Finding Your Roots S1E3 — Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada

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Finding Your Roots•Season 1•Episode 3

Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada

7.9/10 · 54 votesApr 1, 201260 min

Ranked #5 of 10 in Season 1•+0.1 vs season avg

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What's in a name? Well, a lot, at least when it comes to piecing together your family history. For former slaves, choosing a last name was one of their first acts of freedom. For Jewish immigrants, it was a way to fit in their new

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Seasons13

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Season 1 Episodes10

E1 8.0

Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr.

E2 7.9

John Lewis and Cory Booker

E3 7.9Now viewing

Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada

E4 7.9

Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon

E5 6.9

Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir Qadhi

E6 7.9

Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal

E7 8.0

Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons

E8 8.0

Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay Gupta

E9 7.8

John Legend and Wanda Sykes

E10 7.7

Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez and Linda Chavez

Cast1

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Self - Host

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Episode Summary

"Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada" is episode 3 of Finding Your Roots season 1. It scored 7.9/10 from 54 votes, ranking #5 of 10 episodes this season (season average 7.8). It aired on April 1, 2012.

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