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Finding Your Roots
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.
- Cast:
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- PBS
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 7
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
To the Manor Born
2021-01-19 · 60mGuests: Glenn Close and John Waters. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discovers the privileged lineages of Glenn Close and John Waters.
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The Mole Agent
2021-01-26 · 60mGuests: Andy Cohen and Nina Totenberg. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces Andy Cohen and Nina Totenberg to their survivor ancestors.
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E03
Episode 3
No Irish Need Apply
2021-02-02 · 60mHenry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan, revealing the Irish American experience through their families.
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E04
Episode 4
The Shirts on Their Backs
2021-02-09 · 60mGuests: Tony Shalhoub and Christopher Meloni. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the immigrant roots of actors Tony Shalhoub and Christopher Meloni, introducing ancestors who came to America to build a better life.
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E05
Episode 5
Write My Name in the Book of Life
2021-02-16 · 60mGuests: Pharrell Williams and Kasi Lemmons. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps musician Pharrell Williams and filmmaker Kasi Lemmons uncover extraordinarily rare first-person accounts of their enslaved ancestors.
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E06
Episode 6
Country Roots
2021-02-23 · 60mGuests: Clint Black and Rosanne Cash. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the remarkably diverse backgrounds of country music icons Clint Black and Rosanne Cash.
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E07
Episode 7
The New World
2021-04-13 · 60mGuests: John Lithgow and Maria Hinojosa. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces ancestors of actor John Lithgow and journalist Maria Hinojosa who thrived in North America long before the birth of the United States.
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E08
Episode 8
Anchored to the Past
2021-04-20 · 60mGuests: Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines how journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon were able to overcome biases in their careers, drawing parallels to relatives who met profound challenges of their own.
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E09
Episode 9
On Broadway
2021-04-27 · 60mGuests: Audra MacDonald and Mandy Patinkin. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family histories of Broadway stars Audra MacDonald and Mandy Patinkin, discovering ancestors whose struggles laid the groundwork for their success.
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E10
Episode 10
Laughing on the Inside
2021-05-04 · 60mGuests: Lewis Black and Roy Wood, Jr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. provides comedians Lewis Black and Roy Wood, Jr. with accounts of hardship in their family trees which may have led them to each find humor in adversity.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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