Finding Your Roots
Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Tuesday, May 20
Larger Than Life
Season 11 • Episode 1
Research into the ancestry of singer Lea Salonga and actress Amanda Seyfried.
Wednesday, May 21
Moving on Up
Season 11 • Episode 9
Exploring the long-lost roots of actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and historian Lonnie Bunch.
Wednesday, May 21
Finding My Roots
Season 11 • Episode 10
DNA solves family mysteries for actor Laurence Fishburne and scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Thursday, May 22
Larger Than Life
Season 11 • Episode 1
Research into the ancestry of singer Lea Salonga and actress Amanda Seyfried.
Sunday, May 25
Dreamers One and All
Season 11 • Episode 4
Exploring the ancestry of actress Sharon Stone and model Chrissy Teigen.
Sunday, May 25
Larger Than Life
Season 11 • Episode 1
Research into the ancestry of singer Lea Salonga and actress Amanda Seyfried.
Monday, May 26
Larger Than Life
Season 11 • Episode 1
Research into the ancestry of singer Lea Salonga and actress Amanda Seyfried.
Monday, May 26
Larger Than Life
Season 11 • Episode 1
Research into the ancestry of singer Lea Salonga and actress Amanda Seyfried.
Tuesday, May 27
Stranger Than Fiction
Season 11 • Episode 3
Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
Thursday, May 29
Stranger Than Fiction
Season 11 • Episode 3
Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
Tuesday, June 3
Hidden Kin
Season 9 • Episode 1
Actors Edward Norton and Julia Roberts discover their hidden connections to history.
Wednesday, June 4
Stranger Than Fiction
Season 11 • Episode 3
Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
Thursday, June 5
Hidden Kin
Season 9 • Episode 1
Actors Edward Norton and Julia Roberts discover their hidden connections to history.
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