8.0/1067 votes#1 - The Impression
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2017
Join Larry David and Bernie Sanders, who learn they have more in common than they thought.
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8.1/1054 votes#2 - Unfamiliar Kin
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2017
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.
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7.8/1034 votes#3 - Puritans and Pioneers
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2017
Guests: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and William H. Macy. Three mainstays of modern-day Hollywood discover family legacies that predate the United States itself.
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7.9/1040 votes#4 - The Vanguard
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2017
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.
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7.8/1042 votes#5 - Immigrant Nation
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2017
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
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8.0/1048 votes#6 - Black Like Me
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2017
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.
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7.7/1042 votes#7 - Children of the Revolution
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2017
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
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8.2/1043 votes#8 - Relatives We Never Knew We Had
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2017
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.
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8.0/1042 votes#9 - Southern Roots
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/12/2017
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.
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7.5/1033 votes#10 - Funny Business
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/2017
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
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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....
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"The Impression" is the best rated episode of "Finding Your Roots" season 4. It scored 8/10 based on 67 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/2/2017. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Unfamiliar Kin".