Roots
Years after an immigration policy separated his family; a man finds his ancestral village.
"I got out of the car and I looked at the people and they all looked like me… and at that moment I realised where I came from."
On the programme: A fourth-generation Chinese American travels to his ancestral village in China; two Chinese adoptees return to their orphanage to help those left behind; Reem Kassis hopes her cookbook 'The Palestinian Table' will help her kids connect to their heritage; some residents of New Mexico have received surprising news about their ancestry; plus a man in California embarks on a dangerous quest to revive Yemeni coffee.
(Image: After a long search, 64-year-old Russell Low (left) visited his great-grandfather's ancestral home in Guangdong Province in southern China in May 2016. Credit: Ariana Lai)
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Two adoptees volunteer at their former orphanage
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- Sat 17 Feb 201800:32GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
- Sat 17 Feb 201805:32GMTBBC World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & South Asia
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- Sun 18 Feb 201805:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa
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