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# Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/episode/finding-your-roots-robert-downey-jr-and-maggie-gyllenhaal/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-25T10:33:01.000Z
- Description: A look at the ancestral pasts of actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, Season 1, Episode 6, #ZZZ_Episode_c62e3daf-fae6-4185-a5a5-99ae7cbb6414, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.16

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the ancestral pasts of actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal: two individuals whose family histories can be traced far back through the centuries.