Roots Less Traveled
Season 1
TV-G
Watch pairs of family members explore their roots and solve mysteries from their family trees.
Where to Watch Season 1
8 Episodes
- Connecting to John F. Kennedy
E1Connecting to John F. KennedyHost Faruq Tauheed takes half-siblings Michelle and Rob to Mexico City where they discover that they are related to the Uruchurtus, a very famous Mexican political family. Their journey includes a trip to the ornate National Palace where they learn that their second cousin Ernesto gave the keys to Mexico City to President John F. Kennedy. During the preparation for the annual cultural event The Day of the Dead, they learn their third cousin Manual Uruchurtu died on the Titanic, after giving up his seat on a lifeboat to a woman in need. - Connecting to a Purple Heart
E2Connecting to a Purple HeartGrandpa and grandson Evan and Scott travel to Montana to learn that Evan's great-grandfather was an integral part of the 1862 U.S. western states expansion and that two of his uncles were prisoners of war in WWII, both receiving Purple Hearts. - Connecting to a Landmark Court Case
E3Connecting to a Landmark Court CaseMom and son duo Sharee and Davone travel to Nashville, Tennessee, where they learn that their fourth great-grandfather Larkin Ford was a part of an 1840s landmark Tennessee case in which he was awarded the farm that he worked on as a slave. - Connecting to the Brooklyn Bridge
E4Connecting to the Brooklyn BridgeAunt and nephew Tammy and Julian go on an adventure in Brooklyn to learn their relation to undertaker John Baisley, who helped bury the city's dead in the 1856 epidemic, and to James Howell, who was an integral part in building the Brooklyn Bridge. - Connecting to the Civil War
E6Connecting to the Civil WarFather and daughter Paul and Kalina visit a Civil War battleground in Virginia to discover Paul's great-grandfather Austin D. Springer was a Union Army drummer boy who was taken prisoner by the Confederate Army but escaped and hid in slave huts.
