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Finding Your Roots: Season Three — Trailer

In season three of Finding Your Roots, Henry, Louis Gates, Jr. traces the ancestral trails of 28 new guests including Maya Rudolph, Richard Branson, Soledad O’Brien, Bill Hader, Julianne Moore, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Senator John McCain, Norman Lear, Shonda Rhimes, and more.
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Preview Length 00:30 Premiere: 01/05/16

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

Song of the South
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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

FACES OF AMERICA: Mike Nichols' Escape from Nazi Germany
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FACES OF AMERICA: Mike Nichols' Famous German Ancestor

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The Pioneers - S3 E8

Premiered On: 02/23/2016

Neil Patrick Harris, Gloria Steinem, and Sandra Cisneros learn about their pioneering ancestors.

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Puritans and Pioneers - S4 E3

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Actors Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, and William H. Macy trace their nonconformist ancestors through American conflicts - the Civil War and the American Revolution, all the way back to the Puritan establishment.

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Family Recipes - S11 E5

Explore the ancestry of chefs Jose Andres and Sean Sherman. Traveling from Spain to Native American lands in the Dakotas reveals hidden connections to history - and food.

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Buried Secrets - S10 E4

Singer Sammy Hagar and actor Ed O'Neill uncover their roots, revealing secrets their ancestors went to great lengths to conceal.

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Far and Away - S10 E6

Journalist Sunny Hostin and actor Jesse Williams learn that their ancestors come from very diverse places.

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The Long Way Home - S3 E9

Premiered On: 03/01/2016

Discover how actress Julianna Marguiles, author Azar Nafisi, and chef Lidia Bastianich are bound together by their ancestors' singular and deeply human desire to preserve their most cherished traditions.

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War Stories - S3 E6

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Visionaries - S3 E5

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Tragedy + Time = Comedy - S3 E4

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In Search of Freedom - S3 E3

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The Stories We Tell - S3 E1

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