ben affleck and his former freedom rider mother chris anne , seen last october .
the admission came the day after he apologized for lobbying for the removal of the truth about his family past from finding your roots .
writing on his personal account he said : ` lots of people have been asking who the guy was .
his mother , chris anne , had featured in the show , not because her ancestor benefited from indenture , but because she had been a freedom rider .