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Finding Your Roots Season 11
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Finding Your Roots Season 10
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Finding Your Roots Season 9
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Finding Your Roots Season 8
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Finding Your Roots Season 7
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Finding Your Roots Season 6
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Finding Your Roots Season 5
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Finding Your Roots Season 4
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Finding Your Roots Season 3
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Finding Your Roots Season 2
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Finding Your Roots Season 1
Family mysteries are solved for actor Laurence Fishburne & scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of actor Sheryl Lee Ralph & historian Lonnie Bunch.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of actors Debra Messing & Melanie Lynskey.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of married actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets musician Rubén Blades & journalist Natalie Morales.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of notable chefs José Andrés & Sean Sherman.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the ancestry of actor Sharon Stone & model Chrissy Teigen.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals inspiring ancestors of novelist Amy Tan & poet Rita Dove.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the Italian roots of Joy Behar & Michael Imperioli.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. connects Lea Salonga & Amanda Seyfried to their dramatic ancestors.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. solves mysteries for 3 everyday Americans chosen to be guests.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the surprising roots of Michael Douglas & Lena Dunham.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps family trees of comedian Tracy Morgan & actor Anthony Ramos.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares ancestry with actor Danielle Brooks & singer Dionne Warwick.
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Sunny Hostin and Jesse Williams discover ancestors from very diverse places.
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Bob Odenkirk and Iliza Shlesinger—two very funny people whose family trees brim with drama
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Sammy Hagar and Ed O’Neill discover the dramatic stories hidden within their own roots.
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LeVar Burton & Wes Studi grew up fatherless, haunted by questions about their family trees
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. unearths the hidden roots of Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser.
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Explore the roots of Alanis Morissette and Ciara and their hidden connections to history.
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Henry Louis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley.
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Journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones uncover the ancestors who blazed a trail for them.
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Henry Louis Gates reveals the unexpected family trees of Angela Y. Davis and Jeh Johnson
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David Duchovny and Richard Kind trace their Jewish roots from Eastern Europe to the US.
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Joe Manganiello and Tony Gonzalez discover close relatives whose names they’ve never heard
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the roots of actors Brian Cox and Viola Davis.
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Cyndi Lauper, Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo uncover the stories of their immigrant ancestors
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Comedians Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash discover scandals hidden within their roots.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels on a journey into their roots.
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We explore Edward Norton and Julia Roberts' roots, revealing their hidden connections.
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Specials
Tips from the Finding Your Roots research team to assist in your own genealogy research!
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Extras
Family mysteries are solved for actor Laurence Fishburne & scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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Laurence discovers the identity of his great-great-great-grandmother.
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Skip discusses Jane Gates, his oldest known ancestor up until now.
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Sheryl's third great grandparents, a mixed race couple, got married in 1837.
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Lonnie learns about his grandfather who served on a school committee for mainly Black students.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of actor Sheryl Lee Ralph & historian Lonnie Bunch.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of actors Debra Messing & Melanie Lynskey.
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Melanie discovers a potential match for her great-grandfather.
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Debra discovers her grandfather's earliest years in America after leaving Poland.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of married actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard.
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Kristen learns about her grandfather and great grandfather's generational trauma.
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Dax hears about the life of his ninth great-grandfather who immigrated from France to Canada.
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Rubén learns about the difficult life of his African ancestor in Panama on his mother's side.
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Natalie learns about her maternal third great grandfather, Domingos.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets musician Rubén Blades & journalist Natalie Morales.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of notable chefs José Andrés & Sean Sherman.
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Sean learns of his ancestor who was sent to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
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José discovers his paternal great-great grandmother was abandoned and given to nuns as a baby.
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Sharon learns about the hardships endured by her mother and her paternal ancestors.
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Chrissy learns the true roots of her grandmother Ruth, and details of her great grandparents lives.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the ancestry of actor Sharon Stone & model Chrissy Teigen.
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Rita learns about her grandfather's criminal charges and trying adulthood.
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Amy discovers records of her father's immigration from China and his many accomplishments.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals inspiring ancestors of novelist Amy Tan & poet Rita Dove.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the Italian roots of Joy Behar & Michael Imperioli.
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Joy Behar's grandparents move to America and forge a new life.
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Michael Imperioli learns about his maternal great grandfather's death as a train worker in New York.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. connects Lea Salonga & Amanda Seyfried to their dramatic ancestors.
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Lea Salonga discovers the roots of her maternal great great grandfather, Pedro Malhabor.
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Amanda Seyfried's third great grandfather played the fife and fought for the Union to end slavery
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