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Finding Your Roots

Forever Young

Season 10 Episode 2 | 52m 09s

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser—two actors who found fame when they were young and lived much of their lives in the limelight, cut off from their roots. Moving from war-torn Europe to the coal mines of Pennsylvania to the Amazon jungle, each discovers the places their ancestors once called home—providing new insight into what made them who they are today.

Aired: 01/08/24 | Expires: 02/06/24

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Corporate support for Season 11 of FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. is provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc., Ancestry® and Johnson & Johnson. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Support is also provided by Ford Foundation; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Candace King Weir; by the Inkwell Society together with many of its members; and by public television viewers.

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Finding Your Roots

Wiz Khalifa Discovers His Ancestor’s Courage to Vote

Wiz learns about his ancestor's courageous decision to register to vote.

Clip: S12 E2 | 4:08

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Sanaa Learns About Her Paternal Grandfather’s Journey

Sanaa learns about her paternal grandfather's roots and struggles.

Clip: S12 E2 | 4:07

Finding Your Roots

Season 12: Extended Trailer

Finding Your Roots returns, telling stories that illuminate America’s fundamental diversity.

Preview: S12 | 2:55

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Laurence Learns About His Great-Great-Great-Grandmother

Laurence discovers the identity of his great-great-great-grandmother.

Clip: S11 E10 | 4:12

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Skip Discovers His Great-Great-Grandfather

Skip discusses Jane Gates, his oldest known ancestor up until now.

Clip: S11 E10 | 4:14

Finding Your Roots

Finding My Roots Preview

Family mysteries are solved for actor Laurence Fishburne & scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Preview: S11 E10 | 0:30

Finding Your Roots

Lonnie Bunch Discovers His Grandfather's Heroic Educationonal Efforts

Lonnie learns about his grandfather who served on a school committee for mainly Black students.

Clip: S11 E9 | 3:41

Finding Your Roots

The Surprising Love Story in Sheryl Lee Ralph's Ancestry

Sheryl's third great grandparents, a mixed race couple, got married in 1837.

Clip: S11 E9 | 4:09

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Moving On Up Preview

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of actor Sheryl Lee Ralph & historian Lonnie Bunch.

Preview: S11 E9 | 0:30

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Debra Messing's Polish Ancestors Voyaged to New York

Debra discovers her grandfather's earliest years in America after leaving Poland.

Clip: S11 E8 | 3:53

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