Two New Genealogy Shows Come to TV This Fall

Two new genealogy shows are coming to TV this fall.

The popular PBS show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. returns for its sixth season. It will feature a wide range of well known people including Terry Gross, Jon Batiste, Jordan Peele, Nancy Pelosi, Queen Latifah, Jeff Goldblum and Angelica Huston, to name a few. Tune in to OPB on Tuesday, October 8 at 8 p.m. to catch the first show

On NBC you can view a brand new program called A New Leaf from genealogy company Ancestry. Unlike other genealogy programs, A New Leaf focuses on everyday people, not celebrities, finding their roots. In Portland. KGW-TV will air the first episode on Saturday, October, 5 at 6:30 p.m.