The PBS series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. will return for season 12 on Jan. 6, 2026, and PEOPLE can exclusively reveal ...

The celebrity guest roster for Season 12 includes actors Lizzy Caplan, Kristin Chenoweth, Liza Colón-Zayas, Darren Criss, ...

Host Henry Louis Gates Jr. has vowed that the series will continue on PBS despite the recent clawback of federal funding for public broadcasting.

As a panelist on The View, Sara Haines considers current events. But as a celebrity guest on the upcoming season of Finding ...

FINDING YOUR ROOTS “Viewers Like You” Saturday, August 23 at 8:00 pm After a national casting call that received over nine ...

Ralph’s paternal side came from North Carolina. When the “Finding Your Roots” team found evidence of her descendants, many were listed as being enslaved.

Debra Messing is feeling the Bern. The “Will & Grace” alum learned in a February episode of PBS’ “Finding Your Roots” that she is related to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a fact which ...

Laurence Fishburne couldn’t help but get emotional while learning more about a previously unknown branch of his family tree on Finding Your Roots. In a preview clip from tonight’s episode, the ...

NEW YORK — For 11 seasons, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from his guests on the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots” and led them through secrets in their family tree.

NEW YORK — For 11 seasons, Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from his guests on the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots” and led them through secrets in their family tree.