Episodes (10)

Grandparents and Other Strangers
S05E01 · Grandparents and Other Strangers

Jan 08, 2019

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and his team use both DNA testing and detective work to uncover the history of a grandparent line and try to find missing relatives for actor Andy Samberg and author George R. R. Martin.

Mystery Men
S05E02 · Mystery Men

Jan 15, 2019

Actors Felicity Huffman and Michael K. Williams learn about the biological fathers they know little about.

Reporting on the Reporters
S05E03 · Reporting on the Reporters

Jan 22, 2019

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and his team uncover the family stories of journalists Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry and Lisa Ling.

Dreaming of a New Land
S05E04 · Dreaming of a New Land

Jan 29, 2019

Actress Marisa Tomei, business woman Sheryl Sandberg and actor Kal Penn learn about the challenge faced by their ancestors who immigrated from Italy, Russia and India to America.

Freedom Tales
S05E05 · Freedom Tales

Feb 05, 2019

TV host Michael Strahan and actress S. Epatha Merkerson learn about the unusual circumstances surrounding their ancestors' success and suffering.

Roots in Politics
S05E06 · Roots in Politics

Feb 12, 2019

Republican politicians Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio and Democratic politician Tulsi Gabbard learn surprising facts about their ancestors including how their own choice of career may have been unwittingly inspired by them.

No Laughing Matter
S05E07 · No Laughing Matter

Feb 19, 2019

Stand up comedians and TV stars Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro and Sarah Silverman learn about their ancestors' hardships, flaws, successes, reinventions, and how all this indirectly affected them as well.

Hard Times
S05E08 · Hard Times

Feb 26, 2019

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and actresses Laura Linney and Chloë Sevigny learn the tragic truth about their ancestors' hardships including imprisonment, generational family trauma and child marriage.

The Eye of the Beholder
S05E09 · The Eye of the Beholder

Apr 02, 2019

Celebrated filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu learns how his ancestors fought for the rule of law in Mexico, world famous performance artist Marina Abramovic learns how wars and conservative Balkan upbringing scarred both her and her troubled parents for life, and renowned African American painter, Kehinde Wiley, learns about his heroic ancestors who fought for freedom only to face racism and injustice at home later on.

All in the Family
S05E10 · All in the Family

Apr 09, 2019

Comedian and Modern Family (2009) star Ty Burrell, and notable radio talk-show host and civil rights activist Joe Madison learn about their roots, which leads to many unexpected twists, shocking turns, and surprising similarities.

About

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Season 5 (2019) is released on Jan 08, 2019 and the latest season 9 of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is released in 2023. Watch Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is directed by Hazel Gurland,Sabin Streeter,Jesse Sweet,Josh Gleason and created by Henry Louis Gates Jr. with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and CeCe Moore.

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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.(English), Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.(French), Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.(Hindi), ファインディング・ユア・ルーツ

Countries:

United States

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Ark Media, Kunhardt Films, McGee Media

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