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Jessica Biel discovers her Jewish ancestry

The Hollywood star got a big surprise when she found out who the original "Biel"s were.

March 23, 2017 14:36
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Although many Hollywood actors and actresses have Jewish roots, Jessica Biel was never considered to be one of them – until now.

In the latest episode of the American version of the Who Do You Think You Are genealogy show, the star of The Illusionist and the A-Team discovered that her surname came from her great-great-grandparents. Morris and Ottilia Biel were Jewish immigrants who arrived in America from the Austro-Hungarian empire in the 1880s.

Ms Biel, who is married to pop-singer Justin Timberlake, said that she was “really interested into diving into this Jewish culture a little more”.

“My friends are really into this”, she said.