Published February 3, 2010  Submitted by: Victor

Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, famous for his PBS series "African American Lives," uses the latest tools in genealogy and genetics to reveal the ancestry of a group of famous Americans.

"Faces of America" includes segments on Stephen Colbert, Meryl Streep, Dr Mehmet Oz, and Malcolm Gladwell.

Books by these prominent Americans:

I am America (and so can you!) / written and edited by Stephen Colbert

You, staying young : the owner's manual to extending your warranty / by Mehmet C. Oz  

You, on a diet : the owner's manual for waist management / Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz

What the dog saw and other adventure stories / Malcolm Gladwell

Outliers : the story of success / Malcolm Gladwell