All in the Family
finding your roots

Radio host Joe Madison receives startling family news, and series host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. learns his own DNA story. Also features the "Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings" STEM Camp, with science and history inspiring the next generation.

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 510

About Finding Your Roots:

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

is the 12th and latest series from the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar.

In this 10-part series, Professor Gates continues the quest he begun in African American Lives 1 and 2 and Faces of America delving into the genealogy and genetics of an all new group of famous Americans.

The series combines history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family, and identity in today's America.

Each hour features a different pair of celebrity guests, who are bound together by an intimate, sometimes hidden link, whether it be as old friends, through long-lost relatives, or even through a common ancestral past.


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Thu, Oct 16 2:00 P.M. Mean Streets     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Oct 17 8:00 P.M. The Butterfly Effect     NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Oct 18 12:00 A.M. The Butterfly Effect     NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Oct 18 7:00 P.M. The Butterfly Effect     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Oct 19 5:00 P.M. The Butterfly Effect     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Oct 19 9:00 P.M. The Butterfly Effect     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Oct 20 1:00 A.M. The Butterfly Effect     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Oct 20 9:00 A.M. The Butterfly Effect     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Oct 21 8:00 P.M. Moving On Up     NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Oct 22 1:00 A.M. Moving On Up     NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Oct 22 12:00 P.M. Moving On Up     NH Explore (11.2)
Wed, Oct 22 1:00 P.M. Activist Roots     NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Oct 23 5:00 A.M. Activist Roots     NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Oct 23 2:00 P.M. Moving On Up     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Oct 24 8:00 P.M. Moving On Up     NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Oct 25 12:00 A.M. Moving On Up     NH Explore (11.2)


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