Finding Your Roots

To the Manor Born

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discovers the privileged lineages that claim actor Glenn Close and director John Waters as descendants, introducing ancestors who are as bold and independent as they are.

To the Manor Born

52m 11s

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discovers the privileged lineages that claim actor Glenn Close and director John Waters as descendants, introducing ancestors who are as bold and independent as they are.

Previews + Extras

  • To the Manor Born Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    To the Manor Born Preview

    S7 E1 - 32s

    Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discovers the privileged lineages that claim actor Glenn Close and director John Waters as descendants, introducing ancestors who are as bold and independent as they are.

  • Grandmothers Great Spirit: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Grandmothers Great Spirit

    S7 E1 - 41s

    Glenn Close remembers meeting a woman who had known her grandmother and being told, "she knew how to enter a room."

  • Related to Royalty: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Related to Royalty

    S7 E1 - 54s

    Glenn Close discovers that she is eighth cousins with Princess Diana

  • Catholic Divorce Scandal: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Catholic Divorce Scandal

    S7 E1 - 1m 19s

    John Waters discusses how his Catholic grandmother's divorce was seen as a scandal.

  • Family Fortune: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Family Fortune

    S7 E1 - 1m 23s

    John Waters discovers his great-great-grandmother sued his great-grandmother for their fortune.

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