Returning: Finding Your Roots
Genealogy show explores the lineages of actor Glenn Close and director John Waters.
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Alternate genealogy show Finding Your Roots returns to SBS next week exploring the lineages of actor Glenn Close and director John Waters.
Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season of Finding Your Roots. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
Series Seven, Episode One: To the Manor Born
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the lineages of actor Glenn Close and director John Waters, digging into centuries past to encounter a succession of bold forebears who found fortune amidst drama and rebellion. From the gold rush fields of the Yukon to an enclave in Quaker Pennsylvania to British royalty, our guests meet a succession of relatives who prove to be as eccentric as they are.
7:30pm Monday August 28 on SBS.
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3 Responses
Is this just another version of Who do you think you are? It sounds very similar.
No there is already a US version of WDYTYA?. This is a similar sort of show that is shown on PBS (public broadcaster) in the US.
John Waters
My reaction “I’m in”