Finding Your Roots
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Henry Louis Gates explores the roots of journalist Sunny Hostin & actor Jesse Williams.
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Finding Your Roots
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Henry Louis Gates explores the roots of journalist Sunny Hostin & actor Jesse Williams.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the extraordinarily diverse roots of journalist Sunny Hostin and actor Jesse Williams—telling long-lost stories of African and European ancestry that compel his guests to rethink their own identities.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the extraordinarily diverse roots of journalist Sunny Hostin and actor Jesse Williams—telling long-lost stories of African and European ancestry that compel his guests to rethink their own identities.
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A new season of Finding Your Roots is premiering January 7th! Stream now past episodes and tune in to PBS on Tuesdays at 8/7 for all-new episodes as renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. guides influential guests into their roots, uncovering deep secrets, hidden identities and lost ancestors.Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipIt's incredible.
How do you find these things?
On Finding Your Roots.
Jesse Williams.
Before anybody even tried to get to know me or talk to me, it was just, what are you?
and Sunny Hostin.
It was a constant question.
Complex identities revealed.
I feel more full.
It just completes a picture.
And an ancestors powerful act.
He signed.
He signed with an X.
Now you got me cryin'.
[Laughs] Finding Your Roots.
Jesse Williams Discovers the Story of An Enslaved Ancestor
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Jesse learns about his ancestor, July Hadley's life as an enslaved individual. (2m 57s)
Jesse Williams Learns About His Swedish Great Grandmother
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Jesse learns about his great grandmother on mother’s side from Sweden, who was a singer. (5m 31s)
Sunny Hostin Explores Her Puerto Rican Roots
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Sunny Hostin's traces her lineage back three generations to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. (2m 36s)
Sunny Hostin Learns About Her Grandmother's Missing Father
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A 1940 census, reveals that Sonny Hostin's grandmother's father was absent from her home (6m 4s)
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Corporate support for Season 11 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. is provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc., Ancestry® and Johnson & Johnson. Major support is provided by...