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Debra Messing's Polish Ancestors Voyaged to New York

Season 11 Episode 8 | 3m 53s

Debra discovers her grandfather's earliest years in America after leaving Poland and moving to the Lower East Side.

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 the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Support is also provided by Ford Foundation; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Candace King Weir; by the Inkwell Society together with many of its members; and by public television viewers.
Extras
Laurence discovers the identity of his great-great-great-grandmother.
Skip discusses Jane Gates, his oldest known ancestor up until now.
Family mysteries are solved for actor Laurence Fishburne & scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Lonnie learns about his grandfather who served on a school committee for mainly Black students.
Sheryl's third great grandparents, a mixed race couple, got married in 1837.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of actor Sheryl Lee Ralph & historian Lonnie Bunch.
Melanie discovers a potential match for her great-grandfather.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of actors Debra Messing & Melanie Lynskey.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets musician Rubén Blades & journalist Natalie Morales.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of notable chefs José Andrés & Sean Sherman.