Celebrities Related to Royal Family? Who Have Discovered Their Kinship With The Royal Family? There are celebrities who can boast not only of their popularity, fame, wealth and love of fans, but also their kinship with the royal family. The genealogy test confirmed that royal blood is flowing in their veins, not simple. As if they were already unlucky in life! Today in the magazine “Furilia” I will introduce you to such celebrities.
Celebrities who have royal roots in the family
Find out who are the distant relatives of Queen Elizabeth II, Kate Middleton, Princess Diana, and other members of the royal family.
Elle and Dakota Fanning
Elle and Dakota Fanning
In 2014, American actress Elle Fanning played the role of Princess Aurora in the film Maleficent. It turns out that she and her sister Dakota have royal roots in life. According to Ancestors.com, the actresses are the great-great-granddaughters of the 22nd generation of King Edward III of England. In addition, the girls are distant relatives of the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton.
Alec Baldwin
Alek Baldwin and Queen Elizabeth II
The family of the Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin is related by relationship with King Etherald the Unreasonable. Thus, the Baldwin brothers are cousins to Queen Elizabeth II in the 29th generation.
Barack Obama
Elizabeth II with Barracks and Michelle Obama
Surprisingly, the ex-president of the United States is also related to the British royal court. On the maternal side, Barack Obama is a direct relative of William Gerard, who is also the ancestor of the current reigning Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II.
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
It would seem, what does the sex symbol of the USA of the 1950s have to do with the British monarchy? But in addition to the fact that the American actress was one year old with Elizabeth II, she also found a common relative with the Queen of Great Britain. A certain William Brinley makes both distant cousins.
Hillary Duff
Hillary Duff and Elizabeth II
The cousins of King Edward III are the Hollywood actress Hillary Duff with Elizabeth II. Moreover, the American star can be proud of the fact that she is the closest of the distant relatives of the queen. They are separated by only 18 generations.
George W. Bush
George W. Bush and Princess Diana
The former US president can boast that he is related by kinship with Princess Diana herself. According to the family tree, George W. Bush is none other than the cousin of the Queen of Hearts in the 11th generation.
Celine Dion
Celine Dion and Camilla Parker Bowles
A certain French mason Jean Guillon du Buisson, who lived from 1592 to 1663, is a common relative of the Canadian singer Celine Dion and the Duchess of Cornwall Camille Parker Bowles.
Meghan Markle
Meghan Markle
Despite the fact that the American actress joined the royal family, having married Prince Harry, she was previously associated with the monarchs. Researchers from the Historical Genealogical Society in New England have come to the conclusion that the Duchess of Sussex is a descendant of King Edward III. Thus, Meghan Markle has a very, very distant, but still cousin to her own husband!
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Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas and Queen Elizabeth II
The King of England, Edward III, ties the kinship between Hollywood actor Michael Douglas and the Queen of Great Britain. The wife of Catherine Zeta-Jones is a cousin of Elizabeth II in the 19th generation.
Beyonce
Beyoncé and Elizabeth II
King of England Henry II Plantagenet is a common ancestor of the American singer Beyoncé and Queen Elizabeth II. This interesting fact makes both celebrities cousins in the 25th generation.
Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman and Elizabeth II
The star of the movie “Kill Bill” is a direct descendant of the King of England, Edward I and, accordingly, the cousin of the Queen of Great Britain in the 21st generation.
Guy Ritchie
The British director and ex-husband of Madonna is related by kinship with the Duchess of Cambridge. To each other, they are cousins in the 6th generation. Maybe that’s why Guy Ritchie was among the guests invited to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011?
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks and King John
The Hollywood actor and Queen Elizabeth II share one relative in two – the King of England, John Landless. A common ancestor makes celebrities 24-generation cousins. In addition, Tom Hanks is a very distant relative of princes William and Harry.
Ellen Degeneres
Ellen DeGeneres and Kate Middleton
The famous American TV presenter is a relative of both Kate Middleton and Elizabeth II. She is a direct descendant of King Edward III of England, which makes DeGeneres the cousin of the Duchess of Cambridge in the 15th generation and the cousin of the Queen of Great Britain in the 19th generation.
Glenn Close
Royal American blood also flows in the veins of the American Oscar-winning actress. Glenn Close and Elizabeth II have a common ancestor – King of England John Landless, according to whom they are each other cousins in the 24th generation.
Robert Pattison
Robert Pattison
Famous for the role of the vampire Edward in the Twilight saga, the Hollywood actor turned out to be a relative of the bloodsucker in real life. In the family of Robert Pattinson there was none other than Vlad Tepes – the very Count Dracula from Romania!
Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton and Elizabeth II
It’s hard to believe, but a common relative was found among the scandalous socialite from the USA and the Queen of Great Britain. He is the king of England, Henry II Plantagenet, thanks to whom Paris Hilton is the cousin of Elizabeth II in the 20th generation.
Richard Gere
In the family tree of the famous American actor and the Queen of Great Britain there was a common ancestor – Count and Baron John Talbot. Thanks to this relationship, Richard Gere is a distant cousin of Elizabeth II in the 22nd generation.
Brooke Shields
One of the closest relatives of the Queen of Great Britain after Hillary Duff is Brooke Shields. The actress is connected with Elizabeth II by the king of France, Henry II, making both women cousins in the 18th generation.
Hugh Grant
The British actor Hugh Grant turned out to be close to the royal court of Great Britain. He is a descendant of two monarchs at once: King of England Henry VII and King of Scotland Jacob IV.
Brad Pitt
According to the king of England, Henry II Plantagenet, the Hollywood actor is the cousin of Elizabeth II in the 15th generation. But this is not the most interesting! It turns out that Brad Pitt has a common relative with Barack Obama, which makes them cousins in the 9th generation. On this account, the former US president even joked that Pitt got more attractive genes than he did.
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Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp and Elizabeth II
While studying the genealogy of an American actor, British genealogist Nick Barratt discovered that one of the branches of his family tree reaches the noble English and French Huguenots. Johnny Depp found a common male ancestor with Elizabeth II. He was the lord, the chief judge of the High Court of Justice William Gascoigne, who is the actor and queen of 19-great-grandfather.
Madonna
Madonna and Camilla Parker Bowles photo: starsinsider.com
Angelina Jolie
Elizabeth II shakes hands with Angelina Jolie photo: thesun.co.uk
In 2014, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain awarded the American actress the Order of the Cavalry Lady. I wonder if both women knew then that they were cousins in the 26th generation to each other? One way or another, Angelina Jolie had a common ancestor with the queen – the king of France, Philip II August.
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
The British Oscar-winning actor is a distant relative of the King of England, Richard III, and, therefore, Elizabeth II. It is curious that Benedict Cumberbatch played the role of the king’s ancestor in one of the episodes of the series “Empty Crown”.
Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal
Genealogy experts have found that the actors, each other’s brother and sister, are cousins in the 19th generation of the Queen of Great Britain. Their common relative was the king of England, Henry I.
Taylor Swift
The famous American country singer can boast of being the cousin of Queen Elizabeth II in the 17th generation. In the family of the singer and nun, there was a common ancestor – one Richard Cherburn, who lived in the 15th century.
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