Finding Your Roots

• Actor Edward Norton learns Pocahontas is his 12th great-grandmother

  In an episode of 'Finding Your Roots,' Edward Norton discovered he is related to Pocahontas, one of the most widely portrayed (and oft misrepresented) Indigenous women in history.

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  Jan 5, 2023
  
• PBS puts hold on ‘Finding Your Roots’ following Affleck debacle

  PBS put its 'Finding Your Roots' series on hold Wednesday after determining an episode that omitted references to Ben Affleck's ancestor as a slave owner violated its standards.

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  Jun 25, 2015
  
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• Ben Affleck “embarrassed” by slave-owning ancestor

  Ben Affleck requested that the PBS documentary series 'Finding Your Roots' not reveal he had a slave-owning ancestor, according to emails published online by whistleblower site WikiLeaks.

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  Apr 19, 2015