Plot — What is Finding Your Roots about?
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.
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Quick Facts
| Type | Web Series |
| First Aired | 2012 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Seasons | 13 (127 episodes) |
| Audience Score | 65% (6.5/10, 20 votes) |
Finding Your Roots — FAQ
Is Finding Your Roots worth watching? Finding Your Roots holds a 6.5/10 rating from 20 viewers. 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 rec
Who is in the cast of Finding Your Roots? It stars Henry Louis Gates, Jr..
Where can I stream Finding Your Roots? You can stream Finding Your Roots on PBS, PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, PBS Living Amazon Channel, Thirteen, WETA+. Availability may vary by region.
When did Finding Your Roots release? It first aired in 2012.
