Ah-Ha Moment! Yellow Jackets Actress Melanie Lynskey Learns Questlove Is A Distant Cousin On ‘Finding Your Roots.’
The beyond phenomenal actor was shocked they’re related.
On the new episode with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Lynksey learned she is 18% European.
Gates told her,”He’s your DNA cousin. Your father and Questlove, as well as Questlove’s mother, share a long identical segment of DNA on your 15th chromosome.”
Dig it all out below!
@findingyourroots #MelanieLynskey gets emotional upon seeing a picture of her biological great-grandfather for the first time, following her grandfather’s lifelong search to find him. Tune in tonight at 8/7c to watch this new episode of #FindingYourRoots only on @PBS ♬ original sound – findingyourroots
