00:00Kerry Washington is revealing that her participation in PBS's Finding Your Roots.
00:05led to the discovery that she was actually conceived through a sperm donor.
00:10The actress opened up about the revelation in new interviews with the New York Times and People.
00:15led to the release of her upcoming memoir, Thicker Than Water, out on September 26.
00:20She made the discovery after wrapping her seven-season stint on ABC's Scandal.
00:25She began deciding to dig into her past on the PBS series.
00:28Washington told the New York Times that
00:30when she went to collect DNA spit samples for the show in 2018, her mother and father
00:35had noticeable hesitation.
00:36I said, I just don't think they're going to agree to it.
00:39My dad's really...
00:40Host Skip Gates went to speak to her parents when they brought up whether the possibility that
00:45Washington not being their biological child would, quote, come up in the testing.
00:49The actress...
00:50I've always had this weird disconnect with my dad, but I thought that was my fault.
00:55I thought I wasn't a kind enough person, but the idea that I was not his never occurred to me.
01:00She also explained that her feelings of not belonging led to her eating disorder, anxiety, and self-esteem.
01:05I was birthed into a lie.
01:07I was playing a supporting character in my parents' story.
01:10I know that their intention was to protect me, to love me, to take care of me, to keep my world simple.
01:15The actress told People her decision to include the revelation in her memoir has been a difficult...
01:20one for her parents, though they generally support her.
01:22She also says that she will forever be grateful...
01:25to Skip Gates and what she learned through her experience with his show.
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01:42Well done, you're good luck for...
01:46You.
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