The Family Tree

Episode aired Feb 9, 1978
TV-G
1h

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8.0/10

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Judy Norton, Ronnie Claire Edwards, and Michael Learned in The Waltons (1972)

Drama Family Romance

Jason helps Verdie research her family tree. They find people who knew her family. Elizabeth starts writing to a soldier at Camp Lee, pretending she is 18 years old by sending Erin's picture... Read allJason helps Verdie research her family tree. They find people who knew her family. Elizabeth starts writing to a soldier at Camp Lee, pretending she is 18 years old by sending Erin's picture as her own.Jason helps Verdie research her family tree. They find people who knew her family. Elizabeth starts writing to a soldier at Camp Lee, pretending she is 18 years old by sending Erin's picture as her own.

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Racial ties linger

I understand what Jason meant about feeling guilty. I am white and of German decent. Sometimes that bothers me because of what our ancestors did. Much has changed since then thank goodness. There are black and Jewish members of my family. How sad to think that in the past it could not have happened. We have come a long way since The Waltons time period. Yet prejudice still remains in our world. When will we learn to accept all people as simply human? We are working our way towards it, but have not gotten there yet. Hopefully someday.

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Trivia
This episode was made a year after Alex Haley's series Roots had been released in which he famously told the story of his descendants back to Kunta Kinte.

Goofs
As Grandpa, Jason and Verdi enter the estate's gate you can see what looks like production trailers on the left of the screen and again past some trees.