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Ben Affleck sells himself as a middle-class guy from Boston who was raised by a single mother. As it turns out, he descends from many aristocratic lines and has serious connections to the intelligence agencies.
A PBS series called Finding Your Roots looked into Affleck’s genealogy. Affleck forced the producers of this show to edit out a relative of his who owned slaves. When the public found out, a major scandal ensued and PBS was forced to suspend the series.
It turns out owning slaves is about the least interesting thing about Affleck's genealogy.
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