He invited prominent Black celebrities and traced their family trees into slavery. When the paper trail ran out, they would ...

Actor Laurence Fishburne learned his biological father's identity thanks to the PBS show "Finding Your Roots." Fishburne, 63, told host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. he did not know that the man who ...

Reporter Henry Louis Gates Jr. is finally having his turn in the hot seat on Finding Your Roots, and is set to unearth his own family secret, on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported. Gates ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For 11 seasons, Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from his guests on the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots” and led them through secrets in their family tree.