Season 12 of 'Finding Your Roots' premieres January 6 on PBS, where host Henry Louis Gates Jr. unveils ancestral stories for celebrities.

*A 2014 “Finding Your Roots,” episode about Ben Affleck’s ancestors apparently left out a key detail that has now come to light. Messages uncovered from emails linked to the Sony Pictures email ...

PEOPLE can exclusively announce the list of celebrities who will join Henry Louis Gates Jr. this season, including Brittney Griner, Kristin Chenoweth, Spike Lee, Darren Criss, America Ferrera and ...

Lizzy Caplan and America Ferrera join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on Season 12 of 'Finding Your Roots' - Netflix; PBS; Sony Pictures Entertainment / Courtesy Everett Collection The celebrity-packed reality ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In Finding Your Roots, host and executive producer Henry Louis Gates, Jr. dives ...

America Ferrera learns that one of her cousins is director Ava DuVernay in the upcoming 12th season of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Foreword / by David Altshuler -- Genetic gumbo : Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick Jr. -- The long arc of freedom : John Lewis and Cory Booker -- What's in a name? : Barbara Walters and Geoffrey ...

BLACK KINGDOMS OF THE NILE VIDEORECORDING WALL TO WALL TELEVISION FOR BBC AND PBS IN ASSOCIATION WITH ITEL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JONATHAN HEWES DIRECTOR NICOLA COLTON ...