Debra Messing is feeling the Bern. The “Will & Grace” alum learned in a February episode of PBS’ “Finding Your Roots” that ...

On the Feb. 25 episode of Finding Your Roots, the two actresses learned that they each have distant famous cousins, who had previously appeared on the show with Henry Louis Gates Jr. Lynksey ...

“It was recently confirmed that Don and I were actually distant cousins!” The sitcom, which ran for eight seasons, followed the sheriff of Mayberry, Andy Taylor (Griffith). At 5 years ...

The pair of actresses are featured on the February 25 episode of “Finding Your Roots,” where the host Henry Louis Gates Jr. shared the news that they both have some surprising distant cousins.

Ron Howard, who started his career in show business playing the son of Andy Griffith's sheriff character on the 1960s sitcom, said he recently found out he and Knotts are distant cousins.