In this clip, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explains how he found Questlove's original African ancestor, his third great grandfather Charlie Louis.
#FindingYourRoots airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on PBS. In the February 11 episode, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. journeys with film director Ava DuVernay, actor S. Epatha Merkerson, and musician Questlove to the unexpected places where their ancestors were scattered by slavery, upending their notions of African American history—and their own family trees.
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