Discovering Your Roots has uncovered some dramatic lore from Amanda Seyfried's household historical past.

The Mean Girls star discovers that her third great-grandfather was gruesomely murdered in a clip from the season 11 premiere of the PBS present, which sees host Henry Louis Gates Jr. stroll well-known friends by way of shocking moments of their ancestors' lives. "Oh my God, what? Oh my God," Seyfried says as she begins to learn the chosen clipping from a newspaper.

The article states that John P. Ebert, who was the grandfather of Seyfried's great-grandfather, was a "well-known retired baker, citizen and inoffensive man" — and was shot thrice at his home on one fateful evening in 1905, changing into "so critically wounded that he can not probably recuperate."

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The newspaper goes on to element how Ebert's "hand was most likely on the doorknob" of his again door "when from between the outhouse and the grape arbor which screens it stepped a person who fired three photographs at him level clean at a variety no more than a yard."

Seyfried was bowled over by the revelation. "Oh my God, that's so unhappy!" she mentioned.

"Your third great-grandfather was murdered. Have you ever ever heard this story earlier than?" Gates requested.

"Nope, no. Undoubtedly no," Seyfried mentioned, empathizing together with her third-great grandmother, with whom she shares a primary title. "Poor Amanda and people children."

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The actress was emotionally affected by the information. "It's bizarre, I don't know him however but he's household, and I'm identical to, 'How dare they?' Like, discover justice!" she mentioned.

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Earlier episodes of the present have turned up equally dramatic occasions in celebrities' household histories. Final yr, Brendan Fraser realized that his nice, nice grandfather shot a rival who changed him whereas on strike at a coal mine.

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The present additionally revealed that Shonda Rhimes, Joe Manganiello, and Maya Rudolph are descended from individuals who had been enslaved previous to the American Civil Battle.

The sequence later discovered a distant household connection between Avengers: Endgame costars Michael Douglas and Scarlett Johansson.

Season 11 of the present may even see Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Chrissy Teigen, Pleasure Behar, Laurence Fishburne, Sharon Stone, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Melanie Lynskey, Michael Imperioli, and extra seem as celeb friends.

Seyfried's look on the season 11 premiere of Discovering Your Roots will premiere Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 9 p.m. ET on PBS. Watch the complete clip above.

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