Chrissy Teigen goes to get one heck of a wake-up name on Tuesday’s (January 28) new episode of Discovering Your Roots. Actually, the revelation host Henry Louis Gates Jr. presents her on this unique sneak peek is an identity-shattering one.
Within the video (embedded above), Gates reveals his crew’s findings a few longstanding household rumor that Teigen was Jewish on her paternal facet of the household — that these tales are completely unfaithful!
“I perceive within the final couple of years, you may have come to consider that your grandmother Ruth was Jewish. Effectively, that was fairly a narrative, and we wished to research it for you. We couldn’t discover any information, although, to point that she may need been Jewish,” he says, to which Teigen breaks out in loud laughter.
“However information usually are not at all times correct,” Gates continues. “So we turned to DNA. Now, since your father’s one technology nearer to your grandmother, we checked out his DNA. So if Ruth was certainly totally Jewish, we might count on to see 50 % of Jewish DNA in your father. You with me? Okay, so let’s see how a lot Jewish DNA your father really has. Please flip the web page… 0 % for DNA.”
Teigen is visibly shocked by the information and proclaims, “You don’t have any concept how proud I used to be to be Jewish. That’s so wow.”
When Gates asks the place this false heritage declare got here from, Teigen thinks it may stem from the identify however isn’t positive.
“You need to be Jewish that unhealthy. I guess the Jewish folks would welcome you,” he gives.
One factor Teigen is certain of, although, is how a lot that household id factor it meant to her: “It was like, ‘That’s why I’m so humorous,’” she says.
Discover out what else Chrissy Teigen learns about her household historical past on Tuesday’s new version of Discovering Your Roots, “Dreamers One and All,” which additionally options Sharon Stone.
Discovering Your Roots, Tuesdays, 8/7c, PBS