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Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the center of Finding Your Roots, the companion publication to the reach PBS documentary series. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and profound genealogical research now allow us to find out more about our root base, looking further back in its history than previously. Gates' investigations undertake the personal and genealogical histories of more than twenty luminaries, including Congressman John Lewis, actor Robert Downey Jr., CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, ex - secretary of labor Linda Chavez, and comedian Margaret Cho. Interwoven with the moving testimonies of immigration, assimilation, strife, and success is practical information for novice genealogists just starting archival research on their own families' root base. Gates also details the advances in hereditary research available these days to the public. The result can be an illuminating exploration of who we live, how exactly we lost tabs on our root base, and how exactly we can find them again.
