Ratings per Episode
Votes per Episode
| E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.7 | ||||||
| S2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.6 | ||||||
| S3 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | ||||||
| S4 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.4 | ||||||
| S5 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.8 | ||||||
| S6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 |
| S7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.5 | ||||||
| S8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.3 | ||||||
| S9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | ||||||
| S10 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | ||||||
| S11 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 8.0 | ||||||
| S12 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 7.0 |
About
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.
All Seasons
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Season 12012
7.8539109h
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Season 22014
7.6399108h 50m
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Season 32016
7.8399108h 40m
Dr. Gates explores the genealogy of celebrities using the records left behind and DNA technology.
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Season 42017
7.9500108h 40m
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Season 52019
7.8471105h 12m
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Season 62019
7.8738164h 20m
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Season 72021
7.943510
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Season 82022
7.843910
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Season 92023
7.9514101h 44m
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Season 102024
7.9467105h 12m
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Season 112025
7.732410
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Season 122026
6.330410
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self - Host, Self
CeCe Moore Self, Adoption Search Expert, Self - DNA
Ava DuVernay Self, Self - Distant relative of America Ferrera
Anita Hill Self
Ty Burrell Self - Guest
Kehinde Wiley Self, Self - Guest
Cory Booker Self
Sally Field Self
Tina Fey Self
Angela Bassett Self
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