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Finding Your Roots Season 9

Out of the Past

Season 9 Episode 10
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Born to Sing

Born to Sing

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Forever Young

Forever Young

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Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

Season 10 Episode 3
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Buried Secrets

Buried Secrets

Season 10 Episode 4
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Finding Your Roots Season 10

Hold the Laughter

Season 10 Episode 5
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Finding Your Roots Season 10

Far and Away

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The Brick Wall Falls

The Brick Wall Falls

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Mean Streets

Mean Streets

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In the Blood

In the Blood

Season 10 Episode 9
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Finding Your Roots Season 10

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Finding Your Roots

Anchormen

Season 9 Episode 9

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took enormous chances so that their descendants might thrive.

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Finding Your Roots Season 10
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52:10
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. solves mysteries for 3 everyday Americans chosen to be guests.
In the Blood
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the surprising roots of Michael Douglas & Lena Dunham.
Mean Streets
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52:11
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps family trees of comedian Tracy Morgan & actor Anthony Ramos.
The Brick Wall Falls
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares ancestry with actor Danielle Brooks & singer Dionne Warwick.
Finding Your Roots Season 10
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Sunny Hostin and Jesse Williams discover ancestors from very diverse places.
Finding Your Roots Season 10
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Bob Odenkirk and Iliza Shlesinger—two very funny people whose family trees brim with drama
Buried Secrets
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Sammy Hagar and Ed O’Neill discover the dramatic stories hidden within their own roots.
Fathers and Sons
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LeVar Burton & Wes Studi grew up fatherless, haunted by questions about their family trees
Forever Young
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. unearths the hidden roots of Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser.
Born to Sing
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52:12
Explore the roots of Alanis Morissette and Ciara and their hidden connections to history.
Finding Your Roots Season 9
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52:09
Henry Louis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley.
And Still I Rise
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Henry Louis Gates reveals the unexpected family trees of Angela Y. Davis and Jeh Johnson
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