Finding Your Roots
TV-PG
8.7
2012
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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- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Episode 16 : Coming to America
January. 12,2021
Guests: Nancy Pelosi, Norah O'Donnell, Zac Posen. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, news anchor Norah O’Donnell and fashion designer Zac Posen explore their immigrant roots, retracing the journeys of their ancestors who arrived in the United States with little more than a dream--and revealing why that dream is still so inspiring today.
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Episode 15 : Breaking Silences
January. 05,2021
Guests: Gayle King, Jordan Peele, Issa Rae. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family secrets of journalist Gayle King, film director Jordan Peele, and comedian Issa Rae, introducing them to ancestors who raise profound questions about the shape and meaning of their family trees.
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Episode 12 : DNA Mysteries
October. 20,2020
Guests: Téa Leoni, Joe Madison. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uses DNA detective work to solve mysteries in the family trees of actor Téa Leoni, and radio host Joe Madison, introducing each of them to parents and grandparents whose names they’ve never heard before. (Téa Leoni originally appeared in S04E08. Joe Madison originally appeared in S05E10.)
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Episode 11 : Fashion's Roots
October. 13,2020
Guests: Diane von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez, RuPaul. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. steps into the world of fashion and meets three icons of style — Diane Von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez, and RuPaul Charles — introducing ancestors who were just as audacious as they are.
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Episode 10 : Criminal Kind
February. 25,2020
The family histories of Laura Linney, Lisa Ling and Soledad O'Brien reveal tricksters, scoundrels and criminals.
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Episode 9 : Italian Roots
February. 18,2020
Marisa Tomei, Jimmy Kimmel and John Turturro learn about the sacrifices their ancestors made to bring their families from Italy to America.
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Episode 8 : Slave Trade
February. 11,2020
Questlove, S. Epatha Merkerson and Ava DuVernay explore the unexpected places where their ancestors were scattered by slavery.
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Episode 7 : Science Pioneers
February. 04,2020
Tracing the family histories of scientists Harold Varmus, Francis Collins and Shirley Ann Jackson.
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Episode 6 : Secrets & Lies
January. 28,2020
Sigourney Weaver, Justina Machado and Amy Ryan explore their ancestry.
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Episode 5 : Beyond the Pale
January. 21,2020
Exploring the Jewish heritages of actor Jeff Goldblum, radio host Terry Gross and comic Marc Maron.
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Episode 4 : This Land is My Land
January. 14,2020
The unexpected family trees of Queen Latifah and Jeffrey Wright challenge preconceptions about America's past.
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Episode 3 : Homecomings
January. 07,2020
Sterling K. Brown, Jon Batiste and Sasheer Zamata learn about the unexpected places their ancestors called home.
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Episode 2 : Off the Farm
October. 15,2019
Actors Melissa McCarthy and Eric Stonestreet retrace their ancestral journeys.
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Episode 1 : Hollywood Royalty
October. 08,2019
Actresses Isabella Rossellini, Anjelica Huston and Mia Farrow explore their family histories, generations beyond their cinematic forebears.
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Season 3
Dr. Gates explores the genealogy of celebrities using the records left behind and DNA technology.
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