What genre is Finding Your Roots?

Finding Your Roots is categorised as Documentary.

Who stars in Finding Your Roots?

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. appear in the main cast.

Is Finding Your Roots worth watching?

It holds an audience score of 6.6/10. Check the similar titles below if you want alternatives in the same style.

Where can I watch Finding Your Roots?

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Finding Your Roots (2012)

Name: Finding Your Roots
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

TV show 12 seasons ★ 6.6/10

Good for tonight if you want to: teach me something

Documentary

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Released in 2012, Finding Your Roots is a documentary TV show. The cast includes Henry Louis Gates, Jr.. Audiences give it a decent score of 6.6 out of 10.

Synopsis

Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.

Where to watch Finding Your Roots

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Cast & crew

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.as Self - Host

Seasons

Season 1 · 10 episodes
Season 2 · 10 episodes
Season 3 · 10 episodes
Season 4 · 10 episodes
Season 5 · 10 episodes
Season 6 · 16 episodes
Season 7 · 10 episodes
Season 8 · 10 episodes
Season 9 · 10 episodes
Season 10 · 10 episodes
Season 11 · 10 episodes
Season 12 · 10 episodes

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Questions about Finding Your Roots

What genre is Finding Your Roots?: Finding Your Roots is categorised as Documentary.
Who stars in Finding Your Roots?: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. appear in the main cast.
Is Finding Your Roots worth watching?: It holds an audience score of 6.6/10. Check the similar titles below if you want alternatives in the same style.
Where can I watch Finding Your Roots?: Availability changes by country and over time. Use the "Where to watch" links on this page to see which legal streaming, rental or purchase services currently offer it.