Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots - PBS

PBS

Reality Series

2012

TVPG

Documentary

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores race, culture and identity through genealogy and genetics.

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.

Thursday, June 5

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores race, culture and identity through genealogy and genetics.

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