Finding Your Roots

Season 6

Major corporate support for FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Six is provided by Ancestry, Johnson & Johnson and AT&T. Major support is also provided by the Ford Foundation, Candace King Weir, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.

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Finding Your Roots

Criminal Kind

Laura Linney, Lisa Ling, and Soledad O’Brien discover surprising roots.

S6 Ep10 | 52m 16s

Criminal Kind

S6 Ep10 | 52m 16s

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Finding Your Roots

Italian Roots

Jimmy Kimmel, Marisa Tomei, and John Turturro meet ancestors who made immense sacrifices.

S6 Ep9 | 52m 41s

Italian Roots

S6 Ep9 | 52m 41s

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Finding Your Roots

Slave Trade

Ava DuVernay, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Questlove discover unexpected family histories.

S6 Ep8 | 52m 41s

Slave Trade

S6 Ep8 | 52m 41s

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Finding Your Roots

Science Pioneers

Francis Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Harold E. Varmus learn their family histories.

S6 Ep7 | 52m 41s

Science Pioneers

S6 Ep7 | 52m 41s

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Finding Your Roots

Secrets & Lies

Sigourney Weaver, Justina Machado, and Amy Ryan unearth surprising family histories.

S6 Ep6 | 52m 11s

Secrets & Lies

S6 Ep6 | 52m 11s

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Finding Your Roots

Beyond the Pale

Jeff Goldblum, Terry Gross, and Marc Maron uncover unknown family histories.

S6 Ep5 | 52m 41s

Beyond the Pale

S6 Ep5 | 52m 41s

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Finding Your Roots

This Land Is My Land

Queen Latifah and Jeffrey Wright discover unexpected family trees.

S6 Ep4 | 52m 41s

This Land Is My Land

S6 Ep4 | 52m 41s

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Finding Your Roots

Homecomings

Sterling K. Brown, Jon Batiste, and Shasheer Zamata learn their family histories.

S6 Ep3 | 52m 41s

Homecomings

S6 Ep3 | 52m 41s

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Finding Your Roots

Off the Farm

Dr. Gates helps Melissa McCarthy and Eric Stonestreet answer family mysteries.

S6 Ep2 | 52m 36s

Off the Farm

S6 Ep2 | 52m 36s

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Finding Your Roots

Hollywood Royalty

Anjelica Huston, Mia Farrow, and Isabella Rosselini learn their family histories.

S6 Ep1 | 52m 41s

Hollywood Royalty

S6 Ep1 | 52m 41s

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