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Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by <a href="https://lipperalpha.refinitiv.com/" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_refinitive_info">Refinitiv Lipper</a>. <br>Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. <br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/amanda-seyfried-grossed-male-reaction-weather-girl-mean-girls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amanda Seyfried</a> is digging into her family roots. <br>The "Mean Girls" actress was stunned when she discovered that her third great-grandfather, John P. Ebert, was brutally murdered in 1905. The unsettling family secret was revealed on an episode of PBS’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrKfGv2t_U0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">"Finding Your Roots." </a><br>"Oh, my God! What?!" Seyfried said as she read a newspaper article from the time, putting her hands to her forehead in disbelief. <br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/julia-roberts-discovers-shocking-family-secrets-mind-blown" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>JULIA ROBERTS DISCOVERS SHOCKING FAMILY SECRETS: ‘MY MIND IS BLOWN’</strong></a><br><span>Hollywood actress Amanda Seyfried discovered an unsettling family secret during an appearance on "Finding Your Roots."</span> <span>(PBS/Finding Your Roots)</span><br>"John P. Ebert, the well-known retired baker, a good citizen and an inoffensive man, was shot three times by an unknown assailant on the back step of his home at Washington and Lumber Streets at 9:30 [p.m.]," the article read. <br>Seyfried, 39, continued to read out loud, "He had just about reached the back door ... when, from between the outhouse and a grape arbor which screens it stepped a man who fired three shots at him point-blank."<br>"Oh my God, that's so sad," the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/broadway-star-chris-peluso-actor-mamma-mia-wicked-dead-40" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Mamma Mia"</a> actress said.<br><span>The "Mean Girls" actress was stunned when she discovered that her third great-grandfather, John P. Ebert, was brutally murdered in 1905. </span> <span>(PBS/Finding Your Roots)</span><br>Henry Louis Gates Jr., the show's host, confirmed, "Your third great-grandfather was murdered."<br>He then asked the actress, "Have you ever heard this story before?"<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mean-girls-stars-move-remote-farm-essential-mental-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>'MEAN GIRLS' STAR'S MOVE TO REMOTE FARM 'ESSENTIAL' FOR MENTAL HEALTH</strong></a><br>"Nope, no. Definitely no," Seyfried replied.<br>She then added how she felt terrible for her third-great grandmother, who was also named Amanda, and their children. <br><span>The Hollywood actress' third-great grandmother was also named Amanda.</span> <span>(Photo by Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)</span><br>"It's weird — I don't know him, but yet, he's family," Seyfried said in the dramatic video clip. "I'm just like, 'How dare they!' . . . 'Find justice.’"<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS</u></strong></a><br>In 2023, during an appearance on the show, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/george-clooney-julia-roberts-chemistry-ticket-to-paradise-sparked-by-decades-long-friendship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Julia Roberts</a> uncovered secrets deep in the branches of her own family tree from centuries ago.<br>The actress was shocked to discover that she actually is not a "Roberts" and was told her last name was drastically different.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER</u></strong></a><br><span>The star was shocked to discover that she actually isn’t a "Roberts" and was told her last name was drastically different.</span> <span>(ANCESTRY/YOUTUBE)</span><br>The historian revealed that Julia’s great-great-grandmother had an affair with a married man after her husband Willis Roberts’ death. Gates Jr. said that Henry McDonald Mitchell Jr. was the name of her biological great-great-grandfather.<br>He added that Mitchell had six children of his own.<br>"So, we're Mitchells?" the "Pretty Woman" actress asked at the time.<br>"You're Julia Mitchell," Gates Jr. confirmed. "You are not a Roberts, biologically."<br><span>Julia Roberts appeared on "Finding Your Roots" in 2023.</span> <span>(Getty Images)</span><br>"Wow. . . . On the one hand . . . truly . . . my mind is blown," Roberts emotionally responded to the scandalous revelations.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a><br><br>"It is fascinating, and on the other hand, there's part of me that, when I'm calmer, can still wrap my arms around the idea that my family is my family. . . . I do prefer the name, Roberts. . . . This was a very unexpected turn."<br>Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an Entertainment Writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to stephanie.giang@fox.com and on Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.<br>Get a daily look at the top news in music, movies, television and more in the entertainment industry.<br>By entering your email and clicking the Subscribe button, you agree to the Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/terms-of-use">Terms of Use</a>, and agree to receive content and promotional communications from Fox News. You understand that you can opt-out at any time.<br>Subscribed<br> You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! <br> This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2025 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. 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