Finding Your Roots
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. heads west to map the family trees of Sara Haines and Tracy Letts.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts—tracing their roots from frontier towns in the American west to diverse places in the east, telling stories of scoundrels, soldiers, and U.S. Presidents, while also discovering surprising connections to Native Americans communities—revealing the complexity at our nation’s core.
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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...
Finding Your Roots
Westward Bound Preview
Preview: Season 12 Episode 6 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts—tracing their roots from frontier towns in the American west to diverse places in the east, telling stories of scoundrels, soldiers, and U.S. Presidents, while also discovering surprising connections to Native Americans communities—revealing the complexity at our nation’s core.
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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 sponsorship- [Narrator] In this episode, talk show host Sara Haines and actor and playwright Tracy Letts uncover their roots.
- Oh my gosh.
- Did you ever think you had an ancestor who had been in prison?
- Oh yeah.
(chuckles) I would've bet on prison.
- You never heard about this?
- No.
- That's amazing.
- Please turn the page.
- Oh my God.
- I'm related to a president.
- It's for real.
- Wow.
(bright music)


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