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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Some of the guests ancestors dealt with hardships like either being enslaved, been in abusive relationships or were forced into a life of crime when they had no other options.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Some of the guests ancestors dealt with hardships like either being enslaved, been in abusive relationships or were forced into a life of crime when they had no other options. Multiple Jewish guests ended up finding out that their ancestors perished in UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust.

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[[folder:Season Nine]]
* Creator/EdwardNorton and Creator/JuliaRoberts
* Creator/ClaireDanes and Creator/JeffDaniels
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* Music/BranfodMaralis and Music/HarryConnickJr

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* Music/BranfodMaralis and ~~Music/HarryConnickJr~~Creator/HarryConnickJr

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-> ''"I'm Henry Louis Gates Jr. Welcome to Finding Your Roots. In this episode..."''

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[[folder:Season Eight]]
* Creator/RebeccaHall and Creator/LeeDaniels
* Brittany Packnett Cunningham and UsefulNotes/AnitaHill
* Creator/DavidChang and Creator/RaulEsparza
* Creator/PamelaAdlon and Creator/KathrynHahn
* Creator/MelissaVillasenor and Creator/MarioLopez
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* Music/Questlove, Dr. Phil, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault

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* ~~Music/Questlove,~~ Music/{{Questlove}}, Dr. Phil, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault

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* LongLostRelative: Some of the guests find out they are related to each other like Creator/LarryDavid and UsefulNotes/BernieSanders finding out they are distant cousins.

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* LongLostRelative: Some of the guests find out they are related to each other like Creator/LarryDavid and UsefulNotes/BernieSanders finding out they are distant cousins. At least one person has turned out to be related to Gates himself.

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* Creator/AndyCohen and Nina Totenberg
* Creator/JimGaffigan and Creator/JaneLynch
* Creator/TonyShalhoub and Creator/ChristopherMeloni
* Creator/KasiLemmons and Music/PharrellWilliams
* Music/ClintBlack and Music/RosanneCash

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Useful Notes pages aren't tropes.

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* UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar: Several of the featured guests that have ancestors who either fought on the Union side or the confederate side.

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* UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar: Several of the featured guests that have ancestors who either fought on the Union side or the confederate side.show:

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~~'''Finding~~ ''Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis ~~Gates,~~ Gates Jr.~~'''~~ '' is a {{Documentary}} series hosted by Creator/HenryLouisGatesJr that has various celebrities explore their family trees and the surprises they find in their family trees.

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* Nancy Pelosi, Norah O'Donnell, and Zac Posen

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* ~~Nancy Pelosi, Norah O'Donnell,~~ UsefulNotes/NancyPelosi, Creator/NorahODonnell, and Zac Posen

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[[folder:Season Seven]]
* Creator/GlennClose and Creator/JohnWaters
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* TangledFamilyTree: Several guests find out their family trees are filled with family members like cousins marrying cousins.

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* TangledFamilyTree: Several guests find out their family trees are filled with family members like cousins marrying ~~cousins.~~cousins.
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* Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry, and Creator/LisaLing

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* ~~Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry,~~ Creator/ChristianeAmanpour, Creator/AnnCurry, and Creator/LisaLing

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* Creator/MichelleRodriquez, Creator/AdrianGrenier, and Creator/LindaChavez

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* ~~Creator/MichelleRodriquez,~~ Creator/MichelleRodriguez, Creator/AdrianGrenier, and Creator/LindaChavez

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* Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/KhandiAlexander, and Benjamin Jealous [[note/This episode was withdrawn from rotation when it was found that Affleck convinced Gates to not show that his ancestors owned slaves]]

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* Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/KhandiAlexander, and Benjamin Jealous ~~[[note/This episode was withdrawn from rotation when it was found that Affleck convinced Gates to not show that his ancestors owned slaves]]~~

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* Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/KhandiAlexander, and Benjamin Jealous [[note:This episode was withdrawn from rotation when it was found that Affleck convinced Gates to not show that his ancestors owned slaves]]

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* Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/KhandiAlexander, and Benjamin Jealous ~~[[note:This~~ [[note/This episode was withdrawn from rotation when it was found that Affleck convinced Gates to not show that his ancestors owned slaves]]

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* UsefulNotes/JohnLewis and UsefulNotes/JohnLewis

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* UsefulNotes/JohnLewis and ~~UsefulNotes/JohnLewis~~UsefulNotes/CoryBooker

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[[folder:Season Three]]
* Donna Brazile, Kara Walker, and Creator/TyBurrell
* Creator/SoledadOBrien, Creator/BillOReilly, and Creator/BillMaher
* Creator/MayaRudolph, Creator/ShondaRhimes, and Keenen Ivory Wayans
* Creator/JimmyKimmel, Creator/NormanLear, and Creator/BillHader
* Richard Branson, Maya Lin, and Frank Gehry
* Creator/PatriciaArquette, Creator/JulianneMoore, and UsefulNotes/JohnMcCain
* Music/SeanCombs and Music/LLCoolJ
* Creator/NeilPatrickHarris, UsefulNotes/GloriaSteinem, and Sandra Cisneros
* Azar Nafisi, Lidia Bastianich, and Creator/JuliannaMargulies
* Creator/MiaFarrow and Creator/DustinHoffman
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* Creator/LarryDavid and UsefulNotes/BernieSanders
* Creator/ChristopherWalken, Music/CarlySimon, and Creator/FredArmisen
* Creator/TedDanson, Creator/MarySteenburgen, and Creator/WilliamHMacy
* Creator/TaNehisiCoates, Creator/AvaDuVernay, and Janet Mock
* Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/PaulRudd, and Creator/JohnTurturro
* Bryant Gumbel, Tonya Lewis Lee, and Suzanne Malveaux
* Creator/LupitaNyongO, Carmelo Anthony, and Ana Navarro
* Creator/TeaLeoni and Creator/GabyHoffmann
* Music/Questlove, Dr. Phil, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault
* Creator/AmySchumer and Creator/AzizAnsari
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[[folder:Season Five]]
* Creator/AndySamberg and Creator/GeorgeRRMartin
* Creator/FelicityHuffman and Creator/MichaelKWilliams
* Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry, and Creator/LisaLing
* Creator/MarisaTomei, Sheryl Sandberg, and Creator/KalPenn
* Creator/SEpathaMerkerson and Michael Strahan
* Tulsi Gabbard, Marco Rubio, and Paul Ryan
* Creator/SethMeyers, Creator/TigNotaro, and Creator/SarahSilverman
* Creator/LauraLinney, Creator/MichaelMoore, and Creator/ChloeSevigny
* Creator/AlejandroGonzalezInarritu, Marina Abramovic, and Kehinde Wiley
* Joe Madison
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* Creator/AnjelicaHuston and Creator/IsabellaRosselini
* Creator/MelissaMcCarthy and Creator/EricStonestreet
* Creator/SterlingKBrown, Creator/SasheerZamata, and Music/JonBatiste
* Music/QueenLatifah and Creator/JeffreyWright
* Creator/JeffGoldblum, Terry Gross, and Creator/MarcMaron
* Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/JustinaMachado, and Creator/AmyRyan
* Francis Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Harold E Varmus
* Creator/DianeVonFurstenberg, Narciso Rodriquez, Creator/RuPaul
* Creator/JoeMadison
* Creator/GayleKing, Creator/JordanPeele, and Creator/IssaRae
* Nancy Pelosi, Norah O'Donnell, and Zac Posen
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'''Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.''' is a {{Documentary}} series hosted by Creator/HenryLouisGatesJr that has various celebrities explore their family trees and the surprises they find in their family trees.

The show airs on Creator/{{PBS}} and helps show the context of the period any celebrities' ancestors were living in.

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[[folder:Season One]]
* Music/BranfodMaralis and Music/HarryConnickJr
* UsefulNotes/JohnLewis and UsefulNotes/JohnLewis
* Creator/BarbaraWalters and Creator/GeoffreyCanada
* Creator/KyraSedgwick and Creator/KevinBacon
* Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl, and Yasir Qadhi
* Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal
* Creator/SamuelLJackson, UsefulNotes/CondoleezzaRice, and Ruth Simmons
* Creator/MarthaStewart, Creator/MargaretCho, and Creator/SanjayGupta
* Music/JohnLegend and Creator/WandaSykes
* Creator/MichelleRodriquez, Creator/AdrianGrenier, and Creator/LindaChavez
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[[folder:Season Two]]
* Creator/StephenKing, Creator/GloriaReuben, and Creator/CourtneyBVance
* Creator/DerekJeter, Creator/BillieJeanKing, and Creator/RebeccaLobo
* Creator/KenBurns, Creator/AndersonCooper, Creator/AnnaDeavereSmith
* Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/KhandiAlexander, and Benjamin Jealous [[note:This episode was withdrawn from rotation when it was found that Affleck convinced Gates to not show that his ancestors owned slaves]]
* Tom Colicchio, Valerie Jarrett, and Music/{{Nas}}
* Alan Dershowitz, Music/CaroleKing, and Tony Kushner
* Creator/DeepakChopra, Creator/SallyField, and Music/{{Sting}}
* Creator/TinaFey, Creator/GeorgeStephanopoulos, and Creator/DavidSedaris
* Creator/JessicaAlba and UsefulNotes/DevalPatrick (also features Gates' relationship with Wilmore Mail)
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!Tropes for the show:
* UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar: Several of the featured guests that have ancestors who either fought on the Union side or the confederate side.
* AssholeVictim: Anderson Cooper discovered that an ancestor of his was killed by one of his slaves and Cooper is more sympathetic to the slave than his ancestor.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Some of the guests ancestors dealt with hardships like either being enslaved, been in abusive relationships or were forced into a life of crime when they had no other options.
* LongLostRelative: Some of the guests find out they are related to each other like Creator/LarryDavid and UsefulNotes/BernieSanders finding out they are distant cousins.
* TangledFamilyTree: Several guests find out their family trees are filled with family members like cousins marrying cousins.

History Series / FindingYourRoots