Finding Your Roots

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Narrator

For actor Jane Lynch, growing up in an Irish American community in Chicago, everything began in church where she felt at home for reasons that weren't exactly spiritual. We went to church every Sunday, but as far as being religious and praying, and we weren't that. Church was very social for us. My parents did plays at church, and it was the first place that I got to go with them where I really enjoyed myself, you know? We don't think of Catholic churches as having a lot of performances. This is like a Black church thing. No, no. The Irish Catholic? Really? - Oh, yeah, we put on plays and we drink. Oh. - Absolutely, yes. (both laughing) (gentle music)