Lady Gaga, Ryan Reynolds class photos published

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Bradley Cooper‘s teenage tennis practice. Lady Gaga’s first communion. A young Scarlett Johansson decorating a Christmas tree. Ryan Reynolds goofing around with his high-school classmates. Country crooner Blake Shelton as a guitar-playing kid.

In this 2004 image released by Ancestry.com, Lady Gaga, also known as Stefani Germanotta, is shown with her father during a dance her senior year at Convent of the Sacred Heart School in New York. (AP)

These are just a few of the Ryan Reynoldbefore-they-were-stars photos included in Ancestry.com‘s U.S. School Yearbook Collection. The genealogy website recently expanded its yearbook database to include nearly 7 million images from thousands of schools in the United States.

The database is designed to provide insight into family members’ school years, says Ancestry.com executive vice president Josh Hanna, ``and while you‘re searching, you might just find a famous classmate.’‘

In this 2002 image released by Ancestry.com, actress Scarlett Johansson is shown decorating a Christmas tree during her senior year at Professional Childrens School in New York. (AP)

Among the celebrities included in the expanded database are Jon Stewart, LeBron James, Justin Timberlake, Gwyneth Paltrow, George Clooney, Will Ferrell and Sean Penn, sporting shaggy locks like his Jeff Spicoli character from 1982’s ``Fast Times at Ridgemont High.‘’

The expanded U.S. Yearbook Collection will be available beginning Aug. 24.