Julia Roberts Learns She’s Not Really A ‘Roberts’ After Taking DNA Test: ‘My Mind Is Blown’

Beloved actress Julia Roberts, 55, discovered that she is not a Roberts aft each during an quality connected PBS’ Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. connected Jan. 11. Julia’s great-grandfather, John Pendleton Roberts, was the lad of a pistillate named Rhoda Suttle, but beyond that, determination was a “gap” successful her household tree. When looking astatine Georgia’s 1880s Census, Henry asked Julia if she noticed anyone missing, to which she replied, “A dad?” Later, the TV big revealed to the Notting Hill star that she is really the descendant of a antheral named, Henry McDonald Mitchell Jr., and not of Rhoda’s precocious husband, Willis R. Roberts. The second died successful 1864, implicit a decennary earlier John was calved successful 1878, truthful making it “impossible” for Julia to beryllium a biologic descendant of Willis.

“Julia, Willis Roberts could not perchance beryllium your great-great-grandfather… helium was dead,” Henry said. After proceeding the shocking breakdown of her family’s lineage, Julia replied, “Oh, hold — but americium I not a Roberts?” The researchers searched Douglas County, GA for records of John’s begetter but they recovered “absolutely nothing.” Julia and 1 of her father’s[Walter Grady Roberts] archetypal cousins agreed to bash a DNA trial and that led them to a “cluster” of matches to Henry Mitchell. “So we’re Mitchells?”, she asked, to which the big replied, “You’re Julia Mitchell.”

After Henry told the Golden Globe victor that she “is not a Roberts biologically,” Julia couldn’t assistance but beryllium shocked. “Wow. Is my caput connected consecutive still? Am I facing you?,” she joked earlier adding, “Truly my caput is blown.” The information besides revealed that Rhoda apt kept the individuality of John’s dada a concealed due to the fact that Henry was really married to a pistillate named, Sarah, astatine the clip of John’s birth. They besides interestingly lived “a fewer miles” isolated making the communicative each the much believable. “It is fascinating, and connected the different manus there’s portion of maine that erstwhile I’m calmer,” Julia continued… “you cognize tin inactive wrapper my arms astir the thought that my household is my family.” Towards the extremity of the shocking episode, the blonde quality expressed that she “prefers the sanction Roberts.”

Julia Roberts rocked a George Clooney formal connected Dec. 4, 2022. (Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)

As galore already know, Julia is the aunt of Scream Queens star Emma Roberts, 31, who is the girl of Julia’s brother and actor, Eric Roberts, 66. The mom-of-three besides has 2 different siblings: histrion Lisa Roberts Gillan, 58, and a precocious half-sister, Nancy Motes. Julia started her own family successful 2004 erstwhile she gave commencement to twins: Phinnaeus and Hazel Moder, 18. And conscionable 3 years later, successful 2007, Julia and her husband, Daniel Moder, 53, welcomed a 2nd son, Henry Daniel Moder, 15.

When Julia is not engaged tracking down her ancestors, she is often moving connected the acceptable of deed movies and TV shows. Most recently, her film Ticket to Paradise starring George Clooney, 61, was released connected Oct. 21, 2022. While promoting the deed movie, George and his co-star told Access Hollywood why they never dated. “To not day each other? I don’t deliberation we needed to authorities it,” Julia said erstwhile asked astir a “no dating policy” betwixt her astatine the 61-year-old. “It conscionable seemed the close happening to do,” she added. “Julia was ever successful a relationship,” George past answered. “Or I was successful a relationship, and we were fast friends close away. And so, it was nothing, it’s been thing but amusive for us. So, I don’t deliberation that was ever truly a thing.”

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