Finding Your Roots

Name: Finding Your Roots
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-03-24
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

2012 –2026
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Returning series
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TV-PG

Documentary

★ 6.5 TMDB Rating · 20 votes

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.

● Now airing Season 13: 0 of 1 episodes out Next: episode 1, Jan 12, 2027

Seasons: 13
Episodes: 127
Episode length: ~1h
First aired: Mar 24, 2012
Networks: PBS
Original language: English
Origin: United States

Cast of Finding Your Roots

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self - Host

Where to Stream Finding Your Roots by Country

United States: Streaming on PBS, Thirteen, WETA+Rent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
United Kingdom: Streaming on PBS America Amazon ChannelRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
India: No streaming offers listed right now
Canada: Streaming on HooplaRent or buy on Apple TV Store
Australia: Streaming on Prime Video, HooplaRent or buy on Apple TV Store

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Seasons

Season 1

Mar 24, 2012

10 episodes
Season 2

Sep 23, 2014

10 episodes
Season 3

Jan 5, 2016

10 episodes

Dr. Gates explores the genealogy of celebrities using the records left behind and DNA technology.
Season 4

Oct 2, 2017

10 episodes
Season 5

Jan 8, 2019

10 episodes
Season 6

Oct 8, 2019

16 episodes
Season 7

Jan 19, 2021

10 episodes
Season 8

Jan 4, 2022

10 episodes
Season 9

Jan 3, 2023

10 episodes
Season 10

Jan 2, 2024

10 episodes
Season 11

Jan 7, 2025

10 episodes
Season 12

Jan 6, 2026

10 episodes
Season 13

Jan 12, 2027

1 episode