Lee and Liza's Family Tree Preview
Preview: Season 50 Episode 18 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
A family turns to science in their struggle to rediscover a history obscured by slavery.
Many descendants of enslaved people have little record of their family's ancestry. Follow one family's quest to discover their lost history, and see how science and genealogy can help rebuild a family tree broken by slavery. Join filmmaker Byron Hurt at his extended family reunion as they celebrate the joy of family in the African diaspora and discover new details of their history.
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Lee and Liza's Family Tree Preview
Preview: Season 50 Episode 18 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Many descendants of enslaved people have little record of their family's ancestry. Follow one family's quest to discover their lost history, and see how science and genealogy can help rebuild a family tree broken by slavery. Join filmmaker Byron Hurt at his extended family reunion as they celebrate the joy of family in the African diaspora and discover new details of their history.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Narrator] Who isn't curious about family history?
- I just wanted to see where it all started.
- [Narrator] My family is on a quest.
- We're looking for answers to Grandpa Lee, to see where he came from.
- [Speaker] But all Black families will find that the records are generally very incomplete.
- [Narrator] We are hoping that DNA testing can unlock secrets of the past.
- Looking at that big chunk of DNA in the middle, you see it?
- [Narrator] "Lee and Liza's Family Tree", on Nova.
Can DNA technology Help Rebuild a Family Tree?
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A Black family uses DNA technology to unlock secrets of the past. (3m 28s)
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