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Finding Us

Season 9 Episode 903 | 13m 00s

Georgetown University sold hundreds of enslaved people to stave off bankruptcy, scattering families across the South, never to see each other again. With the help of DNA databases, their descendants are reconnecting six generations later. “Finding Us” is a portrait of four descendants who are using their unique talents to regrow the family trees felled nearly two centuries ago.

Aired: 04/21/24 | Expires: 07/31/27
Support for Reel South is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media and by SouthArts.
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