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Finding Your Roots (2012)

TV Series ★ 6.5 60 min

Documentary

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.

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Quick facts

Released
March 24, 2012
Runtime
60 min
Rating
TV-PG
IMDb
tt2326517
Country
United States
Language
English
Studio
Kunhardt McGee Productions, Ark Media, Inkwell Films

Themes

Cast

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Self - Host

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Frequently asked questions

What is Finding Your Roots about?
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.
Who stars in Finding Your Roots?
Finding Your Roots stars Henry Louis Gates, Jr..
When was Finding Your Roots released?
Finding Your Roots is a 2012 documentary series.
Where can I watch Finding Your Roots?
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