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This image released by PBS shows actor Laurence Fishburne, left, with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of the series “Finding Your Roots." (PBS via AP)

Henry Louis Gates Jr. goes from host to guest on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’

By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., host and executive producer of the PBS series &quot;Finding Your Roots,&quot; addresses the audience during the 2019 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton, Monday, July 29, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

TV ancestry series is a salve for divided America, host says

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 19, 1980, photo, people walk past ruins in the Culmer section of Miami after rioting over the acquittal of four police officers charged with the 1979 beating death of Arthur McDuffie, a black motorcyclist. When future Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and future Attorney General Mark Herring admitted dressing up in blackface in the 1980s racial stereotypes and racist imagery in popular culture seemed to be everywhere. There also was racial unrest and historic elections of black mayors. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Before multiculturalism, blackface rampant in US pop culture

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

Henry Louis Gates Jr., host and executive producer of &quot;Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.,&quot; takes part in a panel discussion on the show during the 2018 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton, Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Correction: Paul Ryan story

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

This combination photo shows Carly Simon, left, at the Oceana's Partners Award Gala on Oct. 30, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif. and Scarlett Johansson at the 71st annual Tony Awards in New York on June 11, 2017. Simon and Johansson are among the celebrities whose family histories are explored on PBS’ “Finding Your Roots.” (AP Photo/File)

Genealogy show unlocks family secrets for Carly Simon, more

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

FILE - In this combination photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and speaks at a rally on April 20, 2017, in Omaha, Neb., and actor-producer Larry David appears at the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" panel during the HBO Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. An episode of "Finding Your Roots" on PBS will reveal that Sanders and David are distant relatives. The show's upcoming fourth season will premiere on Oct. 3. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, left and Chris Pizzello, File)

Larry David on Bernie Sanders: Senator is ‘third cousin or something’

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Bernie Sanders and Larry David share some ‘identical DNA’

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Bill Maher in a January 2013 photo provided by HBO. (AP Photo/HBO, Janet Van Ham, File) **FILE**

PBS series: 2 very unlikely Bills are related

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 14, 2014 file photo, Ben Affleck poses in the press room with the Hollywood film award for "Gone Girl" at the Hollywood Film Awards in Los Angeles. PBS says it's postponing the third season of "Finding Your Roots" after an internal investigation of an episode about Ben Affleck's ancestors. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

PBS: ‘Finding Your Roots’ Affleck episode violated standards

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

Actor Ben Affleck appeared on Bill Maher's HBO "Real Time" show Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. (Image: HBO Real Time screenshot)

Ben Affleck pushed PBS to censor slave-owning ancestry, leaked email shows

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times