VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Dad Luis on Latino Heritage & HAMILTON Inspiration

As part of NBC News' "One Heritage, Two Generations" series, Tony winning playwright, composer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda and his father, Luis, spoke about Alexander Hamilton and the inspiration behind the hit Broadway musical HAMILTON. Speaking about the Founding Father, Miranda shares, "When I realized he came from the Caribbean I said 'I know this guy - he's you, he's the taxistas (taxi drivers) that became congresspeople, he's a version of the story we know."

Added the elder Miranda, "History determines which way the future will go. Without that history, one lives as if one were on quicksand, in a world that has no context." Watch the video!

The Tony Award winning musical Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. Hamilton is inspired by Ron Chernow's biography "Alexander Hamilton."

HAMILTON is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary, a loving husband and father, despised by his fellow Founding Fathers and shot to death by Aaron Burr in their legendary duel.