Princess to Queen?

                                 
The Princess is here, but she may now be a Queen. Pop singer Ciara found her Prince Charming but she probably didn’t realize he actually is royalty. Russell Wilson was surprised when he journeyed to Richmond with Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of Finding your Roots to get a closer look at his family history. He discovered that his ancestry went all the way back to Saint Arnulf, the bishop of Mez, born in 582. It includes being related to King Charlemagne the father of Europe.

The Richmond Forum
Russell Wilson and Henry Gates Jr.

Wilson for first time learned the name of his maternal grandfather, who happened to be a Yale educated artist who has artwork hanging in a museum right in his Virginia hometown.

Singer -Fiancé Ciara was there at the event wearing a knee-high sheath burnt orange dress with black lace accents at the hem. The svelte beauty kept the makeup simple and wore her locks long, straight and highlighted with a middle part. The Goodies singer met some of the football superstar's “royal” family for the first time and even took a visit to his childhood home. The Russell Wilson episode of Find your Roots is set to air on PBS, April 14th.

-Eric Perry