Finding Your Roots
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of actors Debra Messing & Melanie Lynskey.
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Finding Your Roots
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Preview: Season 11 Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of actors Debra Messing & Melanie Lynskey.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Debra Messing & Melanie Lynskey to ancestors who made bold decisions that forever reshaped their family trees. Moving from shtetls in Eastern Europe to a fruit stand in NY City to the wilds of New Zealand, Gates introduces his guests to relatives who took great risks, overcame enormous hardships—and unwittingly transformed the lives of their descendants.
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Corporate support for Season 11 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. is provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc., Ancestry® and Johnson & Johnson. Major support is provided by...
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Finding Your Roots
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Preview: Season 11 Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Debra Messing & Melanie Lynskey to ancestors who made bold decisions that forever reshaped their family trees. Moving from shtetls in Eastern Europe to a fruit stand in NY City to the wilds of New Zealand, Gates introduces his guests to relatives who took great risks, overcame enormous hardships—and unwittingly transformed the lives of their descendants.
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A new season of Finding Your Roots is premiering January 7th! Stream now past episodes and tune in to PBS on Tuesdays at 8/7 for all-new episodes as renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. guides influential guests into their roots, uncovering deep secrets, hidden identities and lost ancestors.Providing Support for PBS.org
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This is never been discussed in your family.
No, your great grandfather was using an alias.
Dodgy.
I want to know everything about him.
They're leaving everything that they've ever known.
Going to a new country.
Meet your DNA, cousin.
Really?
Yes.
What?!!
How surprised were you when this was the outcome?
I couldn't believe it.
Debra Messing's Polish Ancestors Voyaged to New York
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Debra discovers her grandfather's earliest years in America after leaving Poland. (3m 53s)
Melanie Lynskey Learns of a Long-Lost Relative
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Melanie discovers a potential match for her great-grandfather. (4m 21s)
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Corporate support for Season 11 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. is provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc., Ancestry® and Johnson & Johnson. Major support is provided by...