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# Born to Sing
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/episode/born-to-sing/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-17T18:00:46.000Z
- Description: Explore the roots of Alanis Morissette and Ciara and their hidden connections to history.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, Season 10, Episode 1, #ZZZ_Episode_77e993ef-37d9-4b47-9d18-a03571482231, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.16

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of singers Alanis Morissette and Ciara—using DNA analysis and genealogical detective work to trace lineages that run from shtetls in Eastern Europe to Jazz Age Harlem. Along the way, Alanis and Ciara reimagine their families and meet the people who laid the groundwork for their success—including one ancestor who was at the center of a song.