Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? is a TV show on GEM. This series traces the family trees of well-known celebrities. This glimpse into the personal lives of celebrities will also unearth interesting elements of American history. The popular program has been available since 2024. A total of 29 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2025.
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Motherland actor, Anna Maxwell Martin delves into her Northern Irish roots to understand how her family's past shaped her own parenting. From tragedy and domestic strife to deep resilience and love, she discovers how generations before her forged the person she's become.
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57:49Pundit, presenter and former world-class footballer Alex Scott delves into both sides of her family history in Who Do You Think You Are? Having known nothing of her Jewish ancestry on her mum's side, Alex is proud to discover that her great grandad was at the Battle of Cable Street in London's East End in 1936, facing down...
58:04YouTuber and actor Joe Sugg uncovers some incredible stories in his family tree, with a little help along the way from fellow social media star and big sister, Zoe. Joe, very aptly, discovers a 3x great-grandfather who was involved in the earliest days of communication technology - in electrical telegraphs. Pushing further...
57:57Singer-songwriter and talent-show judge Pixie Lott hopes to confirm the family story that she has Italian ancestry from Verona but instead discovers ancestors battling poverty and hardship in London. On her dad's side, Pixie learns of her great grandfather's harrowing and surprising experience in WWI. And, wondering if she...
58:05Comedian Josh Widdicombe embarks on a rollercoaster ride through his extraordinary family history. After a less than promising start with an ancestor who was cut out of the family fortune. Josh is delighted to discover a courtier with very personal access to King Charles I. From there it's a dizzying journey back to Elizab...
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Comedian and presenter Joe Lycett manages to find humour everywhere, but apart from his Edwardian great grandad - a member of the Royal Antediluvian Order of the Buffaloes in Nottingham - Joe uncovers a darker family history. Joe finds out that his two-times-great grandfather Robert Wilkinson was a boy chimney sweep in the... 58:13 Expired
Ed Balls, former Labour politician, sequinned Strictly dancer and TV presenter, grew up in a family that wanted to make the world a better place. His mother Carolyn's dementia means she can't share their family history with him, so he sets out to discover what kind of characters his ancestors were. Rumours on his paternal ... 58:09 Expired
Shakespearean actor and movie star Dame Judi Dench begins her Who Do You Think You Are? quest with her father Reginald Dench, who never spoke of his experiences during the WWI, as she tries to find out how he won his gallantry medals. Judi's investigations then take a truly epic turn - leading her to 16th-century Denmark a... 40:39 Expired
Regina King (Ray, The Leftovers, Southland) investigates her maternal family tree and uncovers an ancestor who was a passionate Civil Rights activist in Alabama - a man who came out of slavery, endured horrific violence, but never stopped fighting for his people. 40:30 Expired
Actress Jean Smart (Legion, Fargo) uncovers the curious tale of an unconventional ancestor in colonial Massachusetts who got her children entangled in her own thievery ring and later faced execution when she was accused of witchcraft. 40:23 Expired
Actress Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing) discovers much more about the grandfather she thought she knew as she uncovers how he survived adversity to become a beacon of his community. She also discovers a great-grandmother whose tragedy stopped her from making it to America. 40:42 Expired
Courtney Cox (Friends, Cougar Town) traces her maternal line back to ruthless and ambitious relatives who plotted and murdered their way to power in medieval times, and she's shocked to discover an ancestor who's one of European history's most famous characters. 40:36 Expired
Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston comes to discover an unfortunate pattern of family desertion amongst the men in his family, but also uncovers an ancestor's heroic dedication during the Civil War. 40:43 Expired
Oscar-nominated actress Alfre Woodard (Cross Creek) strives to find out more about her paternal grandfather's side of her family, and explores how her surname came to be. 40:26 Expired
Despite being extremely close to his father, Matthew Broderick knew very little about his paternal grandparents, James Joseph Broderick and Mary Martindale, both of whom had passed away by the time Matthew was born. He's heard rumours that his grandfather was a WWI hero, but were they true? 40:47 Expired
Lisa Kudrow has always known that her grandmother Gertrude had a tough life. Two of her three children died in childhood, her husband died young, and her mother Meri, perished in the Holocaust. Lisa's father Lee recalled hearing about Meri's death when a cousin from Europe, Yuri, visited him and his mother Gertrude in New ... 40:11 Expired
Brooke Shields embarks on a journey to discover which side of her divided and very different family she identifies with. On the one hand there is her mother's thrifty 'coupon clipping' New Jersey family, and on the other her father's more illustrious European aristocratic family with rumoured royal connections. 41:17 Expired
Sarah Jessica has always assumed that her ancestors were recent immigrants to the United States. She knew that her mother was born and raised in Cincinnati's German community, like her parents and grandparents before her, but didn't know much more than that. However, a visit to her mother reveals a distinctly non-German so... 54:05On this episode of Who Do You Think You Are? documentary filmmaker and TV presenter, Marc Fennell travels to Singapore and Malaysia seeking to connect with his Indian ancestry; and, in Ireland, he unearths a tale of forbidden lovers amidst the Irish War of Independence.
53:59Travelling across the globe, on this episode of Who Do You Think You Are? Kaftan Queen, Camilla Franks, embraces a long-hidden cultural heritage, whilst on home turf she discovers a spirited matriarch whose eventful life resonates with her own.