In the same vein as the British show Who Do You Think You Are?, this American program lets viewers discover their family tree.
“And his name is Kevin Bacon,” host Henry Louis Gates Jr. stated as he presented Sedgwick with a portrait of her ninth cousin once removed on Finding Your Roots.
Sedgwick responded by saying, “See.” She had previously voiced her worries that the program might expose their relationship.
There was no doubt in my mind! There was no doubt in my mind! There was no doubt in my mind! There was no doubt in my mind! Wow, I could tell!
“As long as we’re not first cousins, it’s fine,” she said, despite this. In another scene, the audience learns that Bacon and Brad Pitt are related via a distant relative.
