Finding Your Roots
The Rattlesnake
Harry Connick Jr. learns about his ancestor, an infamous 18th-century American privateer.
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Finding Your Roots
The Rattlesnake
Clip: Season 1 Episode 1 | 1m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Harry Connick Jr. learns about his ancestor, an infamous 18th-century American privateer.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. tells Harry Connick, Jr. about his previously unknown fifth great grandfather, an infamous 18th-century American privateer who owned a ship known as The Rattlesnake.
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The Rattlesnake
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. tells Harry Connick, Jr. about his previously unknown fifth great grandfather, an infamous 18th-century American privateer who owned a ship known as The Rattlesnake.
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