Henry Louis Gates Jr. explains how the PBS series navigates shocking ancestry revelations, guest privacy and the truths that can forever alter a family story.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lizzy Caplan and America Ferrera join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on Season 12 of 'Finding Your Roots' - Netflix; PBS; Sony Pictures ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For 11 seasons, Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from his guests on the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots” and led them through secrets in their family tree. On Tuesday, it's ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — PBS put its “Finding Your Roots” series on hold Wednesday after determining an episode that omitted references to Ben Affleck’s ancestor as a slave owner violated its standards. The ...

The third season of the ancestry-research program Finding Your Roots, hosted by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., has been postponed by PBS after a determination that an episode of the program ...

The Amarillo Public Library, Amarillo Genealogical Society, and Panhandle PBS have joined up to host "Finding Your Roots: A Genealogy Open House" from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at the ...

The Root was on location at a screening of an episode of the new PBS series Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Stage and screen stars and Oklahoma natives Kristin Chenoweth and Tracy Letts, along with former Oklahoma City Thunder star Chris Paul, will be featured on the upcoming season of "Finding Your Roots." ...

This image released by PBS shows actor Laurence Fishburne, left, with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of the series Finding Your Roots." (PBS via AP) (Uncredited) The Harvard scholar learns a ...