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Family Learns They’re Scarlett Johansson’s Relatives — From ‘Finding Your Roots’

JL;DR SUMMARY Gili Rozenfeld, a video editor in Tel Aviv, discovered unexpectedly through the PBS show "Finding Your Roots" that her family shares ancestry with actress Scarlett Johansson. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustJewish AncestryWarsaw GhettoFinding Your RootsPbsGenealogyScarlett JohanssonFamily DiscoveryGili RozenfeldSzlamberg Family

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Gili Rozenfeld, 29, a video editor who lives in Tel Aviv, caught a glimpse of the episode that ran Tuesday on Israeli TV showing actress Scarlett Johansson tearing up when she learns of ancestors who died in the Warsaw Ghetto."
California, United States
"Rozenfeld immediately dialed her mom, Dina, in California and her big sister, Michal, in New Jersey and told them to watch the episode."
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
"On the phone Michal, 42, a designer of childrens clothing who lives in Hoboken, said there was no doubt that the Szlambergs that Johansson read about on screen were her ancestors, too."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"Scarlett Johansson tearing up when she learns of ancestors who died in the Warsaw Ghetto."

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