Who do you think you are?

Has anyone else caught the new show on NBC, Who Do You Think You Are? I dvr'd the first episode and I am hooked! If you haven't seen the commercials, the show follows celebrities as they explore their family tree and is inspired by a popular British tv show. The first episode featured Sarah Jessica Parker and followed her as she traveled from NYC to Cincinnati to California and finally to Boston, as she learned about her maternal grandmother's side of the family. She had thought that all of her family were German immigrants who did not have roots too far back in US history, but ending up discovering her great-great-great ..... grandparents' involvement in the California Gold Rush and the Salem Witch Trials. I may be a sucker for cheesiness, but I found it all incredibly interesting and in fact, pretty moving. Sure there was cheesy music and overly dramatic moments, but overall I think the search to know more about our family's past is something we can all relate to. And even if the show didn't follow celebrities, but regular folks instead, I think I would still find it all fascinating. I can remember doing family tree projects in elementary school and it's one thing to learn ancestors' names and places of birth, but it's another thing entirely to really be able to delve into your past and learn how they really lived. I'll definitely keep watching . . .