52:11 Premiere Date 1/19/21

No Irish Need Apply Preview
Preview Length 00:33 Premiere Date 2/2/21

DNA Cousins with Derek Jeter
Clip Length 00:54 Premiere Date 2/2/21

Origins of Gaffigan
Clip Length 01:35 Premiere Date 2/2/21

DNA Cousin with Mia Farrow
Clip Length 00:49 Premiere Date 2/2/21

How the Catholic Church Impacted Jane Lynch’s Acting Career
Clip Length 00:48 Premiere Date 2/2/21

Irish Need Not Apply
Clip Length 01:09 Premiere Date 2/2/21

Season 7 Official Preview
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 1/19/21

Season 7 Inside Look
Preview Length 02:00 Premiere Date 1/19/21

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