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Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Educator Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the mysteries, surprises and revelations hidden in the family trees of popular figures.

DNA Mysteries

Téa Leoni and Joe Madison discover surprising roots.
Fashion's Roots

Fashion's Roots

Diane Von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez, and RuPaul Charles discover surprising roots.

Criminal Kind

WETA PassportCriminal Kind

Laura Linney, Lisa Ling, and Soledad O’Brien discover surprising roots.

Italian Roots

WETA PassportItalian Roots

Jimmy Kimmel, Marisa Tomei, and John Turturro meet ancestors who made immense sacrifices.

Slave Trade

WETA PassportSlave Trade

Ava DuVernay, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Questlove discover unexpected family histories.

Science Pioneers

WETA PassportScience Pioneers

Francis Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Harold E. Varmus learn their family histories.

Secrets & Lies

WETA PassportSecrets & Lies

Sigourney Weaver, Justina Machado, and Amy Ryan unearth surprising family histories.

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Washington in the '80s

Washington in the '80s

WETA looks back at the people and events of the 1980s — the disorderly decade that saw Washington's emergence as a true global capital.

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VivaLaVoce

VivaLaVoce

Classical WETA's online station VivaLaVoce presents classical vocal music in all its forms, from the Middle Ages to the present, 24 hours per day. 

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Arthur

Arthur

Arthur follows the adventures and misadventures of 8-year-old Arthur Read (an aardvark), his little sister D.W., and his friends and family.

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Finding My Mother, Finding Myself: Kim and Huong O'Connell

Finding My Mother, Finding Myself

Local writer Kim O'Connell discusses her unique family history as the daughter of an American serviceman father and a Vietnamese mother.

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