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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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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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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.
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Mystery Men - S5 E2
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps actors Felicity Huffman and Michael K. Williams discover a wealth of hidden family history. Both grew up knowing little about their biological fathers.
- Friday May 28, 2021 7:00 pm ET on KET2
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Reporting on the Reporters - S5 E3
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shows journalists Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry, and Lisa Ling that their family stories are just as compelling as the news stories they cover.
- Friday June 4, 2021 7:00 pm ET on KET2
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Dreaming of a New Land - S5 E4
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores with Marisa Tomei, Sheryl Sandberg, and Kal Penn the tremendous challenges faced by their immigrant forebears. From Italy, Russia, and India to America, their histories show success could take generations to achieve.
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Laughing on the Inside
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On Broadway
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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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