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Finding Your Roots

For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.
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Schedule

  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Puritans and Pioneers: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Puritans and Pioneers

    Friday
    Apr 24

    1 Hour

    Actors Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and William H. Macy trace their nonconformist ancestors back to the Puritan establishment.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Puritans and Pioneers: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Puritans and Pioneers

    Sunday
    Apr 26

    1 Hour

    Actors Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and William H. Macy trace their nonconformist ancestors back to the Puritan establishment.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Puritans and Pioneers: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Puritans and Pioneers

    Sunday
    Apr 26

    1 Hour

    Actors Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and William H. Macy trace their nonconformist ancestors back to the Puritan establishment.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Puritans and Pioneers: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Puritans and Pioneers

    Sunday
    Apr 26

    1 Hour

    Actors Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and William H. Macy trace their nonconformist ancestors back to the Puritan establishment.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Puritans and Pioneers: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Puritans and Pioneers

    Monday
    Apr 27

    1 Hour

    Actors Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and William H. Macy trace their nonconformist ancestors back to the Puritan establishment.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Puritans and Pioneers: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Puritans and Pioneers

    Monday
    Apr 27

    1 Hour

    Actors Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and William H. Macy trace their nonconformist ancestors back to the Puritan establishment.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Hidden in the Genes: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Hidden in the Genes

    Tuesday
    Apr 28

    1 Hour

    Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels research their family histories.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Hidden in the Genes: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Hidden in the Genes

    Tuesday
    Apr 28

    1 Hour

    Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels research their family histories.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Hidden in the Genes: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Hidden in the Genes

    Wednesday
    Apr 29

    1 Hour

    Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels research their family histories.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Hidden in the Genes: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Hidden in the Genes

    Wednesday
    Apr 29

    1 Hour

    Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels research their family histories.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Hidden in the Genes: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Hidden in the Genes

    Wednesday
    Apr 29

    1 Hour

    Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels research their family histories.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Secret Lives: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Secret Lives

    Wednesday
    Apr 29

    1 Hour

    Comics Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash see family mysteries solved by DNA.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Hidden in the Genes: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Hidden in the Genes

    Friday
    May 1

    1 Hour

    Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels research their family histories.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Hidden in the Genes: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Hidden in the Genes

    Sunday
    May 3

    1 Hour

    Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels research their family histories.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Hidden in the Genes: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Hidden in the Genes

    Sunday
    May 3

    1 Hour

    Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels research their family histories.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Hidden in the Genes: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Hidden in the Genes

    Sunday
    May 3

    1 Hour

    Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels research their family histories.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Hidden in the Genes: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Hidden in the Genes

    Sunday
    May 3

    1 Hour

    Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels research their family histories.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Hidden in the Genes: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Hidden in the Genes

    Monday
    May 4

    1 Hour

    Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels research their family histories.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Hidden in the Genes: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Hidden in the Genes

    Monday
    May 4

    1 Hour

    Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels research their family histories.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: In the Blood: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    In the Blood

    Tuesday
    May 5

    1 Hour

    Actor Michael Douglas and writer/director Lena Dunham explore their family roots.

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