Sterling K. Brown Breaks Down After Ancestry Reveal On ‘Finding Your Roots’

Actor Sterling K. Brown was overwhelmed to the point of tears when he found out key details about his lineage on a…
10.07.21

TV Ancestry Series Is A Salve For Divided America, Host Says

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The celebrity ancestry show “Finding Your Roots” has a message to counter divisive political rhetoric,…
07.30.19

Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s ‘Finding Your Roots’ Reveals Interesting Facts

Finding Your Roots hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. looks into the background and heritage of various celebrities so that they can…
04.10.18

Diddy, LL Get Surprising News About Their Ancestors On ‘Finding Your Roots’ [WATCH]

Before the Black Panther documentary airs on PBS Tuesday at 9 p.m., a new episode of Finding Your Roots featuring Sean “Diddy” Combs…
02.16.16

Diddy, Soledad O’Brien, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Shonda Rhimes Appear on New Season Of ‘Finding Your Roots’ [WATCH]

After its little Ben Affleck hiccup, the PBS series Finding Your Roots is back in January with an all new…
03.11.21

‘Finding Your Roots’ Returns With Shonda Rhimes, Keenan Ivory Wayans

NEW YORK (AP) — PBS’ popular “Finding Your Roots” series, temporarily shelved after an episode omitted references to the slaveholding…
10.19.15

‘Finding Your Roots’ On Hold After Affleck Edit

LOS ANGELES (AP) — PBS put its “Finding Your Roots” series on hold Wednesday after determining an episode that omitted…
06.24.15

Ben Affleck Apologizes For Scrubbing Slave-Owner Ancestor From “Finding Your Roots”

Ben Affleck has issued an apology for hiding information about his ancestors on the PBS show Finding Your Roots. The actor took to…
04.22.15

Why We Can’t Blame Ben Affleck For Shame Over Ancestor’s Slave-Owning Past

Ah, Ben Affleck. Hollywood Golden Boy. Two-time Oscar winner. One half of the phenomenon that was “Bennifer.” And the descendent of a slave-owning…
02.02.21

Ben Affleck Had Ancestor’s Slave Owning Past Edited Out Of ‘Finding Your Roots’

In continuing fall out from those hacked Sony emails, Wikileaks revealed that actor Ben Affleck asked that his ancestor’s slave…
04.19.15

Ben Affleck Had Ancestor’s Slave Owning Past Scrubbed From PBS Show, “Finding Your Roots”

In continuing fall out from those hacked Sony emails, Wikileaks revealed that actor Ben Affleck asked that his ancestor’s slave…
02.02.21

Nas, Angela Bassett And Valerie Jarrett ‘Find Their Roots’

Rapper Nas makes history on Tuesday’s episode of Finding Your Roots. “We introduced Nas to five generations – we’ve never…
10.27.14