Joe Manganiello discovered that he’s part-Black and said he never understood who he was until now
PBS’s docuseries “Finding Your Roots” has changed “True Blood” star Joe Manganiello’s understanding of himself forever.
In a clip of the show, which helps celebrities trace their ancestry, shared with Rolling Stone, host Henry Louis Gates tells Manganiello he’s 7% Sub-Saharan African, which means he’s descended from slaves.
Shockingly, the “Magic Mike XXL” star also learned that none of his DNA matches the Manganiello name. That means that the man Manganiello thought was his grandfather, Emilio Manganiello, isn’t. His father’s DNA revealed that his great-grandparents were William Henry Cutler, a Black man, and Nellie Alton, a white woman.
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