TV show Finding Your Roots finds Oscar-nominated actor is 12th great-grandson of famed 17th-century Native American
Genealogical records reviewed on the show Finding Your Roots reveal that Pocahontas, the mythologized 17th-century Native American woman, is the 12th great-grandmother of actorThe PBS history show confirmed Norton’s longstanding family lore on a recent episode, with host Henry Louis Gates Jr telling the American actor: “You have a direct paper trail, no doubt about it, connection to your 12th great-grandmother and great-grandfather, John Rolfe and Pocahontas.
Norton, the star of such films as Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Fight Club, said the revelation “just makes you realize what a small … piece of the whole human story you are”.Photograph: Fraser Gray/Rex/Shutterstock Asked how it felt to know he was descended from slave owners, Norton said: “The short answer is these things are uncomfortable. And you should be uncomfortable with them.
Norton added that he personalized the details available in the census – “when you read ‘slave aged eight’, you just want to die”.
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