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Finding Your Roots on PBS right now (Original Post)
TexasBushwhacker
Oct 2017
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mucifer
(23,565 posts)1. Wow so much suffering there.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)2. I know!
I teared up during some of it. Whole families, just gone! It's not surprising that their parents and grandparents didn't talk about it.
Upthevibe
(8,071 posts)3. Thanks for the heads up....
I just turned to it and am watching Bernie....
Upthevibe
(8,071 posts)4. Wow....Larry David's
people fought for the South during the Civil War AND owned slaves. Plus something about Germany!
Duppers
(28,127 posts)5. Distant cousins.
No wonder Larry could do a good Bernie impression.
More very interesting facts on both, so watch.