Lizzo got a major family history shock on the PBS show Finding Your Roots when host Henry Louis Gates Jr. revealed her great-grandparents’ names—Hattie Caldonia Cunningham and Calvin Columbus Franklin—for the first time.
Digging deeper, they uncovered that her great-grandfather Calvin was a white man with striking blue eyes, leaving the singer completely speechless and saying “Whoa” as she saw his photo. The moment highlights the complex racial roots in her family tree, tracing back through Mississippi and South Carolina in the 1700s.
This viral clip from the “Family Harmonies” episode has fans buzzing about ancestry surprises and mixed heritage.