Finding Your Roots

Season 11

TV-PG

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 Season 11

10 Episodes

Larger Than Life
E1
Larger Than LifeResearch into the ancestry of singer Lea Salonga and actress Amanda Seyfried reveals relatives who survived heart-wrenching ordeals.
La Famiglia
E2
La FamigliaExploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
Stranger Than Fiction
E3
Stranger Than FictionTraveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
Dreamers One and All
E4
Dreamers One and AllExploring the ancestry of actress Sharon Stone and model Chrissy Teigen includes travelling across Europe and Thailand.
Family Recipes
E5
Family RecipesExploring the ancestry of chefs José Andrés and Sean Sherman.
Latin Roots
E6
Latin RootsTracing the family trees of musician Rubén Blades and journalist Natalie Morales.
The Ties That Bind
E7
The Ties That BindActors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard learn about their family histories, which includes stories of soldiers, settlers and criminals.
The Butterfly Effect
E8
The Butterfly EffectActresses Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey explore the stories of their ancestors whose bold decisions reshaped their families.
Moving on Up
E9
Moving on UpLaurence Fishburne and Sheryl Lee Ralph learn about their family histories.
Finding My Roots
E10
Finding My RootsA solution to a mystery that has haunted the Gates family for generations is revealed.