Where to watch Finding Your Roots(2012)
In the United States, Finding Your Roots is available to stream on PBS, PBS Documentaries, PBS Living, Thirteen, and WETA+. It's also free on The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Pluto TV, Plex, Plex Channel, Xumo Play, and KQED. You can also buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and Fandango At Home.
Where to stream Finding Your Roots
Availability in United States
Included with subscription
PBS
PBS Documentaries
PBS Living
Thirteen
WETA+
Free
The Roku Channel
Hoopla
Pluto TV
Plex
Plex Channel
Xumo Play
KQED
Buy
Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play
Fandango At Home
Data updated on October 10, 2026. Availability data from JustWatch.
Finding Your Roots plot summary
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.
Details
- First aired
- March 24, 2012
- Episode runtime
- 1h
- Genres
- Documentary
- Seasons
- 13
- Episodes
- 127
- Network
- PBS
- Status
- Returning series
- Country
- United States
- TMDB rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 20 votes
Finding Your Roots trailer
Cast
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self - Host
FAQ
Where can I watch Finding Your Roots?
In the United States, Finding Your Roots is available to stream on PBS, PBS Documentaries, PBS Living, Thirteen, and WETA+. It's also free on The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Pluto TV, Plex, Plex Channel, Xumo Play, and KQED. You can also buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and Fandango At Home.
Can I rent or buy Finding Your Roots?
Yes. In the United States you can buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and Fandango At Home.
How many seasons does Finding Your Roots have?
Finding Your Roots has 13 seasons and 127 episodes. Status: returning series.
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