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Last night NBC debuted a new series called Who Do You Think You Are? (which is based on a UK series of the same name) which follows select celebs on a quest to find out where they come from as they piece together missing parts of their family tree. The premiere episode featured Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker and I was intrigued by the promo that showed that she may have had ancestors that were part of the Salem Witch Trials, arguably one of the darkest times in US history. Here are a few screencaps from last night’s ep and some deets about what SJP found out on her quest to learn her family’s history:

Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker is stunned to discover that one of her relatives was accused of witchcraft during the Salem trials and narrowly avoided being burnt at the stake as she traces her family roots. The actress learns the shocking secret as she appears on the American version of the popular British series Who Do You Think You Are. Parker becomes emotional as she is informed that her 10th great-grandmother Esther Ellwell was one of the innocent victims accused in the 1692 trials. And the star cannot hide her relief when she learns that Ellwell was saved after the witchcraft trial court disbanded just weeks before her hearing. During the programme, which was screened in the US last night, she also discovers that a relative on her mother’s side participated in the California Gold Rush of 1849. The 44-year-old who coincidentally plays a witch in the 1993 movie Hocus Pocus, later admits that she has been deeply changed by the discoveries. Parker herself had led an unconventional life, grew up in Nelsonville, an Ohio mining town, one of eight children. A successful child actress, Parker appeared in several TV shows and films but it was with the international phenomenon of Sex and the City in 1998 that she became an overnight icon. She has been married to Broadway star Matthew Broderick for 12 year and the couple have three children together, seven-year-old son James Wilkie and eight month old twins Tabitha and Marion – who were born via a surrogate.

I LOVE this show!! I was initially drawn to watch because I love SJP and because in grad school, I taught a class on the Witch Trials in Europe and the US (modeled on the book Witchcraze by Anne Llewellyn Barstow) so it is a topic I am *very* interested in. To clarify, had SJP‘s ancestor been executed here in the US as a “witch”, she would’ve most likely been hanged not burned at the stake … but I digress. You may recall that SJP gave her twin daughters very interesting names when they were born last Summer — and now we know why … Marion Loretta Elwell was named for SJP‘s ancestor who was accused of witchcraft and Tabitha Hodge was named for her ancestor who was a gold miner during the California Gold Rush. After the jump, check out a clip from last night’s ep and find out where you can watch the whole episode online in case you missed seeing it last night …

I’ve always wondered about my family history so a show like this has great appeal to me. It’s so cool to see these celebs find out where they came from, mainly because their surprised reactions are the same that any other person would have. I thoroughly enjoyed this show and plan to watch the rest of the season … which will feature Susan Sarandon, Spike Lee, Lisa Kudrow and more. Click HERE to watch Sarah Jessica Parker‘s full ep of Who Do You Think You Are? online now. You may enjoy it as much as I did.

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