During an appearance on “Finding Your Roots,” LeVar Burton unearthed the educational legacy that lives within his paternal bloodline.
It turns out that LeVar Burton’s passion for literacy comes from a long familial legacy. During a recent appearance on PBS’ “Finding Your Roots,” the actor discovered information about his estranged father. At 11 years old, Burton’s parents divorced, and in the years since, the star has learned little to no new information about his father — until now.
“You inherited from this invisible presence in your life — a guy who disappears when you’re 11 — but all of that educational heritage came with him,” the show’s host, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., told Burton,
