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Celebrities are given the opportunity to research their family trees with surprising and often unexpected results.

In this riveting series premiere, Sarah Jessica Parker embarks on an exciting adventure into the unknown to learn about her family tree. With the help of Ancestry.com, Sarah Jessica's story takes her on not one, but two awe-inspiring journeys first to Northern California and then to Salem, Massachusetts.

Director Spike Lee learns about his ancestors in the season finale.

Football legend Emmitt Smith is intrigued by a family rumor that his paternal grandmother, Erma Lee Watson, had white ancestry. As he travels deep into rural Alabama to colonial Virginia and beyond on the trail of Erma's great grandmother Mariah, Smith uncovers a story more dramatic than he ever could have imagined.

Since childhood, Lisa Kudrow has known that her grandmother Gertrude had it tough. Gertrude's mother, Meri, perished in the Holocaust. Lisa's father recalls hearing about her death from a young Polish sailor, a cousin named Yuri who was last seen in New York in the late 1940s. Lisa's father never forgot Yuri for warning him and his family to leave their village for safety before the Nazi army invasion. From Los Angeles to Belarus, to the actual village where Meri once lived, Lisa's journey reveals clues leading her to something neither she nor her father ever thought possible.

Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick delves into his family history.

Actress Brooke Shields embarks on a journey to discover which side of her divided and very different family she identifies with.

Oscar-Winner Susan Sarandon unlocks her mysterious family tree.

Season Premiere -- Multi-faceted performer Vanessa Williams explores the roots of her trailblazing ancestors.

Kim Cattrall sets out to solve a 70 year-old mystery.

R&B superstar Lionel Richie unravels the mystery of his past.

Rosie O'Donnell embarks on an emotional journey as she traces her late mother's roots.

Golden Globe winner Steve Buscemi embarks on a journey to find the rogues and villains in his ancestral past.

Country music superstar Tim McGraw embarks on a journey to uncover his father's ancestral past.

Actress and humanitarian Ashley Judd seeks the truth behind larger than life family tales.

Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow delves into her ancestral past.

Season Premiere -- award-winning actor and political activist Martin Sheen discovers his ancestors shared his deepest passion.

Academy Award-winner Marisa Tomei investigates the truth behind a family murder mystery.

Blair Underwood takes a journey that helps him realize a lifelong dream.

Country superstar Reba McEntire embarks on an exploration of her mother's family.

Super Bowl champion Jerome Bettis goes on a journey to learn more about his mother's roots.

Academy Award-winner Helen Hunt uncovers the missing pieces of her family history.

Actress, singer and producer Rita Wilson takes an emotional journey as she learns of her father's early life and the story he never shared.

Emmy award-winner Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie") is on a mission to discover the truth behind her mother's family history.

Saturday Night Live's Jason Sudeikis goes on a long jopurney to uncover his father's family history.