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Season 1 – Faces of America With Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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A poet learns she is distantly related to a king of England. A famous actress finds that one of her ancestors participated in the founding of the United States. Using the most up-to-date technology and tools of genealogy and genetics, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. unravels that tapestry of America to trace the threads of history of several well-known Americans. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is stunned to hear details of an ancestor's birth in 1435. Actress Eva Longoria is entranced by the notation of her ancestor's appointment to a post in Mexico in 1603, years before the sailing of the Mayflower. Gates also examines the ancestry of Kristi Yamaguchi, Meryl Streep, Mario Batali and Stephen Colbert, among others.
Faces of America With Henry Louis Gates Jr. — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Feb 10, 2010 Our American Stories Director Mike Nichols' family escapes Nazi Germany; Japanese Americans were imprisoned, including forebears of skater Kristi Yamaguchi; an encounter changes the life of cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 17, 2010 Becoming American Stephen Colbert's Irish great-great-grandfather escapes poverty; Mario Batali's great-grandfather struggles in Montana; Queen Noor of Jordan's great-grandfather settles in New York. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 24, 2010 Making America Meryl Streep's eighth great-grandfather fought in Metacom's War; land dispute forces Eva Longoria Parker's ancestors to leave Spain; Yo-Yo Ma's Chinese genealogy. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 3, 2010 Know Thyself Exploring distant relatives and the shared ancestral connections of Elizabeth Alexander, Meryl Streep, Mike Nicholas, Yo-Yo Ma and Eva Longoria Parker. Details

Season Info

Network
PBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Feb 10, 2010