Finding Your Roots - Season 1 Episode 6 Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal
Many American descend from a dense soups of European ethnicities; we could call them mutts, with ancestral roots across every country in Europe. Actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal are textbook examples of Americans with a rich tapestry of European immigrant stories making up their family trees. We delve in to their deep American roots in early colonial communities, and we meet their Eastern European Jewish ancestors, who share almost identical migration stories From the Mayflower to Ellis Island, we journey through centuries of immigration that shaped and built our melting pot nation.
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
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Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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First Air Date: Mar 24, 2012
Last Air date: Apr 09, 2024
Season: 11 Season
Episode: 107 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 6.20/10 by 12.00 users
Popularity: 73.098
Language: English
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