Finding Your Roots S1E6 — Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal

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Finding Your Roots•Season 1•Episode 6

Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal

7.9/10 · 56 votesApr 28, 201260 min

Ranked #7 of 10 in Season 1•+0.1 vs season avg

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Many American descend from a dense soups of European ethnicities; we could call them mutts, with ancestral roots across every country in Europe. Actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal are textbook examples of Americans with a rich tapestry of European immigrant stories making up

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E1 8.0

Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr.

E2 7.9

John Lewis and Cory Booker

E3 7.9

Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada

E4 7.9

Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon

E5 6.9

Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir Qadhi

E6 7.9Now viewing

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

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Episode Summary

"Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal" is episode 6 of Finding Your Roots season 1. It scored 7.9/10 from 56 votes, ranking #7 of 10 episodes this season (season average 7.8). It aired on April 28, 2012.

Next: E7 · Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons Best of Season 1