The Ties That Bind

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard—a married couple who discover that their ancestors had some remarkable similarities. In stories that span continents and centuries, Gates introduces Kristen and Dax to the soldiers, settlers, and criminals who make up their roots, allowing his guests to understand themselves—and their families—as never before.

Dax hears about the life of his ninth great-grandfather who immigrated from France to Canada, and ultimately settled in Michigan.

Kristen Bell learns about her grandfather and great grandfather's generational trauma, with lives of siblings and a parent lost.