Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Before the popularity of AncestryDNA, journalist and cultural critic Henry Louis Gates, Jr. divulges the family trees of various celebrities, many times with stunning revelations.
  • 51min
  • Seasons: 10
  • Episodes: 106
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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

season 9

serie United States 2012

Episode rating

Season 9
8.0
E1
7.8
E2
8.4
E3
7.9
E4
8.2
E5
8.1
E6
8.0
E7
7.8
E8
7.8
E9
7.9
E10

Cast of season 9

In order of relevance in the season

Episodes of season 910

  • 8
    /10

    Hidden Kin
    episode S9.E1 january 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.
  • 7.8
    /10

    Salem's Lot
    episode S9.E2 january 2023
    Henry Lewis Gates Jr. takes Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels on a journey into their roots.
  • 8.4
    /10

    Secret Lives
    episode S9.E3 january 2023
    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.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Far From Home
    episode S9.E4 january 2023
    Cyndi Lauper, Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo uncover the stories of their immigrant ancestors.
  • 8.2
    /10

    Rising from the Ashes
    episode S9.E5 january 2023
    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.
  • 8.1
    /10

    Family: Lost and Found
    episode S9.E6 february 2023
    Joe Manganiello and Tony Gonzalez discover close relatives whose names they've never heard and whose stories they could not have imagined.
  • 8
    /10

    Chosen
    episode S9.E7 february 2023
    Host Henry Louis Gates traces the ancestral roots of actors David Duchovny and Richard Kind to Jewish communities from parts of Europe.
  • 7.8
    /10

    And Still I Rise
    episode S9.E8 february 2023
    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.
  • 7.8
    /10

    Anchormen
    episode S9.E9 march 2023
    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.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Out of the Past
    episode S9.E10 april 2023
    Henry Lewis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley.