{"id":185441,"date":"2023-01-13T08:59:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T08:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/julia-roberts-stunned-to-learn-shes-not-a-roberts\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T08:59:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T08:59:11","slug":"julia-roberts-stunned-to-learn-shes-not-a-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/julia-roberts-stunned-to-learn-shes-not-a-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Julia Roberts stunned to learn she’s not a ‘Roberts’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Julia Roberts has discovered a family secret: Her world famous last name isn’t exactly accurate. <\/p>\n

The \u201cPretty Woman\u201d actress, 55, was shocked to learn on a recent episode of Ancestry’s \u201cFinding Your Roots\u201d that her great-great-grandmother Rhoda Suttle Roberts had an affair with a married man after her husband, Willis Roberts, passed away . <\/p>\n

\u201cDigging into Georgia’s County archives, we discovered that sometime in the 1850s, Rhoda married a man named Willis Roberts,\u201d Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cJulia 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through DNA archives and genealogical work, Gates discovered Willis \u201ccould not possibly\u201d be the \u201cNotting Hill\u201d actress’ great-great-grandfather. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe was dead,\u201d the historian revealed. <\/p>\n

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Julia Roberts recently discovered a shocking family secret.<\/figcaption>
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A visibly shocked Julia then asked, \u201cBut am I not a Roberts?\u201d<\/p>\n

Gates shared that he examined the A-lister’s DNA in an attempt to find a match for her biological great-great-grandfather.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found a cluster of matches that tie Julia and her cousin to one man: Henry McDonald Mitchell Jr.,\u201d the Harvard University professor noted.<\/p>\n

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The actress submitted a DNA test, which led to the revelation about her last name.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSo, we’re Mitchells?\u201d Julia asked, with Gates then confirming that she is indeed \u201cJulia Mitchell.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an even more scandalous twist, the \u201cFinding Your Roots\u201d host said Henry was married to a woman named Sarah, with whom he shared six children, when he dated Julia’s great-great-grandmother.<\/p>\n

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Her great-great-grandmother secretly had an affair with a man whose last name was not Roberts.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cTruly my mind is blown,\u201d the \u201cRunaway Bride\u201d star said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Julia then added that she does \u201cprefer the name Roberts.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Roberts’ name has become famous worldwide.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cThis was a very unexpected turn,\u201d the aunt of actress Emma Roberts concluded.<\/p>\n

The surprise revelation comes a few months after Julia divulged another fact about her family: Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, paid the hospital bill for her birth when her parents could n’t afford it.<\/p>\n

The \u201cErin Brockovich\u201d star explained to Gayle King <\/a>in October 2022 that her parents befriended the King family while living in Atlanta and running a theater school.<\/p>\n

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Julia’s famous family members include niece Emma Roberts and brother Eric Roberts.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cOne day, Coretta called my mother and asked if her kids could be part of the school because they were having a hard time finding a place that would accept her kids,\u201d Julia said, referring to segregation in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom was like, ‘Sure, come on over,’ and so they all just became friends, and they helped us out of a jam.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n