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Michael Douglas Shocked That Scarlett Johansson Is His ‘DNA Cousin’
Michael Douglas was stunned to discover that Scarlett Johansson is his DNA cousin on PBS' 'Finding Your Roots'
Michael Douglas and Scarlett JohanssonTheo Wargo/Getty Images / Lionel Hahn/Getty ImagesThe 79-year-old actor was told on the Tuesday, April 2, episode of the PBS series Finding Your Roots, hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., that the 39-year-old star is his “DNA cousin.” The pair’s branches of shared DNA “appear on Scarlett’s maternal lines, which stretch back to Jewish communities in Eastern Europe,” Douglas was told. MIchael Douglas learns he’s related to Scarlett JohanssonPBSThe same episode also featured the writer-director-actor Lena Dunham, who was also told by Gates that she had a celebrity connection, sharing “at least one common ancestor” with fellow filmmaker Larry David.
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