Finding Your Roots Against All Odds

A new season of Finding Your Roots premieres January 4, 2022 at 8/7c! Tune in for all-new episodes as Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores fascinating ancestries and family mysteries for an array of notable guests. Against All OddsHenry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces media personality Andy Cohen and radio journalist Nina Totenberg to ancestors who were determined to survive. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces media personality Andy Cohen and radio journalist Nina Totenberg to ancestors who were determined to survive.

Get extended access to 1600+ episodes, binge watch your favorite shows, and stream anytime – online or in the PBS app. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. works with Pamela Adlon and Kathryn Hahn, two guests whose family trees were obscured by scandals, to discover the truth about their ancestors. Today’s most compelling personalities discover the surprising stories buried within their own families. Meet 21 fascinating new guests who are game-changers in their fields, with family histories that illustrate the power and diversity of the human experience. We can remove the first video in the list to add this one. We provide online video of PBS national programming for KET viewers.

Nancy Pelosi, Norah ODonnell, and Zac Posen discover surprising roots. Diane Von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez, and RuPaul Charles discover surprising roots. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family history of Roy Wood, Jr. and Lewis Black.

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. provides comedians Lewis Black and Roy Wood, Jr. with accounts of hardship in their family trees, which may have led them to find humor in adversity. Ava DuVernay, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Questlove discover unexpected family histories. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan, revealing the Irish American experience through their families.

The episode originally aired the day before Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27. Talk show host and TV producer Andy Cohen and journalist Nina Totenberg learn about their Jewish ancestors who fought to survive and prosper against all odds. But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. Dozens of your favorite THIRTEEN and PBS programs are available to watch on-demand on many popular platforms. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the ancestors of actor John Lithgow and journalist Maria Hinojosa.

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The family history of Brittany Packnett Cunningham & Anita Hill. Debut collection of poems by 31-Across (3 wds.) is the crossword clue of the longest answer. CBS forensic drama franchise is the crossword clue of the shortest answer. There are a total of 19,613 crossword clues and answers on our site. The episode discusses Andy Cohen and Nina Totenbergs Jewish ancestry.

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Together, the arc of each guest’s family personalizes history while emphasizing the human connections that unite everyone. The second episode of Season 7 of Finding Your Roots is entitled Against All Odds.Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces media personality Andy Cohen and radio journalist Nina Totenberg to ancestors who were determined to survive. On this episode, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces media personality Andy Cohen and radio journalist Nina Totenberg to ancestors who were determined to survive. With the PBS Video App, you can watch your favorite and local station shows. The app allows you to catch up on recent episodes and discover award-winning shows.

By creating an account, you acknowledge that PBS may share your information with our member stations and our respective service providers, and that you have read and understand the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels solve family mysteries through DNA detective work, illuminating both history and their own identities. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. welcomes Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Anita Hill, two guests who made profound sacrifices for social justice, and helps them discover the ancestors who made sacrifices for them. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the deep Mexican roots of talk show host Mario Lopez and comedian Melissa Villaseñor, uncovering ancestors stretching back to the 1500s. Weaving together stories of migratory farmers, Spanish Conquistadors and Native Americans, Gates conjures up personal histories of diverse, sometimes conflicting, elements. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. sits down with Terry Crews and Tony Danza, both guests who overcame adversity, to discover they aren’t the first in their families to beat the odds through sheer force of will. Click over to tpt.org/shows to watch your favorite TPT productions and PBS shows, anytime and anywhere.

In this episode are renowned journalist Nina Totenberg and popular late night personality Andy Cohen. In sharing their stories, Finding Your Roots Season Seven uses every tool available, from cutting-edge? DNA research to old-school genealogical sleuthing, to reveal long-buried secrets. Family trees in these new episodes that trace throughout the United States and Canada, across Europe and Africa and more. Episode to episode, audiences will meet guests’ ancestors who were business people and bootleggers, war heroes and criminals, farmers and immigrants and the persecuted and the persevering under the most extraordinary circumstances.