Finding Your Roots RSS feed for PBS programming.http://video.pbs.orgen-ushttp://video.pbs.orgThu, 20 Jun 2013 01:13:30 -0400Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:13:30 -0400http://video.pbs.org/video/2314584872/An overview of how researchers tracked down Geoffrey Canada's ancestors' last names before "Canada".http://video.pbs.org/video/2314584872/12/11/2012An overview of how researchers tracked down Geoffrey Canada's ancestors.nrHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2314851738/An overview of the story of a slave named Mumbet and the role that Kyra's ancestor played in helping secure her freedom.http://video.pbs.org/video/2314851738/12/11/2012An overview of the story of a slave named Mumbet.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2240325823/Linda Chavez learns about her ancestors who were Pueblo.http://video.pbs.org/video/2240325823/05/29/2012Linda Chavez learns about her ancestors who were Pueblo.nrHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2235039678/Actor Adrian Grenier learns about about his Conquistador ancestor who had terribly violent interactions with Pueblo Indians.http://video.pbs.org/video/2235039678/05/15/2012Actor Adrian Grenier learns about about his Conquistador ancestor.nrHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2235112943/Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the ancestral pasts of actor Adrian Grenier, actress Michelle Rodriguez, and commentator Linda Chavez.http://video.pbs.org/video/2235112943/05/20/2012The ancestral pasts of Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez, and Linda Chavez.nrHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2235075788/Henry Louis Gates, Jr. finds some surprising connections when he traces actress Michelle Rodriguez's Puerto Rican roots.http://video.pbs.org/video/2235075788/05/15/2012Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces actress Michelle Rodriguez's Puetro Rican roots.nrHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2236079669/Adrian Grenier learns his maternal eleventh great-grandfather was one of the original Spanish colonists in New Mexico and a sergeant in Juan de Oñate’s army.http://video.pbs.org/video/2236079669/05/17/2012Adrian Grenier learns about his maternal eleventh great-grandfather.nrHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2236088780/Linda Chavez discovers how her family was involved in the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico in 1680 – and that she has surprising family roots.http://video.pbs.org/video/2236088780/05/17/2012Linda Chavez discovers how her family was involved in the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico.nrHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2233128518/An overview of how the Revolutionary War helped slaves attain their freedom.http://video.pbs.org/video/2233128518/05/10/2012An overview of how the Revolutionary War helped slaves attain their freedom.nrHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2233123923/A look at how John Legend’s ancestor, Peyton Polly, attained his freedom.http://video.pbs.org/video/2233123923/05/10/2012A look at how John Legend’s ancestor, Peyton Polly, attained his freedom.nrHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2233125268/The story of the kidnapping of Peyton Polly’s children’s and their journey back to freedom.http://video.pbs.org/video/2233125268/05/10/2012The story of the kidnapping of Peyton Polly’s children’s and their journey back to freedomnrHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2233119895/A look at how Wanda’s black ancestors became free in the 1600s.http://video.pbs.org/video/2233119895/05/10/2012A look at how Wanda’s black ancestors became free in the 1600s.nrHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2233117438/A look at the lives of Wanda Sykes’s ancestors in the 1850s and how a marriage certificate proves their free status.http://video.pbs.org/video/2233117438/05/10/2012A look at the lives of Wanda Sykes’s ancestors in the 1850s.nrHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2232194495/Comedian Wanda Sykes recalls a poorly-received stand-up comedy routine early on in her career.http://video.pbs.org/video/2232194495/05/08/2012Comedian Wanda Sykes recalls a poorly-received stand-up routine early on in her career.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2232502424/Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the ancestral pasts of musician John Legend and comedian Wanda Sykes.http://video.pbs.org/video/2232502424/05/14/2012Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the ancestral pasts of John Legend and Wanda Sykes.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentMusicMusicHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2232183896/In this video, John Legend discusses his musical beginnings and shows rare footage of Legend performing one of his earliest compositions.http://video.pbs.org/video/2232183896/05/08/2012John Legend's beginnings as a musician and footage of one of his earliest performances.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentMusicMusicHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2232589643/Henry Louis Gates, Jr. talks with friend Margarett Cooper about her remarkable ancestry, and learns about her great, great, great grandmother, a female slave who sued her master for her own freedom.http://video.pbs.org/video/2232589643/05/09/2012Henry Louis Gates Jr. talks with Margarett Cooper about her remarkable ancestry.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2230028806/Margaret Cho learns the reasons for her father’s family’s hurried escape from northern Korea when he was ten years old.http://video.pbs.org/video/2230028806/05/02/2012Margaret Cho learns the reasons for her father’s family’s hurried escape from Korea.nrHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2230029586/Martha Stewart learns the fate of her great grandparents and comes to understand why much of her family ended up in Americahttp://video.pbs.org/video/2230029586/05/02/2012Martha Stewart learns the fate of her great grandparents and why they came to America.nrHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2230028305/The history of the India/Pakistan partition is told through the story of Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s mother’s experience.http://video.pbs.org/video/2230028305/05/02/2012The history of the India/Pakistan partition is told by Dr. Sanjay Gupta's mother's story.nrHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2230067901/Martha Stewart comes from a long line of domestic workers and craftsmanship.http://video.pbs.org/video/2230067901/05/02/2012Martha Stewart comes from a long line of domestic workers and craftsmanship.nrHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2230372774/The ancestral pasts of author and television personality Martha Stewart, comedian and actress Margaret Cho, and neurosurgeon and CNN correspondent Sanjay Gupta.http://video.pbs.org/video/2230372774/05/07/2012The ancestral pasts of Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho, and Sanjay Gupta.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyUnited StatesUnited StatesEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2229358120/Finding Your Roots uncovers scrolls that have recorded 8 generations of Sanjay Gupta's father's line.http://video.pbs.org/video/2229358120/05/01/2012Finding Your Roots uncovers scrolls that list 8 generations of Sanjay Gupta's family tree.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2229351674/Comedian and actress Margaret Cho talks about her experience living as a young adult in San Francisco's Castro District during the late 1970s.http://video.pbs.org/video/2229351674/05/01/2012Comedian and actress Margaret Cho talks about living in 1970s San Francisco's Castro.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyGender & Sexual IdentityGender & Sexual IdentityRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2227535292/A look at life under Jim Crow in Birmingham, Alabama during Condoleezza Rice’s childhood.http://video.pbs.org/video/2227535292/04/26/2012A look at life under Jim Crow.nrHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2227537695/A look at life under Jim Crow in Grapeland, Texas during Ruth Simmons’ childhood.http://video.pbs.org/video/2227537695/04/26/2012A look at life under Jim Crow.nrHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2227535116/A look at life under Jim Crow in Piedmont, WV during Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s childhood and in Chattanooga, TN during Samuel L. Jackson’s childhood.http://video.pbs.org/video/2227535116/04/26/2012A look at life under Jim Crow.nrHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2227723798/The ancestral pasts of actor Samuel L. Jackson, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Brown University President Ruth Simmons.http://video.pbs.org/video/2227723798/04/30/2012The ancestral pasts of Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, and Ruth Simmons.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2219823040/Brown University President Ruth Simmons grew up in a family of sharecroppers, a notorious system in which farmers pick cotton and live on someone else's land for a share of the profits. But they had to pay such high charges for rent, they often fell into a cycle of debt.http://video.pbs.org/video/2219823040/04/23/2012Brown University President Ruth Simmons grew up in a family of sharecroppers.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2225840810/Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice remembers the September 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church which killed four young black girls. Rice was 9 years old at the time of the bombing.http://video.pbs.org/video/2225840810/04/23/2012Condoleezza Rice remembers the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2221947390/Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the ancestral pasts of actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal: two individuals whose family histories can be traced far back through the centuries.http://video.pbs.org/video/2221947390/04/22/2012A look at the ancestral pasts of actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal.nrHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2219816207/Actor Samuel L. Jackson discusses his experience growing up in segregated Chattanooga in the mid-20th century.http://video.pbs.org/video/2219816207/04/23/2012Actor Samuel L. Jackson discusses his experience growing up in segregated Chattanooga.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2225175895/The story of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s maternal ancestry dating back to her Jewish great grandfather’s emigration from Tsarist Russia.http://video.pbs.org/video/2225175895/04/20/2012The story of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s maternal ancestrynrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2225183271/An exploration of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s connection to some of the earliest and most prominent members of the American WASP establishment.http://video.pbs.org/video/2225183271/04/20/2012An exploration of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s connection to the American WASP establishment.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2225178037/An exploration of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s noble lineage dating back to King Henry I of England.http://video.pbs.org/video/2225178037/04/20/2012An exploration of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s noble lineage dating back to King Henry I of EnglandnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2225175339/Actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal discuss what they know of their respective family origins.http://video.pbs.org/video/2225175339/04/20/2012Actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal discuss what they know of their origins.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2225182520/The story of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s third great grandfather’s central role in creating a religious community, and her father’s ultimate rejection of it.http://video.pbs.org/video/2225182520/04/20/2012The story of Gyllenhaal’s third great grandfather’s role in creating a religious communitynrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2225825425/Professor Gates uses DNA testing to trace Maggie Gyllenhaal’s maternal lineage back thousands of years to Ancient Judeahttp://video.pbs.org/video/2225825425/04/23/2012Professor Gates uses DNA testing to trace Maggie Gyllenhaal’s maternal lineage.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2220940437/Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces Robert Downey, Jr. to his ancestors who were early colonists in Pennsylvania, including a patriot ancestor who participated in the Revolutionary War.http://video.pbs.org/video/2220940437/04/09/2012Robert Downey, Jr. learns about his ancestor who fought in the Revolutionary War.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2220943933/Maggie Gyllenhaal learns about the genesis of the Gyllenhaal name and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. corrects a long-standing story in Maggie Gyllenhaal's family about an ancestor who supposedly collected butterflies.http://video.pbs.org/video/2220943933/04/09/2012Henry Louis Gates, Jr. corrects a long-standing story in Maggie Gyllenhaal's family.nrHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2315316118/Sheikh Yasir Qadhi describes hatred and stereotypes encountered after September 11, 2001.http://video.pbs.org/video/2315316118/12/12/2012Sheikh Yasir Qadhi describes hatred and stereotypes encountered after September 11, 2001.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2315314983/Rabbi Angela Buchdahl describes growing up as a Korean Jew, facing stereotypes, and questioning her Jewish identity.http://video.pbs.org/video/2315314983/12/12/2012Rabbi Angela Buchdahl describes growing up as a Korean Jew.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2315160964/A look at Pastor Rick Warren’s Puritan ancestor’s migration to America.http://video.pbs.org/video/2315160964/12/12/2012A look at Pastor Rick Warren’s Puritan ancestor’s migration to America.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2315314085/An overview of the persecution experienced by Sheikh Yasir Qadhi’s Muslim ancestors and their quest for religious freedom.http://video.pbs.org/video/2315314085/12/12/2012An overview of the persecution experienced by Sheikh Yasir Qadhi’s Muslim ancestors.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2315299397/A look at Rabbi Angela Buchdahl’s Jewish ancestors’ migration form Romania to the United States.http://video.pbs.org/video/2315299397/12/12/2012A look at Rabbi Angela Buchdahl’s Jewish ancestors’ migration from Romania to U.S.A.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2217584858/Pastor Rick Warren learns that his ancestor served as a deacon in an American church established in the 17th century.http://video.pbs.org/video/2217584858/04/02/2012Pastor Rick Warren learns that his ancestor served as a church deacon in the 1600s.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2217581512/Angela Buchdahl speaks with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. about being a Korean-American Jew and when she first decided she wanted to be a rabbi.http://video.pbs.org/video/2217581512/04/02/2012Angela Buchdahl speaks with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. about being a Korean-American Jew.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2217591399/Forty-four years after his father arrived in Houston as one of a handful of Muslims, Yasir Quadhi returned to the city lead a congregation of 30,000 in prayer.http://video.pbs.org/video/2217591399/04/02/2012Yasir Quadhi discusses the growth of Islam over the past 40 years in the city of Houston.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2219356213/This episode of Finding Your Roots traces the family histories of Pastor Rick Warren, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, and Sheikh Yasir Qadhi: three people of different faiths, whose family histories have deeply impacted their religious beliefs.http://video.pbs.org/video/2219356213/04/16/2012The family histories of Pastor Rick Warren, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, and Sheikh Yasir Qadhi.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2314855358/A look at President Lincoln's appeal to the nation to rebuild after the Civil War and the response to his request by Kevin Bacon's ancestor Lydia Atkinson and other Quakers.http://video.pbs.org/video/2314855358/12/11/2012A look at President Lincoln's appeal to the nation to rebuild after the Civil War.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2314819449/A look at slavery in the North and the views and actions of Quakers including Kevin Bacon's ancestor Samuel Atkinson.http://video.pbs.org/video/2314819449/12/11/2012A look at slavery in the North and the views and actions of Quakers.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2216848980/Kyra Sedgwick learns about the slave, Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman who, after hearing the Declaration of Independence, turns to Kyra's ancestor, the well-known attorney Theodore Sedgwick, to help secure her freedom.http://video.pbs.org/video/2216848980/03/29/2012Kyra Sedgwick learns the interactions between her ancestor and a slave named Mumbet.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2209558266/Kevin Bacon's Quaker ancestor immigrated from England to America for the chance to freely practice his religion. Arriving in the New World, the ancestor bought huge plots of land from the well-known Quaker leader William Penn.http://video.pbs.org/video/2209558266/04/02/2012Kevin Bacon's Quaker ancestor immigrated to America to freely practice his religion.nrHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2220828439/The ancestral pasts of married Hollywood actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.http://video.pbs.org/video/2220828439/04/09/2012The ancestral pasts of married Hollywood actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.nrHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyUnited StatesUnited StatesEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2314573575/A look at how researchers uncovered Barbara Walters ancestors last name by examining a tombstone and historical documents.http://video.pbs.org/video/2314573575/12/11/2012A look at how researchers uncovered Barbara Walters ancestors last name.nrHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2314402865/A look at how researchers uncovered Barbara Walters ancestors last name by examining a tombstone and historical documents.http://video.pbs.org/video/2314402865/12/10/2012A look at how researchers uncovered Barbara Walters ancestors last name.nrHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2213777646/Henry Louis Gates, Jr. looks into the genealogical pasts of journalist Barbara Walters and educator Geoffrey Canada.http://video.pbs.org/video/2213777646/04/02/2012The ancestral pasts of journalist Barbara Walters and educator Geoffrey Canada.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2215422617/Coming to terms with mixed roots can be surprising and sometimes even painful. Educator Geoffrey Canada visits Franklin County Virginia where, a white man possibly fathered one of his enslaved ancestors more than a century ago.http://video.pbs.org/video/2215422617/03/27/2012Geoffrey Canada on the possibility of having white, slave-owning ancestors.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2209517222/Barbara Walters talks about her father who opened and ran the New York City's Latin Quarter, a night club that had featured big name acts like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and The Carter Family.http://video.pbs.org/video/2209517222/03/26/2012Barbara Walters talks about her father's work as a New York City night club owner.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2203649785/In the first episode of Finding Your Roots, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a trip to New Orleans to uncover the genealogical pasts and family histories of well-known musicians Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick Jr.http://video.pbs.org/video/2203649785/03/26/2012The family histories of New Orleans musicians Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick Jr.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyEpisode