Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.

(03/25/2012–04/09/2025)

History

(7.7)

PBS (US)60 min

Since the premiere of his groundbreaking series African American Lives through the first season of 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.

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Episodes

Season 1

S01E01

Harry Connick Jr. - Branford Marsalis

March 26, 2012 at 12:00 AM

S01E02

Cory Booker and John Lewis

March 26, 2012 at 01:00 AM

S01E03

Barbara Walters - Geoffrey Canada

April 02, 2012 at 12:00 AM

S01E04

Kevin Bacon - Kyra Sedgwick

April 09, 2012 at 12:00 AM

S01E05

Angela Buchdahl - Rick Warren - Yasir Qadhi

April 16, 2012 at 12:00 AM

S01E06

Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal

April 23, 2012 at 12:00 AM

S01E07

Samuel L. Jackson - Condoleezza Rice - Ruth Simmons

April 30, 2012 at 12:00 AM

S01E08

Sanjay Gupta - Margaret Cho - Martha Stewart

May 07, 2012 at 12:00 AM

S01E09

John Legend - Wanda Sykes - Margarett Cooper

May 14, 2012 at 12:00 AM

S01E10

Michelle Rodriguez - Adrian Grenier - Linda Chavez

May 21, 2012 at 12:00 AM

Season 2

S02E01

In Search of Our Fathers

September 24, 2014 at 12:00 AM

S02E02

Born Champions

October 01, 2014 at 12:00 AM

S02E03

Our American Storytellers

October 08, 2014 at 12:00 AM

S02E04

Roots of Freedom

October 15, 2014 at 12:00 AM

S02E05

The Melting Pot

October 22, 2014 at 12:00 AM

S02E06

We Come From People

October 29, 2014 at 12:00 AM

S02E07

Our People, Our Traditions

November 05, 2014 at 01:00 AM

S02E08

The British Invasion

November 12, 2014 at 01:00 AM

S02E09

Ancient Roots

November 19, 2014 at 01:00 AM

S02E10

Decoding Our Past

November 26, 2014 at 01:00 AM

Season 3

S03E01

The Stories We Tell

January 06, 2016 at 01:00 AM

S03E02

The Irish Factor

January 13, 2016 at 01:00 AM

S03E03

In Search of Freedom

January 20, 2016 at 01:00 AM

S03E04

Tragedy + Time = Comedy

January 27, 2016 at 01:00 AM

S03E05

Visionaries

February 03, 2016 at 01:00 AM

S03E06

War Stories

February 10, 2016 at 01:00 AM

S03E07

Family Reunions

February 17, 2016 at 01:00 AM

S03E08

The Pioneers

February 24, 2016 at 01:00 AM

S03E09

The Long Way Home

March 02, 2016 at 01:00 AM

S03E10

Maps of Stars

March 09, 2016 at 01:00 AM

Season 4

S04E01

The Impression

October 04, 2017 at 12:00 AM

S04E02

Unfamiliar Kin

October 11, 2017 at 12:00 AM

S04E03

Puritans and Pioneers

October 18, 2017 at 12:00 AM

S04E04

The Vanguard

October 25, 2017 at 12:00 AM

S04E05

Immigrant Nation

November 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM

S04E06

Black Like Me

November 08, 2017 at 01:00 AM

S04E07

Children of the Revolution

November 15, 2017 at 01:00 AM

S04E08

Relatives We Never Knew We Had

November 22, 2017 at 01:00 AM

S04E09

Southern Roots

December 13, 2017 at 01:00 AM

S04E10

Funny Business

December 20, 2017 at 01:00 AM

Season 5

S05E01

Grandparents and Other Strangers

January 09, 2019 at 01:00 AM

S05E02

Mystery Men

January 16, 2019 at 01:00 AM

S05E03

Reporting on the Reporters

January 23, 2019 at 01:00 AM

S05E04

Dreaming of a New Land

January 30, 2019 at 01:00 AM

S05E05

Freedom Tales

February 06, 2019 at 01:00 AM

S05E06

Roots in Politics

February 13, 2019 at 01:00 AM

S05E07

No Laughing Matter

February 20, 2019 at 01:00 AM

S05E08

Hard Times

February 27, 2019 at 01:00 AM

S05E09

The Eye of the Beholder

April 03, 2019 at 12:00 AM

S05E10

All in the Family

April 10, 2019 at 12:00 AM

Season 6

S06E01

Hollywood Royalty

October 09, 2019 at 12:00 AM

S06E02

Off the Farm

October 16, 2019 at 12:00 AM

S06E03

Homecomings

January 08, 2020 at 01:00 AM

S06E04

This Land Is My Land

January 15, 2020 at 01:00 AM

S06E05

Beyond the Pale

January 22, 2020 at 01:00 AM

S06E06

Secrets and Lies

January 29, 2020 at 01:00 AM

S06E07

Science Pioneers

February 05, 2020 at 01:00 AM

S06E08

Slave Trade

February 12, 2020 at 01:00 AM

S06E09

Italian Roots

February 19, 2020 at 01:00 AM

S06E10

Criminal Kind

February 26, 2020 at 01:00 AM

S06E11

Fashion's Roots

October 14, 2020 at 12:00 AM

S06E12

DNA Mysteries

October 21, 2020 at 12:00 AM

S06E13

War Stories

November 11, 2020 at 01:00 AM

S06E14

Flight

November 18, 2020 at 01:00 AM

S06E15

Breaking Silences

January 06, 2021 at 01:00 AM

S06E16

Coming to America

January 13, 2021 at 01:00 AM

Season 7

S07E01

To the Manor Born

January 20, 2021 at 01:00 AM

S07E02

Against All Odds

January 27, 2021 at 01:00 AM

S07E03

No Irish Need Apply

February 03, 2021 at 01:00 AM

S07E04

The Shirts on Their Backs

February 10, 2021 at 01:00 AM

S07E05

Write My Name in the Book of Life

February 17, 2021 at 01:00 AM

S07E06

Country Roots

February 24, 2021 at 01:00 AM

S07E07

The New World

April 14, 2021 at 12:00 AM

S07E08

Anchored to the Past

April 21, 2021 at 12:00 AM

S07E09

On Broadway

April 28, 2021 at 12:00 AM

S07E10

Laughing on the Inside

May 05, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Season 8

S08E01

Hidden in the Genes

January 05, 2022 at 01:00 AM

S08E02

Children of Exile

January 05, 2022 at 02:00 AM

S08E03

Activist Roots

January 12, 2022 at 01:00 AM

S08E04

Things We Don't Discuss

January 26, 2022 at 01:00 AM

S08E05

Mexican Roots

February 02, 2022 at 01:00 AM

S08E06

Fighters

February 09, 2022 at 01:00 AM

S08E07

Forgotten Journeys

February 16, 2022 at 01:00 AM

S08E08

Songs of the Past

February 23, 2022 at 01:00 AM

S08E09

Watchmen

April 13, 2022 at 12:00 AM

S08E10

Where Did We Come From?

April 20, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Season 9

S09E01

Hidden Kin

January 04, 2023 at 01:00 AM

S09E02

Salem's Lot

January 11, 2023 at 01:00 AM

S09E03

Secret Lives

January 18, 2023 at 01:00 AM

S09E04

Far From Home

January 25, 2023 at 01:00 AM

S09E05

Rising From the Ashes

February 01, 2023 at 01:00 AM

S09E06

Family: Lost and Found

February 08, 2023 at 01:00 AM

S09E07

Chosen

February 15, 2023 at 01:00 AM

S09E08

And Still I Rise

February 22, 2023 at 01:00 AM

S09E09

Anchormen

March 01, 2023 at 01:00 AM

S09E10

Out of the Past

March 08, 2023 at 01:00 AM

Season 10

S10E01

Born To Sing

January 03, 2024 at 01:00 AM

S10E02

Forever Young

January 10, 2024 at 01:00 AM

S10E03

Fathers and Sons

January 17, 2024 at 01:00 AM

S10E04

Buried Secrets

January 24, 2024 at 01:00 AM

S10E05

Hold the Laughter

January 31, 2024 at 01:00 AM

S10E06

Far and Away

February 07, 2024 at 01:00 AM

S10E07

The Brick Wall Falls

February 14, 2024 at 01:00 AM

S10E08

Mean Streets

February 21, 2024 at 01:00 AM

S10E09

In the Blood

April 03, 2024 at 12:00 AM

S10E10

Viewers Like You

April 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Season 11

S11E01

Larger Than Life

January 08, 2025 at 01:00 AM

S11E02

La Famiglia

January 15, 2025 at 01:00 AM

S11E03

Stranger Than Fiction

January 22, 2025 at 01:00 AM

S11E04

Dreamers One and All

January 29, 2025 at 01:00 AM

S11E05

Family Recipes

February 05, 2025 at 01:00 AM

S11E06

Latin Roots

February 12, 2025 at 01:00 AM

S11E07

The Ties That Bind

February 19, 2025 at 01:00 AM

S11E08

The Butterfly Effect

February 26, 2025 at 01:00 AM

S11E09

Moving on Up

April 02, 2025 at 12:00 AM

S11E10

Finding My Roots

April 09, 2025 at 12:00 AM