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Finding Your Roots
Songs of the Past
Season 8
Episode 8
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. accompanies Broadway stars Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nathan Lane as they meet a cast of inspiring ancestors hidden in the branches of their family trees.
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- Thursday Dec 26, 11:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal
- Friday Dec 27, 3:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal
- Saturday Dec 28, 6:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal
- Sunday Dec 29, 12:30 AM PST on PBS SoCal
- Sunday Dec 29, 8:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal
- Monday Dec 30, 12:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal Plus
- Tuesday Dec 31, 7:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps family trees of comedian Tracy Morgan & actor Anthony Ramos.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares ancestry with actor Danielle Brooks & singer Dionne Warwick.
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Sunny Hostin and Jesse Williams discover ancestors from very diverse places.
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Bob Odenkirk and Iliza Shlesinger—two very funny people whose family trees brim with drama
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Sammy Hagar and Ed O’Neill discover the dramatic stories hidden within their own roots.
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LeVar Burton & Wes Studi grew up fatherless, haunted by questions about their family trees
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. unearths the hidden roots of Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser.
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Explore the roots of Alanis Morissette and Ciara and their hidden connections to history.
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Henry Louis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley.
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Journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones uncover the ancestors who blazed a trail for them.