Season 1 Episode 6 Extra

Maggie Gyllenhaal | From Butterflies to Beetles

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Maggie Gyllenhaal learns about the genesis of the Gyllenhaal name and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. corrects a long-standing story in Maggie Gyllenhaal's family about an ancestor who supposedly collected butterflies.

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