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  • Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
  • TV-PG
    TV Series | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
TV-PG
TV Series | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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.
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Updated Mar 25, 2012

Release date (First episode)
Mar 25, 2012 (United States)

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Cast

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292 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Self - Host / Self Self - Host / Self   See fewer
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CeCe Moore
Self / Adoption Search Expert / Self - DNA / Self - DNA Expert / Self - Genetic Genealogy Expert Self / Adoption Search Expert / Self - DNA / Self - DNA Expert / Self - Genetic Genealogy Expert   See fewer
10
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Ty Burrell
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Sterling K. Brown
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
2
Kehinde Wiley
Self / Self - Guest Self / Self - Guest   See fewer
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Sting
Self Self   See fewer
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Nas
Self Self   See fewer
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Julianne Moore
Self / Self - Interviewee Self / Self - Interviewee   See fewer
2
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Mia Farrow
Self - Actress / Self - Guest Self - Actress / Self - Guest   See fewer
2
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Kevin Bacon
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
Robert Downey Jr.
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Harry Connick Jr.
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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John Legend
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
Melissa McCarthy
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Paul Ryan
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
Queen Latifah
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Kyra Sedgwick
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
Wanda Sykes
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
Branford Marsalis
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
Eric Stonestreet
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Marina Abramovic
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Marco Rubio
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Joe Madison
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Sasheer Zamata
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Jeffrey Wright
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
Margarett Cooper
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Tulsi Gabbard
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Jon Batiste
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
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Robert Downey Sr.
Self - Robert's Father Self - Robert's Father   See fewer
1
1
1
Naomi Foner
Self - Maggie's Mother Self - Maggie's Mother   See fewer
1
1
Michael Bacon
Self - Kevin's Brother Self - Kevin's Brother   See fewer
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John Sedgwick
Self - Kyra's Uncle Self - Kyra's Uncle   See fewer
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Johni Cerny
Self - Genealogist Self - Genealogist   See fewer
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Ellis Marsalis
Self - Branford's Father Self - Branford's Father   See fewer
1
1
Art Green
Self - Civil War Historian, Mobile, Alabama Self - Civil War Historian, Mobile, Alabama   See fewer
1
James L. Hale
Self - Author and John's Cousin Self - Author and John's Cousin   See fewer
1
Peter Drummey
Self - Head Researcher, Massachusetts Historical Society Self - Head Researcher, Massachusetts Historical Society   See fewer
1
Greg Osborn
Self - Researcher, New Orleans Public Library Self - Researcher, New Orleans Public Library   See fewer
1
Walter Johnson
Self - Historian, Harvard Self - Historian, Harvard   See fewer
1
Ronald Lamar Stephens
Self - John's Father Self - John's Father   See fewer
1
Delores Marsalis
Self - Branford's Mother Self - Branford's Mother   See fewer
1
Eva Sheppard Wolf
Self - Historian, San Francisco State University Self - Historian, San Francisco State University   See fewer
1
Henry Dwight Sedgwick
Self - Kyra's Father Self - Kyra's Father   See fewer
1
1
David Deskins
Self - Researcher Self - Researcher   See fewer
1
1
Susan O'Donovan
Self - Historian, University of Memphis Self - Historian, University of Memphis   See fewer
1
Paul Finkelman
Self - Expert on Slave Era Law, Albany Law School Self - Expert on Slave Era Law, Albany Law School   See fewer
1
1
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Patricia Arquette
Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee   See fewer
1
Dustin Hoffman
Self - Actor Self - Actor   See fewer
1
Julianna Margulies
Self - Actress Self - Actress   See fewer
1
1
1
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1
1
1
1
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1
John McCain
Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee   See fewer
1
1
Lidia Bastianich
Self - Chef Self - Chef   See fewer
1
1
1
Azar Nafisi
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
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1
1
Scarlett Johansson
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Isabella Rossellini
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
Anjelica Huston
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
1
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1
1
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1
Steve Carell
Michael Scott / Self Michael Scott / Self   See fewer
1
1
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1
RuPaul
Self Self   See fewer
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Ciara
Self Self   See fewer
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Kristen Bell
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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1
Dax Shepard
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Amanda Seyfried
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Sharon Stone
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Natalie Morales
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Michael Imperioli
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Laurence Fishburne
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
1
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Rubén Blades
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Joy Behar
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Chrissy Teigen
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Lea Salonga
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1
José Andrés
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1
Amy Tan
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Lonnie Bunch
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Rita Dove
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
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Sean Sherman
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
King Charles III
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
1
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