Finding Your Roots

The New World

Season 7 Episode 7 | 52m 11s | WETA Passport

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces ancestors of actor John Lithgow and journalist Maria Hinojosa who thrived in North America long before the birth of the United States.

Aired: 04/13/21 | Expires: 01/18/25 | Rating: TV-PG

FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Eight is a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Media, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C. Corporate support for FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Eight is provided by Ancestry and Johnson & Johnson. Support is also provided by Ford Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and by The Inkwell Society and its members Candace King Weir; Lloyd Carney Foundation; Jim and Susan Swartz; Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal; Anne Wojcicki; Hayward and Kathy Draper; and Nicole Commissiong and Darnell Armstrong. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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Extras From This Episode

• Dr. Gates, Jr. Reveals He’s DNA Cousins with John Lithgow

  Clip: S7 Ep7 | 55s

• Imprisoned Puritan Great-Grandfather

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• John Lithgow’s Family Fled The Dominican Republic

  Clip: S7 Ep7 | 1m 54s

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