Finding Your Roots
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of actor Lizzy Caplan and comedian Hasan Minhaj.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Lizzy Caplan and comedian Hasan Minhaj, uncovering ancestors who made brave decisions that forever reshaped their family trees. Moving from shtetls in Eastern Europe to farmlands in northern India to the shores of the United States, Gates introduces his guests to the women and men who overcame enormous hardships to find a better future.
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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
The Road We Took Preview
Preview: Season 12 Episode 4 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Lizzy Caplan and comedian Hasan Minhaj, uncovering ancestors who made brave decisions that forever reshaped their family trees. Moving from shtetls in Eastern Europe to farmlands in northern India to the shores of the United States, Gates introduces his guests to the women and men who overcame enormous hardships to find a better future.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(soft music) - [Narrator] In this episode, actor Lizzie Caplan and comedian Hasan Minhaj uncover their roots.
- [Host] That is your great-grandfather arriving in the United States of America.
- Does this say he had $3?
- Yep.
Have you ever seen that photo?
- No.
- They had elephants.
- That's awesome.
That's really cool.
- I think it's cool.
- To know that we have a connection to that is pretty epic.
- That's crazy.
I keep saying that, but it's crazy.
It's crazy.
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Hasan Minhaj Learns of His Royal Roots
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Clip: S12 Ep4 | 4m 9s | Hasan discovers the possibility that he may have royal roots in Northern India. (4m 9s)
Lizzy Caplan's Ancestor Immigrated To New York With Three Dollars
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Clip: S12 Ep4 | 4m 9s | Lizzy contemplates the difficult decision her ancestor made upon immigrating to New York. (4m 9s)
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