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Finding Your Roots

Name: Finding Your Roots
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-03-24
Duration: 45 min

2012 – 2026 · 45m per ep · TV-PG · English · United States of America

Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.

6.5(284 reviews)

18.9492% popularity

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Details

First air date: Mar 24, 2012
Last air date: Apr 14, 2026
Status: Returning
Seasons: 13
Episodes: 127
Episode runtime: 45m
Original language: English
Country: United States of America
Network / platform: PBS
Creator / showrunner: —
Certification: TV-PG
Production companies: Kunhardt McGee Productions, Ark Media, Inkwell Films

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Keywords

dnacelebrityancestrygenealogy

Seasons & episodes

Season 1

2012 · 10 episodes

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Cast

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Self - Host

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Reviews & ratings

6.5

284 community reviews

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Alex Rivera5.5/103/18/2026
Binge-worthy
Every episode leaves you wanting more. The character arcs are exceptional.
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Jordan Kim6.5/103/14/2026
Peak television
One of the best shows in its genre — tightly written and beautifully acted.
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Sam Patel7.5/103/10/2026
Must-watch series
The season finales alone are worth the watch.
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Morgan Lee5.5/103/6/2026
Brilliant writing
Gripping from the first scene. Already recommending to everyone.
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Casey Wong6.5/103/2/2026
Slow burn payoff
Takes a few episodes to hit stride, then it's unstoppable.
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