Premieres Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of director Spike Lee and actor Kristin Chenoweth. Moving across Europe and the ...

In this exclusive clip from Tuesday's episode of Finding Your Roots, Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth discovers some common qualities between herself and a 19th-century Texas relative. Check it out ...

Megan Robertson is a pediatric speech-language pathologist from Mechanicsburg, Pennslyvania. She's also a mom to her eight-year-old daughter. But for years she and her family have tried to solve the ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. the host and executive producer of the Emmy-nominated PBS show Finding Your Roots, traveled to the Vatican on July 5 to meet with Pope Leo XIV to present his genealogical ...

Terrie Morrow has always considered herself somewhat of a family historian, so when she heard that "Finding Your Roots" was searching for viewers to appear on an episode of the PBS show, she was ...

3 Exclusive: Michael Urie and Jason Segel Sing LES MIZ in SHRINKING 4 Exclusive: Michael Urie Breaks Down That LES MISÉRABLES Duet on SHRINKING In this exclusive clip from PBS's Finding Your Roots, ...

Popular ancestry show Finding Your Roots is deep into its ninth season but host Henry Louis Gates Jr. admits he's "surprised" the show has worked so well with white people included. Historian and ...

About Season 8: FINDING YOUR ROOTS, Season 8 features 10 episodes showcasing guests who have excelled in a wide array of fields, each with ancestral stories that touch on the human experience and ...

The Oscar winner makes a surprising family connection on Tuesday's season premiere, airing 8 p.m. PT/ET on PBS. On Tuesday's season premiere of Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr., the host ...

Season 12, Premiering January 6, 2026 on PBS Includes Twenty Celebrity Guests Ranging from Actors and Musicians to Filmmakers and Businessmen Season Twelve’s celebrity lineup includes: Kate Burton, ...

Family mysteries are solved for actor Laurence Fishburne & scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. In a unique and highly emotional episode, actor Laurence Fishburne is joined by scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.