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Grandfathers History

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares new information with Gayle King about the two possible men that could be her great-grandfather.
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Coming to America
S6 E16 Length 52:10 Premiere Date 01/12/21

Breaking Silences
S6 E15 Length 52:10 Premiere Date 01/05/21

Flight
S6 E14 Length 52:40 Premiere Date 11/17/20

War Stories
S6 E13 Length 52:40 Premiere Date 11/10/20

DNA Mysteries
S6 E12 Length 52:45 Premiere Date 10/20/20

Fashion's Roots
S6 E11 Length 52:46 Premiere Date 10/13/20

Criminal Kind
S6 E10 Length 52:16 Premiere Date 02/25/20

Italian Roots
S6 E9 Length 52:41 Premiere Date 02/18/20

Slave Trade
S6 E8 Length 52:41 Premiere Date 02/11/20

Science Pioneers
S6 E7 Length 52:41 Premiere Date 02/04/20

Secrets & Lies
S6 E6 Length 52:11 Premiere Date 01/28/20

Beyond the Pale
S6 E5 Length 52:41 Premiere Date 01/21/20

This Land Is My Land
S6 E4 Length 52:41 Premiere Date 01/14/20

Homecomings
S6 E3 Length 52:41 Premiere Date 01/07/20

Off the Farm
S6 E2 Length 52:36 Premiere Date 10/15/19

Hollywood Royalty
S6 E1 Length 52:41 Premiere Date 10/08/19

Breaking Silences Preview
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Biracial Grandmother
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Grandfathers History
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One Third White
Clip Length 00:59 Premiere Date 01/05/21

Sale of Slaves
Clip Length 01:31 Premiere Date 01/05/21

Stronger Sense of Pride
Clip Length 01:05 Premiere Date 01/05/21

Free People of Color
Clip Length 00:25 Premiere Date 01/05/21

Great Grandfather Died in Battle
Clip Length 02:28 Premiere Date 01/05/21

Twisted Family History
Clip Length 00:57 Premiere Date 01/05/21

We’re Back! New Finding Your Roots
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 10/13/20

New Finding Your Roots Episodes Return This Fall
Preview Length 03:01 Premiere Date 08/05/20

Season 6 Is Back!
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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: Lost and Found - S9 E6

Actor Joe Manganiello and football star Tony Gonzalez uncover close relatives whose names they never knew before.

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Chosen - S9 E7

Actors David Duchovny and Richard Kind trace their roots from Jewish communities in Eastern Europe to the U.S.

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Children of Exile - S8 E3

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. retraces the ancestral journeys of David Chang and Raul Esparza, whose families fled their homelands.

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And Still I Rise - S9 E8

The unexpected family trees of activist Angela Y. Davis and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson are revealed.

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Anchormen - S9 E9

Journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones learn about ancestors who blazed a trail for them and took enormous chances so that their descendants might thrive.

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Far from Home - S9 E4

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Secret Lives - S9 E3

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Hidden Kin - S9 E1

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War Stories - S6 E13

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