Who Do You Think You Are? is a series of shows on NBC on Friday nights. On the west coast they are on at 8 p.m. The first show I saw was the search for the ancestors of Sarah Jessica Parker. She learned that one of her great grandmothers was arrested in Salem, Massachusetts during the witch trials in the late 1700's. It turned out that the case never went to trial. It was the last one filed before a law came into effect banning them. It saved her from being burned at the stake. Last week the show featured retired football player Emmett Smith. He was from Alabama, but was able to search his family back to Mecklenburg County, Virginia where his 5th great grandmother was a slave. He learned that the was 7% native American through DNA testing, 12 % Caucasian and 81% African. His 5th great grandmother was willed to the first owner's son when the owner died. Through the blood test, Smith learned that his African ancestry was from Bedin, Africa. He went there and learned that today there is still a slave trade business in Bedin. Young children are being sold by their parents. This week the show features Lisa Kudrow, the actress from the TV show Friends. In the previews, it shows her going to Gdansk. On the ad on the Internet, it says she goes to Belarus in her search for her ancestry. She is also one of the executive producers for the show. In the upcoming weeks, they will feature episodes on Matthew Broderick, Spike Lee and Susan Sarandon. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700012878/NBCs-Who-Do-You-Think-You-Are-TV-series-explores-7-stars-family-histories.html?pg=2 Thought those of you who have not been watching the series may be interested in them. I'm very interested in the show with Lisa Kudrow since her ancestry is from the areas so many of us are researching. I have programmed my TV to go to that show tomorrow night. :) Tina Ells