Finding Your Roots
Justina Machado Discovers Grandfather’s Hidden Past
Justina Machado learns her grandfather was sent to prison because of a relationship.
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Finding Your Roots
Justina Machado Discovers Grandfather’s Hidden Past
Clip: Season 6 Episode 6 | 1m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Justina Machado learns her grandfather was sent to prison because of a relationship.
Justina Machado learned her grandfather was sent to Oso Blanco, a notorious prison in the Caribbean when he was caught having a relationship with another man.
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Justina Machado Discovers Grandfather’s Hidden Past
Clip: Season 6 Episode 6 | 1m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Justina Machado learned her grandfather was sent to Oso Blanco, a notorious prison in the Caribbean when he was caught having a relationship with another man.
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Justina Machado African Ancestry
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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...