Edward Norton Is Related to Pocahontas
Edward Norton is a direct descendant of Pocahontas, according to PBS's Finding Your Roots. Here’s how experts pieced together the surprising family tree.
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Edward Norton is a direct descendant of Pocahontas, according to PBS's Finding Your Roots. Here’s how experts pieced together the surprising family tree.
On April 5, 1614, a settler from the Colony of Virginia named John Rolfe married Pocahontas, the daughter of a Powhatan chief named Wahunsenaca. Ac...
Actor Edward Norton had grown up hearing stories about his family's relationship to the Native American hero Pocahontas, but thought it was a family legend. It was a big surprise when the presenter Henry Louis Gates Jr of American channel PBS told the actor who his ancestors were.
The revelation was made on a recent episode of ancestry show Finding Your Roots on US network PBS.
Famous actor Edward Norton discovered that Pocahontas is his 12th Great-Grandmother during his time on the PBS series "Finding Your Roots."