Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots (2012)

★ 6.5 TV-PG 1h 0m Documentary

Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.

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Episodes

Next episode: S13E1 · 2027-01-12

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  1. 1 1. American Dreams2026-01-06America Ferrera and Darren Criss uncover their immigrant roots.
  2. 2 2. Great Migrations2026-01-13Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces rapper Wiz Khalifa and actor Sanaa Lathan to ancestors who left the American South, boldly breaking racial barriers.
  3. 3 3. Caribbean Roots2026-01-20Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the Caribbean roots of actors Liza Colón-Zayas and Delroy Lindo—meeting ancestors who took enormous risks.
  4. 4 4. The Road We Took2026-01-27Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actor Lizzie Caplan and comedian Hasan Minhaj to ancestors whose brave decisions forever reshaped their families.
  5. 5 5. Love & Basketball2026-02-03Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the family trees of basketball stars Brittney Griner and Chris Paul—uncovering ancestors who had extraordinary talents.
  6. 6 6. Westward Bound2026-02-10Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts from the American west to surprising places back east.
  7. 7 7. Family Harmonies2026-02-17Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of musicians Lizzo and Flea—traveling across the globe to find stories of the ancestors who inspired their work.
  8. 8 8. Artistic Roots2026-02-24Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of director Spike Lee and actor Kristin Chenoweth, meeting ancestors whose creativity built their families.
  9. 9 9. Song of the South2026-04-07Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family secrets of Danielle Deadwyler and Rhiannon Giddens, uncovering stories their ancestors once hid.
  10. 10 10. Rags to Riches2026-04-14 · 53mHenry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of actor Kate Burton and media mogul Barry Diller, meeting ancestors who made huge sacrifices to escape poverty.

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self - Host

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