than $30 on dealdash.com. visit dealdash.com for great deals. and start bidding today! all this week, 13 of cnn's anchors and hosts have been tracing their family roots across the globe, back in time. >> and it's time for our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta to tell his story. you don't want to miss it. sg md starts right now. >> i've never done this before. >> ah, the people back home would be so jealous. >> yeah. >> you're probably wondering what's happening right now. well, so was i. truth is, none of this was supposed to happen. the beach, the camel ride, the trip to karachi with my mother, returning to a country she fled

years ago as a refugee. did you ever think you would be doing this? >> i was not planning on this. >> it's going to be a journey of surprises, i think. >> yes. what are you thinking right now? >> it's so amazing, i can't believe it. i can't believe it. >> you never thought you would come back here? >> never. never. now i'm back with my son after 67 years. >> right. i'm not 67, just to be clear. >> no. i'm back, i'm back after 67 years. i was only 5. you cannot be 67. >> right. i tell people that my mom was a refugee when she was a young

person. >> i'm still a refugee. i never got that status back. >> my mom was a survivor of one of the bloodiest partitions in our world's history, between hindus and muslims in india and pakistan. you left everything you owned. >> everything we owned because we did not know how long and where we are going, we did not know that also. one good thing happened out of all this. when you take a ball and you hit hard, it goes up higher. the harder you hit, the harder it goes up. right? >> well, here you are. this is it. this is your roots. >> this is the roots. this is where i came. >> want to get out? >> sure. >> it's hard to believe but my mom hasn't been back here in 70

years. she hasn't seemed to miss a beat, though. she's asking right now if anybody in the small village recognizes her maiden name, hingoran hingorani. >> so you walk through here. does anything look familiar? >> i think that looks familiar and those doors, they look familiar. >> these doors over here? >> yes. one of these doors can be my house. >> really? >> yeah. >> you want to knock and take a look? >> we can try, see if somebody will open. >> it's worth a shot. we've come all this way. i see some movement back there. [ speaking foreign language ] >> they're welcoming her. she thinks this might be her house. >> we used to have this --

>> courtyard like this? >> courtyard like this, and a swing used to sit like this. >> is that right? >> yeah. >> so what do you think? >> it's amazing. can you believe i lived in some place like this? >> you think this was your house? >> if not exactly same house but something similar. it may be same house. >> does that look familiar? >> something like that used to be there. temple we used to visit. >> is that right? >> yeah. >> for some reason, i think, it really strikes me to think that my ancestors used to go there and pray. >> that was the only temple that was there in town. that's how they lived. several thousand years they were here. >> that's extraordinary. that's our history. >> yep. >> you know, the thing is, history has a strange way of repeating itself. all the violence my mom thought she had left behind, i was about

to see it for myself in a country that is still unsettled, seven decades later. >> but first, at the international airport in pakistan's largest city, karachi, is under attack right now by unidentified militants. how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 70% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing.

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breaking news story, karachi airpo airport. >> we were supposed to fly out of hours from now. instead we stayed up, reporting live. >> barbed wire, what sparked a gunfight between commandos who patrol this 24-hour, seven-day-a-we seven-day-a-week. >> someone said you should wake up your mom. it's on a 24-hour lockdown, in the middle of a terrorist attack. mom is sleeping. she said i thought we were all going to meet at 9:00. i didn't get a chance to tell you this, but there was actually a terrorist attack on the airport last night. she said, yeah, but we were supposed to meet at 9:00. but despite everything that was going on, i still got to do one of the most amazing things on this trip, take a stroll with my mom on karachi beach. i mean, you left your homeland in these waters and never came back? >> never came back for 67 years.

>> i look at this kind of water on the ocean and i think it's beautiful. >> yes. >> and i think i want to grab my surfboard and go out there and surf. >> yes. >> you look at that water and you see what? >> i see this is the water that took me from this land. >> took you away? >> took me away from my home. >> and these are the very steps that my mom and her parents and her grandparents stepped down before getting on a cargo ship bound for bombay. these were awful times. and the partition of india was in full swing. when i think about getting in a cargo ship at age 5 -- >> yes. >> -- very uncomfortable, not knowing where i'm going, not knowing if i'm going to be safe, having just left everything that i owned in the world behind, i think i would be sick to my stomach. i mean, it would make me -- >> sure. but i have a very brave mother.

>> your mother? >> my mother. she reminded me every day, we have lost everything but we have our courage and we are not going to give up. >> so once you're forced to leave your home, then -- >> the world is your home. >> while my mom's family was forced to move to karachi to bombay, my dad's family, they've really lived in the same place for thousands of years. so we finally arrived here. it's hard to believe. but what you're looking at now is the oldest place we can trace my father's ancestry back to. it's called baroda and these are the people who still live here. ♪

>> you go first, dad. it was a heroes welcome everywhere dad went. big crowds. >> they were not because of me. they were because of you. >> but i think a lot of it was because of our great grandfather. he donated a lot of land for the temples and he was a pretty charitable person, which is interesting. you can hear somebody's name. you can hear where they lived. but then when you get a little bit of an idea of what kind of person they were, that's really fascinating. >> as can you see, they've literally rolled out the red carpet for my father and i. i'm meeting hundreds of relatives i didn't even know i had. they've even put up a sign here, my great grandfather, my

grandfather. they're welcoming cnn. they're saying i'm a renowned neu rochlt. surgeon, giving me far more credit than i deserve. they've welcomed us to the home. any of this look familiar to you? >> if i remember, it was still going up from here. >> these are the stairs right here. what's that? >> completely renovated. >> it's different. >> the idea that i tell my friends that my parents came from the other side of the world, and very small towns and villages -- i mean, this is it. >> this is very small. >> very humbling, right? >> yes. >> you started with nothing when you finally went to the united states. how much did you have with you? what were you able to take?

>> probably 600 rupees. >> they made 600 rupees a month and they needed to send you with 10,000 rupees? that's more than a year. >> into the savings, save that money. >> incredible. >> it's a big step. >> yeah. >> we were about to take the biggest step in our own journey. who were my ancestors? what kind of people were they? we found a key that could help unlock the answers to some of those questions. it's amazing. so, with all the technology, all the things that exist in the world today, these handwritten scrolls may be some of the best records of our own family tree. >> that is absolutely correct. with type 2 diabetes are learning about long-acting levemir®, an injectable insulin that can give you blood sugar control for up to 24 hours.

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this is a very separate place. the reason it's separate, all the way to the indian ocean. and you can see that a lot of people, they come here to bathe. and it's considered very holy. >> does the gupta family feel a connection to this place? >> we came here when i was younger. >> in the united states, we record our lives at the time that we are born. centuries ago, in many places, including india, they recorded their lives at the time of death. that's why so many people bring the ashes of their loved ones to scatter here in this holy river.

>> they keep a lot of records over here. so, you can go back several generations and find out who all came here. >> so here it is. perhaps the most important moment of our whole journey. and there's my daughter, solei, fast asleep. passed out, really, in my wife's lap. now in her defense, it was well over 100 degrees in that room and there was no fan, no breeze. so back to 1698, we went back, that's how far it was? >> 1698. >> it was even before that. >> calendar year. >> even before that?

>> yeah. >> so roughly how many years back are we talking? >> about 1600. >> about 1600? >> yeah. >> these records go back 40 generations. it's quite incredible. they started writing on leaves. and when paper was actually created they started writing on paper. these records here go back hundreds and hundreds of years. we came here to find our roots and today we decided to leave some of our own as well. perhaps our own family will see this hundreds of years from now. ♪

>> do you feel a certain connection to the gods and -- what do you feel? >> yeah, you do feel closer to the gods over here. >> the last time you were here was when your father passed away. >> yep. >> and it was important for you and your brother to come here and place the ashes here. >> right. >> what is the meaning of that? what is the purpose of that? >> well, they just feel that this is -- this is getting the salvation. >> so you think you want to cleanse your sins in the river? >> well, i'm debating, but i've been fortunate enough so -- >> are you debating whether you want to go or debating whether you have sins? >> i'm sure we have some sins. >> we all have sins. you ready? ♪

♪ ♪ >> there's something about searching for your roots that forces you to have experiences like that one with your parents and with your kids. but, you know, you're probably wondering, how did i come into this whole equation? well, it's something i alluded to when i gave commencement address at my alma mater, the university of michigan. you see not only was the foundation for most of my life conceived in this town, i myself was likely conceived in this town. best bet is the 17th floor of the university towers though no one is talking for sure still even after 43 years.

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what does this mean to you, being here? >> it's always amazing when i come here. it just looks like it happened yesterday. >> it's safe to say this is the first place you arrived in the united states. >> that is correct. >> were you scared? were you nervous? i mean -- >> i didn't know what was coming next. sometimes you jump into the lake and you let it go, say whatever happens, happens. >> right, right. and, boy, do things happen. sometimes when you least expect them. and in this case, at the corner of south university and south forest avenue in ann arbor, it's quite a story. buckle your seat belts. your car broke down right around here? >> yeah. just maybe a block from here. and i was looking for a pay phone.

>> so she finds a pay phone and finds a phone book and starts leafing through it to see the first indian name that she can find. truthfully, i'm not so sure through the phone book she would have gone, but it turned out to be a moot point because someone answered the phone after that first ring. it wasn't the person she was trying to call, but it was that guy's roommate, her future husband, my dad. you remember this like crystal clear? >> crystal clear. >> so an accidental phone call and you guys end up -- >> meeting. >> meeting. >> getting married? >> yes. >> and then you happened. >> right. right. is that a good part of the story or a bad part of the story? >> it was the best part of the story. >> and the rest is history. >> the rest is history. >> good history. >> yes. >> but i can say that my roots started right here. >> that's right. >> for sure. >> no doubt. >> no doubt. >> the young couple needed jobs, and they found them at a booming

ford motor company in dearborn, michigan. so you really just walked in. >> i just walked and walked through those things. >> august 1967. >> august 1967. and when i came this person looked at my resume and he says, are you applying for engineering job? and i said, anything wrong with that? and he said, but we don't have any woman engineers working here. i said, well, if you don't give me a chance, you won't have any. >> and she did become the first woman engineer ever at the ford motor company. when you finally were hired, the person who hired you told you to do something on the spot. >> he says, i cannot pronounce your name so that's the time my name became rani. instead of damyanti. >> which i should point out means "queen" in hindi. not sure what my mom was trying to say but i think there's a metaphor in there somewhere. my dad, he also got sick of spelling his name every time

someone asked so he decided to change it as well. >> that's when you became sam. >> i say this is it, now i'm back to subhash. >> so how big part of your roots would you say this place is? >> you know, my good part of my life i worked for ford 34 years. i think about that 20 years i worked in this building. >> pretty amazing. everything for us and my brother and now my kids, this place made that possible in some ways. >> yep. >> life is a journey. you go through it. and you go through every phase of it. each one of those phases does become a root for somebody. it may not be for your but could

be for your generations down. >> i think more than any other place in my life, this is where i grew i think as a person. i think i came here as a 16-year-old kid and, you know, i left here as a neurosurgeon. and today the operating room is where i still feel most at home. but what about my mom? was that really her home? we may never know. but i realized it hardly mattered because, you see, my mom was suddenly a kid again. >> as much as i used to do it 67 years ago. not bad. >> you haven't lost your touch. and for my dad it became clear that home would always be wherever his family was. that's the way it is for most of us. home is a feeling. for me, for my parents, for all of us. >> there are two tracks, one for coming and one for going.

>> i think it suddenly strikes you that in order to really understand where you're going you have to understand from where you came. >> you came from. yep. >> that makes sense, huh? now it makes more sense than ever. >> yes. good stuff there. all righty. good morning to you. i'm crihristi paul. glad to have you with us. >> i'm victor blackwell. police are calling off the search for hannah graham. investigators say they found human remains yesterday on an abandoned property just eight miles from where the 18-year-old disappeared. >> graham was last seen on surveillance cameras in downtown charlottesville after leaving dinner with friends. investigators say they have notified graham's parents. cnn's jean casarez has more. jean, good morning.