![]() ![]() “This was a very unexpected turn,” the aunt of actress Emma Roberts concluded. Getty Images for SeriousFun Children's Network Julia then added that she does “prefer the name Roberts.” Roberts’ name has become famous worldwide. “It is fascinating and, on the other hand, there’s, you know, part of me that, you know, that when I’m calmer, you know, can still wrap my arms around the idea that my family is my family.” “Truly my mind is blown,” the “Runaway Bride” star said. Her great-great-grandmother secretly had an affair with a man whose last name was not Roberts. In an even more scandalous twist, the “Finding Your Roots” host said Henry was married to a woman named Sarah, with whom he shared six children, when he dated Julia’s great-great-grandmother. “So, we’re Mitchells?” Julia asked, with Gates then confirming that she is indeed “Julia Mitchell.” The actress submitted a DNA test, which led to the revelation about her last name. “We found a cluster of matches that tie Julia and her cousin to one man: Henry McDonald Mitchell Jr.,” the Harvard University professor noted. Gates shared that he examined the A-lister’s DNA in an attempt to find a match for her biological great-great-grandfather. Ancestry/YouTubeĪ visibly shocked Julia then asked, “But am I not a Roberts?” Julia Roberts recently discovered a shocking family secret. Through DNA archives and genealogical work, Gates discovered Willis “could not possibly” be the “Notting Hill” actress’ great-great-grandfather. “Julia carries Willis’ last name, but Willis passed away in 1864, over a decade before Rhoda gave birth to Julia’s great-grandfather, John, leading to an inescapable conclusion.” “Digging into Georgia’s County archives, we discovered that sometime in the 1850s, Rhoda married a man named Willis Roberts,” Dr. The “Pretty Woman” actress, 55, was shocked to learn on a recent episode of Ancestry’s “Finding Your Roots” that her great-great-grandmother Rhoda Suttle Roberts had an affair with a married man after her husband, Willis Roberts, passed away. Julia Roberts has discovered a family secret: Her world famous last name isn’t exactly accurate. ![]() Camilla Parker Bowles has worn the same pair of Sole Bliss shoes 80 times ![]()
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