Seasons(11) / Episodes(84)
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Season 1 (2010) - 7 episodes
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Season 2 (2011) - 8 episodes
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Season 3 (2012) - 12 episodes
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Season 4 (2013) - 8 episodes
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Season 5 (2014) - 14 episodes
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Season 6 (2015) - 5 episodes
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Season 7 (2016) - 6 episodes
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Season 8 (2017) - 8 episodes
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Season 9 (2018) - 6 episodes
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Season 10 (2018) - 4 episodes
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Season 11 (2022) - 6 episodes
Plots(1)
To know who you are, you have to know where you came from. In this fascinating reality series, seven celebrities share their life-altering discoveries. Working with genealogists, historians, and researchers, they travel the world to uncover the secrets and surprises in their family trees.
Sarah Jessica Parker's search leads back to the Salem witch trials. Dallas Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith follows his slave ancestors to Benin. Lisa Kudrow learns the truth of her great-grandmother's fate in the Holocaust. Matthew Broderick traces his family to battlefields in France and America. Brooke Shields unearths her royal connections. Susan Sarandon explores the racy life of her grandmother. And director Spike Lee meets a relative he didn't know he had.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Sarah Jessica Parker
USA
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Lisa Kudrow
USA
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Friends (1994) (series)
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Matthew Broderick
USA
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BoJack Horseman (2014) (series)
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Brooke Shields
USA
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Friends (1994) (series)
Mr. Pickles (2013) (series)
Susan Sarandon
USA
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Rick and Morty (2013) (series)
Friends (1994) (series)
Spike Lee
USA
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She's Gotta Have It (2017) (series)
Black-ish (2014) (series)
Vanessa Williams
USA
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Broad City (2014) (series)
Boomtown (2002) (series)
Tim McGraw
USA
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Rosie O'Donnell
USA
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Spin City (1996) (series)
Kim Cattrall
UK
Best series:
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Columbo (1971) (series)
Steve Buscemi
USA
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Rick and Morty (2013) (series)
Boardwalk Empire (2010) (series)
Gwyneth Paltrow
USA
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Ashley Judd
USA
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Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) (series)
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Lionel Richie
USA
Best series:
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Miles Robbins
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Stella Gregg
USA
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David Suchet
UK
Best series:
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Doctor Who (2005) (series)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Emmitt Smith
USA
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Guys with Kids (2012) (series)
CSI: Cyber (2015) (series)
Martin Sheen
USA
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) (series)
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Marisa Tomei
USA
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