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Finding Your Roots
Finding Your Roots

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Finding Your Roots

NR

Finding Your Roots

TV-PG·2012·116 episodes

Summary

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.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

CeCe Moore

CeCe Moore

Derek Jeter

Derek Jeter

Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper

Tom Colicchio

Tom Colicchio

Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

Valerie Jarrett

Valerie Jarrett

Alan Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz

Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner

Sally Field

Sally Field

Tina Fey

Tina Fey

Nas

Nas

Aarón Sánchez

Aarón Sánchez

Sting

Sting

George Stephanopoulos

George Stephanopoulos

Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph

Ty Burrell

Ty Burrell

Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow

Soledad O'Brien

Soledad O'Brien

Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel

Ava DuVernay

Ava DuVernay

John Turturro

John Turturro

Questlove

Questlove

Lisa Ling

Lisa Ling

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Bill Hader

Bill Hader

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore

Lidia Bastianich

Lidia Bastianich

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Nyong'o

Téa Leoni

Téa Leoni

Ann Curry

Ann Curry

Kehinde Wiley

Joe Madison

Donna Brazile

Donna Brazile

Kara Walker

Bill Maher

Bill Maher

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Sterling K. Brown

Sterling K. Brown

Sasheer Zamata

Sasheer Zamata

Jon Batiste

Jon Batiste

Harry Connick Jr.

Harry Connick Jr.

Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis

Cory Booker

Cory Booker

John Lewis

John Lewis

Geoffrey Canada

Barbara Walters

Barbara Walters

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

Kyra Sedgwick

Kyra Sedgwick

Angela Warnick Buchdahl

Yasir Qadhi

Rick Warren

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Sr.

Robert Downey Sr.

Naomi Foner

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice

Ruth Simmons

Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho

Sanjay Gupta

Sanjay Gupta

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart

Margarett Cooper

John Legend

John Legend

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes

Linda Chavez

Adrian Grenier

Adrian Grenier

Michelle Rodriguez

Michelle Rodriguez

Stephen King

Stephen King

Gloria Reuben

Gloria Reuben

Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance

Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King

Rebecca Lobo

Ken Burns

Ken Burns

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck

Khandi Alexander

Khandi Alexander

Ben Jealous

Ming Tsai

Ming Tsai

Carole King

Carole King

Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra

David Sedaris

David Sedaris

Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba

Deval Patrick

Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Norman Lear

Norman Lear

Richard Branson

Richard Branson

Frank Gehry

Maya Lin

Patricia Arquette

Patricia Arquette

John McCain

John McCain

Sean Combs

Sean Combs

LL Cool J

LL Cool J

Sandra Cisneros

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem

Julianna Margulies

Julianna Margulies

Azar Nafisi

Larry David

Larry David

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders

Fred Armisen

Fred Armisen

Carly Simon

Carly Simon

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

Ted Danson

Ted Danson

William H. Macy

William H. Macy

Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Janet Mock

Janet Mock

Oswald Mosley

Oswald Mosley

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

Bryant Gumbel

Bryant Gumbel

Tonya Lewis Lee

Suzanne Malveaux

Suzanne Malveaux

Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony

Ana Navarro

Ana Navarro

Gaby Hoffmann

Gaby Hoffmann

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Phil McGraw

Phil McGraw

Aziz Ansari

Aziz Ansari

Amy Schumer

Amy Schumer

George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin

Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg

Felicity Huffman

Felicity Huffman

Michael Kenneth Williams

Michael Kenneth Williams

Christiane Amanpour

Christiane Amanpour

Kal Penn

Kal Penn

Sheryl Sandberg

Michael Strahan

Michael Strahan

Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard

Josh Meyers

Josh Meyers

Seth Meyers

Seth Meyers

Tig Notaro

Tig Notaro

Sarah Silverman

Sarah Silverman

Michael Moore

Michael Moore

Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović

Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston

Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy

Eric Stonestreet

Eric Stonestreet

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum

Terry Gross

Terry Gross

Marc Maron

Marc Maron

Steve Carell

Steve Carell

Amy Ryan

Amy Ryan

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Justina Machado

Justina Machado

Harold E. Varmus

Shirley Ann Jackson

Francis Collins

Francis Collins

Diane von Fürstenberg

Diane von Fürstenberg

Narciso Rodríguez

RuPaul

RuPaul

Gayle King

Gayle King

Jordan Peele

Jordan Peele

Issa Rae

Issa Rae

Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi

Norah O'Donnell

Norah O'Donnell

Zac Posen

Zac Posen

Glenn Close

Glenn Close

John Waters

John Waters

Andy Cohen

Andy Cohen

Nina Totenberg

Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch

Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Christopher Meloni

Christopher Meloni

Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub

Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Williams

Kasi Lemmons

Kasi Lemmons

Clint Black

Clint Black

Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash

Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

Vivian Liberto

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Maria Hinojosa

Wes Studi

Wes Studi

LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton

Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser

Valerie Bertinelli

Valerie Bertinelli

Ciara

Ciara

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette

Sammy Hagar

Sammy Hagar

Ed O'Neill

Ed O'Neill

Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk

Iliza Shlesinger

Iliza Shlesinger

Sunny Hostin

Sunny Hostin

Jesse Williams

Jesse Williams

Danielle Brooks

Danielle Brooks

Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan

Anthony Ramos

Anthony Ramos

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas

Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham

Crew

Status:

Returning Series

Original Language:

English

Type:

Documentary

Networks:

PBS

Keywords

dna
celebrity
ancestry
genealogy