Finding Your Roots

Do you think your fans have the remotest idea that you have Italian roots? No, I mean I haven't been shy about that. I often say in interviews, that the George R. R. Martin could be Giorgio Massacola. (laughing) I like that. Alright. Let's see what we found out about your ancestry. Ready? - Sure. Please turn the page. George, this is what's called an admixture test and it reveals your ancestry percentages over approximately the past 500 years, roughly since the time of Columbus. Wow. -

Henry

Would you please read this chart? British and Irish. Well, okay, that's no surprise. Boy, that's big there. -

Henry

What percent British and Irish? 53.6%. Mhm. Keep going, George. 15.6 broadly Northern-- Keep going. Look more closely. You're what? Wow. 22.4% Ashkenazi Jewish, that's interesting.