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Lena Dunham Is ‘Delighted’ to Discover She’s Related to Larry David


On the latest episode of PBS’s ‘Finding Your Roots,’ Lena Dunham discovered that she is related to Larry David

“Larry shares multiple long, identical segments of DNA with you and your mother,” the show’s host, Henry Louis Gates Jr., told Dunham. The writer and director explained to Gates Jr. that she was raised in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City by her parents, artists Laurie Simmons and Carroll Dunham, and her upbringing greatly influenced her path to filmmaking. Past seasons have unleashed even bigger bombshells, including Kerry Washington ’s discovery that she was conceived through a sperm donor and Ben Affleck ’s controversial reaction to learning he is descended from slave owners.

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