Jan 2, 2024
Singers Ciara and Alanis Morissette examine their family histories.
Finding Your Roots
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.
Season 10 Episodes
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Jan 9, 2024
Actors Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser explore their family histories
Jan 16, 2024
Actors LeVar Burton and Wes Studi, two men who grew up without their fathers, explore their family histories.
Jan 23, 2024
Singer Sammy Hagar and actor Ed O'Neill uncover their roots and discover deep family secrets.
Jan 30, 2024
Actor Bob Odenkirk and comic Iliza Shlesinger explore their family histories and learn about relatives who took great risks to overcome hardships.
Feb 6, 2024
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the extraordinarily diverse roots of journalist Sunny Hostin and actor Jesse Williams—telling long-lost stories of African and European ancestry that compel his guests to rethink their own identities.
Feb 13, 2024
HenryLouis Gates, Jr. helps musician Dionne Warwick and actor Danielle Brooks break down barriers imposed by the slave system to learn the names of their ancestors who endured unimaginable ordeals but emerged to forge families that thrived.
Feb 20, 2024
Comic Tracy Morgan and actor Anthony Ramos, both native New Yorkers, map their family trees.
Apr 2, 2024
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Michael Douglas & writer-director Lena Dunham. Both are the children of famous artists, but their family trees contain a cast of fascinating characters whose lives were forgotten—until now.
Apr 9, 2024
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. solves mysteries for 3 everyday Americans chosen to be guests.
Season 10 FAQ
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
When did Finding Your Roots Season 10 premiere?
Finding Your Roots Season 10 premiered on January 2, 2024.
How many episodes are in Finding Your Roots Season 10?
Finding Your Roots Season 10 has 10 episodes.
What is the first episode of Finding Your Roots Season 10?
The season opens with Season 10 Episode 1, "Born To Sing". It aired on January 2, 2024.
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