'Truly my mind is blown': Julia Roberts has discovered she’s not actually a Roberts.
Not long ago, the internet was all abuzz about the fact that civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. had paid the hospital bill for her birth. Now comes news that there was a big secret in the “Ticket to Paradise” star’s family. On Wednesday’s episode of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots” with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Roberts is shown learning that she was not actually related to her supposed great-great-grandfather, Willis Roberts.
He explained that through DNA, they were able to tie Roberts and her cousin to a man named Henry McDonald Mitchell Jr., who was her biological great-great grandfather. “So we’re Mitchells?” Roberts asked Gates. “You’re Julia Mitchell. You are not a Roberts biologically,” he responded. “Wow,” Roberts said.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Julia Roberts stunned to learn she’s not a ‘Roberts’ after DNA testThe “Pretty Woman” actress, 55, was shocked to learn her great-great-grandmother Rhoda Suttle Roberts had an affair with a married man after her husband, Willis Roberts, passed away. …
Read more »
Watch: CNN speaks to Ukrainians living on frontlines of Soledar battle | CNNFighting is still raging in Soledar, a salt mining town in eastern Ukraine, despite Russian claims that it has gained control of the region. Should Russian troops capture the town, it would mark Moscow's first gain in the Donbas for months -- potentially offering President Vladimir Putin a symbolic win after a string of defeats on the battlefield. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.
Read more »
First on CNN: US Navy veteran released from Russian custody | CNN PoliticsAn American Navy veteran who has been detained in Russia for nearly a year was released from Russian custody on Thursday, his family's spokesperson told CNN, after months of negotiations spearheaded by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
Read more »
Microsoft’s next Surface Duo might have a truly foldable screenWe might not see a new Surface Duo this year.
Read more »
Gov. Larry Hogan bids farewell: ‘We truly have changed Maryland for the better’Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan took a victory lap Tuesday in his farewell address, saying he is proud of the way his administration fulfilled promises on the economy and taxes and rose to meet unforeseen challenges of civil unrest in Baltimore and the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more »