Finding Your Roots
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Season 6 is back with more fascinating guests at 8/7c on Tuesday, January 7th.
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Season 6 Is Back!
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Season 6 is back with more fascinating guests at 8/7c on Tuesday, January 7th.
Season 6 is back at 8/7c on Tuesday, January 7th with more fascinating guests, including Sterling K. Brown, Jordan Peele, Nancy Pelosi, Queen Latifah, Jon Batiste, Jeff Goldblum, Terry Gross, and more!
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Season 6 Is Back!
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Season 6 is back at 8/7c on Tuesday, January 7th with more fascinating guests, including Sterling K. Brown, Jordan Peele, Nancy Pelosi, Queen Latifah, Jon Batiste, Jeff Goldblum, Terry Gross, and more!
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Preview: S6 | 30s | New episodes of Finding Your Roots are back Tuesday, October 13, at 8/7c! (30s)
New Finding Your Roots Episodes Return This Fall
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Preview: S6 | 30s | Season 6 is back with more fascinating guests at 8/7c on Tuesday, January 7th. (30s)
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Preview: S6 | 3m 9s | Season six of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. premieres on October 8th! (3m 9s)
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Clip: S6 Ep16 | 1m 7s | Nancy Pelosi takes a deeper look into her grandfather's immigration experience. (1m 7s)
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Clip: S6 Ep16 | 1m 27s | Zac Posen discovers that his ancestors were craftsmen. (1m 27s)
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Clip: S6 Ep16 | 56s | Nancy Pelosi talks about her family's political roots. (56s)
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Clip: S6 Ep16 | 1m 1s | Norah O'Donnell talks about her hardworking grandmother. (1m 1s)
Great Grandmother Sues Oil Company
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Clip: S6 Ep16 | 54s | Norah O'Donnell discovers her great grandmother sued an oil company. (54s)
Grandpa's Journey to Bring Kids to the U.S.
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Clip: S6 Ep16 | 1m 5s | Zac Posen discovers his Great Great Grandpa brought his kids to the U.S. (1m 5s)
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Clip: S6 Ep16 | 1m 14s | Norah O'Donnell learns that her grandfather lived under the radar in America for 16 year (1m 14s)
G.G. Grandfather’s U.S. Citizenship
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Clip: S6 Ep16 | 1m 7s | Zac Posen discovers his Great Great Grandfather immigrated to the United States. (1m 7s)
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Preview: S6 Ep16 | 30s | Nancy Pelosi, Norah O’Donnell, and Zac Posen discover surprising roots. (30s)
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Clip: S6 Ep15 | 57s | Issa Rae discovers a twisted family history. (57s)
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Clip: S6 Ep15 | 1m 5s | Jordan Peele discovers his ancestors were slaves. (1m 5s)
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Clip: S6 Ep15 | 1m 31s | Jordan Peele learns new information about his ancestors. (1m 31s)
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Clip: S6 Ep15 | 59s | Gayle King discovers that she is one-third white and of European descent. (59s)
Great Grandfather Died in Battle
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Clip: S6 Ep15 | 2m 28s | Issa Rae discovers that her Great Grandfather died in battle. (2m 28s)
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Clip: S6 Ep15 | 1m 25s | Gayle King learns of two men that could be her grandfather. (1m 25s)
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Clip: S6 Ep15 | 25s | Issa Rae finds out that her relatives were free people of color during the time of s (25s)
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Preview: S6 Ep15 | 30s | Gayle King, Jordan Peele, and Issa Rae discover surprising roots. (30s)
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Clip: S6 Ep15 | 42s | Gayle King shares how little she knows of her great-grandfather. (42s)
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Clip: S6 Ep14 | 1m 36s | Scarlett Johansson discovers the tragic fate of her family. (1m 36s)
Scarlett Johansson Remembers Her Family Pre-Holocaust
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Clip: S6 Ep14 | 40s | Scarlett Johansson discovers the tragic fate of her family that stayed behind in Poland du (40s)
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Clip: S6 Ep14 | 46s | As a child, Lidia Bastianich’s family fled her hometown of Pola to escape communist rule. (46s)
Lupita Nyong’o Has DNA from the Oldest Maternal Haplogroup
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Clip: S6 Ep14 | 54s | Lupita Nyongo carries DNA from the oldest maternal haplogroup called Mitochondrial Eve. (54s)
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Clip: S6 Ep14 | 45s | Scarlett Johansson reflects on the decision her great-grandfather made to flee to America. (45s)
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Preview: S6 Ep14 | 30s | Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong’o, and Lidia Bastianich discover surprising roots. (30s)
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Clip: S6 Ep14 | 1m 10s | Lupita Nyongo carries DNA from the oldest maternal haplogroup called Mitochondrial Eve. (1m 10s)
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Preview: S6 Ep13 | 30s | Julianne Moore, Bill Hader, and Kehinde Wiley discover surprising roots. (30s)
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Clip: S6 Ep13 | 1m 16s | Kehinde Wiley’s great-grandfather was one of 370 black soldiers to serve in WWI. (1m 16s)
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Clip: S6 Ep13 | 58s | Julianne Moore’s father served in the US Army where he completed 550 combat missions. (58s)
Bill Hader's Sixth Great-Grandfather
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Clip: S6 Ep13 | 1m | Bill Hader's sixth great-grandfather found in the American Revolution. (1m)
Téa Leoni Learns More About An Unknown Grandmother
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Clip: S6 Ep12 | 1m 22s | Téa Leoni's learns more about the grandmother she and her mother never met. (1m 22s)
Téa Leoni Discovers Her Biological Grandmother
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Clip: S6 Ep12 | 1m 1s | Téa Leoni discovers who an unknown biological grandmother is. (1m 1s)
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Clip: S6 Ep12 | 1m 38s | Joe Madison discovers that the man he believed to be his biological father, isn't. (1m 38s)
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Preview: S6 Ep12 | 30s | Téa Leoni and Joe Madison discover surprising roots. (30s)
RuPaul Discovers His Great-Grandparents' Marriage Record
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Clip: S6 Ep11 | 1m 29s | RuPaul discovers his great-grandparents' marriage record from 1870. (1m 29s)
RuPaul Discovers a Surprise Cousin
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Clip: S6 Ep11 | 1m 49s | Henry Lewis Gates Jr. reveals RuPaul Charles' surprise celebrity cousin. (1m 49s)
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Clip: S6 Ep11 | 51s | Narciso Rodriquez's parents settle in New Jersey, after coming to America from Cuba. (51s)
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Preview: S6 Ep11 | 30s | Diane Von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez, and RuPaul Charles discover surprising roots. (30s)
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Clip: S6 Ep11 | 1m 7s | Diane von Furstenberg shares an aspect of herself. (1m 7s)
Diane von Furstenberg Mother's Life Saved in Auschwitz
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Clip: S6 Ep11 | 2m 48s | Diane von Furstenberg recalls the story of how her mother's life was saved at Auschwitz. (2m 48s)
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Clip: S6 Ep11 | 1m 49s | Narciso Rodriguez received his big break when designing a wedding dress for his friend. (1m 49s)
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Clip: S6 Ep10 | 1m 8s | Lisa Ling reads an emotional excerpt from her grandmother's memoir. (1m 8s)
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Clip: S6 Ep10 | 1m 27s | Laura Linney reads aloud an ancestor's confession that led to their exile in Virginia. (1m 27s)
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Clip: S6 Ep10 | 2m 4s | Soledad O’Brien discovers the "bad leg of the family." (2m 4s)
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Preview: S6 Ep9 | 30s | Jimmy Kimmel, Marisa Tomei, and John Turturro meet ancestors who made immense sacrifices. (30s)
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Preview: S6 Ep8 | 30s | Ava DuVernay, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Questlove discover unexpected family histories. (30s)
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