Finding Your Roots
Biracial Grandmother
Gayle King shares how little she knows of her great-grandfather.
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Finding Your Roots
Biracial Grandmother
Clip: Season 6 Episode 15 | 42sVideo has Closed Captions
Gayle King shares how little she knows of her great-grandfather.
Gayle King talks about her grandmother, who was biracial, and how she was ashamed to speak of her father.
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Finding Your Roots
Biracial Grandmother
Clip: Season 6 Episode 15 | 42sVideo has Closed Captions
Gayle King talks about her grandmother, who was biracial, and how she was ashamed to speak of her father.
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Gayle King, Jordan Peele, and Issa Rae discover surprising roots. (30s)
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Gayle King learns of two men that could be her grandfather. (1m 25s)
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Issa Rae discovers that her Great Grandfather died in battle. (2m 28s)
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Gayle King discovers that she is one-third white and of European descent. (59s)
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Jordan Peele discovers his ancestors were slaves. (1m 5s)
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Corporate support for Season 11 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. is provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc., Ancestry® and Johnson & Johnson. Major support is provided by...