'Emma Watson' is related to a real witch

Magic was always in Emma Watson's blood – the British stunner can trace her roots back to one of Britain's most magical ladies, say boffins.















According to researchers at family tree website Ancestry.com, one of Watson''s distant relatives was Joan Playle, an unmarried woman from Essex County, England, who was convicted of witchcraft way back in 1592, reports E!Online.

Playle wasn''t executed for her alleged crimes, but she was excommunicated from the Church of England.

In Potter series, Watson plays the role of a young witch who is born of Muggle parents.