Finding Your Roots

Season 11

2025 · 10 episodes · 1.0/10

Episodes

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   1. Larger Than Life

   7 Jan 2025 · 1.0/10

   Research into the ancestry of singer Lea Salonga and actress Amanda Seyfried reveals relatives who survived heart-wrenching ordeals.

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   2. La Famiglia

   14 Jan 2025 · 1.0/10

   Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.

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   3. Stranger Than Fiction

   21 Jan 2025 · 1.0/10

   Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.

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   4. Dreamers One and All

   28 Jan 2025 · 1.0/10

   Exploring the ancestry of actress Sharon Stone and model Chrissy Teigen includes travelling across Europe and Thailand.

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   5. Family Recipes

   4 Feb 2025

   Exploring the ancestry of chefs José Andrés and Sean Sherman.

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   6. Latin Roots

   11 Feb 2025

   Tracing the family trees of musician Rubén Blades and journalist Natalie Morales.

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   7. The Ties That Bind

   18 Feb 2025

   Actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard learn about their family histories, which includes stories of soldiers, settlers and criminals.

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   8. The Butterfly Effect

   25 Feb 2025

   Actresses Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey explore the stories of their ancestors whose bold decisions reshaped their families.

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   9. Moving on Up

   1 Apr 2025

   Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lonnie Bunch - two African Americans trace their ancestors, who overcame slavery and traveled from southern plantations to northern cities, forging prosperous families despite adversity.

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    10. Finding My Roots

    8 Apr 2025

    Family mysteries: actor Laurence Fishburne and scholar Henry Lewis Gates, Jr. peer into their mysterious family roots using DNA evidence to track down lost family members and their histories.