Henry Louis Gates Jr. On Finding White People's Surprising Black Roots

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3 ай бұрын

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on finding White people's surprising Black roots. The host of 'Finding Your Roots' on PBS shares a new bit of info on Joe Manganiello's Black ancestry.
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@NancyCronk 3 ай бұрын

Finding Your Roots is my favorite show on television. I wish there were new episodes every night.

@shellyj987 3 ай бұрын

Me too! I always make sure to record it so I don't miss an episode! Love this show!

@harlempixie338 3 ай бұрын

I would watch even if there were no celebrities. ❤

@pauletteforman 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤I absolutely 💯 LOVE this show! I look forward to every season!!! I wonder who will be in Season 11!!!! Can't wait 🎉🤸🏾‍♂️🤸🏾‍♂️🤸🏾‍♂️😂❤

@barbarabutterfield2679 3 ай бұрын

I love this show, I wish he could do my family!

@teemadarif8243 3 ай бұрын

Have you done your DNA testing? Never know what you might learn...

@godsloverevealed5003 3 ай бұрын

Dr. Gate's show should be a mandatory history and science course for middle and high schoolers because the show teaches history and science and can go along way in tearing down the racial divide. If schools can't teach all of our nation's history anymore, Dr. Gate's show is a great substitute.

@nicholebrowne8629 3 ай бұрын

@godsloverevealed5003 what an excellent idea.

@7x779 3 ай бұрын

Yes from Henry Louis Gates Jr I learned that not a single black person was captured by whites in Africa, and that they were all captured and sold by other africans, mostly muslims, at Muslim slave markets. This was from one of his lengthy documentaries on slavery a while back Virtually every slave that ever arrived in the United States was sold at a Muslim slave market

@7x779 3 ай бұрын

I also learned from Henry that if you were one of those unfortunate enough to be captured by your fellow Africans into slavery, the absolute best thing that could ever happen to you from that point would be if you were sold to the Americans The next best thing would be if you were sold to brazil, and the absolute worst thing would be if you were sold do Arabs or other Muslims, or to stay in Africa as a slave You're absolutely right all of these things should be taught in our Public Schools, it definitely would help to heal racial divides and stop politicians from using race and slavery to stir up the blame game

@willowwillow1748 3 ай бұрын

Great idea, but we all know the powers that be wouldn't be opened to those kinds of truths.

@Msvalexvalex 3 ай бұрын

@@7x779"Look here kids, we were absolutely horrible to enslaved Africans, BUT WE WERE LESS CRUEL!!!🎉"

@rosiereal 3 ай бұрын

My favorite was actor Ty Burell finding out that he had, as he put it, a "badass" Black great-grandmother who moved to the Oregon Territory & ran her own farm.

@windycityliz7711 3 ай бұрын

And how proud he was of her and her story of courage and tenacity.

@lookatyou5809 3 ай бұрын

I love Ty!

@Michelle-hu3zn 3 ай бұрын

And he resembles her quite a bit!

@uspsdt6 2 ай бұрын

Yes! I love him on that ep.

@amb7412 2 ай бұрын

One of my favorites too!

@TanyaOwens 3 ай бұрын

Wow. I didn't grow up with my Father's family, but I learned 25 years ago that the Owens side of the family descended from free black people. So, when the Finding Your Roots episode aired on Queen Latifah aka Dana Owens, and discussed the Owens side of the family, they were discussing my family too! We are 4th cousins and the same age, our birthdays are days apart!

@FallacyBites 2 ай бұрын

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@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck 2 ай бұрын

A VERY small percentage of white people have black DNA....I honestly think that this rats away at Henry Louis Gates🤣😅

@cherylstewart8611 Ай бұрын

That’s awesome! I love it when ppl find out about their family.

@Mishaflanagan Ай бұрын

I was just wondering if something like this ever happened. Regular people watching celebrities find out about their history and realize "heyyy that's my family too!!!" lol pretty awesome.

@donna2clark1 3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love your show. My mother has dementia, but remembers that she wants to watch your show. We try not to miss it.

@Canadianlove 3 ай бұрын

God bless her ❤

@michaelj.beglinjr.2804 2 ай бұрын

@@Canadianlove ---If you believe in god, then you must think that god is the one that caused her dementia in the first place.

@H-Vox 2 ай бұрын

That's wonderful

@davidbrooks9656 2 ай бұрын

Now THAT's touching. That made my day. Thanks for sharing. Your mother may have dementia but she is in there if she is cognizant enough to ask about her shows!!

@heknows9441 2 ай бұрын

Berries, berries, berries, marshmallow root is one of the herbs that is supposed to help with Dementia. Check out Yahki Awakened TV

@joycestewart4893 3 ай бұрын

I always suspected my maternal family had African roots because of their coloring and their lips (which I always wished I had inherited) and after many years of mine and my cousins exploring our DNA we found that our family was not only of Iberian roots but also from the Bantu (I was very proud)! Our ancestors were world travelers! I love this show because it shows we are all related and brothers and sisters.

@docsavage8640 2 ай бұрын

Wow you're quite a racist

@amb7412 2 ай бұрын

I'm a descent of Bantu as well!

@bananascoaster1243 3 ай бұрын

Oh lord, grandma went to the pool hall...😂

@serenitymuszings 2 ай бұрын

Momma was playing more than the numbers!! 🤣🤣🤣

@DeWaterState Ай бұрын

Imagine going to pool hall to innocently play the numbers and a 1920s version of Idris Elba is standing there. All brown skinned, lol and sexy as hell. Emotions erupted. 😂😂

@valgomez4860 Ай бұрын

Stop!!!!! Lol

@smoothoperator7023 26 күн бұрын

🎱 - corner pocket.... 😏

@Omar_Zazzle 3 сағат бұрын

But she wasn't playing with pool balls.

@elinafilander7748 3 ай бұрын

Recognition flows both ways: when my father was dting 40 years ago and Vanessa Williams was crowned Miss America, he said she looked Finnish. We thought it was the pain meds kicking in but then years later it came out she was 12% Finnish. I wished I could go back in time and believe what he said instead of dismissing it!

@Tracymmo 3 ай бұрын

She's so light skinned that I'm surprised you questioned his conclusion.

@ahwhite1398 3 ай бұрын

@@Tracymmothere's a big difference between the very "American" response of "oh, she has a lot of 'white' in her," and the much more nuanced response of "she looks Finnish." Most white Americans... Americans in general, really... seem to lack the appreciation for the "racial" distinctions within European groups that many from Europe are much more attuned to. I think a lot of this is tied to the broader legal and cultural concepts of "white" within American society on top of far more admixture. It took living in Eastern Europe for me to wake up to that reality. And, you don't have to go back very far to find where there was legitimate debate over whether Finns, Slavs, Italians, etc. even were "white." "Passing" as a concept is far broader in American history than just the very black-heritage focused angle we often get exposed to.

@wallihaley5194 2 ай бұрын

@@ahwhite1398, that’s a great point.

@valeriareed7234 4 күн бұрын

@@ahwhite1398 Excellent response…….In America the door for white people unknowingly having Black Ancestry was opened during slavery when there was the creation of biracial slaves [Mulattoes /Quadroons/Mestees] during the time of the so called emancipation, many biracial slaves were able to merge with the white race……Marry and live as white……

@stevegabbert9626 3 ай бұрын

You need to do a "Finding Your Roots" show about the "Finding Your Roots" show. Show all of the methods, and to what lengths you go to, get to their roots. I would find the really fascinating.

@m3j 3 ай бұрын

don't think that will happen. Since it's their whole operation and unique selling point.

@stevegabbert9626 3 ай бұрын

@@m3j Probably not, but I'd watch it.

@sweetaliena 3 ай бұрын

The UK version does that.

@t.h.8475 3 ай бұрын

@sweetaliena, ooh, there's a UK version?

@sweetaliena 3 ай бұрын

@@t.h.8475 yes. It's called Who Do You Think You Are? The UK celebrities actually travel and meet the experts.

@LS-kg6my 3 ай бұрын

Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. What he has done is a public good, helping us to understand our true history and ourselves in all our glorious diversity, both beautiful and painful!

@dstorm7752 3 ай бұрын

Most who talk about "diversity" flee in terror from any different idea/opinion, or just censor it entirely

@danicadabic9789 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely! What a great human being.

@user-fc7is6jo2e 3 ай бұрын

Love it! When I was doing regular family genealogy research I found that my grandmother had lied to everyone. She was NOT slightly olive complected because of a distant Native American ancestor. She was the descendant of a house slave's daughter that had been formally adopted by the wife and husband who owned the Yager Plantation in Alabama. That was over 200 years ago. My dad gets very dark when he is exposed to the sun, but otherwise has German-Irish features. I have blond hair and blue eyes (like my mother and my father's paternal grandmother) with skin so white I cannot tan. I only burn and peal if I am exposed to the sun for too long. Given that my mother and I are not racist, but my father and many of his side of the family are, it brought me great pleasure to rub it in his face that he has relatively recent African-American ancestry. Pure Joy seeing reports like this.

@runoz2839 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 hilarious😂😂😂 coming full circle, he hasn't yet...

@natashamason4230 3 ай бұрын

What did he say???

@maryambrahim82 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@godsloverevealed5003 3 ай бұрын

Wow, hilarious

@videodeoro4006 3 ай бұрын

That’s racist.

@priscillahill1953 2 ай бұрын

Joe Manganiello was one of the most fascinating segments you have done, and that is saying a lot! I am so glad you are doing a follow up piece on him! This is my favorite show.

@scooterdover2771 2 ай бұрын

There are a lot of episodes that are good and surprising, but hands down that one was the best. It was like a roller coaster that never stopped. They could have done the entire hour just on him.

@laurieeyebee 2 ай бұрын

@@scooterdover2771 now I want to see it -- have never seen the show 😞

@kellycoleman7251 3 ай бұрын

My white family "passed" as Native American. When I called my mother with our DNA results and told her there was no Native American DNA, she said immediately, "Are we African? "

@PHlophe 3 ай бұрын

she was like "Oh Kel, Girl tell me .."

@stephanieyee9784 3 ай бұрын

And you had to break the news that you are just European. Sigh.

@kellycoleman7251 3 ай бұрын

No, we think the ancestor was really Black, because some family members have African DNA.

@mackgutierrez1942 3 ай бұрын

Passed or lied about ancestry, no one passes without first looking like said ethnicity

@chgosatrap 3 ай бұрын

Well, my Black husband is a Coleman. lol

@roygillette9471 3 ай бұрын

Way to go Professor Gates. From a former Harvard student.👍

@mikejones-wn1sw 2 ай бұрын

This old liar wants everyone to have Caucasian blood because he does. That's shit be fake. White and black are statuses. We have seen people go.from white to black between census and back to black. He first started off lying about dna ancestry. He is the modern Walter plecker. Lieing to Foundational Black Americans about them not being the true American Indians

@michaelj.beglinjr.2804 2 ай бұрын

Wow. Another Harvard student letting us all know that they went to Harvard when we didn't ask.

@barrywhite8747 2 ай бұрын

I love his show. As a black man, I've always been interested in family history as it's always harder for us to know our history because of slavery but also because the older people in the family who would know the history refused to talk about it, and now most of them have past away. Watching this show was what got me to do the AncestryDNA test as I was already using the site for my family tree. I found out that both sides of my family go back to Great Britain/Ireland and Europe and that my 3rd great-grandfather on my mom's side was the slave owner of my 2nd and his mother, but also that as much as it could be possible that there was some kind of relationship between them because my 2nd great-grandfather was named after the owner his father and I can't imagine his mother doing that let alone the owner being ok with her doing it if there wasn't some kind of relationship between them. I also found out that on my dad's side not only did our family go back to Great Britain/Ireland and Europe but also to India.

@WenD1908 3 ай бұрын

My favorite was Joe Madison’s🕊️For starters, he wasn’t a Madison. Then found out he was descended from a a white Confederate POW that later took up with and had children with a Black woman. That relationship lasted for many years. And an aside, he was descended from a Revolutionary War soldier, executed desertion. It was a lot going on in his tree. Plus, Angela Davis, a Mayflower descendent. That was a shocker knowing that she was a “Blue Blood”.

@jeanettealthen7529 3 ай бұрын

I loved Joe Madison on Finding Your Roots. Very interesting, and it kept getting crazier.

@simplieshine 3 ай бұрын

May Joe Madison rest in glory. Fly high Black Eagle, Fly High🙏🏽

@checle4499 3 ай бұрын

I love this show, along with some of the others that help people find their ancestors. Everyone should be involved in their family history. It is enlightening and inspiring all at the same time. We are all one family - one race. Human race. The division and animosity are all man made.

@peartdahurt 3 ай бұрын

Incredibly well said 💯!! Anyone that knows me knows that I NEVER use the term "race" when describing people of different colors or ethnicity because the only race is the human race.

@banditdog1338 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, I have been saying it for years when asked my race I answer HUMAN after all every dog is still a dog they need to ask for our pedigree. Mine would be mongrel.

@ninamo3523 3 ай бұрын

We are all connected.

@annetteshimkus1779 3 ай бұрын

True, and why this show is so important.

@waynejohanson1083 3 ай бұрын

Right down to Adam and Eve.

@julienielsen3746 3 ай бұрын

We are all brothers and sisters under the skin.

@ShelbyBaby27 3 ай бұрын

When Rebecca Hall was on the show I was like "Gurl, I could have saved you the trouble" I knew since The Town 😂😂

@godsloverevealed5003 3 ай бұрын

Yup

@karentaylor9446 3 ай бұрын

See “Parade’s End” . That one’s a dead giveaway. She gave poor old Cumberbatch such a hard time, lol. When she got that attitude on her face it was plain as day!

@staceyshere 3 ай бұрын

Isn’t her mom half black or her grandmother was black?

@AveIvy 3 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@indigoblue91 3 ай бұрын

Yesss I watched The Town and said this woman is black . We usually can see it. Skin color means nothing to us. We have a clear understanding it is deeper than skin color.

@dianethulin1700 3 ай бұрын

I love this show! I am able to trace my roots which I think is a blessing. My friend who is African American can only go back a couple generations. This is why I love to see Black People discovering their roots. Their history was taken from them but we find it’s there all along waiting to be found out

@laraleepn 3 ай бұрын

There are increasing numbers of records available online for African Americans. Slave schedules, Freedman Bank records, and others. Never give up and keep checking

@marilyncintron3864 3 ай бұрын

I love Skip Gates and Finding Your Roots. I wish they would do more regular people. Maybe one regular person each show. I know there are some interesting stories in my family. I have researched, but can only get so far.

@avawest3833 3 ай бұрын

Every person is a "regular" person. Unless you can s--t golden eggs or walk on water when it isn't frozen, you're a regular person!

@marilyncintron3864 3 ай бұрын

@@avawest3833 What an ignorant thing to say. You should've just scrolled by instead of being a troll for no reason.

@FirstName67 3 ай бұрын

April 9,2024 will be Viewers Like You regular people on Finding your Roots..

@TanyaOwens 3 ай бұрын

Agree - but Queen Latifah's episode confirmed family lore that the Owens side of the family were free slaves, we predate the formation of the nation.

@courtneymeehan504 3 ай бұрын

I have always thought this too! My dad has our family traced back to the 1700s so far and it is full of all sorts of characters! He even proved the family myth of our uncle getting drunk and missing the Titanic to be true!

@crystalriley9671 3 ай бұрын

I am an avid watcher and fan of this show. Now, I have my daughter tuning in to see it. Fascinating and interesting how DNA works! Love it!

@helanna9843 3 ай бұрын

My family is white with no known black ancestry but my brother's dentist has told him he shares dental characteristics he sees in his black patients. Since archeologists have determined humanity, as we know it, began in Africa I assume we are all descendant from black people, at one time or another. So, we really are related to each other in the genetic pool.

@nothingcangowrongnow 3 ай бұрын

My dentist told me something similar when he pulled my wisdom teeth. He told me that he usually saw wisdom teeth that big on black people. I never knew there were those types of physical differences.

@nerdlarge4691 3 ай бұрын

All humans descend from Africans but your brother likely wouldn’t have Black dental features unless your family have recent African heritage e.g the last 300 years. I suggest your brother gets a DNA Ancestry test to verify.

@user-sk8wn8kl9d 3 ай бұрын

The thing is it doesn't need to go too that far back for mix races to not look like one of their ancestor. It just takes between two to four generations to out-breed the phenotype. If it doesn't show up visually, it's likely to do so internally,.

@ckh937610 3 ай бұрын

@@user-sk8wn8kl9dEven then, there does seem to be something that tips people off someway, if you know what I mean.

@Gia-mg5nx 3 ай бұрын

You have no known black ancestry. But that doesnt mean you arent black, you just are unaware. Africa is a diverse continent too.

@marydawkins4190 3 ай бұрын

Wow!! How cool is this!! Yes, Dr. Gates is one of our biggest national treasures!! I am absolutely fascinated by him and have a pretty big celebrity crush on him!! I just listened to his segment with Dax Shepherd in January. I had NO clue of his background and all the incredible traveling he did so early on. Absolutely LOVE this guy and his work.

@lisanester3338 3 ай бұрын

Dr. Gates you always open our eyes and hopefully our hearts.

@davidfriscic3009 3 ай бұрын

We can open our own hearts and do not need Gates to do it for us. God will help us

@davidabbett7011 3 ай бұрын

My favorite show on any venue.

@lisamessiana1032 3 ай бұрын

God bless u, Professor Gates!🙏 I love that u PROVE people are more than what we see! It's a Truth that can't be denied and makes us ALL ONE FAMILY❣️🌍🌎🌏

@Littlething41 3 ай бұрын

Steven Tyler from Aerosmith his great grandfather was mulatto, and he was so excited. You can see in his and his daughter's features.

@sjs2j305 3 ай бұрын

WHAT?! 😮 I missed that episode

@adiza1616 3 ай бұрын

His father was italian...

@erikamantell7301 3 ай бұрын

@@adiza1616this was his maternal family that had Black ancestry. His paternal side (real last name is Tallarico) is Italian.

@adiza1616 3 ай бұрын

We're all mixed..many Italians from Sicily are from African descents@erikamantell7301

@uliwehner 2 ай бұрын

@@erikamantell7301 italy is a boatride from africa, btw

@kimhoneychurch9616 3 ай бұрын

My favorite TV show. Thanks, Dr. Gates.

@CB-vg1wq 2 ай бұрын

I just love Finding Your Roots with Dr. Gates. He is so thoughtful while he guides people through the journey of finding out many things about their personal history! Meanwhile, the show helps viewers learn about often little known history.

@TruthIsLikeTheSun 3 ай бұрын

I love this show, too. It's helped me with my own genealogical research, ways to discover family history, and a better understanding of genetic DNA genealogy. There's a similar show called Who Do You Think You Are? It takes a bit of a different approach. It features celebrities also. Yet another such show was Genealogy Road Show. It's no longer aired, but I bet you can probably find old episodes on KZfaq. It featured non-celebrities. Love them all, but Dr. Gates makes the difference. No one presents like him. He's the kind of history teacher I would want.

@courtneymeehan504 3 ай бұрын

I just found Who Do You Think You Are and was so excited to find it!

@maryriser7836 Ай бұрын

Bestest!!!! show on TV. Wish Dr Gates could do more episodes. Thanks enjoyed your video.

@RXmusic4YOU 3 ай бұрын

Has PBS been canceled in Florida? If not, Wait for it. Great work. Mr. Gates

@sheilamiller6435 3 ай бұрын

Favorite show and I’ve got a bit of a crush on Mr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr!

@joycerichardson1810 2 ай бұрын

Me too.

@marysmith861 2 ай бұрын

Me three, lol. He has a great personality. I bet he has no idea.

@thethinkinglady2957 3 ай бұрын

My respect to Professor Henry Gates Jr. I have watched Finding Your Roots for years and even introduced others to the show. They are all hooked on it and anxiously wait for new episodes to air on Tuesday nights. You can't beat the revelations concerning guests on the show. Maybe I will be lucky someday to get him do a research on me.

@LB-tw7gg 3 ай бұрын

Finding your roots is a fascinating program.

@jaggg.3821 3 ай бұрын

Yeah Ty Burrell was the absolute Best special guest on Finding your Root's/Lupita Nyongo/& Norman.

@camelliamay2920 3 ай бұрын

Finding Your Roots is the best show ever. All props to Dr. Gates and the staff for developing this incredibly riveting show and bringing it to the people. Thank you Dr. Gates!

@pamelajett4095 3 ай бұрын

Finding your Roots is my all time favorite show can't wait for season 11

@courtneymeehan504 3 ай бұрын

As an Irishmen genealogy is in my roots. I've been watching Finding Your Roots sense the beginning. Fantastic job!

@gwendunnaway9473 3 ай бұрын

Years ago I read a book titled "The Seven Daughters of Eve".It is very interesting & thought provoking .

@UMVELINQANGI 3 ай бұрын

This is endlessly fascinating. I can't get enough. Keep it coming!👍

@kerrialexander4211 3 ай бұрын

I love this show!

@tinawatson2050 3 ай бұрын

I LOVE THIS SHOW I wish that Mr. Gates could do me, my Mom & Dad's roots...that would be a dream come true!!!❤❤

@h.dbrown776 3 ай бұрын

Me too! Then I could uncover my “Pirates of the Caribbean” history. Lol

@WenD1908 3 ай бұрын

If Dr. Gates picked my Mother for an episode, it would be so exciting. She’s been working on our family’s genealogy for some time.

@user-ze6rq7zu9t 3 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree. Wish he would do maybe one show per season with a non celebrity. People could send in a story and let the producers choose or maybe select randomly.

@annmahoneyleslie1894 3 ай бұрын

I Love this show!!! ❤❤ Thank you so very much!!

@susango123 3 ай бұрын

I got PBS Passport just to view ,"Finding Your Roots". I have loved the show way back when it was, "African American Lives".

@mareerogers364 3 ай бұрын

Yeah. the show was co-opted😂😂😂😂😂😂

@t.h.8475 3 ай бұрын

I didn't know it started out different.

@tecora7419 3 ай бұрын

One of my favorite shows ❤ keep up the great work.

@pearlshaynea 3 ай бұрын

This show is awesome. I love learning new things and hearing stories. It usually makes me cry too

@rosedevault9301 2 ай бұрын

My favorite person and show. Skip is who got me started on my ancestry search. I'm so thankful for all he has done.

@dianearrighi6125 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely phenomenal program

@ricardocorbie6803 2 ай бұрын

Continued to do this greatly needed work! I enjoy this program immensely! Thank you Dr Gates, much needed for these divisive times in which we live, to show we are all related in some form and not be so different than others!! 💜💜

@dinoallbaugh2050 3 ай бұрын

My Wife and i watch Finding your roots here in Eugene Oregon on OPB

@cynthiacarter514 3 ай бұрын

I love Professor Gates and I love finding your roots.

@swimnwfishes 3 ай бұрын

Had it not been for your episode with LL Cool J, I would not have found my biological family.

@unclebubba5584 Ай бұрын

One of my favorite shows, love all the history and stories you share Mr. Gates. Thank you.

@edwardpinnix249 3 ай бұрын

Looking forward to that update with Joe!

@sandeedobberstine5591 3 ай бұрын

Love your show sir!❤

@theresasmith9109 3 ай бұрын

Love this show. ❤❤

@jrbaskind 2 ай бұрын

How cool is that? I can’t wait to see the new episode!❤

@All.Natural. 3 ай бұрын

Great show!

@jericherry3374 2 ай бұрын

I am white, did a DNA test and found out I have some African American ancestry. Proud of it!!! I have been married to a black man for 34 years and have 3 biracial children. We are all happy!!!

@lauraautry6992 3 ай бұрын

I love genealogy and history…I enjoy watching Finding Your Roots and would love to be on the show.

@YinkaLuvsRainbows 3 ай бұрын

Can't wait for part 2! ❤

@1btyflflwr 2 ай бұрын

I LOVE the show! It's a major part of my week when it's in season. My feelings are always hurt when the season ends❤❤❤

@SMElder-iy6fl 3 ай бұрын

I love Finding Your 2:07 Roots, regardless of what color your guests are. Prople's lives are fascinating!

@eyne1703 3 ай бұрын

I love love love love finding your roots!!!

@gerelynreynolds2391 3 ай бұрын

The Show is so educational..We need to see more of it.!!

@gloriabaylor882 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Henry Louis Gates, I love the show! 🎉❤

@angiecook4016 3 ай бұрын

love this show

@MsLadyNews 3 ай бұрын

I get so tickled when white guests are on his show and find out they have African ancestry. 😂

@Ugottabekiddinme 3 ай бұрын

Them sitting their trying to keep a straight face tickles me every time😂😂😂.

@AndyLarson-xm7tq 3 ай бұрын

Why?

@nicolelewis6312 3 ай бұрын

Why is it funny?

@catlady6165 3 ай бұрын

It tickles me too. Except Johnny Cash daughter to be so incurious when clearly her mother appearance had AA features. I always knew Carly Simon had blk in her.

@Bonzi_Buddy 3 ай бұрын

I knew I did because I like malt liquor and always have.

@ynotchristian1366 3 ай бұрын

I can’t wait to see that update!

@ArizonaBorn1358 3 ай бұрын

I love Henry Louis Gates for making finding our roots - literally an important aspect of Af Am's and all people's lives. While I've hit brick walls and cannot afford a genealogist yet, I know that with time and expertise it is possible. Thank you @Henry Louis Gates!!

@Iprsmrk 3 ай бұрын

I love love your show!

@rebeccaboyd1704 3 ай бұрын

I want to be on his show so bad Already prayed about it

@patriciamitchell9365 3 ай бұрын

The actors/positions on the show pay to be on the show.

@GaliSinatra 3 ай бұрын

The best show! Love Finding Your Roots.

@knelson3484 3 ай бұрын

Great show, really good work you are doing. Thank you.

@kyrapatton1940 3 ай бұрын

Love this show

@WeazelJaguar 3 ай бұрын

Best Show EVER!

@sw20yrz84 3 ай бұрын

I love Dr Gates and this show so much! And yes, we can see ‘em a mile away!😄

@debbiebrooks3473 Ай бұрын

Love your show! Never miss it. I have always loved history and you bring it alive in discovering the backgrounds of everyone. Congratulations on your effort in creating one of my all time favorite shows! God bless ♥️🙏🏻🙏🏿🙏🏼🙏🏾🙏🏽♥️🇺🇸

@Danny-fs1hk 3 ай бұрын

Dr Skip Gates 👏🏾

@PMcC44 3 ай бұрын

I am Canadian and didn't understand true racism until I started learning American history. Yes we have racism in Canada but not even close to the US black issue. I still don't understand it. It is a huge dark spot in American history. I believe what Dr. Gates is doing is more than helping reframe racism. You, Dr. Gates are a most impressive human. Keep up the great work!

@robertpearce4316 3 ай бұрын

Canada has serious issue today with first nation. Japan have tribes they persecuted. Thur their acts in ww2 shows their racism. Today there the same. China rounds up there Muslim population in the west. Today Arabs castrated all black male slaves. Millions. India has disputes with multiple ethnic groups over rights. Today. The whole middle east Christian and jews population continues to drop. Turkey killed a million Armenia. Today they go after another group. Isis cut heads of Christian. Arabs throw LGBT of roofs after doing other things to them. Mean African countries have killed whites. South Africa is setting up to do it today. Our racism is made up. Of course we have racist individuals, all race do. But not system.

@dawnpence3248 3 ай бұрын

People hate to lose a war more than anything on earth. They still live in the past, can't admit they were wrong about anything, and are now trying to wreck America

@justjenkinaround5116 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely love your show. Ancestry is incredibly fascinating and where we all come from. Keep up the great work. I wish I was one of your guests.

@teresasimkins5518 3 ай бұрын

Every show is gem. Awesome!

@brenkelly8163 3 ай бұрын

It turns out these stories are true. My DNA test, having grown up a white kid in New York State, showed multiple black ancestors. My father hinted at it, and maybe he knew and may be not, as he died. But it was known that his father's grandfather was governor of the state of Louisiana in 1850, a Mr. Walker. Not only is that true, but he was a mulatto and descendent of a slave. And his wife was a mulatto. It even tells the story on Wikipedia, yet no scholar mentions him as the first white and black governor, even though he was most likely more black than PBS Pinchback, served during slavery for 3 years. What's more, his mother was a mulatto of French and Senegalese descent who married a white man, Mr. Walker, in 1778 while he was serving in the American Revolution in Louisiana under a French general. I got that Sons of the Revolution certificate and it's open information in records now.

@bebeklein 2 ай бұрын

You’ve learned a lot about your history

@user-qo9ek5vx8s 3 ай бұрын

I love the show Finding Your Roots, watching every one I can access from Aotearoa New Zealand. Awesome show, Henry Louis Gates Jr!!

@Tracymmo 3 ай бұрын

Kia ora from the Midwestern US!

@VicEclectica 3 ай бұрын

It's fascinating to see all the ways we are connected - to the past, the future, and each other. Love this show.

@WVgirl1959 3 ай бұрын

I love Dr. Henry Luis Gates and especially his books. ❤ from West Virginia

@brendagrant9382 3 ай бұрын

I do ancestry. I love this show!

@edwardcasper5231 3 ай бұрын

"The DNA don't lie." - Dr. Henry Lewis Gates Jr.

@t.h.8475 3 ай бұрын

He ain't wrong.

@kevinlance1813 2 ай бұрын

Dr. Gates is a hero of ours and we are huge fans of Finding Your Roots. We understand the premise of the program and would love to include folks other than celebrities. The thing that always hits home for us is that we are all brothers and sisters and should love and respect each other accordingly. What a great man.