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Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)★ 8.0/10

US · 60 min · March 5, 2010 · 12 seasons

  • Documentary
  • History
  • Biography

Directed by: David Gardner, Jyllian Gunther, Elizabeth Dobson, Heather Ross, Christopher Bruce

Written by: Lynn Dougherty, Reed Kowit, Crystal Sarando

Celebrities are given the opportunity to research their family trees with surprising and often unexpected results.

Directed by

David GardnerJyllian GuntherElizabeth DobsonHeather RossChristopher BruceSarah FeltesKate Richter GreenRupert SmithLisa BohacekEddie SchmidtRebecca SnowCraig EkedahlLouisiana Kreutz

Written by

Lynn DoughertyReed KowitCrystal Sarando

Cast & crew

Mocean MelvinSelf - NarratorKen RogersSelf - NarratorJoseph ShumwaySelf - GenealogistNoah WyleSelfJessica BielSelfCourteney CoxSelfLiv TylerSelfJulie BowenSelfJennifer GreySelfJohn StamosSelfSmokey RobinsonSelfCherie LunghiNarrator: UK EditD. Joshua TaylorSelf - GenealogistErica Armstrong DunbarSelf - University of DelawareJennifer N. UtleySelf - GenealogistKyle J. BetitSelf - Professional GenealogistDaina Ramey BerrySelf - Associate Professor of History: University of Texas at AustinDonna SchueleSelf - Historian UC IrvineVonnie ZulloSelf - Historical ResearcherJoseph Beilein Jr.Self - Assistant Professor of History: Penn State BehrendPeter O'DonoghueSelf - York Herald College of ArmsJean SmartSelf - ActressHilary DuffSelf - ActressMolly ShannonSelf - ActressLaverne CoxSelf - ActressBeverly G. BondSelf - African American HistoryMary Beth NortonSelf - Historian of Early AmericaStephen AronSelf - Historian of the American WestWarren R. HofstraSelf - Historian of Early AmericaPhilip OtternessSelf - Historian Early Modern GermanyJames HornHistorian of Indentured ServitudeR. Scott StevensonSelf - Dir. of Collections and Interpretation Museum of the American RevoloutionAnn LittleSelf - Professor of History Colorado State UniversityBrian Béla SchellenbergSelf - Professional GenealogistCynthia NixonSelfNick OffermanSelfJesse Tyler FergusonSelfJeanne Larzalere BloomSelf - Certified GenealogKelsey GrammerSelfMinnie DriverSelfMegan MullallySelf - ActressJon CryerSelfRachel McAdamsSelfKayleen McAdamsSelfMellissa BettsSelf - Ancestry Family HistorianChristopher CapozzolaSelf - Political & Cultural HistorianNick BarrattSelf - Genealogist and Professor of Public HistorySusannah UralSelf - Military Historian University of Southern MississippiMark StoyleSelf - Prof. of Early Modern History University of SouthamptonTad Emerson BakerSelf - Professor of History Salem State UniversityMark SchultzSelf - African American HlstoryCharles MosleySelf - Royal AuthorNatalie CottrillSelf - GenealogistNicola MorrisSelf - GenealogistMaira LirianoSelf - LibrarianJim BaumohlSelf - Historian Bryn Mawr CollegeErik ThomsonSelf - Historian of Early Modern EuropeMargo BurnsSelf - Historian Salem Witch TrialsNicka SmithSelf - Ancestry Family HistorianSusan SarandonSelfMatthew BroderickSelfSarah Jessica ParkerSelfSpike LeeSelfEmmitt SmithSelfGwyneth PaltrowSelfAshley JuddSelfKim CattrallSelfTim McGrawSelfVanessa WilliamsSelfRosie O'DonnellSelfLionel RichieSelfJason SudeikisSelfMarisa TomeiSelfRashida JonesSelfRob LoweSelfMartin SheenSelfHelen HuntSelfEdie FalcoSelfRita WilsonSelfReba McEntireSelfBlair UnderwoodSelfPaula DeenSelfJerome BettisSelfZooey DeschanelSelfJim ParsonsSelfChris O'DonnellSelfCindy CrawfordSelfKelly ClarksonSelfChelsea HandlerSelfTrisha YearwoodSelfBryan CranstonSelfBill PaxtonSelfGinnifer GoodwinSelfAlfre WoodardSelfTony GoldwynSelfAngie HarmonSelfAmerica FerreraSelfSean HayesSelfJosh GrobanSelfTom BergeronSelfJulie Chen MoonvesSelfMelissa EtheridgeSelfMolly RingwaldSelfKatey SagalSelfAisha TylerSelfScott FoleySelfChris NothSelfLea MicheleSelfJosh DuhamelSelfMandy MooreSelfRegina KingSelfMatthew MorrisonSelfAllison JanneySelf - GuestZachary QuintoSelfBradley WhitfordSelfBilly PorterSelf - GuestSteve BuscemiSelfAnn Whitford PaulSelf - Bradley's SisterEdward S. SlavishakSelf - Professor of History Susquehanna UniversityHilary Mac AustinSelf - GenealogistStella GreggSelf - Jennifer's DaughterJaneen RehlingSelf - John Stamos's SisterKellie ScherbelSelf - GenealogistMarjorie WyleSelf - Noah's MotherGretchen CryerSelf - Jon's MotherAlaina Stamos TalaricoSelf - John Stamos's SisterAnnie PollandSelf - American Jewish Historian: Tenement MuseumHoward LupovitchSelf - Historian: Wayne State UniversityLesley GordonSelf - Civil War HistorianPhil CostelloSelf - ArchivistValerie BertinelliSelfRyan LintelmanSelf - Curator: Smithsonian National Museum of American HistoryGinger FrereSelf - GenealogistChris Given-WilsonSelf - Professor of Medieval History: University of St. AndrewsAndre JohnsonSelf - Historia of the Black Church: University of MemphisMimi PezzutoSelf - History of Pharmacy: Long Island University BrooklynSharon Ann MurphySelf - Business Historian: Providence CollegeKaterina LagosSelf - Professor of History Cal State University SacramentoRobin C. SagerSelf - Independent HistorianSharon SalingerSelf - Early American HistorianBob RaffordSelf - Genealogist and HistorianTony MichelsSelf - American Jewish History: University of Wisconsin MadisonTony BurroughsSelf - Genealogist: The Center for Black GenealogyAngie ZombekSelf - Civil War Historian: St. Petersburg CollegeAnthony MussonSelf - Medieval Historian: University of ExeterThomas W. GallantSelf - Historian of Modern Greece: UC San DiegoDave SwisherSelf - Drum Leader: 11th PA Vol. Reenactment GroupAshley BaggettSelf - Assistant Professor: North Dakota State UniversityStu RichardsSelf - HistorianElena DimitrakopoulouSelf - TranslatorPeter S. CarmichaelSelf - Historian: Gettysburg CollegeJennifer L. BazarSelf - Curator: Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive CentreChris GerrardSelf - Department of Archaeology: Durham UniversityKostoula StamatopoulosSelf - John Stamos's CousinLauren RobertsSelf - County Historian: Saratoga County NYMichael GraySelf - Civil War Prison Historian: East Stroudsburg UniversityMarcella BencivenniSelf - Historian of Italian ImmigrationSteven TylerSelf - Liv's DadMolly TamborSelf - Hist. of European Women & GenderPietro PossioSelf - Third CousinElse ChurchillSelf - GenealogistScott StephensonSelf - Director of Collections: The Museum of the American RevolutionWolfgang Van HalenSelf - Valerie's SonTom VitaleSelf - Valerie's HusbandAndrew BertinelliSelf - Valerie's FatherNancy BertinelliSelf - Valerie's MotherJennifer AnistonSelf - Kudrow's Friends Co-StarBrooke ShieldsSelfLisa KudrowSelfMiles RobbinsSelf - Susan's SonTimothy Britten ParkerSelf - Sarah Jessica's BrotherSteven DeyleSelf - Historian Domestic Slave TradeBarbra ForsteSelf - Sarah's MotherElaine GrublinSelf - LibrarianPat SmithSelf - Emmitt's WifeGordon JonesSelf - CuratorMarjorie Sholes-HiggingsSelf - Genealogist African American AncestryMel SmithSelf - ArchivistGary Boyd RobertsSelf - GenealogistMera MordejovichSelf - Great-grandmotherCinzia RosselloSelf - ResearcherJon McCabeSelf - HistorianDawn CrookSelf - ArchivistOla FalolaSelf - Guide and TranslatorMary SmithSelf - Emmitt's MotherSandraSelf - Anita's NieceGertrude FarbermanSelf - GrandmotherBurton PerettiSelf - New York HistorianRichard C. RobertsSelf - ArchivistMelvin J. CollierSelf - Genealogist African-American AncestryBill BraggSelf - Director Center for Georgia StudiesTamara VershitskayaSelf - ResearcherDaniela FelisiniSelf - Professor of Economic HistoryGuinevere GrierSelf - Descendent of Samuel GriswoldJohn CaknipeSelf - Local HistorianMadame LoucressSelf - Museum GuideJoe WatsonSelf - Emmitt's Second CousinMary BrownSelf - Italian Immigration HistorianLeonora CriscioneSelf - Susan's MotherEmmitt SmithSelf - Emmitt's FatherMeri MordejovichSelf - Lisa's great-grandmotherLee KudrowSelf - FatherMichelle ChubenkoSelf - GenealogistCarine RabilloudSelf - HistorianGabriele CalibreseSelf - Local GuideSharonSelf - Anita's NieceJanet BroderickSelf - Mathew's SisterBrad QuinlanSelf - Civil War HistorianBlythe DannerSelf - Gwyneth's MotherMichael BuscemiSelf - Steve's BrotherSofia RichieSelf - Lionel's DaughterDaniel Blake SmithSelf - Historian of Early AmericaMiles RichieSelf - Lionel's SonJulie MillerSelf - Curator Early American HistoryDenyse Beaugrand-ChampagneSelf - ArchivistEd O'DonnellSelf - Rosie's BrotherShane CatttrallSelfDorothy BuscemiSelf - Steve's MotherCarol OliveSelf - Steve's Third CousinMichael CiminellaSelf - Ashley's DadDeborah Dash MooreSelf - American Jewish HistorianGeorge WunderlichSelf - Museum DirectorHari JonesSelf - CuratorErvin L. Jordan Jr.Self - Historian of Black ConfederatesAaron McWilliamsSelf - ArchivistKathleen BrandtSelf - GenealogistMichael LorenziniSelf - ArchivistNick BunkerSelf - AuthorPedro WelchSelf - Historian 19th Century BarbadosDeborah RichieSelf - Lionel's SisterLee ShepardSelf - VP for CollectionsJ. Mark LoweSelf - GenealogistPaul W. SchoppSelf - Local HistorianLaFrederick ThirkillSelf - Local HistorianVincent L. ClarkSelf - ArchivistSuzanne NurnbergSelf - GenealogistAndy WaskieSelf - HistorianCorey WalkerSelf - Historian of Africana StudiesKathy LauderSelf - ArchivistGuillaume LesageSelf - ArchivistJohn BuscemiSelf - Steve's FatherBill SheilsSelf - Historian Religion in BritainMaisie OliverSelfMario CorriganSelf - Executive LibrarianDon H. DoyleSelf - Nashville HistorianAnthony MiltonSelf - Historian Early Modern EnglandDavid RosnerSelf - Historian of Public HealthHank McGrawSelf - Tim's UncleGlenn DynnerSelf - Eastern European Jewish HistorianPat StaffordSelf - GenealogistEarl W. WilliamsSelf - Vanessa's UncleGerard MoranSelf - Historian of 19th Century IrelandDorothy StocktonSelfSheila CurtisSelfJohn E. HammondSelf - Oyster Bay HistorianNorma BlakemanSelfJacqueline JonesSelf - Historian of the American SouthKen CobbSelf - Chief ArchivistFran PaltrowSelf - Gwyneth's AuntBrian D. McKnightSelf - Civil War HistorianRobert CzokSelfMarjory HaseldenSelfEmilio EstevezSelf - Martin's SonPeggy LiptonSelf - Rashida's MotherChad LoweSelf - Rob's BrotherQuincy JonesSelf - Rashida's FatherKidada JonesSelf - Rashida's SisterRamon EstevezSelf - Martin's SonAdam TomeiSelf - Marisa's BrotherGordon HuntSelf - Helen's FatherJudith AndersonSelf - Edie's MotherBobby DeenSelf - Paula's SonJamie DeenSelf - Paula's SonChris WilsonSelf - Rita's BrotherDan SudeikisSelf - Jason's FatherFrank Underwood Jr.Self - Blair's BrotherKathy SudeikisSelf - Jason's MotherKristin SudeikisSelf - Jason's SisterWilliam MurphySelf - Mater Dei InstituteSam WillisSelf - Maritime Historian and AuthorLindsay SudeikisSelf - Jason's SisterGary TomeiSelf - Marisa's FatherMatthew HoviousSelf - GenealogistHarry WatsonSelf - North Carolina HistorianDavid FreelandSelf - Author and HistorianEva Sheppard WolfSelf - Historian of Slavery & Emancipation, San Francisco State UniversityPeggy OrtSelf - Paula's AuntKen ChahineSelf - General Manager Ancestry DNAIlya LenskySelf - Museum DirectorEdward MadiganSelf - Centre for War StudiesYvonne O'ConnorSelf - Curator Irish Jewish MuseumMarc DollingerSelf - Chair of Jewish StudiesGladys BettisSelf - Jerome's MotherJo FosterSelf - Family History ResearcherHerb AdamsSelf - Local HistorianFrances DinkelspielSelf - Author of Towers of GoldJames RoarkSelf - Professor of HistoryShannon M. RiskSelf - U.S. Progressive Era HistorianEdward Behrend MartínezSelf - Historian of the Spanish Court SystemFrank Eugene Underwood Sr.Self - Blair's FatherRachel SheldenSelf - Asst Professor of American HistoryDenny JichevaSelf - TranslatorJulius RuizSelf - Spanish Civil War HistorianBerry CraigSelf - Kentucky HistorianChristie ManussierSelf - Office Manager All Saints CathedralJackie McEntireSelf - Reba's MotherCarmine EstevezSelf - Martin's SisterStuart RosenblattSelf - GenealogistAlejandro QuirogaSelf - Professor of Spanish HistoryLoris GagliardiSelf - Cemetery CaretakerDaniela KolevaSelf - Dept. of History and Theory of CultureJames MuellerSelf - Associate Professor of JournalismLeonardo BiancalaniSelf - Parish PriestVania StoyanovaSelf - HistorianDeniz HacihalilSelf - TranslatorJohn HardinSelf - Professor of African HistoryAmanda KoehlerSelf - ArchivistFabio Di SegniSelf - Italian GuideDan FountainSelf - Professor of HistoryCarol MattinglySelf - Women and Temperance HistorianMeglena ZlatkovaSelf - EthnographerGerald SmithSelf - Associate Professor of HistoryJohn E.L. RobertsonSelf - Professor EmeritusBob WilsonSelf - Professor of HistoryNathan MathewsSelf - Research GenealogistRita BogdanovaSelf - Chief ArchivistMarilyn UnderwoodSelf - Blair's MotherDaniel KrebsSelf - Revolutionary War HistorianAbram BougardSelf - Jerome's UncleKirsten FermaglichSelf - Historian and Jewish StudiesJennifer FrazierSelf - Kentucky State Law LibrarianHolger GräfSelf - Hessian HistorianGloria PeriaSelf - Coordinator Historical Municipal ArchiveBrett LangstonSelf - Research ConsultantSteven HughesSelf - Italian Duel ExpertFrancesco TamburiniSelf - Professor of Contemporary HistoryaryChloe PhillipsSelf - Archive OfficerAddie TomeiSelf - Marisa's MotherChristina ApplegateSelfMary Jo DeschanelSelf - Zooey's MotherCaleb DeschanelSelf - Zooey's FatherRobert ApplegateSelfJudy ParsonsSelf - Jim's MotherRoger MoorhouseSelf - Historian and Author of 'Berlin at War'Fergus M. BordewichSelf - Historian and AuthorTimothy OrrSelf - Professor Old Dominion UniversityEmma GriffinSelf - HistorianAndrea BentschneiderSelf - German ResearcherVince VaiseSelf - Historian and Park Ranger - Fort McHenry National MonumentTory BernerSelf - O'Donnell's NieceAmy S. GreenbergSelf - Professor of History Penn StateRalf PiorrSelf - Local HistorianThomas R. PegramSelf - Professor of History Loyola University MarylandGlen HandlerSelf - Chelsea's BrotherBernard CappSelf - Emeritus Professor of History University of WarwickMeredith SchalickSelf - Family Law ProfessorDavid MillerSelf - Museum Curator Smithsonian InstitutionSteve WeissSelf - World War II Veteran and HistorianChristopher ChildSelf - GenealogistMax CarterSelf - Quaker ScholarSusan Hardman MooreSelfJoshua S. HaynesSelf - Early Georgia Historian University of GeoegiaLes MitchinsonSelf - GenealogistRosamond McKitterickSelf - Professor of Medieval History University of CambridgeStacey RobertosnSelf - Professor of American HeritageJudith SchiffSelf - Chief Research Archivist Yale University LibraryAmbrogio CaianiSelf - University of OxfordJerry YocumSelf - Historian Camp Algona POW MuseumDennis NorthcottSelf - ArchivistMichael HaitSelf - GenealogistDrew ArmstrongSelf - University of PittsburghJeanette KeithSelf - 19th Century Southern Historian Bloomsburg UniversityJudy RiffelSelf - GenealogistNikki TaylorSelf - Associate Professor US HistoryRobert GudmestadSelf - Steamboat Historian Colorado State UniversityGaynor ChurchwardSelf - Minnie's MotherEdgar JonesProfessor Military PsychologyTerrence ColeSelfRobin HolmesSelf - HistorianPeter DevittSelf - CuratorPeter BoagSelf - Professor Washington State UniversityPatricia Cline CohenSelf - 19th Century Women's History UCSBScott SandageSelf - Cultural HistorianMike TringhamSelf - GenealogistDavid WalcottSelf - - Criminal Justice HistorianDavid DelMarSelf - Professor and HistorianJames MoranSelf - Associate ProfessorLayne SawyerSelf - Oregon ArchivistWendy GamberSelf - Professor of History Indiana UniversityBob FergusonSelf - - Father of Jesse Tyler FergusonGary R. KremerSelf - Historian & Executive Director State Historical Society of MissouriJ.K. RowlingSelfRobin DeardenSelf - Brian's WifeScott IcenogleSelfAnna Musky-GoldwynSelf - Tony's DaughterAmy CranstonSelf - Brian's SisterMelissa MurraySelf - Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of LawBeth BaileySelf - Historian of the Recent USDaniel FellerSelf - History of Early American Politics University of TennesseeDiane RichardSelf - Professional GenealogistJoseph SpillaneSelf - Social HistorianKevin C. RobinsSelf - French Urban and Cultural HistorianBrooks BlevinsSelf - Professor of Southern HistoryJustin WolfeSelf - Prof. Latin American History Tulane UniversityLissa WadewitzSelf - Historian of the American West Linfield CollegeTessa KalmanSelf - Visual Information SpecialistTom CookSelf - President Nunda Historical SocietyRomualdo BuesoSelf - Friend of America's FatherJennifer DavisSelfThea Walden BakerSelf - Professional GenealogistSuyapa PortilloSelf - Historian of Latin America Pitzer CollegeJanice HarveySelf - Social HistorianPeter J. GagnéSelf - ArchivistJesús Evelio InestrozaSelf - Honduras HistorianMark A. LargentSelf - Social and Medical HistorianJohn RedaSelfCynthia PrescottSelf - Historian of the American West University of North DakotaShane KilcomminsSelf - Criminal HistorianNancy HewittSelf - History of American Women's Studies Rutgers UniversityMargaret GarbSelf - Urban Historian Washington UniversityRonaldo Zelaya y FerraraSelf - Historian Unitec UniversityTim GoodwinSelf - Ginnifer's FatherAndrew FisherSelf - Historian Native American History College of William and MaryGraham BandySelf - Military Historian & GenealogistJohn RussickSelf - VP for Interpretation and Education Chicago History MuseumTyina L. SteptoeSelf - Social Historian University of ArizonaChristi SmithSelf - Author Reparation & Reconciliation Oberlin CollegeChristine SismondoSelf - Social Historian York UniversityKim KellisonSelf - Historian of the South Baylor UniversityVincent CannatoSelf - Immigration HistorianDevin NaarSelf - Professor of Sephardic HistoryKara Dixon VuicSelf - Associate Professor of HistoryTimothy ShannonSelf - Professor of HistoryHilda RautenbergSelf - Former USO PerformerTonia ComptonSelf - Women and the American West Columbia CollegeErvin StutzmanSelf - Executive Director Mennonite Church of USABob RingwaldSelf - Molly's DadDavid MurphySelf - Irish Military Historian Maynooth UniversityPetra NybergSelf - ArchivistHugh FoleySelf - Scott's FatherMark CrathorneSelf - British Hist. Society of PortugalDanelle SimonelliSelf - Ellis Island Park RangerCatherine A. DalySelf - Director Family History CenterKochava MordichaiSelf - Lea's 2nd CousinMark SarfatiSelf - Lea's FatherHaylie DuffSelfRenee MorrisonSelf - Mathew's WifeJoanne PaulSelf - Lecturer of Early Modern History University of SussexSusan DoranProf. of Early Modern Brit. History Jesus College & St. Benet's Hall OxfordKelly RyanSelf - Early American Historian Indiana University SoutheastGloria CoxSelf - Laverne's MotherR. Scott StephensonSelf - V.P. of Collections and Exhibitions Museum of the American RevolutionColin WoodardSelf - Author - The Republic of PiratesSarah WiseSelf - Historian of 19th Century England, City University, LondonChristine KinealySelf - Dir. of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute Quinnipiac UniversityIan DesduneSelf - Regina's SonDouglas BurgessSelf - Professor of History Yeshiva UniversityTurtle BunburySelf - Irish HistorianRebecca BrannonSelf - Loyalist Historian James Madison UniversitySherry LindsaySelf - Ancestry ProgenealogistKatie Sweeney TiernanSelf - Molly's CousinVirginia McAlisterSelf - Ancestry ProgenealogistPeter MarshallSelf - Prof. of Early Modern History University of WarwickMary Jo O'KeefeSelf - Seanchaí and Folklore HistorianJake RuddimanSelf - Associate Professor of History Wake Forest UniversityJohn MetzSelf - Deputy for Collections and Programs The Library of VirginiaTanya EvansSelf - Social HistorianSheena HarrisSelf - Assistant Professor of History Tuskegee UniversityManisha SinhaSelf - Draper Chair in American History University of ConnecticutJessie ChildsSelf - Tudor Historian and AuthorBonnieSelf - Jean's DaughterKatie GravenSelf - Molly's CousinMartin MacGregorSelf - Historian University of GlasgowAndre E. JohnsonSelf - Assistant Professor University of MemphisZachary LeviSelfMary Martha FordSelf - Billy's Half-SisterAdrienne G. WhaleySelf - Director of Education Museum of the American RevolutionLauranett LeeSelf - Public Historian and Consultant University of RichmondLucy RiallSelf - Professor of History of Europe European University InstituteShekinah McGlocklinSelf - Zac's Younger SisterCathy OffermanSelf - Nick's MomGianfranco QuintoSelf - Zach's Paternal Second CousinDonna CurtinSelf - Executive Director Pilgrim Hall MuseumChad PearsonSelf - Professor of History Collin CollegeKarim TiroSelf - Historian Xavier UniversityChristopher BonnerSelf - Historian University of Maryland College ParkNick SyrettSelf - Historian of Sexuality University of KansasJohn CastaldoSelf - Ranger Vicksburg National Military ParkNathan TyeSelf - Assistant Professor of History University of Nebraska at KearneyMichele HouchensSelf - Nick's AuntMaria CromwellSelf - TranslatorNicholas HartleySelf - Pittsburgh City ArchivistMichael JarvisSelf - Historian University of RochesterKim TodtSelf - Early American HistorianTimothy J. ShannonSelf - Professor of Early American History Gettysburg CollegeTaff GillinghamSelf - World War One Expert (uncredited)Peter BartonSelf - World War One Historian (uncredited)Josh DallasSelf (uncredited)