Henry Louis Gates Jr. is in the business of finding family secrets.
Gates, who has been the host of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots” since it premiered in 2012, has helped many celebrities uncover what’s hiding in their family tree. Sometimes, stars aren’t prepared for what Gates and his team finds out, as was the case with Kerry Washington.
The “Scandal” star published her memoir “Thicker Than Water” in 2023 that was sparked, in large part, by what she discovered when she told her parents she was interested in going on “Finding Your Roots.” Her parents’ strong reaction against it ultimately led to her finding out her dad was not her biological father, and that her parents had used a sperm donor to conceive her.
https://www.today.com/popculture/henry-louis-gates-kerry-washington-finding-your-roots-rcna186480
