Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. - Season 9

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. - Season 9

Season 9

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Episodes10
DatesJan 3, 2023 - Mar 7, 2023
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Episodes

Hidden Kin
Season 9Episode 160 min

Hidden Kin

Actors Edward Norton and Julia Roberts discover their hidden connections to history.

Jan 3, 2023
Salem's Lot
Season 9Episode 260 min

Salem's Lot

Exploring primal scenes from America's past with actors Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels.

Jan 10, 2023
Secret Lives
Season 9Episode 360 min

Secret Lives

Comics Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash see family mysteries solved by DNA.

Jan 17, 2023
Far From Home
Season 9Episode 460 min

Far From Home

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the family trees of pop icon Cyndi Lauper and actors Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo, exploring records in Italy, Korea, and Mexico to uncover ancestors whose stories were lost when their families immigrated to America.

Jan 24, 2023
Rising From the Ashes
Season 9Episode 560 min

Rising From the Ashes

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the roots of actors Brian Cox and Viola Davis, uncovering records from workhouses in Scotland and slave plantations in South Carolina that reveal individuals who battled to build a better life for their families.
 

Jan 31, 2023
Family: Lost and Found
Season 9Episode 660 min

Family: Lost and Found

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uses DNA detective work to solve family mysteries for actor Joe Manganiello and football star Tony Gonzalez—uncovering close relatives whose names they've never heard and compelling each man to rethink his own identity.
 

Feb 7, 2023
Chosen
Season 9Episode 760 min

Chosen

Henry Louis Gates helps actors David Duchovny and Richard Kind trace their roots from Jewish communities in Eastern Europe to the United States—telling stories of triumph and tragedy that laid the groundwork for his guest's success.

Feb 14, 2023
And Still I Rise
Season 9Episode 860 min

And Still I Rise

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the unexpected family trees of activist Angela Y. Davis and statesman Jeh Charles Johnson, using DNA and long-lost records to redefine notions of the black experience—and challenge preconceptions of America's past.

Feb 21, 2023
Anchormen
Season 9Episode 960 min

Anchormen

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took enormous chances so that their descendants might thrive.

Feb 28, 2023
Out of the Past
Season 9Episode 1060 min

Out of the Past

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley, traveling back generations to recount significant events in history—from the American Revolution to the journey of the Mayflower—in a deeply personal way.

Mar 7, 2023

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