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# Fathers and Sons
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/episode/fathers-and-sons/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-03T05:30:09.000Z
- Description: LeVar Burton & Wes Studi grew up fatherless, haunted by questions about their family trees
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, Season 10, Episode 3, #ZZZ_Episode_e4e35a99-c858-4f37-8cc3-b492fd9c5a77, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.16

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors LeVar Burton and Wes Studi—two men who grew up without their fathers, haunted by questions about entire branches of their family trees. With only a handful of clues to guide him, Gates uncovers stories his guests have long wanted to hear, introducing them to ancestors whose names they’ve never known-—and revealing their connections to key moments in history.