Season 9 of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. begins on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023 on PBS!
A new season of Finding Your Roots premieres Tuesday, January 3, 2023 8/e7c! Tune in for all-new episodes as renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. guides influential guests into their roots, uncovering deep secrets, hidden identities and lost ancestors.
This season features 21 exciting new guests who are game-changers in their fields, with family histories that illustrate the power and diversity of the human experience. Among them are actors Jamie Chung, Brian Cox, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Viola Davis, David Duchovny, Richard Kind, Joe Manganiello, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Edward Norton, Julia Roberts and Danny Trejo; pop icon Cyndi Lauper; comedians Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash; athlete and sportscaster Tony Gonzalez; journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones; activist Angela Y. Davis; and statesman Jeh Johnson.
Season 9 Episode 1: Hidden Kin
Season 9 Episode 1 of Finding Your Roots is entitled Hidden Kin. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps actors Julia Roberts and Edward Norton discover their hidden connections to history and each other.
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Finding Your Roots Season 9 Schedule
- Episode 1: Hidden Kin
Actors Edward Norton and Julia Roberts discover their hidden connections to history.
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
- Episode 2: Salem’s Lot
Exploring primal scenes from America’s past with actors Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
- Episode 3: Secret Lives
Comics Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash see family mysteries solved by DNA.
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
- Episode 4: Long Way from Home
Jamie Chung, Cyndi Lauper and Danny Trejo retrace the journeys of their immigrant ancestors.
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
- Episode 5: Children of Fire
Actors Brian Cox and Viola Davis explore their family trees for the first time.
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
- Episode 6: Family: Lost and Found
Joe Manganiello and Tony Gonzalez uncover close relatives whose names they never knew before.
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
- Episode 7: Chosen
Actors David Duchovny and Richard Kind trace their roots from Jewish communities in Eastern Europe to the U.S.
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
- Episode 8: And Still I Rise
The family trees of activist Angela Y. Davis and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Nine is a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Media, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C. Corporate support for FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Nine is provided by Ancestry and Johnson & Johnson. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Support is also provided by Ford Foundation; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Candace King Weir; and by The Inkwell Society and its members Jim and Susan Swartz; Hayward and Kathy Draper; Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein; Nicole Commissiong and Darnell Armstrong; and Anne Wojcicki.