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# Secret Lives
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/episode/secret-lives-2/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-17T18:01:32.000Z
- Description: Comedians Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash discover scandals hidden within their roots.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, Season 9, Episode 3, #ZZZ_Episode_24dd01c8-c941-4010-81ad-d9dffed6d5d0, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.16

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps comedians Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash decode scandals hidden within their roots, exposing secrets that their ancestors concealed and celebrating the virtue of accepting one’s relatives—whoever they may be.