Chrissy Teigen learned she is of Roma descent in an upcoming episode of "Finding Your Roots." Here's how she reacted.

Novelist Amy Tan has always turned to her own family for writing inspiration. "The Joy Luck Club," one of her most famous ...

On Tuesday’s edition of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr., the theme was Italian heritage week as both The View ...

In PEOPLE's exclusive first look at the Jan. 14 episode of 'Finding My Roots', Joy Behar discovered just how close her family ...

The longtime PBS series host reveals some of the surprises in store in the coming episodes, including one of his own.

Now, she has some fascinating new material to work with thanks to her “Finding Your Roots” appearance. The 72-year-old sat down with the show's host, Henry Louis Gates Jr., for the Jan. 21 ...

"Finding Your Roots," a PBS documentary series hosted by Harvard professor and historian Henry Louis Gates Jr., has taken viewers on journeys exploring the ancestral histories of celebrities for ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals inspiring ancestors of novelist Amy Tan & poet Rita Dove.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the Italian roots of Joy Behar & Michael Imperioli.

On Tuesday’s edition of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr., the theme was Italian heritage week as both The View star Joy Behar and The Sopranos alum Michael Imperioli journeyed back ...

“I know our stories speak to people because I am stopped everywhere by old and young; white and Black; Christian, and Hindu, and they say, ‘We love your show,'” Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr ...

While Imperioli discovered that his ancestors included a man who arrived with just $12 and became a rule-breaker in the era of Prohibition, Behar discovered some more devastating facts about her ...