Finding Your Roots
2012·TV Show·
·116Episodes in11Seasons


Where to Watch
Not available to stream in GB (flatrate)
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.
DNA
- Themes
- Click below to reveal spoilersFamily BondsIdentity CrisisHistorical ContextSelf-Discovery Journey
- Plot
- Click below to reveal spoilersFamily History ResearchUncovering Hidden PastsAncestral ExplorationPersonal NarrativesEmotional InterviewsCultural HeritageGenealogyHistorical Archives
- Narrative
- Cinematic Style
- Costume and Set
Sequels and Prequels
No sequels or prequels available
Crew
Directed by:
Hazel Gurland-Pooler, Phil Bertelsen, Josh Gleason
Written by:
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Produced by:
Deborah Clancy Porfido, Natalia Warchol, Dyllan McGee