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Finding Your Roots

Melanie Lynskey Learns of a Long-Lost Relative

Season 11 Episode 8 | 4m 21s

Melanie discovers a potential match for her great-grandfather.

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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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Finding Your Roots

Laurence Learns About His Great-Great-Great-Grandmother

Laurence discovers the identity of his great-great-great-grandmother.

Clip: S11 E10 | 4:12

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Skip Discovers His Great-Great-Grandfather

Skip discusses Jane Gates, his oldest known ancestor up until now.

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Lonnie learns about his grandfather who served on a school committee for mainly Black students.

Clip: S11 E9 | 3:41

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Sheryl's third great grandparents, a mixed race couple, got married in 1837.

Clip: S11 E9 | 4:09

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Debra discovers her grandfather's earliest years in America after leaving Poland.

Clip: S11 E8 | 3:53

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