'It just makes you realize what a small ... piece of the whole human story you are,' Norton remarked following the revelation.
American actor Edward Norton has discovered that the real-life Pocahontas is his 12th great-grandmother.
Historian and host Henry Louis Gates Jr. confirmed the longstanding family rumor to be fact, telling Norton: "You have a direct paper trail, no doubt about it, connection to your 12th great-grandmother and great-grandfather, John Rolfe and Pocahontas." Pocahontas welcomed English settlers to the current-day US in the early 17th century. Legend holds that she saved the life of Captain John Smith, stopping his execution by laying her head upon his.
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