Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash uncover some family secrets about the untold lives of their grandparents. One revelation so shocking that the guest learned it during filming to prepare her family for the result.
Viola Davis and Brian Cox learn about relatives they never knew about whose fights against the odds inspire their descendants. Also, both learn of long-lost relatives who have been on the show.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the unexpected family trees of activist Angela Y. Davis and statesman Jeh Johnson, using DNA and long-lost records to redefine notions of the black experience-and challenge preconceptions of America's past.
Henry L. Gates, Jr. introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took enormous chances so that their descendants might thrive.