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Emmy Award- winning actress Lisa Kudrow returns to the small screen with her NBC executive produced series ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ debuting Friday, February 4th at 8p ET beginning with Vanessa Williams’ journey into her past. Lisa, who traced her own roots in season one resulting in her finding a cousin who survived the Holocaust, is excited for the new season and along with Vanessa Williams spoke to us reporters recently. So what did gorgeous Vanessa tell us she found out about her ancestry? “My great-great grandfather who was from Tennessee. That whole storyline was a mystery and to find out that not only was he in the same profession that my father was, which was a schoolteacher, but that he had ended up being elected to the state legislature in Tennessee, that was—I had no idea. And then the fact that he was one of only 14 and had really, you know, been a trailblazer and created history. That was really extraordinary for me.” And has Lisa Kudrow reached out to any of her ‘Friends’ to participate in the future perhaps? “Oh, yes, we have. We’re figuring out schedules.” Anyone in particular? “I’m not going to say.” But she is saying who is confirmed and the stellar line-up of celebs in round two include Boardwalk Empire’s award winning Steve Buscemi, Kim Cattrall, Ashley Judd, Tim McGraw, Rosie O’Donnell, Gwyneth Paltrow and Lionel Richie.