Ben Affleck has revealed name of the slave-owning ancestor which he got PBS to cut from Finding My Roots . He says his Freedom Rider mother Chris Anne was descended from Benjamin Cole , a Georgia slave-owner 'eight . Oscar winner apologized last night for having PBS show cut revelation of his slave-owning roots , which was first revealed last week by Daily Mail Online . ' I did n't want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves . I was embarrassed , ' he wrote on Facebook . PBS has launched an internal investigation into whether or not Finding Your Roots violated their editorial standards and its host 's future is in doubt .
Ben Affleck has revealed name of the slave-owning ancestor which he got PBS to cut from Finding My Roots . He says his Freedom Rider mother Chris Anne was descended from Benjamin Cole , a Georgia slave-owner 'about six generations ' ago . Oscar winner apologized last night for having PBS show cut revelation of his slave-owning roots , which was first revealed last week by Daily Mail Online . ' I did n't want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves . I was embarrassed , ' he wrote on Facebook . PBS has launched an internal investigation into whether or not Finding Your Roots violated their editorial standards and its host 's future is in doubt .