Roots Less Traveled

A poignant journey leads to freedom for an enslaved family through a monumental court case.

The Truitt family learns that its African American ancestors were landowners pre-emancipation.

Families learn about their ancestors in Tennessee, Mexico City, and Havana, Cuba.

Families discover their ancestral connections to the Brooklyn Bridge, the Civil War and more.

A brother and sister seek out their Japanese heritage in 1890s Japan and 1940s California.

A mother and daughter learn their ancestor was a Civil War hero in the Colored Troops 1st Infantry.

Cousins learn that their African American ancestors were farmers and landowners pre-Emancipation.

Siblings seek their Japanese heritage, and a mother and daughter learn how their ancestor was freed.