The acclaimed series returns with Professor Gates exploring the mysteries, surprises and revelations hidden in the family trees of popular figures. Kristin Chenoweth and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on ...

Playwright Tracy Letts is exploring the relationship between his family background and his theater work in an exclusive clip from Finding Your Roots. In a new episode of the PBS genealogy series, the ...

Oklahoma actor and playwright Tracy Letts, who was in the first-season cast of the shot-in-Tulsa series “The Lowdown,” will learn about his ancestors in an upcoming episode of “Finding Your Rights” ...

WNBA star Brittney Griner learns about the horrors one of her ancestors endured at a mental asylum in an exclusive clip from Tuesday’s episode of PBS’s hit series, Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis ...

S ince 2012, Finding Your Roots host Henry Louis Gates Jr. has been captivating viewers by peeling back the layers of American identity through the stories of actors, politicians, athletes, and ...

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How much do you really know about your ancestors? Maybe you know what countries they came from, what languages they spoke or what tribes they belonged to. But the details that help us understand ...

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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returned for its highly anticipated Season 12, which premiered on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. on PBS. The two-time Emmy-nominated series once ...

The Season 12 premiere of Finding Your Roots brings America Ferrera key intel about her estranged father. Thanks to a love letter from her late grandmother and a key photo find, she gained a new ...

Discover a fast and powerful calculus-based method for finding square roots with impressive accuracy. This explanation shows how derivatives and iterative approximation can be used to quickly zero in ...

Family trees can hold jaw-dropping secrets! Join us as we explore the most shocking ancestry discoveries celebrities made on "Finding Your Roots." From spy grandfathers and royal connections to ...