Angelina Jolie is a 25th cousin of Queen Elizabeth II via a French link. Angelina is descended from King Philip II of France and was given an honorary damehood by the Queen in 2014.
Ancestry experts said they were able to work a connection which established the Johnny Depp and Queen Elizabeth II as 20th cousins, meaning the US actor shares his '19th' Grandfather with Her Majesty. The genealogist traced Johnny's ancestral family name back to 14th Century French Huguenots living in England.
Beyoncé traces her royal roots through Louisiana, Acadia, and back to the French. According to FindMyPast.com, the common ancestor she shares is King Henry II, who was Queen Elizabeth's 24th great-grandfather.
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Is Beyonce related to Madonna?
Beyoncé and Madonna are two of the most successful and influential female artists of all time, with countless awards, records, and fans. But did you know that they also share a family bond? According to a fan who did some extensive genealogical research, the two pop divas are actually ninth cousins.
After all, it's basically in their genes to be famous. According to the New England Genealogical Society, the Duchess of Cambridge and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres are 15th cousins. Their relative connection is Sir Thomas Fairfax and his wife, Agnes Gascoigne, who lived during the 1500s.
They are 11th cousins once removed. That being said, the last royal couple most would ever have suspected of being related are Prince Harry and American Meghan Markle. But believe it or not, they are. And we can't help but wonder if they may have suspected it.
According to Harper's Bazaar, Meghan is apparently a descendant of King Edward III through her father, Thomas Markle. That side of her family includes Rev. William Skipper, who came to the U.S. in 1639. Given Meghan's royal ancestor, she and Harry are 17th cousins.
Prince Harry was born in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, on 15 September 1984 as the second child of Charles, Prince of Wales (later King Charles III), and his first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, during the reign of his paternal grandmother Elizabeth II.
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Being related to someone famous smothers kids like him, and they lose their identity. ' She claims there has not been any contact from the singer towards her half-sibling despite the fact she lives 10 miles from the pair in California's most expensive home, a $200m Malibu mansion.
However, Professor Schurer said: “He (Cumberbatch) is more direct because he is a third cousin. Most other relatives would be much lower order cousins. “I think the Queen would be a third cousin several times removed as well.” Bob Cumberbatch, the family's genealogist, said: “Personally, I think it's fabulous.
Interestingly, the 65-year-old is reportedly a descendant of King John of England which makes him a distant cousin to the Queen. However, Hanks has only interacted once with the Queen. Hanks made his acting debut in 1980 with the horror film 'He Knows You're Alone'.
This is according to a records archive that was published by the website ancestry.co.uk. Madge and Camilla can both trace their history back to a man named Zacharie Cloutier, which makes Madonna and Queen Camilla 10th cousins.
Princes William and Harry have a step sister who is not only “like” Laura Bowles-Lopes but who is in fact Laura Bowles- Lopes. She is the daughter of his wife, The Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla, previously Camilla Parker-Bowles. She has been their step sister since 2005, when Prince Charles married her mother.
If media reports are to be believed, Meghan Markle has tried to reach out to her estranged sister-in-law Kate Middleton, but the Princess of Wales is not in the mood to respond right now as she is recovering from surgery that she underwent recently.
As the second child of King Charles III and the late Princess Diana, Prince Harry is fifth in line for the throne after his brother, nephews and niece. His wife, Meghan Markle, is not in line for the throne - much like the Duchess of Cambridge - but their two children are.
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As a biracial woman, Markle has a fascinating ancestry, with distant royals on her father's side of the family, and former slaves on her mother's side. She even opened up about her great-great-great grandfather choosing a surname after slavery was abolished in 1865.
Knowing that Madonna's maternal side is French Canadian, I hypothesized a link to Dion. Indeed, I discovered that the Material Girl, too, descends from Jean Guyon. The two singers are 10th cousins twice removed through him, and 10th cousins once removed through another ancestor, Zacharie Cloutier.
Music fans were shocked to learn Beyoncé and Madonna were not only distant cousins but also related to Celine Dion and Hillary Clinton. One eagle-eyed fan realized the pop icons were descendants of the same man, with another doing the math to work out they are likely to be ninth cousins once removed.
Some conspiracy theorists have speculated over the years that Beyoncé welcomed her children via surrogate, but she gave birth to all of them. She initially shut down speculation about Blue Ivy's birth in the 2013 documentary Life Is But a Dream, which included footage of Beyoncé holding her pregnant belly.
