Ciara and Alanis Morissette learn they have actually met their distant cousins on “Finding Your Roots”

Lester Fabian Brathwaite

2 January 2024 at 10:07 pm·1-min read

Ciara and Alanis Morissette learn they have actually met their distant cousins on “Finding Your Roots”

Ciara is related to a legendary baseball player and Morissette is related to an award-winning actress.

On the latest episode of Finding Your Roots, host Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the genealogy of two singers from two diverse backgrounds and genres: Ciara and Alanis Morissette.

After discovering the various journeys and obstacles their ancestors faced, Ciara then learns she is distant cousins with retired New York Yankees infielder Derek Jeter, while Morissette learns she's distant cousins with actress Claire Danes.

<p>Prince Williams/WireImage; Noam Galai/Getty</p> Ciara and Derek Jeter — Prince Williams/WireImage; Noam Galai/Getty
Ciara and Derek Jeter

Dr. Gates explains that comparing the singers' DNA with the DNA of other celebrities who have been on the show revealed the relatives they never knew they had.

"What the world?!" Ciara exclaims when she opens Gates' special gene binder to Jeter's picture. "That's crazy!"

The two seemed to have met at least once, as they were photographed together in 2015 at the ESPY Awards.

<p> Allen Berezovsky/Getty</p> Ciara and Derek Jeter in 2015 — Allen Berezovsky/Getty
Ciara and Derek Jeter in 2015

Morissette was already friends with Danes, but now their relationship has gotten a bit deeper.

"I've worked with her before, I heart her so much," Morissette said of the Homeland actress. "Now I'm about to explode into confetti!"

Finding Your Roots has dug up the familial connections between celebs in the past including Carol Burnett and Bill Hader, Terry Crews and Billy Crudup, and, most recently, Tracy Morgan and Nas,

Season 10 of Finding Your Roots premiered Jan. 2 on PBS.

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