Generations Project

After their twins contract a genetic disease, Xander and Carrie look for a history of HLH.

A Golden Gate Bridge ironworker sets out to build emotional bridges with his estranged son.

Emily visits Marysburg Cemetery to see if she can trust the impressions she has about her ancestors

Learn how to do your own generations project by connecting with your ancestors.

PJ seeks to rekindle a relationship with her sister Heidi through their family history.

Tara looks for strength in her Muslim ancestors who lived through the Indo-Pakistani War.

Will looks to his great-grandfather’s legacy to see if he should pursue career or family.

Nick discovers why his French Canadian grandmother turned away from her heritage and became Greek.

Rachel discovers the truth about the botany rumors that contributed to the Salem Witch Trials.

Ty learns about his German heritage. He visits the Jewish Museum Berlin and the Steinhausen Museum.

An undertaker learns about his African-American ancestors by investigating their deaths.

Sean learns about his great-grandfather to see if following the call is worth all the heartache.

Ed learns about his biological family’s heritage and discovers if he has Native American roots.

Matthew turns to his ancestors to learn how to mourn the death of his brother who served in Iraq.

Emily, Tara, Rachel, and Sean share how the Generations Project shaped their lives after a year.

Olympic snowboarder Graham Watanabe learns to make sacrifices and studies his Asian ancestry.

Rachel looks to her ancestry to find strength and learns that her great-grandma was in a quartet.

Roi looks to his ancestors to find a way to deal with his anger and find peace.

Amber helps her daughter Deseree discover her African American heritage and self-acceptance.

Raquel needs her ancestors' advice to choose between family and a career, so she visits Spain.

Nancy is her husband’s full-time caregiver and wants to be self-empowered and follow her dreams.

David learns if his grandfather left a child behind in Jamaica and lied about his race to succeed.

Jill wants to let go of the resentment she had for her negligent father by learning about his life.

Eli is an Iraq veteran who wants to find peace and learn about her Yaqui history.

After losing her youngest son, Natalie wants to find strength from her ancestors to heal.