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Finding Your Own Roots: 8 Tips for Creating Your Family Tree

Finding Your Own Roots: 8 Tips for Creating Your Family Tree

Tips from the Finding Your Roots research team to assist in your own genealogy research!

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Finding Your Roots
Megan Robertson and the Mystery of Green's Real Father
Clip: S10 Ep10 | 6m 27s
Finding Your Roots
Megan Robertson's Search for Her Great-Grandfather's Roots
Clip: S10 Ep10 | 5m 4s
Finding Your Roots
Terrie Morrow's Quest to Unveil Her Great-Grandfather's Origins
Clip: S10 Ep10 | 5m 8s
Finding Your Roots
Unraveling the Willis Family Mystery
Clip: S10 Ep10 | 6m 8s
Finding Your Roots
Lena Dunham's Ancestors' Heartbreaking Story of Survival
Clip: S10 Ep9 | 4m 59s
Finding Your Roots
Lena Dunham Uncovers Her Ancestor's Complex Legacy
Clip: S10 Ep9 | 5m 8s
Finding Your Roots
Michael Douglas Unravels His Family's Secret Past
Clip: S10 Ep9 | 7m 15s
Finding Your Roots
Anthony Ramos' Ancestor was Enslaved by Conquistadors
Clip: S10 Ep8 | 5m 13s
Finding Your Roots
Anthony Ramos Traces Roots Back to Ninth Great-Grandparents
Clip: S10 Ep8 | 6m 5s
Finding Your Roots
Tracy Morgan Discovers a Pre-Civil War Freed Ancestor
Clip: S10 Ep8 | 5m 46s
Finding Your Roots
Tracy Morgan Discovers His Jewish Great-Great Grandfather
Clip: S10 Ep8 | 4m 58s
Finding Your Roots
Danielle Brooks Learns the Dollar Value of Her Ancestors
Clip: S10 Ep7 | 6m 42s
Finding Your Roots
Dionne Warwick Explores the Roots of Her Singing Grandfather
Clip: S10 Ep7 | 6m 44s
Finding Your Roots
Dionne Warwick Reflects on the Ugly Legacy Slavery
Clip: S10 Ep7 | 5m 44s
Finding Your Roots
Jesse Williams Discovers the Story of An Enslaved Ancestor
Clip: S10 Ep6 | 2m 57s
Finding Your Roots
Jesse Williams Learns About His Swedish Great Grandmother
Clip: S10 Ep6 | 5m 31s
Finding Your Roots
Sunny Hostin Explores Her Puerto Rican Roots
Clip: S10 Ep6 | 2m 36s
Finding Your Roots
Sunny Hostin Learns About Her Grandmother's Missing Father
Clip: S10 Ep6 | 6m 4s
Finding Your Roots
Bob Odenkirk Learns The He is Descended from Royalty
Clip: S10 Ep5 | 1m 11s
Finding Your Roots
Iliza Schlesinger Discovers Her Connection to the Holocaust
Clip: S10 Ep5 | 7m 51s
Finding Your Roots
Iliza Schlesinger's Comedic DNA Cousin is Revealed
Clip: S10 Ep5 | 38s
Finding Your Roots
As a Boy, Ed O'Neill Acted Out Movie Scenes for Friends
Clip: S10 Ep4 | 1m 8s
Finding Your Roots
Ed O'Neill Learns About His Immigrant Ancestor's Harsh Start
Clip: S10 Ep4 | 7m 36s
Finding Your Roots
Sammy Hagar Discovers His True Biological Surname
Clip: S10 Ep4 | 7m 20s

America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston
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The Science Behind Outdoor Relaxation
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Traveling down the Rio Grande
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Night Herping in the Suwannee
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Collecting Wild Rice in Northern Minnesota
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Establishing New Roots in Idaho
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How a Language Debate Could Land You in Jail

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