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Series | Finding Your Roots

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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.

Directed by

Hazel Gurland-Pooler Josh Gleason Jesse Sweet Phil Bertelsen

Written by

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Cast

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Guest stars

CeCe Moore Derek Jeter Anderson Cooper Tom Colicchio Angela Bassett Valerie Jarrett Alan Dershowitz Tony Kushner Sally Field Tina Fey Nas Aarón Sánchez Sting George Stephanopoulos Maya Rudolph Ty Burrell Mia Farrow Soledad O'Brien Jimmy Kimmel Ava DuVernay John Turturro Questlove Lisa Ling Marisa Tomei S. Epatha Merkerson Laura Linney Bill Hader Julianne Moore Lidia Bastianich Scarlett Johansson Lupita Nyong'o Téa Leoni Ann Curry Kehinde Wiley Joe Madison Donna Brazile Kara Walker Bill Maher Bill O'Reilly Dustin Hoffman Sterling K. Brown Sasheer Zamata Jon Batiste Harry Connick Jr. Branford Marsalis Cory Booker John Lewis Geoffrey Canada Barbara Walters Kevin Bacon Kyra Sedgwick Angela Warnick Buchdahl Yasir Qadhi Rick Warren Robert Downey Jr. Robert Downey Sr. Naomi Foner Maggie Gyllenhaal Samuel L. Jackson Condoleezza Rice Ruth Simmons Margaret Cho Sanjay Gupta Martha Stewart Margarett Cooper John Legend Barack Obama Wanda Sykes Linda Chavez Adrian Grenier Michelle Rodriguez Stephen King Gloria Reuben Courtney B. Vance Billie Jean King Rebecca Lobo Ken Burns Anna Deavere Smith Ben Affleck Khandi Alexander Ben Jealous Ming Tsai Carole King Deepak Chopra David Sedaris Jessica Alba Deval Patrick Shonda Rhimes Keenen Ivory Wayans Norman Lear Richard Branson Frank Gehry Maya Lin Patricia Arquette John McCain Sean Combs LL Cool J Sandra Cisneros Neil Patrick Harris Gloria Steinem Julianna Margulies Azar Nafisi Larry David Bernie Sanders Fred Armisen Carly Simon Christopher Walken Ted Danson William H. Macy Mary Steenburgen Ta-Nehisi Coates Janet Mock Oswald Mosley Paul Rudd Bryant Gumbel Tonya Lewis Lee Suzanne Malveaux Carmelo Anthony Ana Navarro Gaby Hoffmann Charlayne Hunter-Gault Phil McGraw Aziz Ansari Amy Schumer George R.R. Martin Andy Samberg Felicity Huffman Michael Kenneth Williams Christiane Amanpour Kal Penn Sheryl Sandberg Michael Strahan Paul Ryan Marco Rubio Tulsi Gabbard Josh Meyers Seth Meyers Tig Notaro Sarah Silverman Michael Moore Chloë Sevigny Alejandro G. Iñárritu Marina Abramović Anjelica Huston Isabella Rossellini Melissa McCarthy Eric Stonestreet Jesse Tyler Ferguson Queen Latifah Jeffrey Wright Jeff Goldblum Terry Gross Marc Maron Steve Carell Amy Ryan Sigourney Weaver Justina Machado Harold E. Varmus Shirley Ann Jackson Francis Collins Diane von Fürstenberg Narciso Rodríguez RuPaul Gayle King Jordan Peele Issa Rae Nancy Pelosi Norah O'Donnell Zac Posen Glenn Close John Waters Andy Cohen Nina Totenberg Jane Lynch Jim Gaffigan John F. Kennedy Christopher Meloni Tony Shalhoub Pharrell Williams Kasi Lemmons Clint Black Rosanne Cash Johnny Cash Vivian Liberto John Lithgow Maria Hinojosa Wes Studi LeVar Burton Brendan Fraser Valerie Bertinelli Ciara Alanis Morissette Sammy Hagar Ed O'Neill Bob Odenkirk Iliza Shlesinger Sunny Hostin Jesse Williams Danielle Brooks Dionne Warwick Tracy Morgan Anthony Ramos Michael Douglas Lena Dunham

Episode 1

2027-01-12