Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

- Season 9

(2023)

Julia Roberts and Edward Norton trace their families back deep into American history and beyond. And they each have an additional surprise in store.

Henry Lewis Gates Jr. takes Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels on a journey into their roots.

Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash uncover some family secrets about the untold lives of their grandparents. One revelation so shocking that the guest learned it during filming to prepare her family for the result.

Cyndi Lauper, Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo uncover the stories of their immigrant ancestors.

Viola Davis and Brian Cox learn about relatives they never knew about whose fights against the odds inspire their descendants. Also, both learn of long-lost relatives who have been on the show.

Joe Manganiello and Tony Gonzalez discover close relatives whose names they've never heard and whose stories they could not have imagined.

Host Henry Louis Gates traces the ancestral roots of actors David Duchovny and Richard Kind to Jewish communities from parts of Europe.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the unexpected family trees of activist Angela Y. Davis and statesman Jeh Johnson, using DNA and long-lost records to redefine notions of the black experience-and challenge preconceptions of America's past.

Henry L. Gates, Jr. introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took enormous chances so that their descendants might thrive.

Henry Lewis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley.