Emma Watson Descendent Of Witch
Emma Watson doesn’t just play a witch on the big screen — she’s descended from one!
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According to the online family roots-tracing source, Ancestry.com, the 19-year-old star — who plays Hermione in the Harry Potter films — is the distant relative of a Essex County, England woman convicted of witchcraft in the 16th century.
Emma is a descendent of Joan Playle, who was convicted of witchcraft in 1592 and kicked out of the Church of England.
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On August 2nd 2009, Chair wrote:
I like this story. I wish I had a witch in the family, actually, most of us probably do, if you just dig deep enough!