‘Mean Girls’ star reacted in horror to story of her third great-grandfather’s death, saying: ‘Oh my God, that’s so sad!’

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The Oscar-nominee got emotional when she learned how her third great-grandfather was murdered in 1905.

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Amanda Seyfried learns relative was murdered over 100 years ago in ‘Finding Your Roots’ episode: ‘Find justice!’

The actress appears on the season 11 premiere of 'Finding Your Roots,' which airs Tuesday, Jan. 7Amanda Seyfried discovers an unsettling family secret on the season 11 premiere of PBS' Finding Your Roots.In a clip shared exclusively with PEOPLE from the upcoming episode, the actress learns that in 1905 her third great-grandfather John P. Ebert — a "well-known retired baker" who was "a good citizen and an inoffensive man," according to a newspape…

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Amanda Seyfried Discovers Her Third Great-Grandfather Was Brutally Murdered: 'How Dare They!'

Amanda Seyfried is digging into her family roots. The "Mean Girls" actress was stunned when she discovered that her third great-grandfather, John P. Ebert, was brutally murdered in 1905. The unsettling family secret was revealed on an episode of PBS’s "Finding Your Roots." "Oh, my God! What?!" Seyfried said as she read a newspaper article from the time, putting her hands to her forehead in disbelief. JULIA ROBERTS DISCOVERS SHOCKING FAMILY SECRE…

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‘Mean Girls’ star demands ‘justice’ for relative’s brutal murder after discovering harrowing family secret

"I don't know him but yet he's family, and I'm just like, 'How dare they?' Like, find justice!" she said.John Nacion/WWD via Getty Amanda SeyfriedFinding Your Roots has uncovered some dramatic lore from Amanda Seyfried's family history.The Mean Girls star discovers that her third great-grandfather was gruesomely murdered in a clip from the season 11 premiere of the PBS show, which sees host Henry Louis Gates Jr. walk famous guests through surpri…

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Amanda Seyfried learns how her third great-grandfather was murdered on 'Finding Your Roots': 'That's so sad'

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