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# In Search of Our Fathers
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/episode/finding-your-roots-search-our-fathers/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:42.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T14:26:25.000Z
- Description: Uncover the paternal ancestry of Stephen King, Gloria Reuben and Courtney B. Vance.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, Season 2, Episode 1, #ZZZ_Episode_d181906b-8f51-419e-bfcb-d747bccbf845, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.16

Stephen King’s father walked out on the family when Stephen was two years old and never returned; Courtney B. Vance’s father was a foster child and never knew who his biological parents were and Gloria Reuben’s father was 78 years old when she was born — he died when she was young. Henry Louis Gates solves the mystery of their paternal ancestry and introduces them to relatives they never knew.