Episode 1
Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr.
Their European immigrant ancestors blazed unconventional trails in America, from capturing British ships for t...
Episode 2
John Lewis and Cory Booker
In this episode, we feature two African American politicians from different generations and opposite backgroun...
Episode 3
Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada
What's in a name? Well, a lot, at least when it comes to piecing together your family history. For former slav...
Episode 4
Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon
What do Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have in common? They are both famous actors and both descend from promin...
Episode 5
Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir Qadhi
Pastor Rick Warren, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Sheik Yasir Qadhi are of three different faiths, all with comple...
Episode 6
Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal
Many American descend from a dense soups of European ethnicities; we could call them mutts, with ancestral roo...
Episode 7
Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons
Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Brown University President Ruth Simmons have each climbed to the pinna...
Episode 8
Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay Gupta
The three guests in this episode are all children of first- or second-generation immigrants and share the pecu...
Episode 9
John Legend and Wanda Sykes
Most African Americans struggle to trace their ancestors beyond Emancipation; slavery erased names and family...
Episode 10
Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez and Linda Chavez
Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez all share Spanish colonial roots, yet each views their own...