He took courses on genetic genealogy and worked with Moore, a DNA expert on “Finding Your Roots,” Harvard professor Henry ...

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

Lea Salonga, a renowned singer and actor from the Philippines, heard surprising news about her heritage in an episode of ...

Gates, who has been the host of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots” since it premiered in 2012, has helped many celebrities uncover what’s hiding in their family tree. Sometimes, stars aren ...

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

For 10 seasons and 106 episodes, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people explore their family history on "Finding ...

Here is your chance to try your hand at being ... When you start the game, you'll find an incomplete family tree of male relatives. We offer simulated DNA sequences from the Y chromosomes of ...

Henry Louis Gates looked back on helping Kerry Washington discover her dad is not her biological father and identifying the sperm donor who is.

Finding Your Roots is back and delivering just as many ... which revealed that her father’s mysterious family history was filled with some serious scandal. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. revealed ...

heard surprising news about her heritage in an episode of "Finding Your Roots" that aired Jan. 7. While appearing on the PBS show, the 53-year-old traced her family tree back several generations.