‘Finding Your Roots’ Season 9 Trailer

Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for an all-new season of “Finding Your Roots.”

Over the course of ten episodes, he uses genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis to guide twenty-one influential guests through the branches of their family trees. Uncovering buried secrets and inspiring stories of long-forgotten ancestors, the new season will premiere January 3rd, 2023 on PBS.

“Finding Your Roots” Season 9 highlights the genealogical backgrounds and ancestral stories of prominent guests that helped to define who they are today.

The season features actors Jamie Chung, Brian Cox, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Viola Davis, David Duchovny, Richard Kind, Joe Manganiello, Tamera Mowry, Edward Norton, Julia Roberts and Danny Trejo; pop star Cyndi Lauper; comedians Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash; athlete and sportscaster Tony Gonzalez; journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones; activist Angela Davis; and statesman Jeh Johnson.

At the center of it all, guiding every discovery, is host and executive producer Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University.

“I am deeply proud of this series—and especially this season. I think it is so important today to show what we have in common, as Americans, and as human beings, despite our apparent differences,” stated Henry Louis Gates, Jr. “The stories we find in our guests’ family trees demonstrate—repeatedly— that we are a fundamentally blended nation that draws strength from our diversity.”

Assembling the extensive family trees and ancestral narratives alongside Dr. Gates are DNA expert CeCe Moore and genealogists Nick Sheedy and Kimberly Morgan, who together have solved hundreds of mysteries and reconnected innumerable lost relatives over the past two decades.

Stay Tuned for the UB Interview with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Tamera Mowry and Joe Manganiello!

Check Out the Season 9 Trailer!