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 5

serie United States 2012

Episode rating

Season 5
8.3
E1
7.9
E2
8.2
E3
7.9
E4
8.2
E5
7.1
E6
7.7
E7
7.9
E8
8.0
E9
8.2
E10

Cast of season 5

In order of relevance in the season

Episodes of season 510

  • 8.3
    /10

    Grandparents and Other Strangers
    episode S5.E1 january 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.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Mystery Men
    episode S5.E2 january 2019
    Actors Felicity Huffman and Michael K. Williams learn about the biological fathers they know little about.
  • 8.2
    /10

    Reporting on the Reporters
    episode S5.E3 january 2019
    Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and his team uncover the family stories of journalists Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry and Lisa Ling.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Dreaming of a New Land
    episode S5.E4 january 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.
  • 8.2
    /10

    Freedom Tales
    episode S5.E5 february 2019
    TV host Michael Strahan and actress S. Epatha Merkerson learn about the unusual circumstances surrounding their ancestors' success and suffering.
  • 7.1
    /10

    Roots in Politics
    episode S5.E6 february 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.
  • 7.7
    /10

    No Laughing Matter
    episode S5.E7 february 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.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Hard Times
    episode S5.E8 february 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.
  • 8
    /10

    The Eye of the Beholder
    episode S5.E9 april 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.
  • 8.2
    /10

    All in the Family
    episode S5.E10 april 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.