Season 1
(2012)
Cast
as Self - Host
Episodes
Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr. 0.0
March 24, 2012
Their European immigrant ancestors blazed unconventional trails in America, from capturing British ships for the Americ…
John Lewis and Cory Booker 0.0
March 24, 2012
In this episode, we feature two African American politicians from different generations and opposite backgrounds. John …
Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada 0.0
April 1, 2012
What's in a name? Well, a lot, at least when it comes to piecing together your family history. For former slaves, choos…
Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon 0.0
April 7, 2012
What do Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have in common? They are both famous actors and both descend from prominent Ameri…
Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir Qadhi 0.0
April 14, 2012
Pastor Rick Warren, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Sheik Yasir Qadhi are of three different faiths, all with complex family …
Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal 0.0
April 28, 2012
Many American descend from a dense soups of European ethnicities; we could call them mutts, with ancestral roots across…
Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons 0.0
April 29, 2012
Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Brown University President Ruth Simmons have each climbed to the pinnacle of th…
Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay Gupta 0.0
May 6, 2012
The three guests in this episode are all children of first- or second-generation immigrants and share the peculiar burd…
John Legend and Wanda Sykes 0.0
May 13, 2012
Most African Americans struggle to trace their ancestors beyond Emancipation; slavery erased names and family ties with…
Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez and Linda Chavez 0.0
May 20, 2012
Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez all share Spanish colonial roots, yet each views their own identity…