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Finding Your Roots

Season 12 · Episode 2

Great Migrations

4.0January 13, 2026

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces rapper Wiz Khalifa and actor Sanaa Lathan to ancestors who left the American South, boldly breaking racial barriers.

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Episodes

Episode 1American Dreams
Episode 2Great Migrations
Episode 3Caribbean Roots
Episode 4The Road We Took
Episode 5Love & Basketball
Episode 6Westward Bound
Episode 7Family Harmonies
Episode 8Artistic Roots