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Finding Your Roots
Julia Roberts Learns of Swedish Ancestors' Humble Beginnings
Julia Roberts learns that her ancestors who immigrated to America were Statares -- contract farm workers who, because of their harsh living conditions, were generally viewed as being on the lowest rungs of Swedish society.
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