The second hour traces Chris Rock, Don Cheadle and other guests’ lineages back through the late 1800s to the Civil War.

Episode two continues to trace the guests' lineages back through the late 1800's to the Civil War, featuring such stories as that of Chris Rock's great-great-grandfather, a black Civil War veteran who was twice elected to the South Carolina State Legislature, and Don Cheadle's great-great-grandparents, who, as Chickasaw Freedmen, struggled to build lives for themselves in Oklahoma after being excluded from the tribal rolls.