Out of the Past

S9 E10: Henry Louis Gates uncovers the roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley, traveling back generations into the past to trace lineages from the Europe and Africa to the shores of the New World. With Gates’ guidance, his guests re-imagine significant events in history—from the American Revolution to the journey of the Mayflower—and encounter surprising ancestors they never knew they had.