{"id":45088,"date":"2023-01-05T21:11:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T21:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/05\/actor-edward-norton-learns-pocahontas-is-his-12th-great-grandmother-national\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T21:11:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T21:11:07","slug":"actor-edward-norton-learns-pocahontas-is-his-twelfth-great-grandmother-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/05\/actor-edward-norton-learns-pocahontas-is-his-twelfth-great-grandmother-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Edward Norton learns Pocahontas is his twelfth great-grandmother &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Hollywood actor and filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/edward-norton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edward Norton<\/a> at all times thought his connection to <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/pocahontas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pocahontas<\/a> was nothing greater than \u201cfamily lore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In a brand new episode of the PBS present\u00a0<em>Finding Your Roots<\/em>, an investigation into Norton\u2019s family tree found that Pocahontas, some of the broadly portrayed (and oft misrepresented) Indigenous ladies in historical past, is his twelfth great-grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>Norton, who stars within the new movie <em>Glass Onion, <\/em>was visibly shocked when host Henry Louis Gates confirmed his household\u2019s long-held claims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" id=\"recirc_test_read_more\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9383730\/jeremy-renner-snowplow-accident-injuries-icu\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Jeremy Renner shares first photo from hospital after accident, sends love to \u2018all\u2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tJeremy Renner shares first photograph from hospital after accident, sends like to \u2018all\u2019\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"recirc_test_inline_stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile is-hidden l-inlineStories--abTest\" aria-label=\"\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Read More<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9383730\/jeremy-renner-snowplow-accident-injuries-icu\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1354989346-e1672761694842.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Jeremy Renner shares first photograph from hospital after accident, sends like to \u2018all\u2019<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Through a direct paper path resulting in Pocahontas and John Rolfes\u2019 1614 marriage certificates, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdwardNorton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EdwardNorton<\/a> learns that his household lore seems to be true. His twelfth great-grandmother is Pocohantas! <\/p>\n<p>Tune in TOMORROW night time on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@PBS<\/a>  at 8\/7c for the Finding Your Roots premiere!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/54sTTt2YKY\">pic.twitter.com\/54sTTt2YKY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Henry Louis Gates Jr (@HenryLouisGates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HenryLouisGates\/status\/1610018224313073664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOh my God,\u201d Norton whispered whereas shaking his head. \u201cHow could you possibly determine that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gates, who has hosted the present since its 2012 premiere, instructed Norton {that a} \u201cpaper trail\u201d led genealogists to the invention. He defined that current paperwork confirmed that Pocahontas and John Rolfe had been married April 5, 1614, in Jamestown, Va.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \" data-sophi-feature=\"article-all\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"article-all\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"control\">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9387605\/canada-xbb15-covid-subvariant-cases\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1317488623.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">21 circumstances of XBB.1.5. 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She was the daughter of Wahunsenaca (Chief Powhatan), the mamanatowick (paramount chief) of the Powhatan Chiefdom. The Powhatan Chiefdom included about 25,000 Indigenous folks throughout 30 Algonquian-speaking tribes, in accordance with the U.S. National Park Service.<\/p>\n<p>She is most well-known for reportedly stopping the execution of Capt. John Smith, who wrote in his journals that she positioned her head on prime of his in order that he couldn&#8217;t be killed. There are debates, nonetheless, amongst historians as as to if this really occurred.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_9000664_63b735b9dfb98\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"9000664\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/9000664\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_9000664_63b735b9dfb98\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: '\u2018Missing Matoaka\u2019 the new audio project tells the real story of Pocahontas'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/rbnqd3d2x8-nzyv4i6fll\/TMS_LAUREN_STILL.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/rbnqd3d2x8-nzyv4i6fll\/TMS_LAUREN_STILL.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/rbnqd3d2x8-nzyv4i6fll\/TMS_LAUREN_STILL.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/rbnqd3d2x8-nzyv4i6fll\/TMS_LAUREN_STILL.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">6:09<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">\u2018Missing Matoaka\u2019 the brand new audio challenge tells the true story of Pocahontas<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pocahontas was later kidnapped and delivered to an English settlement, the place she met Rolfe. She transformed to Christianity and was baptized. After their marriage, Pocahontas and Rolfe travelled to England. She died in Gravesend, England in 1617. They had one son, Thomas Rolfe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9378949\/steven-tyler-sued-sexual-assault-minor-julia-holcomb-aerosmith\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Aerosmith\u2019s Steven Tyler sued for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tAerosmith\u2019s Steven Tyler sued for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pocahontas\u2019s story was broadly popularized within the predominately fictional depiction of her life in Disney\u2019s 1995 movie <em>Pocahontas<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Norton is barely the newest of many to have their family tree uncovered on\u00a0<em>Finding Your Roots.\u00a0<\/em>Prior superstar company embody Amy Schumer, Anderson Cooper, John Legend and Queen Latifah.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Finding Your Roots\u00a0<\/em>episode that includes Norton, which aired on Tuesday, additionally included a dive into the household historical past of actor Julia Roberts. It is the primary episode of the favored present\u2019s ninth season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2023 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Hollywood actor and filmmaker Edward Norton at all times thought his connection to Pocahontas was nothing greater than \u201cfamily lore.\u201d In a brand new episode of the PBS present\u00a0Finding Your Roots, an investigation into Norton\u2019s family tree found that Pocahontas, some of the broadly portrayed (and oft misrepresented) Indigenous ladies in historical past, is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}