“So we’re Mitchells?” Julia Roberts was shocked to discover that her great-great-grandmother had been in an adulterous relationship with a man named Mitchell in the 19th century. And that she should therefore not be called Julia Roberts, but Julia Mitchell.
“Biologically, you’re not a Roberts,” told her the show’s host, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., who gave birth to a son, Julia Roberts’ great-grandfather, more than ten years after her death. husband.
“I’m impressed”
To confirm what the dates indicated in the official records of the State of Georgia, the program also carried out DNA analysis and established a link between the actress and her true ancestor, Henry MacDonald Mitchell Jr.
“I’m really impressed. It’s fascinating.” “And on the other hand, there’s a part of me that, when I’m calmer, I can still accept the idea that my family is my family,” said the actress, adding that she preferred the name Roberts.
The show finding your roots (Finding Your Roots), which explores the family tree of celebrities, is often full of revelations. It is there, in particular, where Edward Norton discovered a few weeks ago that he is a descendant of Pocahontas and a family of slavers.
In 2017, Scarlett Johansson discovered the death of part of her family there, in the Warsaw ghetto.
Source: BFM TV
