Billy Crudup
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So I didn't feel any particular pride.
Did he say that's the farthest back he's been able to get someone?
And it turns out most people are descendant of Charlemagne.
I felt great about it until I looked it up.
It's like, oh, you're one of 600 million.
The tree of Europeans coming from Charlemagne.
Both of my parents were only children, didn't have aunts and uncles and cousins and stuff.
There wasn't much history.
So I also thought it would be just a wonderful opportunity for my family to have.
And trust me, it was replete with bad stories.
The first people that got here late 17th century, early 18th century, there were slave owners and there were Congress people.
There were people who fought on both sides of the Civil War.
People who were in POW camps.