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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the family trees of actor Kate Burton and media mogul Barry Diller—two people who grew up in comfort, thanks to ancestors who did not. Moving from shtetls to coal mines to orphanages, Gates and his guests learn stories of extraordinary sacrifice and explore a profound question: what do we inherit from people whose lives were unimaginably more challenging than our own?
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Season 12 Episodes

Rags to Riches
S12 E10 Length 52:09 Premiere Date 04/14/26

Song of the South
S12 E9 Length 52:10 Premiere Date 04/07/26

Artistic Roots
S12 E8 Length 52:09 Premiere Date 02/24/26

Family Harmonies
S12 E7 Length 52:09 Premiere Date 02/17/26

Westward Bound
S12 E6 Length 52:09 Premiere Date 02/10/26

Love & Basketball
S12 E5 Length 52:09 Premiere Date 02/03/26

The Road We Took
S12 E4 Length 52:09 Premiere Date 01/27/26

Caribbean Roots
S12 E3 Length 52:09 Premiere Date 01/20/26

Great Migrations
S12 E2 Length 52:09 Premiere Date 01/13/26

American Dreams
S12 E1 Length 52:09 Premiere Date 01/06/26

Rags to Riches Preview
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 04/14/26

Season 12: Extended Trailer
Preview Length 02:55 Premiere Date 10/09/25

FACES OF AMERICA: Mike Nichols' Escape from Nazi Germany
Clip Length 04:54 Premiere Date 12/20/10

FACES OF AMERICA: Mike Nichols' Famous German Ancestor

Clip Length 01:59 Premiere Date 12/20/10

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Actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley uncover their lost roots from the American Revolution to the journey of the Mayflower.

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Caribbean Roots - S12 E3

Exploring the Caribbean heritage of actors Liza Colon-Zayas and Delroy Lindo.

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Mapping the roots of actress Lizzy Caplan and comic Hasan Minhaj, moving from shtetls in Eastern Europe to farmlands in northern India.

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Love & Basketball - S12 E5

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of basketball superstars Brittney Griner and Chris Paul - revealing that they are not the first extraordinary people in their family trees.

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Westward Bound - S12 E6

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts - traveling from frontier towns in the American West to surprising places in the East.

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