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.
Showing Season 11 of 11
Season 11
2025
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01. Larger Than Life
2025-01-07
Research into the ancestry of singer Lea Salonga and actress Amanda Seyfried reveals relatives who survived heart-wrenching ordeals.
02. La Famiglia
2025-01-14
Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
03. Stranger Than Fiction
2025-01-21
Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
04. Dreamers One and All
2025-01-28
Exploring the ancestry of actress Sharon Stone and model Chrissy Teigen includes travelling across Europe and Thailand.
05. Family Recipes
2025-02-04
Exploring the ancestry of chefs José Andrés and Sean Sherman.
06. Latin Roots
2025-02-11
Tracing the family trees of musician Rubén Blades and journalist Natalie Morales.
07. The Ties That Bind
2025-02-18
Actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard learn about their family histories, which includes stories of soldiers, settlers and criminals.
08. The Butterfly Effect
2025-02-25
Actresses Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey explore the stories of their ancestors whose bold decisions reshaped their families.
09. Moving on Up
2025-04-01
Laurence Fishburne and Sheryl Lee Ralph learn about their family histories.
10. Finding My Roots
2025-04-08
A solution to a mystery that has haunted the Gates family for generations is revealed.
