7 AnswersWe don't get "Finding Your Roots" in the UK, but I love WDYTYA, although it does niggle me how they actually skim over most of the actual research and I'm always wondering how on earth they came to the conclusions they do when they don't show how they got to it! Show
I also used to watch "Heir Hunters" as I'd love to work on some of their challenging cases answered Nov 1, 2017 by Michelle Wilkes G2G6 Pilot (140k points)I love WDYTYA but am looking forward now to see some of Finding Your Roots, because I didn't know about it, thanks for the tip! I think I've seen almost all of the UK WDYTYA! Some of my favourites are Alistair McGowan, Liz Bonnin, Boris Johnson and Alan Cumming. I've also seen loads of the US ones, but prefer the British. To add to that, I've seen all of the Swedish episodes, and lots of the Danish ones. Still the UK ones are my favourites. The Danish one with farmer and tv-personality Frank Erichsen was fun. UK WDYTYA FTW :-D answered Nov 2, 2017 by Maria Lundholm G2G6 Pilot (164k points)Related questions
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that premiered on March 25, 2012 on PBS. In each episode, celebrities are presented with a "book of life" that is compiled with information researched by professional genealogists that allows them to view their ancestral histories, learn about familial connections and discover secrets about their lineage. Season Six was shown from October 2019 to October 2020 with two new episodes airing weekly in October 2019, eight episodes airing weekly in January and February 2020 and six episodes airing weekly in October and November 2020. All episodes air on Tuesdays.[1][2] Premise[edit]The series uses traditional genealogical research (written records) and genetics (DNA testing) to discover the family history of well-known Americans. Genetic techniques include Y-chromosome DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and autosomal DNA analyses to infer both ancient and recent genetic relationships. The show's professionals typically spend hundreds of hours researching each guest.[3][4] The series has examined the family histories of celebrity guests with African American, Asian American, British American, Chinese American, Dutch American, Greek American, Indian American, Irish American, Italian American, Jewish American and Latin American heritage. Each celebrity guest is given a book of life which contains all the information discovered about the guest's genealogy by researchers. Included in or within the book are comprehensive genetic results, a family tree that is as complete as paper research allows, copies of historical records used to assemble each tree and photos of newly found family members. In some episodes, particularly ones in which original DNA profiling research must be used to establish a past ancestor's parental link, guests are reunited with long lost relatives. However, in most episodes, each guest is predominantly shown seated opposite Gates as he guides them through their book of life. To show correlations between the guests' family stories, each episode cuts back and forth between two or three guest stories. To draw further correlations, Gates uses examples from his own genealogy quite frequently. Examples of this would be a grandmother of his having multiple children with a white man whose name she had never revealed, as well as Gates' membership into the Sons of the American Revolution. In addition to celebrity guests, everyday people are sometimes featured in an episode to create a third or fourth story line. The non-celebrity guests are usually a group of peers. One example of this would be the episode in which Gates has his friends at his local barbershop take a DNA test to determine their ethnic makeup, each friend betting on their percentages of African, European, and Native American genetic heritage. Another episode uses a similar guessing game with students at a local school. Singular secondary guests include Robert Downey Sr. and Margarett Cooper, the latter being a friend of Gates'.[5] Episodes[edit]Production[edit]Background[edit]The series has seen two past incarnations on PBS, both of which were hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. In 2006 and 2008, the series African American Lives aired. Both seasons of the series consisted of a season-long storyline as well as an all African American cast. In 2010, Faces of America aired. Though it continued to use the season-long plot from the prior installment, it was the first installment to be hosted by Gates which included Americans of all ethnic and racial backgrounds. Starting with Finding Your Roots in 2012, the series changed from a season-long plot to having plots extending only within a single episode. In doing so, it has allowed the series to extend its number of episodes each season to ten, as opposed to the prior four episodes a season.[6] Ben Affleck controversy[edit]The show's third season was postponed by WNET after it was discovered that actor Ben Affleck had persuaded Gates to omit information about his slave-owning ancestors.[7][8][9] The series returned on January 5, 2016,[10] although "Roots of Freedom", the second-season episode featuring Affleck, was pulled from all forms of distribution by PBS.[11] PBS America, a U.K. TV channel featuring content from PBS in the U.S., continues to feature three clips from the withdrawn episode on its YouTube channel.[12][13][14] Critical reception[edit]In 2016, Cal Thomas of The Baltimore Sun wrote that the show was "The most compelling television you will ever see."[15] In 2015, it was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special.[16] See also[edit]
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External links[edit]How do they choose people for Finding Your Roots?The premise of the show is simple. In each episode, host and executive producer Gates reveals to two celebrity guests new information about their family history. “We pick people I admire from a variety of professions, ethnic backgrounds and gender identification,” he explains.
Does Finding Your Roots use ancestry?Premise. The series uses traditional genealogical research (written records) and genetics (DNA testing) to discover the family history of well-known Americans.
What DNA test does Henry Louis Gates use?All guests on Finding Your Roots used both 23andMe and FTDNA for DNA testing – all African Americans participating in the series also used African Ancestry.
Is it important to know your roots as human person?By knowing more about your ancestors, the place they belonged to, and their cultural affinities gives you a strong sense of identity. It helps in establishing a strong identity, which improves your self-esteem. You are better able to relate to your surroundings when you know more about your roots.
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