Finding Your Roots

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1. 1Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr.Their European immigrant ancestors blazed unconventional trails in America, from capturing British ships for the American Revolution to crossing racial barriers60m
2. 2John Lewis and Cory BookerIn this episode, we feature two African American politicians from different generations and opposite backgrounds. John Lewis grew up in a sharecropping family i60m
3. 3Barbara Walters and Geoffrey CanadaWhat's in a name? Well, a lot, at least when it comes to piecing together your family history. For former slaves, choosing a last name was one of their first ac60m
4. 4Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin BaconWhat do Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have in common? They are both famous actors and both descend from prominent American families that have been in this count60m
5. 5Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir QadhiPastor Rick Warren, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Sheik Yasir Qadhi are of three different faiths, all with complex family histories that profoundly shaped their re60m
6. 6Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie GyllenhaalMany American descend from a dense soups of European ethnicities; we could call them mutts, with ancestral roots across every country in Europe. Actors Robert D60m
7. 7Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth SimmonsSamuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Brown University President Ruth Simmons have each climbed to the pinnacle of their profession, yet each started life as 60m
8. 8Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay GuptaThe three guests in this episode are all children of first- or second-generation immigrants and share the peculiar burdens of that heritage. In an episode that 60m