Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Finding Larry David & Jimmy Kimmel’s Roots & How He Started His Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live · 10:48

216,256 views · 7,295 likes · Jun 19, 2026

Henry talks about Larry David finding out his distant relatives owned slaves, Jimmy’s deep German roots, Larry’s DNA results revealing that he’s related to Senator Bernie Sanders, and Jimmy’s distant cousin is Martha Stewart, Jimmy and Larry being miracles based on their family history, starting his show to help Black people find their roots, why he started doing it for white people, LL Cool J’s s…

Henry talks about Larry David finding out his distant relatives owned slaves, Jimmy’s deep German roots, Larry’s DNA results revealing that he’s related to Senator Bernie Sanders, and Jimmy’s distant cousin is Martha Stewart, Jimmy and Larry being miracles based on their family history, starting his show to help Black people find their roots, why he started doing it for white people, LL Cool J’s s…

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