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Finding Your Own Roots: 8 Tips for Creating Your Family Tree

Each of us has a story. And that story is connected to other stories, all of which lead to our roots. Finding Your Own Roots shares tips and information to assist in genealogy research and better tell the stories of our ancestors.
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Song of the South
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Artistic Roots
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Family Harmonies
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Westward Bound
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Love & Basketball
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The Road We Took
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Caribbean Roots
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Great Migrations
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American Dreams
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FACES OF AMERICA: Mike Nichols' Escape from Nazi Germany
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FACES OF AMERICA: Mike Nichols' Famous German Ancestor

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Far and Away - S10 E6

Journalist Sunny Hostin and actor Jesse Williams learn that their ancestors come from very diverse places.

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The Long Way Home - S3 E9

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Discover how actress Julianna Marguiles, author Azar Nafisi, and chef Lidia Bastianich are bound together by their ancestors' singular and deeply human desire to preserve their most cherished traditions.

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Hidden Kin - S9 E1

Actors Edward Norton and Julia Roberts discover their hidden connections to history.

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Rising from the Ashes - S9 E5

Actors Brian Cox and Viola Davis discover records that reveal individuals who battled to build a better life for their families.

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Family Recipes - S11 E5

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