Finding Your Roots Analysis

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Family history is an important key in providing knowledge in genetic history and important for identifying where we come from. Most people seek out information regarding their family trees, in the attempt to explain the four W’s and the how. This analysis will examine the journey of three individuals that work in the media industry. In the show, Finding Your Roots, Henry Louis Gates, invites us on a journey through time, discovering the historical family tree of journalist Anderson Cooper, Filmmaker Ken Burns, and Playwright Anna Deavere Smith. Beginning with Cooper, this analysis will examine the findings and surprises that all three of these talented individuals discover about their family tree. First, Anderson Cooper is not just an ordinary