Preview: Season 10 | 3m 15s | Video has closed captioning.
Check out the incredible guests who will be joining Henry Louis Gates, Jr. this season to uncover their roots. And for the first time in our show’s 10 season history, three *viewers like you* will be featured on the show. This season is remarkable in many ways, and we will see you in January, only on PBS!
Aired: 10/04/23
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Oh, man, that is so cool!
♪ Happy birthday, happy birthday ♪ ♪ to Finding Your Roots ♪ - This is so intense.
- Really?!
- Unbelievable.
- It's crazy!
- Oh, wow.
This is amazing!
- (singing) Blew my mind!
- My great-granddad?
- Yes.
- Was a candy salesman?
- He was a candy man.
- Yes!
- You said this is my dad's great-grandfather, right?
Yo, this is wild.
I asked the question, got the answer and now I'm dumbfounded.
- Who do I come from?
- Yeah, and how can you ever find out?
Well, I was told I couldn't.
- This information is stuff that we need in order to feel whole.
- It's heartbreaking.
- These are your immigrant ancestors.
- I wanna shake their hand and give 'em a hug and a kiss.
- Did he vote?
- He registered to vote.
- It makes me feel a great deal of admiration.
- Sorry for my, my, my, my ancestors.
I'm always make you proud of me.
I'm always carrying myself to make you proud of me.
- Do you feel more Jewish?
- Super Jewish.
- Than you did two hours ago?
- I feel so much more Jewish.
- Oh, it's beautiful.
It's powerful.
- It feels like I have a home.
- God, that's satisfying.
- Oh, it's crazy.
This is, this is lunacy man.
- Turn the page, meet your DNA cousin.
- Oh, no.
- No!
My husband's gonna freak out!
- (screams) Ahh!
- (gasp) No!
- Yep.
- Viola Davis is my cousin?
- Who knew?
Boy, this took a turn.
I never, never expected this.
Never anticipated this.
- Are you kidding me?
- No.
- That's insane!
- Megan, can you hear me?
- I can, hi!
- I'm pleased to tell you, you're going to be in Finding Your Roots.
- Are you serious?
- I'm serious.
- Oh my gosh.
- I can't tell you what we found, but what we found was you.
- Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.
I am truly, I am, I'm- I'm, I'm dumbstruck.
- Oh my goodness.
Are we really this close?
Are we really this close?
- Oh...my... - These are all the ancestors we uncovered in our research.
- Oh, wow.
- That's gorgeous.
- This is a massive gift to our whole family.
- This has been one of the most enlightening fulfilling moments I've felt in a long, long time.
- I am forever changed.
- Yeah.
- I am forever changed.
Finding Your Roots.
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A new season of Finding Your Roots is streaming now! Tune in to PBS on Tuesdays at 8/7 for all-new episodes as renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. guides influential guests into their roots, uncovering deep secrets, hidden identities and lost ancestors.
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