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Armisen startled after discovering he's 'quarter Korean'

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — American actor and comedian Fred Armisen has just learned that his grandfather was a legendary dancer from Japan who, while living in Germany in the 1930s and '40s, allegedly volunteered in propaganda work for the Third Reich and moonlighted as a spy for the emperor in Tokyo. But among the startling discoveries about his lineage, the "Portlandia" star seemed most shocked about what has been general knowledge in the art world — the late Masami Kuni was actually Korean. "Well, that changes everything," a stunned Armisen said during a recent appearance on the PBS ancestry series "Finding Your Roots," where host Henry Louis Gates Jr.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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