On Who Do You Think You Are? tonight, Bill Paxton researches his paternal lineage, uncovering the life of an ancestor who was a war hero in an historic battle and struggling with the morality of actions his four times great-grandfather took. The episode airs at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time on TLC.
Bill discovers that his 4x great-grandfather volunteered to fight in the US revolutionary war at age 14, and kept watch as a spy for enemies on the horizon. The document reveals that Benjamin fought with the patriots in a pivotal battle at Kings Mountain in South Carolina, and Bill heads off to the historic battle sight.
Next Sunday’s season finale episode features Melissa Etheridge who heads to Quebec to trace the history of her paternal side.
