Finding Your Roots
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Henry Louis Gates , Jr. explores history & music with singers Alanis Morissette & Ciara.
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Finding Your Roots
Born to Sing Preview
Preview: Season 10 Episode 1 | 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Henry Louis Gates , Jr. explores history & music with singers Alanis Morissette & Ciara.
Henry Louis Gates , Jr. explores the roots of singers Alanis Morissette and Ciara — using DNA analysis and genealogical detective work to trace lineages that run from shtetls in Eastern Europe to Jazz Age Harlem. Along the way, Alanis and Ciara reimagine their families and meet the people who laid the groundwork for their success — including one ancestor who was at the center of a song.
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Finding Your Roots
Born to Sing Preview
Preview: Season 10 Episode 1 | 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Henry Louis Gates , Jr. explores the roots of singers Alanis Morissette and Ciara — using DNA analysis and genealogical detective work to trace lineages that run from shtetls in Eastern Europe to Jazz Age Harlem. Along the way, Alanis and Ciara reimagine their families and meet the people who laid the groundwork for their success — including one ancestor who was at the center of a song.
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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 sponsorshipOh it's beautiful.
It's powerful.
On Finding Your Roots.
Alanis Morissette.
My family would often say, Can you just stay.
Still for one minute?
And Ciara.
I have a greater appreciation for American history and my history.
An ancestors stunt.
Can you imagine taking a boat over those falls?
What is.... And a family secret.
Your biological great great grandfather was white.
Oh, wow.
Finding Your Roots.
Alanis Morissette's Daredevil Ancestors Memorialized in Song
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Alanis Morissette's ancestor attempted to ride a boat over a waterfall in Ontario. (4m 3s)
Ciara Discovers Her Ancestors' Hidden Relationship
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Ciara discovers that one of her biological ancestors was not who the records show he was. (6m 37s)
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Ciara learns about her great-grandfather Luther's upbringing on a cotton farm (6m 11s)
The Mystery of Alanis Morissette's Missing Family Members
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Alanis Morissette discusses her Hungarian Jewish heritage. (5m 6s)
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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...