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# In the Blood
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/episode/in-the-blood/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-01T06:31:05.000Z
- Description: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the surprising roots of Michael Douglas & Lena Dunham.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, Season 10, Episode 9, #ZZZ_Episode_132e0241-0137-4fd6-80a2-db2dac361167, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.16

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Michael Douglas & writer-director Lena Dunham. Both guests are the children of famous artists—and both proudly followed in their parents’ footsteps. But their family trees contain a cast of characters whose lives were forgotten. Gates recovers them, telling fascinating stories from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to the streets of colonial America.