Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of 'Finding Your Roots', recounts how he inadvertently helped Kerry Washington uncover a shocking family secret about her biological father, despite her never appearing on the show. Gates reveals how a conversation with Washington's parents led to the discovery and the impact it had on her life and memoir.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is in the business of finding family secrets. Gates, who has been the host of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots” since it premiered in 2012, has helped many celebrities uncover what’s hiding in their family tree. Sometimes, stars aren’t prepared for what Gates and his team finds out, as was the case with Kerry Washington.
Washington, you should hang up and call your daughter, set up a meeting and tell her she was artificially inseminated,” Gates recounts. During a 2023 TODAY appearance, Washington recalled the meeting with her parents in which they broke the news. “It was shocking, but there was also something strangely familiar,” she recalled. “There was like a confirmation.” She said the revelation came as a “call to adventure.
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