#VanJones learns he is related to #SterlingKBrown through their shared ancestors Columbus and Julia Green. Watch to see Van’s reaction to hearing the news and find out more about how closely they are related! Stream this full episode of #FindingYourRoots using the PBS app or go to pbs.org/findingyourroots.

Sep 22, 2016 · Van is a fourth cousin of actor Sterling K. Brown. Van’s paternal great-great-great-grandparents, Columbus Green and Julia, were also Sterling’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents. Van’s paternal grandfather was Walter Jones (the son of Richard “Dick” Jones and Alice Myers). Walter was born in Tennessee.

Mar 29, 2023 · 13K Likes, 197 Comments. TikTok video from findingyourroots (@findingyourroots): “#VanJones learns he is related to #SterlingKBrown through their shared ancestors Columbus and Julia Green. Watch to see Van’s reaction to hearing the news and find out more about how closely they are related!

Jan 7, 2020 · It is a rarity to uncover a native-born African identified in the ancestry of black Americans, which is exactly what we found with Sterling K. Brown. No upcoming airdates for this episode. Jon Batiste's ancestor, at age 3, is listed on a ledger as being someone’s "property."

Jan 8, 2018 · Sterling is a fourth cousin of political activist, news commentator, author, and attorney Van Jones. Sterling’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents, Columbus Green and Julia, were also Van’s paternal great-great-great-grandparents.

Brown had leading roles in films such as Hotel Artemis (2019), Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022), and Biosphere (2023); supporting roles in Marshall (2017), Black Panther (2018), and Waves (2019); and voice roles in the 2019 animated films The Angry Birds Movie 2 and Frozen II.

Mar 28, 2023 · With Jim Acosta, Sterling K. Brown, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Van Jones. Henry L. Gates, Jr. introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took enormous chances so that their descendants might thrive.

Mar 28, 2023 · Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took...

Sterling K. Brown. Actor: Black Panther. The Emmy Award-winning actor stars in NBC's Emmy and Golden Globe nominated drama series This Is Us (2016).

May 26, 2019 · As someone who has spent about 25 years working on criminal justice issues, his incredible access to the U.S. prison system allows him to take viewers into the room as offenders...