Finding Your Roots
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| Finding Your Roots | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Directed by | John Maggio, Jesse Sweet, Caitlin McNally, Jack Youngelson, Sabin Streeter, Julia Marchesi |
| Presented by | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
| Composer(s) | Michael Bacon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Rachel Dretzin, Leslie Asako Gladsjo, Dyllan McGee, Peter Kunhardt, Stephen Segaller |
| Production company(s) | Kunhardt McGee Productions, Ark Media and Inkwell Films |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | PBS |
| Original run | March 25, 2012 – May 20, 2012 |
Finding Your Roots is a ten-part Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television series hosted by Professor Henry Louis Gates. The series originally aired March 25 – May 20, 2012 from 8–9 p.m. EDT.
The series uses traditional genealogical research and genetics to find the family history of 25 Americans. Genetic techniques include Y-chromosome DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and autosomal DNA analyses to infer both ancient and recent genetic relationships.
Episodes
- Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr. (aired March 25, 2012)
- John Lewis and Cory Booker (aired March 25, 2012)
- Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada (aired April 1, 2012)
- Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon (aired April 8, 2012)
- Angela Warnick Buchdahl, Yasir Qadhi, and Rick Warren (aired April 15, 2012)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey, Jr. (aired April 22, 2012)
- Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons (aired April 29, 2012)
- Sanjay Gupta, Margaret Cho and Martha Stewart (aired May 6, 2012)
- John Legend, Wanda Sykes and Margarett Cooper (aired May 13, 2012)[1]
- Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez (aired May 20, 2012)
See also
References
- ↑ "Family Tree’s Startling Roots". New York Times. March 19, 2012.
External links
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