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The Best Episodes of Finding Your Roots Season 4

Every episode of Finding Your Roots Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Finding Your Roots Season 4!

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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 4 Episode 8 - Relatives We Never Knew We Had
    8.1/10(48 votes)

    S4:E8

    Guests: Gaby Hoffmann and Téa Leoni. Two guests whose lives have been shaped by family mysteries are introduced to biological ancestors they never knew they had thanks to genetic detective work.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Finding Your Roots Season 4 Episode 9 - Southern Roots
    8.1/10(46 votes)

    S4:E9

    Guests: Questlove, Dr. Phil and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Three guests of disparate backgrounds dig into their Southern roots, where slavery and its aftermath shaped families both black and white.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Finding Your Roots Season 4 Episode 2 - Unfamiliar Kin
    8.0/10(60 votes)

    S4:E2

    Guests: Carly Simon, Christopher Walken, and more. In this episode, three guests each learn about a grandparent whose real identity and background had been a mystery to them. Along the way, two of them also discover that their close relatives were on the wrong side of history.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Finding Your Roots Season 4 Episode 6 - Black Like Me
    8.0/10(53 votes)

    S4:E6

    Guests: Bryant Gumbel, Tonya Lewis-Lee and Suzanne Malveaux. Three African-American guests delve deep into their family trees, discovering unexpected stories that challenge our assumptions about black history.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Finding Your Roots Season 4 Episode 1 - The Impression
    7.9/10(74 votes)

    S4:E1

    Join Larry David and Bernie Sanders, who learn they have more in common than they thought.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Finding Your Roots Season 4 Episode 3 - Puritans and Pioneers
    7.9/10(44 votes)

    S4:E3

    Guests: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and William H. Macy. Three mainstays of modern-day Hollywood discover family legacies that predate the United States itself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Finding Your Roots Season 4 Episode 4 - The Vanguard
    7.9/10(46 votes)

    S4:E4

    Guests: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ava DuVernay and Janet Mock. Three guests who have helped to redefine Black America in the last decade find their identities challenged as they learn about their family origins.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Finding Your Roots Season 4 Episode 5 - Immigrant Nation
    7.8/10(48 votes)

    S4:E5

    Guests: Scarlett Johansson, Paul Rudd and John Turturro. In this episode, three guests explore the tremendous challenges faced by their immigrant forebears.

    Director:Hazel Gurland-Pooler
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Finding Your Roots Season 4 Episode 7 - Children of the Revolution
    7.8/10(47 votes)

    S4:E7

    Guests: Lupita Nyong’o, Carmelo Anthony and Ana Navarro. Three guests explore how their family trees were shaped by political turmoil and violence, discovering sometimes unexpected ancestry along the way.

    Director:Hazel Gurland-Pooler
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Finding Your Roots Season 4 Episode 10 - Funny Business
    7.5/10(38 votes)

    S4:E10

    Guests: Amy Schumer and more. Guests who have found fame mining their family stories for comedy learn about ancestors who overcame immense suffering.

    Director:Hazel Gurland-Pooler
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Relatives We Never Knew We Had" is the best rated episode of "Finding Your Roots" season 4. It scored 8.1/10 based on 48 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/21/2017. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Southern Roots".