Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Finding Your Roots, Mentoring Jodie Foster and His Simpsons Cameo

[@cheska2024]

I'm 80. 'Finding Your Roots' is my all-time, lifelong favorite show .. because it's so much more than a show. For me, it is the best example of our connection to one another. It is both very personal to the one in the chair, and very collective at a time when our connection to one another is sadly ignored or demeaned. Thank you, Dr. Gates, and to all who uncover our roots. You are appreciated.

[@H-Vox]

I couldn't agree more, I hope it continues as long as possible.

[@AngelaSealana]

Finding Your Roots is probably my favorite show on TV. Dr. Gates is an engaging storyteller!

[@breebarry4422]

Such an awesome show! As a Black American woman, it's so hard to trace our roots. Seeing anyone's roots/tree intrigues me.

[@ivysn13]

agreed! i dont think theres a better person to host this show, he shows how avid of a listner and doesnt take away from the guest's moment.

[@H-Vox]

I love it

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

I love " finding your / roots", its so interesting to find out what the people who came before us did, and who they were.

[@YouTubetail]

Jimmy fella 😂🎉

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Such a great man ,and conversationalist!! Thank you Dr. Gates for 10 incredible years of brilliant television!! Wish you good health ,and happiness many more years of discovering our roots we are all connected.

[@amyrice8128]

I think I've binge watched all of "finding your roots". He has the best voice and attitude for that show. I can't imagine anyone else doing it better. ❤️

[@BenLewis1]

Finding Your Roots is that rare combination - entertaining AND important. Love those subliminal messages! Thank you Dr. Gates!

[@kafajardo]

Dr Gates is an incredible person!!! I love Finding Your Roots!!!!

[@patricksanders858]

His show prompted me to start my own search, and in doing so, I reconnected my family branch with the rest of a sizeable family. I found an incredible history starting in the 1400's Denmark with major connections that run deep throughout American History, from New Amsterdam through the colonialization and Westward expansion to today. Thank you Professor.

[@melissaford717]

It's one of my favorite television shows ever. It combines my love of history and genealogy.

[@brendagrant9382]

Mines.

[@brendagrant9382]

Mines too.

[@melissaford717]

@brendagrant9382 Another wonderful thing is you don't need cable TV to watch the show. That's big for me since cable is too expensive 😫. You take care 🙂

[@thejediway]

A brilliant man and a great communicator! I love that show.

[@angelasaunders3558]

I absolutely love Finding Your Roots , it’s all so amazing and as Mr. Gates says it shows that we are all the same in the ways that it matters most.

[@LadylvGod]

I love finding your roots, Henry Lewis Gates Jr is a national treasure

[@stevegabbert9626]

Every page the guests turn is like a Christmas present. I absolutely love that show.

[@amyellen3845]

I have an enormous amount of gratitude for your work, Dr. Gates!

[@gazevedo1025]

I love the show! History and geneaology is so fascinating.

[@anlemeinthegame1637]

Dr. Gates is a national treasure. What an inspiring, empathetic host he is on Finding Your Roots.

[@tarriegibson1193]

Henry Lewis Gates JR. Is awesome! I love it how they all cry ,it shows the human that we all are.😊

[@dangroz03]

I would love for Jimmy To be on Finding your roots JIMMY PLEASE ASK TO BE ON FINDING TORJ ROOTS WOULD MAKE A GREAT EPISODE.

[@b991228]

I remember as a young child finding out we all came from Africa. Now that is a diversity that still thrills me to this day.

[@brmam1385]

Henry Louis Gates Jr is one of our national treasures! 👍♥🇺🇸

[@jenniferbaragar8254]

Love you so much Dr. Gates. Thank you for sharing your great humor and wisdom.

[@luckystarpiano]

Cannot love this wonderful man and his program more.. each episode is always an emotional heartwarming ride through so much history ❤

[@cvbzizou]

Dr. Gates is a national treasure! ❤

[@marjane4344]

Henry Louis Gates Jr. you are the ultimate in ancestry research . I adore Finding Your Roots .

[@rodrickhudson6537]

Dr. Gates you are a class act!

[@TheRozberry]

Dr.Gates is a jewel! I'm so glad he is going to pick two random people and do their ancestry. I was always hoping he would do that.

[@LynnieDW]

Great interview. Would love to have had him as a professor!

[@brendagrant9382]

I love Henry Gates show. I do ancestry, and his show encourages me. I wish I knew him personally where I could ask him more about finding my roots.😌

[@sonjablaziak6095]

Wish the interview was longer.

[@lashendawest7509]

We love dr Henry louis gates jr

[@peggygibbons479]

My favorite ever was when he did CC Nash & upon finding out an illicit affair by a Grandparent, she said, "Eww! Wee! The dirty pots and PANS!" It was awesome!

[@stevencampbell365]

Amazing message 99.9 percent the same😊 thank you

[@pisces228]

He brings the complexities of history to life in a way that makes people want to learn more and gives us that sense of connection.

[@hellojello8376]

Love Finding your Roots ❤

[@karismith5079]

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. does fantastic work! Check out the "Great African Civilizations" that he did. I love everything he does.

[@tonikimpel7891]

It was a fantastic show to watch. So interesting 😊❤

[@supernatural5354]

You shouldn’t because he doesn’t know anything

[@maryamkim1281]

​@supernatural5354 and you do?

[@SayNoToAuthoritarianism]

You’ll learn more American history on that show than anywhere else

[@paulmrjohnson]

Burton's 'Nooooo!' was just like Luke Skywalker~^^

[@AngelaSealana]

Yup that was the reference

[@DouglasRichardson-er4ky]

... I'm your faaaaaaathooooorrrr lol 😆👍

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

Jodie foster is a genius

[@TammeraFreno]

Awesome!❤

[@christopherallen9580]

Love Professor Gates!

[@Ruffina12345]

Luv luv luv Dr Gates!!! When are you gonna have me on Dr Gates?

[@brittanyholiday6170]

The best show

[@blueflower-qw5jj]

5:30 NOOOOO!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lisanester3338]

Dr. Gates, you definitely have “cred”!

[@anellawrites]

Skip is a national treasure.

[@dakotac180]

This man is single handedly saving our human imprint. He cares about our history and people getting their just due. People need to appreciate him more. Not reading rainbow and roots finding out he has a white ancestor 😂

[@KatieParish-r6s]

I love SKIP❤

[@bethedmonds9635]

Amen!!!!

[@Julie-o5w7h]

We love Uncle Henry. We have no relation at all, but wish we did.

[@cherylharewood6125]

I love ❤️, "Finding Your Roots", it is very informative and amazing that our DNA contains so much information and not just medical. Our choices of a career/profession could be influenced by our DNA. WE HAVE AN AWESOME GOD, HALLELUJAH AND AMEN.

[@Yungbeck]

I love DHLGJ

[@AC3handle]

I keep seeing the clip of LeVar Burton getting told he has a white ancestor.

[@judithdomangue9995]

We are One.

[@visariosorino8034]

To the person reading this, even though I don't know you. I wish you the best of what life has to offer 🙏 🙌 😊❤

[@tonikimpel7891]

Same to you 😊

[@visariosorino8034]

@@tonikimpel7891 😊👍

[@hellobookworm]

Gotta love this man for finding and publishing Hannah Crafts' lost manuscript. I posted a deep dive video on her fascinating book and Gates' journey to authenticate her manuscript on my channel for anyone who's interested. 📘🔍🕵

[@jonathantyner171]

Jonathan Tyner Wants To Play A DC Character And A Role For Fast & Furious

[@brendabernstein286]

Fuck yeah

[@tk1950]

No, the Indigenous Peoples did not cross the Bering Strait. New evidence shows that they have been here for over 20,000 years!

[@pisces228]

They came here in waves. My maternal line is from the first wave, Haplogroup A2g.

[@harleenquinzel5814]

Kidnapped people are not “unwilling immigrants”. Let’s call a thing a thing instead of pacifying their atrocity.

[@lisamarie72ful]

I'm sorry but is it me or does it seem like jimmy has never seen the show

[@ThePrise]

Yall at a glance it looked like Sam Jackson in the thumbnail

[@jannislewis13]

The problem is some people are not blessed with good parents and some çhildren do appreciate their parents. 😢

[@josephbarnett2566]

Roots...great show. Although we are 99.999% same...when blacks learn a direct ancestor was a slave...they cry. Whites angry or other emotions.

[@Arnuuld]

I clicked thinking Ice-T somehow got a tan. #StrongWeed

[@seankim884]

That Guy Looks A Little Bit Like Samuel L Jackson!

[@AfternoonFocus]

You mean, he’s black?

[@sunny5ma]

🥱😴

[@R.POliver]

lol But in scientific terms that 00.01% difference actually does make a huge difference.

[@77Creation]

Nah...just superficial differences like skin color, hair texture, etc. Fundamentally we all need the same things. Because fundamentally we are the same things. Only trapped in the matrix bigots and fools think otherwise.

[@RonNorwood]

Obviously

[@Ndnjd83]

UGH! That Bering Strait theory has been debunked many years ago! Otherwise I love his show.

[@tommyriam8320]

What the hell is that on Fallon's head?

[@KevinSmith-wj1hp]

And they were white

[@jonobester5817]

But how different are men from women?

[@bigcatproductions2789]

99.9 the Same ! Why do " African American " say that They are different ? ?

[@supernatural5354]

He’s an idiot

[@andrewjohnson588]

They were treated differently by the people in power, why wouldn't they create an identity based on that?

[@moonkey537]

Isn't him screaming "noooooo!" At the end there a little racist? 😅 😂

[@nancyd4250]

You’ll have to watch the episode 😊 as he starts to process what this means for him and how he moves forward in life with this new information. I loved the episode!

[@AngelaSealana]

It's partially because of his role in Roots. Context will help you understand his response. The entire episode is powerfully moving.

[@COO415]

Despite the phenotype difference, ahem! - skin, eyes color etc. we're 99.99% are the same. That's deep.

[@siddharthnaagar8431]

Jodie foster is a genius