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The Best Episodes of Finding Your Roots Season 11

Every episode of Finding Your Roots Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Finding Your Roots Season 11!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Finding Your Roots Season 11 Episode 10 - Finding My Roots
    7.9/10(41 votes)

    S11:E10

    Family mysteries: actor Laurence Fishburne and scholar Henry Lewis Gates, Jr. peer into their mysterious family roots using DNA evidence to track down lost family members and their histories.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Finding Your Roots Season 11 Episode 6 - Latin Roots
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    S11:E6

    Tracing the family trees of musician Rubén Blades and journalist Natalie Morales.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Finding Your Roots Season 11 Episode 7 - The Ties That Bind
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    S11:E7

    Actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard learn about their family histories, which includes stories of soldiers, settlers and criminals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Finding Your Roots Season 11 Episode 8 - The Butterfly Effect
    7.8/10(29 votes)

    S11:E8

    Actresses Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey explore the stories of their ancestors whose bold decisions reshaped their families.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Finding Your Roots Season 11 Episode 4 - Dreamers One and All
    7.6/10(40 votes)

    S11:E4

    Exploring the ancestry of actress Sharon Stone and model Chrissy Teigen includes travelling across Europe and Thailand.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Finding Your Roots Season 11 Episode 3 - Stranger Than Fiction
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    S11:E3

    Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Finding Your Roots Season 11 Episode 1 - Larger Than Life
    7.4/10(44 votes)

    S11:E1

    Research into the ancestry of singer Lea Salonga and actress Amanda Seyfried reveals relatives who survived heart-wrenching ordeals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Finding Your Roots Season 11 Episode 5 - Family Recipes
    7.2/10(25 votes)

    S11:E5

    Exploring the ancestry of chefs José Andrés and Sean Sherman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Finding Your Roots Season 11 Episode 9 - Moving on Up
    7.1/10(23 votes)

    S11:E9

    Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lonnie Bunch - two African Americans trace their ancestors, who overcame slavery and traveled from southern plantations to northern cities, forging prosperous families despite adversity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Finding Your Roots Season 11 Episode 2 - La Famiglia
    6.9/10(33 votes)

    S11:E2

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 11 Ratings Summary

"Finding My Roots" is the best rated episode of "Finding Your Roots" season 11. It scored 7.9/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/8/2025. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Latin Roots".