Finding Your Roots · SEASON 5

No Laughing Matter

Episode 7 · 2019-02-19

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Season 5Episode 7★ N/A/10
  • Documentary

Episode overview

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shows comedians Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro and Sarah Silverman that their family trees are filled with people whose struggles laid the groundwork for their success. Gates also reveals to each one news of an unexpected DNA cousin.

60 minutes

Season 5 episodes

1. Grandparents and Other Strangers2019-01-08 2. Mystery Men2019-01-15 3. Reporting on the Reporters2019-01-22 4. Dreaming of a New Land2019-01-29 5. Freedom Tales2019-02-05 6. Roots in Politics2019-02-12 7. No Laughing Matter2019-02-19 8. Hard Times2019-02-26 9. The Eye of the Beholder2019-04-02 10. All in the Family2019-04-09