

Elaine Hendrix and Lisa Ann Walter. Araya Doheny/Getty Photographs
Since filming The Guardian Entice in 1998, Lisa Ann Walter and Elaine Hendrix have at all times been shut – and now they’ve found that their bond runs even deeper.
Taking a web page from The Guardian Entice plot of sudden familial revelations, the 2 uncovered that their great-grandparents lived close to one another in New York Metropolis.
Walter, 60, and her sons, Jordan, 35, and twins Spencer and Simon, 22, walked throughout town’s Decrease East Aspect to be taught extra about their household and ancestral roots whereas filming the Monday, September 18 premiere of the brand new Ancestry YouTube collection titled “unFamiliar.”
“There’s lots I don’t know,” the Abbott Elementary star stated of her household’s historical past. “And also you by no means know till you ask.”
On the finish of the episode, she bought a shock go to from her finest buddy Hendrix, 52 – who informed her the sudden information.
“Your nice grandparents lived a couple of block that manner,” Hendrix defined, pointing to her proper.
“My nice grandparents lived a couple of block that manner,” she stated, this time pointing to her left.
The duo went on to debate whether or not they assume their great-grandparents crossed paths whereas residing in the identical Manhattan neighborhood.
“Shut up! So do you assume they knew one another?” Walters requested, to which Hendrix replied, “In fact they knew one another!”
In accordance with marriage data from the New York Metropolis Municipal Archives, Walter’s maternal great-grandfather, Franceso Mansueto, immigrated to the U.S. from Italy and resided at 250 Elizabeth Road. Walter’s maternal great-grandmother, Clotilda Vinetti, who’s Mansuet’s spouse, lived at 261 Elizabeth Road.
Simply down the highway was Hendrix’s great-grandfather, Dominick DePersio, who lived at 190 Elizabeth Road.

Even with this sudden revelation, Walter stated she wasn’t completely shocked.
“It’s virtually not a shock,” Walter stated. “Why on this planet would we’ve met and grow to be besties in six hours?”
“It was destiny,” Hendrix replied.
Walter and Hendrix’s friendship started after they performed the roles of enemies in The Guardian Entice as Chessy and Meredith Blake, respectively. The star-studded movie was a Disney remake of the 1961 movie of the identical identify, that includes Lindsay Lohan and Dennis Quaid.
The 2 have since celebrated one another’s birthdays on Instagram, with Hendrix posting most just lately in August for her buddy’s special occasion.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the one who tells me which approach to swipe, my private one-woman shifting firm, my safety blanket, my laughing accomplice, my residing journal and for positive the one with whom I’m rising previous. I really like you @lisaannwalter BFF4EVR,” she captioned the publish.