Episode guide
Finding Your Roots: Season 1
10 episodes · first aired Mar 24, 2012
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- 1 Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr. Mar 24, 2012 · 1h Their European immigrant ancestors blazed unconventional trails in America, from capturing British ships for the American Revolution to crossing racial barriers in slave-era Louisiana…
- 2 John Lewis and Cory Booker Mar 24, 2012 · 1h In this episode, we feature two African American politicians from different generations and opposite backgrounds. John Lewis grew up in a sharecropping family in rural Georgia, while Cory…
- 3 Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada Apr 1, 2012 · 1h What'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 acts of freedom. For Jewish…
- 4 Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Apr 7, 2012 · 1h What 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 country since its inception. But…
- 5 Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir Qadhi Apr 14, 2012 · 1h Pastor Rick Warren, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Sheik Yasir Qadhi are of three different faiths, all with complex family histories that profoundly shaped their religious beliefs. Our…
- 6 Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal Apr 28, 2012 · 1h Many American descend from a dense soups of European ethnicities; we could call them mutts, with ancestral roots across every country in Europe. Actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie…
- 7 Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons Apr 29, 2012 · 1h Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Brown University President Ruth Simmons have each climbed to the pinnacle of their profession, yet each started life as a second class citizen in…
- 8 Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay Gupta May 6, 2012 · 1h The 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 crisscrosses the planet…
- 9 John Legend and Wanda Sykes May 13, 2012 · 1h Most African Americans struggle to trace their ancestors beyond Emancipation; slavery erased names and family ties with brutal efficiency. But what about the descendants of the handful of…
- 10 Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez and Linda Chavez May 20, 2012 · 1h Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez all share Spanish colonial roots, yet each views their own identity very differently. In this episode we ask what it means to be…