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# Danny Trejo Learns About His Ancestors' Journey to the U.S.
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/extras/danny-trejo-learns-about-his-ancestors-journey-us/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:42.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T14:29:04.000Z
- Description: Danny Trejo learns about his great-grandparents' journey by foot from Mexico to the U.S.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_dc3a7378-8f7c-46d7-97ed-187a99934f46, #extra

Because of a strained relationship with his father, actor Danny Trejo never learned much about his roots. But here, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the story of his great-grandparents' and their four children's grueling journey by foot from Mexico to the U.S. shortly after World War I.