Seasons and episodes
1Season 1 Mar. 24, 2012
1 - 1Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr. Mar. 24, 2012
1 - 2John Lewis and Cory Booker Mar. 24, 2012
1 - 3Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada Apr. 01, 2012
1 - 4Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Apr. 07, 2012
1 - 5Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir Qadhi Apr. 14, 2012
1 - 6Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal Apr. 28, 2012
1 - 7Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons Apr. 29, 2012
1 - 8Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay Gupta May. 06, 2012
1 - 9John Legend and Wanda Sykes May. 13, 2012
1 - 10Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez and Linda Chavez May. 20, 2012
2Season 2 Sep. 23, 2014
2 - 1In Search of our Fathers Sep. 23, 2014
2 - 2Born Champions Sep. 30, 2014
2 - 3Our American Storytellers Oct. 07, 2014
2 - 4Roots of Freedom Oct. 14, 2014
2 - 5The Melting Pot Oct. 21, 2014
2 - 6We Come From People Oct. 28, 2014
2 - 7Our People, Our Traditions Nov. 04, 2014
2 - 8The British Invasion Nov. 11, 2014
2 - 9Ancient Roots Nov. 18, 2014
2 - 10Decoding Our Past Through DNA Nov. 25, 2014
3Season 3 Jan. 05, 2016
3 - 1The Stories We Tell Jan. 05, 2016
3 - 2The Irish Factor Jan. 12, 2016
3 - 3In Search Of Freedom Jan. 19, 2016
3 - 4Tragedy + Time = Comedy Jan. 26, 2016- 3 - 5Visionaries Feb. 02, 2016
- 3 - 6War Stories Feb. 09, 2016
3 - 7Family Reunions Feb. 16, 2016
3 - 8The Pioneers Feb. 23, 2016
3 - 9The Long Way Home Mar. 01, 2016
3 - 10Maps of Stars Mar. 08, 2016
4Season 4 Oct. 02, 2017
4 - 1The Impression Oct. 02, 2017
4 - 2Unfamiliar Kin Oct. 10, 2017
4 - 3Puritans and Pioneers Oct. 17, 2017
4 - 4The Vanguard Oct. 24, 2017
4 - 5Immigrant Nation Oct. 31, 2017
4 - 6Black Like Me Nov. 07, 2017
4 - 7Children of the Revolution Nov. 14, 2017
4 - 8Relatives We Never Knew We Had Nov. 21, 2017
4 - 9Southern Roots Dec. 12, 2017
4 - 10Funny Business Dec. 19, 2017
5Season 5 Jan. 08, 2019
5 - 1Grandparents and Other Strangers Jan. 08, 2019
5 - 2Mystery Men Jan. 15, 2019
5 - 3Reporting on the Reporters Jan. 22, 2019
5 - 4Dreaming of a New Land Jan. 29, 2019
5 - 5Freedom Tales Feb. 05, 2019
5 - 6Roots in Politics Feb. 12, 2019
5 - 7No Laughing Matter Feb. 19, 2019
5 - 8Hard Times Feb. 26, 2019
5 - 9The Eye of the Beholder Apr. 02, 2019
5 - 10All in the Family Apr. 09, 2019
6Season 6 Oct. 08, 2019
6 - 1Hollywood Royalty Oct. 08, 2019
6 - 2Off the Farm Oct. 15, 2019
6 - 3Homecomings Jan. 07, 2020
6 - 4This Land is My Land Jan. 14, 2020
6 - 5Beyond the Pale Jan. 21, 2020
6 - 6Secrets & Lies Jan. 28, 2020
6 - 7Science Pioneers Feb. 04, 2020
6 - 8Slave Trade Feb. 11, 2020
6 - 9Italian Roots Feb. 18, 2020
6 - 10Criminal Kind Feb. 25, 2020
6 - 11Fashion's Roots Oct. 13, 2020
6 - 12DNA Mysteries Oct. 20, 2020
6 - 13War Stories Nov. 10, 2020
6 - 14Flight Nov. 17, 2020
6 - 15Breaking Silences Jan. 05, 2021
6 - 16Coming to America Jan. 12, 2021
7Season 7 Jan. 19, 2021
7 - 1To the Manor Born Jan. 19, 2021- 7 - 2The Mole Agent Jan. 26, 2021
7 - 3No Irish Need Apply Feb. 02, 2021
7 - 4The Shirts on Their Backs Feb. 09, 2021
7 - 5Write My Name in the Book of Life Feb. 16, 2021
7 - 6Country Roots Feb. 23, 2021
7 - 7The New World Apr. 13, 2021
7 - 8Anchored to the Past Apr. 20, 2021
7 - 9On Broadway Apr. 27, 2021
7 - 10Laughing on the Inside May. 04, 2021
8Season 8 Jan. 04, 2022
8 - 1Hidden in the Genes Jan. 04, 2022
8 - 2Children of Exile Jan. 04, 2022
8 - 3Activists Roots Jan. 11, 2022
8 - 4Things we Dont Discuss Jan. 25, 2022
8 - 5Mexican Roots Feb. 01, 2022
8 - 6Fighters Feb. 08, 2022- 8 - 7Incredible Journeys Feb. 15, 2022
8 - 8Songs of the Past Feb. 22, 2022
8 - 9Watchmen Apr. 12, 2022
8 - 10Where Did We Come From? Apr. 19, 2022
9Season 9 Jan. 03, 2023
9 - 1Hidden Kin Jan. 03, 2023
9 - 2Salem's Lot Jan. 10, 2023
9 - 3Secret Lives Jan. 17, 2023
9 - 4Far From Home Jan. 24, 2023
9 - 5Rising From the Ashes Jan. 31, 2023
9 - 6Family: Lost and Found Feb. 07, 2023
9 - 7Chosen Feb. 14, 2023
9 - 8And Still I Rise Feb. 21, 2023
9 - 9Anchormen Mar. 28, 2023
9 - 10Out of the Past Apr. 04, 2023
10Season 10 Jan. 02, 2024
- 10 - 1Born To Sing Jan. 02, 2024
- 10 - 2Forever Young Jan. 09, 2024
- 10 - 3Fathers and Sons Jan. 16, 2024
- 10 - 4Buried Secrets Jan. 23, 2024
- 10 - 5Hold the Laughter Jan. 30, 2024
- 10 - 6Far and Away Feb. 06, 2024
- 10 - 7The Brick Wall Falls Feb. 13, 2024
- 10 - 8Mean Streets Feb. 20, 2024
- 10 - 9In the Blood Apr. 02, 2024
- 10 - 10"Viewers Like You" Apr. 09, 2024
11Season 11 Jan. 07, 2025
- 11 - 1Larger Than Life Jan. 07, 2025
- 11 - 2La Famiglia Jan. 14, 2025
- 11 - 3Stranger Than Fiction Jan. 21, 2025
- 11 - 4Dreamers One and All Jan. 28, 2025
- 11 - 5Family Recipes Feb. 04, 2025
- 11 - 6Latin Roots Feb. 11, 2025
- 11 - 7The Ties That Bind Feb. 18, 2025
- 11 - 8The Butterfly Effect Feb. 25, 2025
- 11 - 9Moving on Up Apr. 01, 2025
- 11 - 10Finding My Roots Apr. 08, 2025
12Season 12 Jan. 06, 2026
- 12 - 1American Dreams Jan. 06, 2026
- 12 - 2Great Migrations Jan. 13, 2026
- 12 - 3Caribbean Roots Jan. 20, 2026
- 12 - 4The Road We Took Jan. 27, 2026
Video trailer
Synopsis
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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Original title Finding Your Roots
TMDb Rating 6.4 15 votes
First air date Mar. 24, 2012
Last air date Apr. 08, 2025
Seasons 12
Episodes 120
Average Duration 60 minutes
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