Faces of America- heritage

Faces Of America is a series where a bunch of famous people learn about their ancestry. Throughout the first two episodes, the backgrounds of Eva Longoria, Elizabeth Alexander, Mario Batali, Stephen Colbert, Louise Erdrich, Malcolm Gladwell, Yo-Yo Ma, Mike Nichols, Queen Noor, Dr. Oz, Meryl Streep, and Kristi Yamaguchi were revealed. The host, Henry Louis Gates Jr., tells each one of them many things that they did not previously know about their heritage, and they all find it very interesting, and very beneficial to know for many reasons.
From watching these films I learned that ancestry can be important not only just so you know who you are descendant from, but also for medical reasons. Dr. Oz said that it is important to know what kind of diseases your ancestors had before the age of 65, so you can prevent them in yourself. I also learned that it is possible to trace ancestry back a very long ways. I think that one could learn many things by watching them including why to research your ancestry, interesting facts about these well known people, and also one can learn to appreciate their ancestry more from watching how other people appreciate their own ancestry.

To look at these episodes click here: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/category/video/