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S11, E8: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey to ancestors who made decisions that forever reshaped their family trees. Moving from shtetls in Eastern Europe to a fruit stand in NY City to the wilds of New Zealand, Gates introduces his guests to relatives who took great risks, overcame enormous hardships and unwittingly transformed the lives of their descendants.
Documentary · Feb 25, 2025 · 52 min