Religious Faith, Ethnicity and History make the intriguing combination explored on this edition of the PBS Program Finding Your Roots. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. provides Pastor Rick Warren, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, and Sheikh Yasir Qadhi with a Family History Book that tracks the physically documented as well as the biological history of their families. Using historical documents, Gates takes the religious leaders through hundreds of years and introduces them to their recent ancestors. Then, with the help of DNA analysis, he shows them their family lineage through ancient times. It's a fascinating look at how one's ethnicity often -- although not always -- determines one's faith, and how the faithful see the interconnectedness of all the world.
Check out this 51 minute program here: http://video.pbs.org/video/2219356213
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