More and more people have been discovering their roots, and that includes famous people.
The film star canclaim King Richard IIof England as part of his royal lineage.
A pirate with a royal link
Johnny Depp’s family tree is a fascinating one.
Genealogist Josh Taylor said that the relationship isn’t as extraordinary as it may sound.
“Millions of Americans, of course, are descended from royalty,” he said.
According toFindmypast.com, historian Ian Mortimer actually calculates thatmostmodern Brits descend from Edward III.
That means that many Americans with English ancestry also share him as a distant relative.
“The number of people with unprovable descents must be massive.”
“Much of American and English history is reflected in her diverse ancestry.”
and George W. Bush, Calvin Coolidge, and Richard Nixon.
A real-life vampire lineage?
Heartthrob Robert Pattinson is probably best known for his role as the vampire Edward Cullen in the blockbusterTwilightfilm series.
According to genealogy siteAncestry.com, Pitt is also related to former president Barack Obama.
Both the actor and the politician can trace their ancestry to Edwin Hickman, who passed away in 1769.
The shared ancestor makes Pitt and Obama ninth cousins.
“I think he got the better-looking side of the gene pool,” Obama said onThe View.
The actor is descended from King Edward I of England as well as the medieval emperor Charlemagne.
Hader was shocked to learn that Charlemagne is his 40th great-grandfather.
“I’m just blown away,” he said.
“I mean, the conqueror of Europe.
I couldn’t even get the coffeemaker to work this morning.”
According toIceland Monitor,which reported on the findings, Trump is directly descended from Scandinavian royalty.
The president is descended from King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
President Trump is also related to Guni Th.
Johannesson, the current president of Iceland, through their mutual descent from King Hakon V of Norway.
