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Published: July 16, 2020, 7:13 a.m.

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During an episode of \\u201cFinding Your Roots\\u201d on PBS with Henry Louis Gates Jr., a search through Michael\\u2019s family history unearthed a shocking revelation: Michael Moore is related to America\\u2019s 31st President, 1929-1933, Republican Herbert Hoover.

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After grappling with the fact (and the irony) that the Franklin Delano Roosevelt-loving, Democratic party-supporting Moore family was actually related to FDR\\u2019s Republican predecessor, Michael decided to search deeper into his roots during a trip earlier this year to Hoover\\u2019s home state of Iowa.

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This episode was recorded at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, Museum and birthplace in West Branch, Iowa. After touring the museum, Michael sat down with three archivists, Craig Wright, Elizabeth Dinschel and Lynn Smith, to learn more about Hoover and the Great Depression, Hoover\\u2019s ill-fated presidency, and his Quaker roots. Michael struggles over whether he wants to go public about his connection with Hoover, but then realizes there may be some perks if a President was your cousin. Michael asks if he can crash on the Hoover couch for the night, seeing how, you know, he\\u2019s family.

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WATCH: Michael Moore on "Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr." on PBS

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https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/watch/episodes/hard-times

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