Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots
Title card from the second season
Also known as	Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Genre	Family history Genealogy Documentary series
Written by	Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Directed by	John Maggio Jesse Sweet Caitlin McNally Jack Youngelson Sabin Streeter Julia Marchesi
Presented by	Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Composer	Michael Bacon
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	97 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producer	Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Producers	Rachel Dretzin Leslie Asako Gladsjo Dyllan McGee Peter Kunhardt Stephen Segaller
Running time	51–53 minutes
Production companies	Kunhardt McGee Productions Inkwell Films Ark Media
Original release
Network	PBS
Release	March 25, 2012 (2012-03-25) – present (present)
Related
Faces of America
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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that premiered on March 25, 2012, on PBS. In each episode, celebrities are presented with a "book of life" that is compiled with information researched by professional genealogists that allows them to view their ancestral histories, learn about familial connections and discover secrets about their lineage.

All episodes air on Tuesdays.^[1][2] Season 10 began airing on January 2, 2024.^[3]