Finding Your Roots (PBS Direct)

This 10-part series with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon Robert Downey Jr. Branford Marsalis John Legend Martha Stewart Barbara Walters and Rick Warren among many others.