Michael Douglas and Scarlett Johansson turned out to be distant cousins

Michael Douglas and Scarlett Johansson turned out to be distant relatives. Douglas found this out on the show “Searching for Your Roots”: according to the host, they “have the same DNA branches on four different chromosomes”.

The news shocked Michael Douglas. “Are you kidding me? Oh, that’s amazing. It’s all right. It’s great. It’s so cool.”

It is specified that the branches of common DNA of the two actors “come from Scarlett’s maternal line, which has its roots in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe”. The actor himself has Russian roots: his paternal grandparents were Russian Jews who emigrated to America.