Spike Lee and Who Do You Tink You Are?

Spike Lee travels to the old south to discover his roots. He was able to learn about the slave history within his family and learn of the "owners" of his ancestors. He talked highly of his grandmother and was most interested in her branch of the family tree.

Spike actually was able to step foot on the same property that his ancestor purchased when he became a free man. He also visited the location of a gun factory where his ancestor worked to produce guns used to fight the Union during the Civil War.

The show ended with Spike visiting with a cousin, far removed in the family tree. She was a great great granddaughter of the slave owner of Spikes ancestors. This same slave owner most likely fathered Spike's great great great grandmother who was documented as a mulatto.

Slavery was a sad and degrading part of our nations history and highly prevalent in many individuals family history.