You know their names, now get to know their stories.You know their names, now get to know their stories.

You know their names, now get to know their stories.

Tune in to the exciting 11th season of Finding Your Roots featuring an all-star cast and their amazing stories.Tune in to the exciting 11th season of Finding Your Roots featuring an all-star cast and their amazing stories.

Learn more or check your local listings.

Ancestry is proud to support this inspiring family history series.

Tune in to the exciting 11th season of Finding Your Roots featuring an all-star cast and their amazing stories.

Learn more
or check your local listings.

Ancestry is proud to support this inspiring family history series.

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Watch highlights from the new season

of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Take a peek at the stars and stories of Season 11.

Episode 1

Larger Than Life

with Lea Salonga and
Amanda Seyfried

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Lea Salonga and Amanda Seyfried to ancestors who are every bit as dramatic as the characters they’ve played on stage and screen, telling stories of relatives who survived heart-wrenching ordeals.

Episode 2

La Famiglia

with Joy Behar and
Michael Imperioli

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. visits tiny towns in Calabria, Italy to trace the roots of talk show host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli, revealing the challenges that their ancestors faced—and overcame—on both sides of the Atlantic.

Episode 3

Stranger Than Fiction

with Amy Tan and
Rita Dove

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family trees of two award-winning writers: novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove—traveling across China and the American South to uncover long lost stories of the ancestors who inspired their work.

Episode 4

Dreamers One and All

with Sharon Stone and
Chrissy Teigen

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of actor Sharon Stone & model Chrissy Teigen, traveling across Europe & Thailand to reveal they aren’t the first in their families who dared to dream big.

Episode 5

Family Recipes

with José Andrés and
Sean Sherman

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of celebrity chefs José Andrés and Sean Sherman, traveling from small-town Spain to Native American lands in the Dakotas to reveal his guests’ hidden connections to history—and to food.

Episode 6

Latin Roots

with Rubén Blades and
Natalie Morales

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of musician Rubén Blades and journalist Natalie Morales—interweaving stories from across Latin America. Along the way, both guests learn secrets that their ancestors tried hard to conceal.

Episode 7

The Ties That Bind

with Kristen Bell and
Dax Shepard

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard—a married couple who whose ancestors had some remarkable similarities. Telling stories of soldiers, settlers & criminals, Gates compels the pair to reimagine their family trees.

Episode 8

The Butterfly Effect

with Debra Messing and
Melanie Lynskey

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey to their roots, telling stories of ancestors who made bold decisions that reshaped their families—and unwittingly transformed the lives of their descendants.

Episode 9

Moving On Up

with Lonnie Bunch and
Sheryl Lee Ralph

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the long-lost roots of actor Sheryl Lee Ralph and historian Lonnie Bunch—two African Americans whose ancestors broke boundaries and forged families as they moved from slavery to freedom.

Episode 10

Finding My Roots

with Laurence Fishburne and
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Cutting-edge DNA detective work solves longstanding family mysteries for actor Laurence Fishburne and scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.—in a unique and emotional episode where Gates finds himself as a guest on his own show for the first time.

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