John Pendleton Roberts News Today

The 55-year-old actress has discovered more about her family tree and, through genealogical work and DNA archives, she's learned her surname is totally different because her great-great-grandmother Rhoda Suttle Roberts had an affair with a married man following the death of her husband Willis Roberts

Following Julias appearance on the PBS series Finding Your Roots, FEMAIL has taken a look back at her family history, from her parents ties to Martin Luther King Jr. to her half-sisters suicide.

Actress Julia Roberts was stunned to find out she isn't actually a 'Roberts' after all. | Tellychakkar.com

Actress Julia Roberts was stunned to find out she isn’t actually a ‘Roberts’ after all.

Julia Roberts was stunned to find out she isn't actually a 'Roberts' after all.
The 55-year-old actress has discovered more about her family tree and, thro

Actress Julia Roberts was stunned to find out she isn't actually a 'Roberts' after all.The 55-year-old actress has discovered more about her family tree and, through genealogical work and DNA archives, she's learned her surname is totally ...

On Ancestorys Finding Your Roots, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. traces the Pretty Woman stars ancestry through genealogical work and DNA archives, leading to a discovery that shes actually Julia Mitchell.

The actress, 55, was shocked out to find she isnt a Roberts after a dig into her family archives revealed a secret scandal.

Hollywood star Julia Roberts admitted he "mind was blown" to find out she isnt actually a Roberts after all.

"So we're Mitchells?" asked a shocked Julia Roberts.