Finding Your Roots
S01E03 Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada
A name holds significant weight, especially when tracing family roots. For former slaves, adopting a last name represented a crucial step towards freedom, while for Jewish immigrants, it served as a means to assimilate into a new culture. However, these changes can complicate the search for ancestral connections. In this episode, we uncover the hidden pieces of the family histories of media icon Barbara Walters and renowned educator Geoffrey Canada. Walters was unaware of her father's true surname, and Canada lacked knowledge of his grandfather's name. Both have struggled to connect with their past—until now.
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Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr.
The Return
Like Father, Like Son
John Lewis and Cory Booker
Fatal Flaw
Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada
Blue Lights
Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon
Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir Qadhi
Best Buddies
Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal
Secrets
Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons
One for the Road
Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay Gupta
Peregrine
John Legend and Wanda Sykes
Society's Pet
Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez and Linda Chavez
Fever
The Gift
The System
Appearances
The Probe
Dusty
Barriers
Grifters
The Wedding
Fathers and Sons
Starscape (1)
Starscape (2)
The Test