Finding Your Roots
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps family trees of comedian Tracy Morgan & actor Anthony Ramos.
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Finding Your Roots
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Preview: Season 10 Episode 8 | 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps family trees of comedian Tracy Morgan & actor Anthony Ramos.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the family trees of comedian Tracy Morgan & actor Anthony Ramos—two native New Yorkers whose roots stretch to surprising places and contain inspiring stories. Moving from the Canary Islands to battlefields in Europe & Asia to slave plantations in Virginia, long-lost records reveal ancestors who laid the groundwork for Tracy and Anthony’s success by fighting to survive.
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Finding Your Roots
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Preview: Season 10 Episode 8 | 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the family trees of comedian Tracy Morgan & actor Anthony Ramos—two native New Yorkers whose roots stretch to surprising places and contain inspiring stories. Moving from the Canary Islands to battlefields in Europe & Asia to slave plantations in Virginia, long-lost records reveal ancestors who laid the groundwork for Tracy and Anthony’s success by fighting to survive.
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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 sponsorshipYo, Ma, You hear that?
I'm a prince.
On Finding Your Roots.
Tracy Morgan.
My dad died when he was 39.
I said, I don't want to go out like that.
And Anthony Ramos.
Yo, this is wild.
A great grandmother's secret.
So my name would have been Tracy Alexander.
That's right.
Wow.
And a long Lost King.
Come from royalty, brother.
Definitely didn't feel that way in Bushwick.
(Laughs) Finding Your Roots.
Anthony Ramos' Ancestor was Enslaved by Conquistadors
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Anthony Ramos learns about his 15th great-grandfather's fate at the hand of a conquistador (5m 13s)
Anthony Ramos Traces Roots Back to Ninth Great-Grandparents
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Anthony Ramos traces his father's mother's roots back to his ninth great grandparents. (6m 5s)
Tracy Morgan Discovers a Pre-Civil War Freed Ancestor
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Tracy Morgan's third great-grandfather lived as a free man prior to The Civil War. (5m 46s)
Tracy Morgan Discovers His Jewish Great-Great Grandfather
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Tracy's family history unfolds with surprising revelations about his great-grandparents. (4m 58s)
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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...