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

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

Finding Your Roots Season 12 premieres Jan. 6 on PBS. As a panelist on The View , Sara Haines considers current events. But ...

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

The celebrity guest roster for Season 12 includes actors Lizzy Caplan, Kristin Chenoweth, Liza Colón-Zayas, Darren Criss, Danielle Deadwyler, America Ferrera, Sanaa Lathan, Tracy Letts, and Delroy ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.