Episodes (10)
Jan 04, 2022
Henry Louis Gates Jr. helps Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels solve family mysteries through DNA detective work, illuminating both history and their own identities.
Jan 04, 2022
Henry Louis Gates Jr. retraces the ancestral journeys of David Chang and Raúl Esparza, whose families fled their homelands, leading them to find lost parts of themselves along the way.
Jan 11, 2022
Henry Louis Gates Jr. welcomes Brittany Packnett Cunningham Cunningham and Anita Hill, two guests who made profound sacrifices for social justice, and helps them discover the ancestors who made sacrifices for them.
Jan 25, 2022
Henry Louis Gates Jr. works with Pamela Adlon and Kathryn Hahn, two guests whose family trees were obscured by scandals, to discover the truth about their ancestors.
Feb 01, 2022
Comedians Mario Lopez and Melissa Villaseñor learn about their Mexican heritage.
Feb 08, 2022
Comedian Tony Danza learns about his Sicilian ancestors while comedian Terry Crews learns about his father's complicated heritage.
Feb 15, 2022
Comedian John Leguizamo learns the incredible truth about his South American ancestors while filmmaker Lena Waithe learns about her complex heritage.
Feb 22, 2022
Comedian Nathan Lane learns about his impoverished Irish ancestors while actor Leslie Odom Jr. learns the fascinating truth about his ancestors.
Apr 12, 2022
Regina King and Damon Lindelof discover that they have more in common than meets the eye.
Apr 19, 2022
News anchor Erin Burnett, fashion journalist André Leon Talley and actress Amy Carlson trace their ancestral roots.
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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Season 8 (2022) is released on Jan 04, 2022 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.