>>>
>>> OKAY.
>>> OKAY. IMAGINE THIS.
IMAGINE THIS. GOING YOUR WHOLE LIFE THINKING
YOU KNOW WHO 4@YOUR
FAMILY IS AND WHERE YOU COME
FROM, ONLY TO FIND OUT
NOT TRUE.
NOT TRUE.
NOT TRUE. DB4@S SHOW "FINDING YOUR ROOTS"
HOSTED BY THE WELL
KNOWN DR. LOUIS GATS, JUNIOR,
USING DNA TO HELP
PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THEIR
ANCESTORS.
ANCESTORS. JOE MADISON, HE MAKES A
SHOCKING DISCOVERY ABOUT HIS
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. TAKE A 4@LOOK AT THIS.
>> ON "FINDING YOUR 4@ROOTS,"
ACTOR TY BURRELL.
>> THAT IS AMAZING.
4@>> AND RADIO HOST JOE MADISON
>> NEVER HAD DREAM THAT THIS
EXISTS.
EXISTS.
EXISTS. >> DO YOU BELIEVE THE STORY?
>> I THINK THERE'S SHAME THERE
OR SOMETHING.
OR SOMETHING. >> Reporter: AND SHOCKING
STORIES.
STORIES.
STORIES. >> WHO IS THAT?
>> JOE, THAT IS 4@YOUR BIOLOGIC
FATHER.
FATHER.
FATHER. >> I HAVE SEEN THAT FACE.
I CANNOT TELL YOU WHERE.
>> "FINDING YOUR ROOTS ONLY ON
PBS.
PBS.
PBS. >>
PBS. >> JOE MADISON.
SO JOE AND HENRY LOUIS GATES 4@
CALLS YOU, AND WE WANT
TO TRACE YOUR ROOTS.
>> OH, I WAS THRILLED.
ABSOLUTELY THRILLED4@.
ABSOLUTELY THRILLED4@. IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN ON
PBS FOR 10 4@YEARS, AND
SO WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER.
YOU 4@READY?
YOU 4@READY? LET AUTOS DO IT.
I HASN'T FOUND OUT ANYTHING,
HASN'T HEARD FROM HIM
FOR THREE, MAYBE FOUR YEARS.
>> WHEN HE APPRO4@ACHED YOU, WH
WAS YOUR DAD?
WHO DID YOU THINK YOUR NATURAL
FATHER WAS?
FATHER WAS? >> I 4@HAD TO SEND TRAVELS.
I HAD TO SEND PAPER, BIRTH
CERTIFICATES, ALL OF
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. WE
THAT. WE SPENT ALL OF THAT.
GET THIS CALL ON A 4@SATURDAY
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. 4@HE SAID, "I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS,
I'VE GOT BAD NEWS.
GOOD NEWS, WE'RE FINALLY
FINISHED, READY FOR EPISODE
10.
10.
10. THE
10. THE BAD NEWS IS FELIX MADISON
IS NOT YOUR FATHER."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN."
"HE'S NOT YOUR BIOLOGICAL
FATHER."
FATHER."
FATHER." "WHO IS?"
"WHO IS?"
"WHO IS?" HE PROCEEDS TO TELL ME.
THEY HAVE TO TELL YOU.
HE BEGAN TO EXPLAIN, 4@AND NOT
ONLY DID HE TELL ME
THIS MAN IS NOT YOUR -- THAT
THIS IS YOUR FATHER.
HE SAYS, "BY THE WAY, YOU'VE
GOT TWO BROTHERS, AND
THEY DON'T KNOW YOU.
WE CAN TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE,
AND WE'RE GOING TO
BRING ALL THREE OF YOU
TOGETHER."
TOGETHER." .
.
. >>
. >> I
. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE GUY
YOU THOUGHT WAS YOUR
NATURAL FATHER AND YOUR MOM 4@-
>> EVERYBODY HAS PASSED.
>> THAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION.
ARE 4@THEY STILL AL4@IVE?
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. SO WHO DID YOUR NATURAL FATHER
TURN OUT TO BE?
WHO IS HE?
>> WELL, BO HAYGOOD.
HE LIVED IN DAYTON.
THE DNAS 4@KEPT MATCHING, AND H
EVENTUALLY LIVED AND
MOVED TO LOS 4@ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. >> AND YOU'VE GOT A GRAND
FATHER?
FATHER?
FATHER? >> A GRANDFATHER, WHICH WAS
HAYGOOD'S FATHER, WHO,
BY THE 4@WAY WAS PART 4@OF THE
TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT, AND
WHAT PEOPLE WILL SEE IS HE WAS
PART OF 4@THE MEDICAL
RECORD IN THAT INFAMOUS MEDICAL
CATASTROPHE.
CATASTROPHE. >> WHAT WAS THE EXPERIMENT?
>> THE EXPERIMENT WAS THEY TOOK
THESE 200 MEN, AND
THEY WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT
THE EFFECT WOULD BE OF
CERTAIN MEDICINE.
CERTAIN MEDICINE. THEY NEVER TOLD THEM THEY DID
OR DIDN'T HAVE
SYPHILIS.
SYPHILIS.
SYPHILIS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT 4@THEY 4@DID
THE GRANDFATHER WAS
THEY WROTE ON HIS MEDICAL
RECORD.
RECORD.
RECORD. PROFESSORS GATES SHOWS THIS.
THEY DISCARDED HIM.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
IS THE REASON 4@THEY
DISCARDED HIM WAS BECAUSE HE
LOOKED WHITE.
LOOKED WHITE. >> WHO ELSE WAS 4@IN YOUR FAMIL
>> I'VE GOT AN ANCESTOR WHO
FOUGHT FOR GENERAL LEE
AT GETTYSBURG, SPENT THE REST
OF THE WAR IN A UNION
4@ CAMP, WENT HOME, MARRIED THE
BLACK WOMAN NEXT DOOR
TO HIM.
TO HIM.
TO HIM. I'VE GOT A RELATIVE WHO -- AN
ANCESTOR REMOVED WHO
RAN AWAY FROM CHESTERFIELD,
VIRGINIA, AS A SLAVE,
WANTED TO FIGHT FOR THE
REVOLUTION.
REVOLUTION. INSTEAD WENT AND FOUGHT FOR THE
REVOLUTION. INSTEAD WENT AND FOUGHT FOR THE@
BRITISH, BECAUSE
BRITISH, BECAUSE GENERAL WASHINGTON WOULDN'T
ACCEPT THE AFRICAN
AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. >> YOU SOUND EXCITE4@D ABOUT AL
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. YOU
THIS. YOU NOW HAVE STORIES.
>> I HAVE STORIES, AND I HAVE
TO VISIT NOVA SCOTIA,
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE SOME OF
THE FAMILY ENDED UP.
I GOT TO GO TO MISSISSIPPI.
AND I GOT TO GO TO ANDTIG,A.
THAT WON'T BE A HARD TRIP.
>> AND YOU MET A COUPLE OF
SIBLINGS?
SIBLINGS?
SIBLINGS? >> THEY BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS
SHOW?
SHOW?
SHOW? >>
SHOW? >> THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE
SHOW.
SHOW.
SHOW. >>
SHOW. >> HOW DID YOU GUYS GET ALONG?
>> IT'S LIKE THE YOUNGER ONE --
I'M THE MIDDLE ONE.
THE YOUNGER ONE, HE'S THRILLED,
BECAUSE HE THOUGHT
HE WAS THE ONLY CHILD.
THE OLDER ONE AND I, WE WENT TO
ELEMENTARY AND HIGH
SCHOOL TOGETHER, AND DIDN'T
KNOW.
KNOW.
KNOW. HE
KNOW. HE KNEW OF ME, BUT WE DIDN'T
KNOW WE WERE RELATED.
>> THANKS FOR COMING ON AND
SHARING THIS.
SHARING THIS. >> OH, MA4@N --
>> I'VE ALREADY WRITTEN