Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. S7E4: The Shirts on Their Backs
- Aired: 2021-02-09
- Time: 20:00:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
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Overview
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the immigrant roots of actors Tony Shalhoub and Christopher Meloni, introducing ancestors who confronted inconceivable challenges almost entirely alone. From an abandoned infant in a small Italian village to a devastating plague in Lebanon, long-forgotten records reveal individuals who came from nothing and built a better life in America.