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Finding Your Roots (2012)

6.8/10 Returning Series 60 min Mar 24, 2012 11 Seasons
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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Show Details

Original Title Finding Your Roots
Original Language EN
Status Returning Series
Type Documentary
Total Episodes 116
Total Seasons 11
Popularity 42.1

Networks

PBS
US

Cast

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self - Host
116 episodes
CeCe Moore
CeCe Moore
Self - Genetic Genealogy Expert
7 episodes
Derek Jeter
Derek Jeter
Self
2 episodes
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper
Self
2 episodes
Tom Colicchio
Tom Colicchio
Self
2 episodes
Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett
Self
2 episodes
Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Jarrett
Self
2 episodes
Alan Dershowitz
Alan Dershowitz
Self
2 episodes
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner
Self
2 episodes
Sally Field
Sally Field
Self
2 episodes
Tina Fey
Tina Fey
Self
2 episodes
Nas
Nas
Self
2 episodes

Seasons

Season 1
Season 1
10 episodes 2012
Season 2
Season 2
10 episodes 2014
Season 3
Season 3
10 episodes 2016

Dr. Gates explores the genealogy of celebrities using the records left behind and DNA technology.

Season 4
Season 4
10 episodes 2017
Season 5
Season 5
10 episodes 2019
Season 6
Season 6
16 episodes 2019
Season 7
Season 7
10 episodes 2021
Season 8
Season 8
10 episodes 2022
Season 9
Season 9
10 episodes 2023
Season 10
Season 10
10 episodes 2024
Season 11
Season 11
10 episodes 2025

Networks

PBS
US

Videos & Trailers

FINDING YOUR ROOTS | Season 4 Official Teaser Trailer | PBS
FINDING YOUR ROOTS | Season 4 Official Teaser Trailer | PBS
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Keywords

dna celebrity ancestry genealogy

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Rating
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Details
First Air Date March 24, 2012
Last Air Date April 8, 2025
Country US
Language EN
Status Returning Series
Popularity 42.1
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