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2. List of Finding Your Roots episodes - Wikipedia

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   John Legend and Wanda Sykes [1] explore their rich and extensive free negro heritages. Margarett Cooper also makes an appearance in this episode, appearing only a year before her death in 2013. [2] In keeping with the theme of the episode, Cooper seeks help from Gates to answer long-held questions about her free heritage.

3. Finding Your Roots - Wikipedia

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   Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that premiered on March 25, 2012, on PBS.In each episode, celebrities are presented with a "book of life" that is compiled with information researched by professional genealogists that allows them to view their ancestral histories, learn about familial connections and discover ...

4. African American Lives - Wikipedia

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   African American Lives 2 premiered in February 2008, again hosted by Gates. This second set of episodes traced the ancestry of performers Morgan Freeman, Tina Turner, Tom Joyner, Chris Rock, Don Cheadle, theologian Peter Gomes, athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee, poet Maya Angelou, Bliss Broyard (the daughter of writer Anatole Broyard) and publisher Linda Johnson Rice (the daughter of publisher John ...

5. Viola Davis learns a 'messy truth' about ancestry via DNA: 'A ...

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   The Academy Award-winning actor uncovers a "messy truth" about her family in the latest episode of "Finding Your Roots," thanks to a DNA test. With the help of the show's host, Henry Louis Gates ...

6. Ciara learns she's related to Derek Jeter after surprising ...

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   Ciara's episode of "Finding Your Roots" was the PBS show's tenth season premiere and also featured Alanis Morissette, who Entertainment Weekly reported found out she was distant cousins with ...

7. 'Roots' actor LeVar Burton learns he’s descended from a ...

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   Updated March 1, 2024 at 2:19 PM PBS LeVar Burton got hit with a one-two punch while tracing his family's ancestry on the Jan. 16 episode of PBS' hit series "Finding Your Roots ."

8. Faces of America - Wikipedia

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   Finding Your Roots Faces of America is a four-part Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television television series hosted by Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. . [ 1 ] The series originally aired February 10 to March 3, 2010 from 8–9 p.m. ET. [ 2 ] In Australia , this program aired on SBS One each Sunday at 7:30pm from 9 -30 January 2011.

9. 'Finding Your Roots' takes a look at Wes Studi's past, gets ...

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   Studi will appear on the PBS series, "Finding Your Roots," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. The episode will also be available to stream on the PBS app.