Finding Your Roots
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Henry Louis Gates introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took enormous chances so that their descendants might thrive.
52:09Henry Louis Gates reveals the unexpected family trees of activist Angela Y. Davis and statesman Jeh Johnson, using DNA and long-lost records to redefine notions of the black experience - and challenge preconceptions of America's past.
52:10Henry Louis Gates helps actors David Duchovny and Richard Kind trace their roots from Jewish communities in Eastern Europe to the United States - telling stories of triumph and tragedy that laid the groundwork for his guest's success.
52:38Henry Louis Gates uses DNA detective work to solve family mysteries for actor Joe Manganiello and football star Tony Gonzalez - uncovering close relatives whose names they've never heard and compelling each man to rethink his own identity.
52:09Henry Louis Gates traces the roots of actors Brian Cox and Viola Davis, uncovering records from workhouses in Scotland and slave plantations in South Carolina that reveal individuals who battled to build a better life for their families.
52:09Henry Louis Gates maps the family trees of pop star Cyndi Lauper and actors Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo, exploring records in Italy, Korea, and Mexico to uncover ancestors whose stories were lost when their families immigrated to America.
52:09Henry Louis Gates helps comedians Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash decode scandals hidden within their roots, exposing secrets that their ancestors concealed and celebrating the virtue of accepting one’s relatives whoever they may be.
52:09Henry Louis Gates takes actors Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels on a journey into their roots, uncovering primal scenes from our nation's past, featuring World War One battles, Civil War prison camps, and America’s most infamous witch hunt.
52:09Henry Louis Gates explores the roots of actors Edward Norton and Julia Roberts, using DNA analysis and genealogical detective work to travel back centuries, revealing his guest's hidden connections to American history and each other.
Season 6
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52:09Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong'o and chef Lidia Bastianich - three women whose families crisscrossed the globe to escape oppression - and find opportunity, leaving them with questions about their relatives who stayed behind.
52:09Henry Louis Gates, Jr. steps into the world of fashion and meets three icons of style: Diane Von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez, and RuPaul Charles, introducing ancestors who were just as audacious as they are.
52:09Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor, Laura Linney, and journalists, Lisa Ling, and Soledad O'Brien - telling them stories of tricksters, scoundrels and outright criminals, who nevertheless laid the groundwork for their success.
52:09Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of talk show-host Jimmy Kimmel and actors Marisa Tomei and John Turturro, introducing them to ancestors who made immense sacrifices to bring their families from Italy to America.
52:09Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the humble roots of comedic actors Melissa McCarthy and Eric Stonestreet, retracing the ancestral journeys that laid the groundwork for their success.
52:09Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps actors Isabella Rossellini, Anjelica Huston and Mia Farrow unearth surprising new revelations about their family histories, taking them generations beyond their famous cinematic forebears.
Season 5 52:10
52:10Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family stories of filmmaker Michael Moore and actors Laura Linney and Chloe Sevigny - three people whose distant ancestors overcame great hardships in ways that resonate with their lives today.
52:09Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shows comedians Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro and Sarah Silverman that their family trees are filled with people whose struggles laid the groundwork for their success. Gates also reveals to each one news of an unexpected DNA cousin.
Season 4 52:09
52:09Three mainstays of modern-day Hollywood discover family legacies that predate the United States itself. Ted Danson learns of a Connecticut Revolutionary colonel who allowed his slave to buy his freedom. William H. Macy discovers his own family's nonconformist - a Puritan punished for helping Quakers. Mary Steenburgen's anc...
52:09Two guests linked by one hilarious impersonation trace their roots from 1940s Brooklyn back to Jewish communities in Europe. Larry David discovers his German heritage by way of ancestors who settled in Mobile, Alabama in the mid-19th century - including one who became a slaveholding Confederate; Bernie Sanders gains greate...
52:09Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the lineages of actor Glenn Close and director John Waters, digging into centuries past to encounter a succession of bold forebears who found fortune amidst drama and rebellion. From the gold rush fields of the Yukon to an enclave in Quaker Pennsylvania to British royalty, our guests meet a ...