Amanda Seyfried is shocked.
The actress simply uncovered a stunning piece of her household historical past on the season 11 premiere of PBS’ Finding Your Roots.
In an unique clip shared by PEOPLE, the Mamma Mia! actress learns in regards to the tragic destiny of her third great-grandfather, John P. Ebert, who was murdered in 1905.
As host Henry Louis Gates Jr. guides her by means of the invention, Seyfried, 39, reads aloud from an outdated newspaper article, “He has nearly reached the again door … when from between the outhouse and a grape arbor which screens it stepped a person who fired three pictures at him level clean.”
The article describes Ebert, a retired baker and revered group member, as “an excellent citizen and an inoffensive man.”
The stunning homicide occurred at 9:30 p.m. close to his house at Washington and Lumber Streets.
Visibly moved, Seyfried reacts, “Oh my God, that’s so unhappy.” Gates confirms, “Your third great-grandfather was murdered.”
When requested if she had any prior information of the incident, Seyfried responds, “Nope, no. Definitely no.”
The discovery evokes a mixture of feelings for the Emmy-winning actress.
“It’s bizarre — I don’t know him, however but, he’s household,” she displays, including, “I’m identical to, ‘How dare they!’ Like, ‘Find justice.’”
Seyfried is one among a number of celebrities featured within the latest season of Finding Your Roots, which delves deep into the ancestry of its friends.
Other notable members this season embrace Joy Behar, Kristen Bell, Laurence Fishburne, Debra Messing, Dax Shepard, Sharon Stone, Chrissy Teigen, Amy Tan, and Sheryl Lee Ralph, amongst others.