The PBS series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. will return for season 12 on Jan. 6, 2026, and PEOPLE can exclusively reveal ...

Finding Your Roots Season 12 premieres Jan. 6 on PBS. As a panelist on The View , Sara Haines considers current events. But ...

Host Henry Louis Gates Jr. has vowed that the series will continue on PBS despite the recent clawback of federal funding for public broadcasting.

The celebrity guest roster for Season 12 includes actors Lizzy Caplan, Kristin Chenoweth, Liza Colón-Zayas, Darren Criss, ...

Finding Your Roots Season 6 Episodes 2012 -2025 11 Seasons PBS International Documentary, Suspense TV-PG Watchlist Where to Watch ...

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

LL Cool J on "Finding Your Roots." YouTube In a 2016 episode of “Finding Your Roots,” rapper and actor LL Cool J, born James Todd Smith, appeared on the show to discuss his family’s roots.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts 'Finding Your Roots' on PBS, confirmed Pope Leo XIV is related to Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Justin Bieber, and Hilary Clinton, among others ...

Meanwhile, the actor pointed out that "Finding Your Roots" is not a news program, but, rather, "a show where you voluntarily provide a great deal of information about your family, making you quite ...

The upcoming 12th season also will include a guest appearance by former Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul.