In PEOPLE's exclusive first look at the Jan. 14 episode of 'Finding My Roots', Joy Behar discovered just how close her family members were in their ancestral home of Italy ...

Joy Behar's very first audiences were an eclectic ... "I grew up in a big Italian family, aunts and uncles were always around. We all lived in the same building, and I would just do routines ...

But on the most recent episode of the show’s official Behind the Table podcast, Behar told host and The View executive producer Brian Teta that her agent initially advised her not to take the gig.

Joy Behar is discovering ... Saverio and Maria Rosa, Behar admits that the names are unfamiliar. As the two continue to climb "another branch" of her family tree, Gates points out a glaring ...