Genealogy for a Nation of Immigrants
It takes a long time and considerable patience to get to that surprise denouement of “Faces of America,†a four-part PBS series, beginning on Wednesday, about family roots by the Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. And even with charming celebrities — Meryl Streep, Mike Nichols and Queen Noor of Jordan are among the 12 whose genealogy is explored almost back to Paleolithic times — the telling can at times be a little wearisome. for more click here