Finding Your Roots 2012
★ 6.4/10 TV-PG Documentary 12 seasons · 126 eps Returning Series
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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.
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Episode guide
Season 1 · 10 episodes
- E1 Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr. Mar 24, 2012
- E2 John Lewis and Cory Booker Mar 24, 2012
- E3 Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada Apr 1, 2012
- E4 Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Apr 7, 2012
- E5 Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir Qadhi Apr 14, 2012
- E6 Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal Apr 28, 2012
- E7 Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons Apr 29, 2012
- E8 Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay Gupta May 6, 2012
- E9 John Legend and Wanda Sykes May 13, 2012
- E10 Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez and Linda Chavez May 20, 2012
Season 2 · 10 episodes
- E1 In Search of our Fathers Sep 23, 2014
- E2 Born Champions Sep 30, 2014
- E3 Our American Storytellers Oct 7, 2014
- E4 Roots of Freedom Oct 14, 2014
- E5 The Melting Pot Oct 21, 2014
- E6 We Come From People Oct 28, 2014
- E7 Our People, Our Traditions Nov 4, 2014
- E8 The British Invasion Nov 11, 2014
- E9 Ancient Roots Nov 18, 2014
- E10 Decoding Our Past Through DNA Nov 25, 2014
Season 3 · 10 episodes
- E1 The Stories We Tell Jan 5, 2016
- E2 The Irish Factor Jan 12, 2016
- E3 In Search Of Freedom Jan 19, 2016
- E4 Tragedy + Time = Comedy Jan 26, 2016
- E5 Visionaries Feb 2, 2016
- E6 War Stories Feb 9, 2016
- E7 Family Reunions Feb 16, 2016
- E8 The Pioneers Feb 23, 2016
- E9 The Long Way Home Mar 1, 2016
- E10 Maps of Stars Mar 8, 2016
Season 4 · 10 episodes
- E1 The Impression Oct 2, 2017
- E2 Unfamiliar Kin Oct 10, 2017
- E3 Puritans and Pioneers Oct 17, 2017
- E4 The Vanguard Oct 24, 2017
- E5 Immigrant Nation Oct 31, 2017
- E6 Black Like Me Nov 7, 2017
- E7 Children of the Revolution Nov 14, 2017
- E8 Relatives We Never Knew We Had Nov 21, 2017
- E9 Southern Roots Dec 12, 2017
- E10 Funny Business Dec 19, 2017
Season 5 · 10 episodes
- E1 Grandparents and Other Strangers Jan 8, 2019
- E2 Mystery Men Jan 15, 2019
- E3 Reporting on the Reporters Jan 22, 2019
- E4 Dreaming of a New Land Jan 29, 2019
- E5 Freedom Tales Feb 5, 2019
- E6 Roots in Politics Feb 12, 2019
- E7 No Laughing Matter Feb 19, 2019
- E8 Hard Times Feb 26, 2019
- E9 The Eye of the Beholder Apr 2, 2019
- E10 All in the Family Apr 9, 2019