I have be bless to have research all four sides of my family and I can now tell my parents and other relatives about what I have found that they didn't know about. And that feels Good.
Finding Your Roots examines the histories and family genealogies of a number of well-known personalities. But everyone has a story. Whether it's anecdotes about ancestors from generations past, or stories of recent relatives, each of us has a rich, unique genealogical heritage to share. Tell us your family story.
You want to learn about your own genealogy. But where to start? The Finding Your Roots production team has tips and tricks on how to flesh out your family tree. Continue reading ...
Through census records or conversations with relatives we can recover some of our family histories. But where memories and traditional paper records fail, we now have a new genealogical tool - our own DNA. Continue reading ...
Professor Gates on the joy that comes with reuniting with your "virtual family"—people in your family tree you never met but whose experiences (and DNA) have had a profound impact on who you are. Continue reading ...
The basic drive to discover who we are and where we come from is at the core of the new 10-part PBS series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the 12th series from Professor Gates, the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. Filmed on location across the United States, the series premieres nationally Sundays, March 25 – May 20 at 8 pm ET on PBS (check local listings).
Finding Your Roots examines the histories and family genealogies of a number of well-known personalities. But everyone has a story. Whether it's anecdotes about ancestors from generations past, or stories of recent relatives, each of us has a rich, unique genealogical heritage to share. Tell us your family story.
