The longtime PBS series host reveals some of the surprises in store in the coming episodes, including one of his own.

Novelist Amy Tan has always turned to her own family for writing inspiration. "The Joy Luck Club," one of her most famous ...

Henry Louis Gates spoke about “Finding Your Roots,” which premiered its 11th season last week on PBS, and how he helped Kerry ...

On Tuesday’s edition of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr., the theme was Italian heritage week as both The View ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals inspiring ancestors of novelist Amy Tan & poet Rita Dove.

In PEOPLE's exclusive first look at the Jan. 14 episode of 'Finding My Roots', Joy Behar discovered just how close her family ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the Italian roots of Joy Behar & Michael Imperioli.

In this exclusive clip from the Season 11 premiere of Finding Your Roots, Lea Salonga learns about her family’s surprising history of privilege and prosperity and reflects on how this legacy was lost ...

Amanda Seyfried, during a new episode of 'Finding Your Roots,' learns that her third great-grandfather was murdered in 1905. See an exclusive clip.

La Famiglia - Henry Louis Gates, Jr. visits tiny towns in Calabria, Italy to trace the roots of talk show host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli, revealing the challenges that their ancestors ...

The “Mean Girls” actress, 39, was astounded to learn that her third great-grandfather was murdered during a clip from the season 11 premiere of Ancestry’s “Finding Your Roots” obtained ...

The Season 11 premiere of Finding Your Roots was especially revelatory for theater ... According to the episode’s narration by host Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Salonga had a complicated relationship with ...