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Melanie Lynskey Learns of a Long-Lost Relative

Season 11 Episode 8 | 4m 21s

Melanie discovers a potential match for her great-grandfather.

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 the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Support is also provided by Ford Foundation; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Candace King Weir; by the Inkwell Society together with many of its members; and by public television viewers.
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Lonnie learns about his grandfather who served on a school committee for mainly Black students.
Sheryl's third great grandparents, a mixed race couple, got married in 1837.
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