Sheryl Lee Ralph was met with an unexpected addition to her family while discovering her ancestry.

The ‘Abbott Elementary’ star, 68, was a guest on the Tuesday, April 1 episode of the Henry Louis Gates Jr.-hosted “Finding Your Roots.” On the PBS series, celebrities trace their family history and are sometimes surprised by news about who they’re related to. Through Ralph’s DNA testing results, Gates revealed that the actress and distant cousin Samuel L. Jackson, 78, share a “long stretch of DNA on their 16th chromosomes,” meaning they have “a common ancestor somewhere in their family trees,” per People.

In amazement, Ralph flipped a page of the photo album and laughed upon seeing a picture of the “Django Unchained” actor. “Are you kidding me?!” she said. “And I like him so much!”

Ralph shared that she’s “always” felt a connection to Samuel, who reminds her of another family member they have. "[He] reminds me of my brother Timothy ... for whatever reason, I don't know why,” she expressed.

Jackson’s family is growing with other celebrity names, like Janet Jackson, who revealed that through her mother, Katherine Jackson, she’s the cousin of the actor on BBC Radio 2's ‘Breakfast Show’ last year.