shocking facts.when Ashley Tisdale teamed up with ancestorshe didn’t expect to know that fellow Austin Butler a member of her family.
“I think my reaction on camera says it all…I couldn’t believe it. I started to get emotional.” every week.
In a new episode of Ancestry two lies and leavesreleased on Tuesday, November 15, high school musical alum and sister Jennifer Tisdale I learned about their relatives. After discovering that one ancestor invented the sleeper glass and another owned a movie theater in New Jersey, she elvis The 31-year-old star is her tenth cousin.
“We connected as soon as we met. close friend for many yearsWe even joked that we were fraternal twins,” Ashley adds.
She soon told her co-stars in Sharpay’s Amazing Adventures about the connection.
“I texted him as soon as I heard and he immediately replied ‘NO F-ING WAY! He was as shocked as I was.” merry happy Alum remembers. “It’s so wild to know all this time that we’re actually cousins.”
The two share an English ancestor, Richard Scruggs, who died in 1669. Their family history goes back hundreds of years, but Butler and Ashley already have quite a bit of history.They focused on Sharpay in his 2011 high school musical A spin-off, Butler served as a groomsman at the June 2014 wedding. Christopher French.
She was thrilled to learn that Butler wasn’t just a friend she considered family, but actually part of her own brood. Now that she’s a mother, Ashley makes her tribe a priority more than ever. welcomed daughter jupiter March 2021.
“Family has always been very important to me. I love celebrating holidays with old traditions and starting new ones, and seeing Jupiter go through this is even more special,” she said. says. we“I plan to share my Ancestry discoveries with my family, and I think they will love it as much as I do.”
The singer can also see family traits that Jupiter has already inherited. Not only did she find out about her connection to Austin, but she saw her grandmother Marilyn Keyes’ marriage announcement.
“When I saw a newspaper article with photos from my grandmother’s wedding day, I was blown away,” explains Ashley. “In my life she has always been a very strong and independent person. It’s great to know about her big milestone before.
Watch all episodes of Ashley 2 leaves and lies upon Ancestry’s YouTube page.