Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 10 seasons and 106 episodes, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people explore their family history on “Finding Your ...

And no, it wasn't Tracy Jordan either. Tracy Morgan almost had a different name (and no, 30 Rock fans, it wasn't Tracy Jordan). In an exclusive clip from the upcoming episode of PBS genealogy series ...

In PEOPLE's exclusive sneak peek at next week's 'Finding Your Roots', the actor discovers that one of his ancestors overcame "unfathomable opposition" to lead a prosperous life JP Mangalindan is a ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Popular ancestry show Finding Your Roots is deep into its ninth season but host Henry Louis Gates Jr. admits he's ...

I hope that readers of this column will forgive this frivolous headline about a serious matter. But as the investigation by PBS and member-station WNET in New York into a now famously-controversial ...

The third season of the ancestry-research program Finding Your Roots, hosted by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., has been postponed by PBS after a determination that an episode of the program ...

For 10 seasons, the show “Finding Your Roots” has revealed shocking DNA connections among Black celebrities. There has always been a deep connection among Black people. In addition to shared cultural ...

Ahead of the annual Root 100 awards, we’re taking a look at the life of The Root’s founder, Henry Louis Gates Jr. Gates was born Sept. 16, 1950 in Keyser, W.Va. He grew up in the small neighboring ...

Terrie Morrow has always considered herself somewhat of a family historian, so when she heard that "Finding Your Roots" was searching for viewers to appear on an episode of the PBS show, she was ...