Finding Your Roots
From Butterflies to Beetles
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. corrects a long-standing story in Maggie Gyllenhaal's family.
Maggie Gyllenhaal learns about the genesis of the Gyllenhaal name and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. corrects a long-standing story in Maggie Gyllenhaal's family about an ancestor who supposedly collected butterflies.
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Finding Your Roots
From Butterflies to Beetles
Clip: Season 1 Episode 6 | 1m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
Maggie Gyllenhaal learns about the genesis of the Gyllenhaal name and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. corrects a long-standing story in Maggie Gyllenhaal's family about an ancestor who supposedly collected butterflies.
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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 5m | The story of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s maternal ancestry (5m)
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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 5m 47s | An exploration of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s connection to the American WASP establishment. (5m 47s)
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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 3m 20s | Professor Gates uses DNA testing to trace Maggie Gyllenhaal’s maternal lineage. (3m 20s)
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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 5m 27s | An exploration of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s noble lineage dating back to King Henry I of England (5m 27s)
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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 3m 57s | Actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal discuss what they know of their origins. (3m 57s)
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Clip: S1 Ep6 | 4m 43s | The story of Gyllenhaal’s third great grandfather’s role in creating a religious community (4m 43s)
Clip: S1 Ep6 | 1m 45s | Robert Downey, Jr. learns about his ancestor who fought in the Revolutionary War. (1m 45s)
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