9 Celebrities With Surprising Ancestral Ties

Did you know any of these?

By aesir911

Published 7 years ago in Wow

Did you know any of these?

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Beyoncé and Gustav Mahler: It turns out that Beyoncé has Austrian roots: she’s distantly related to the well-known Austrian composer and conductor of the 19th century, Gustav Mahler. Now we know where her musical gift comes from.

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Cindy Crawford and Ernest Hemingway: The top model is related to the great writer. In fact, Cindy is quite lucky in her pedigree: she recently found out that she’s also a distant relative of Charles the Great!

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Robert Pattinson and Count Dracula: Now this one’s astonishing! Robert Pattinson, who portrayed vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight saga, actually has his share of a ’’vampiric’’ past. The actor is a distant relative of Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad III Dracula. We are now absolutely positive that no one could’ve played the role of Edward better than Robert Pattinson.
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George Clooney and Abraham Lincoln: The famous actor and the national hero of the US are actually related to each other, albeit distantly. Their common blood takes its source from a woman by the name of Lucy Hanks — she was Lincoln’s grandmother on his mother’s side.

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Johnny Depp and Queen Elizabeth II: It turns out the Hollywood sweetheart is a relative of the British Queen herself because they are both descendants of King Edward III. The blood ties have been found thanks to a BBC investigation.
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Brooke Shields and Henry IV of France: The model recently learned that her ancestor was none other than the great King of France — Henry IV, the first monarch of the House of Bourbon. So that’s where all Brooke’s grace and aristocracy comes from.
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Benedict Cumberbatch and Richard III of England: Benedict is a descendant of Richard III — the last of the House of Plantagenets, written about by Shakespeare. Coincidence or not, but Cumberbatch portrays none other than King Richard in the TV series The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses. We wonder what it feels like to don the robes of your great ancestor?

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Madonna, Celine Dion, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall: Both singers, Madonna and Celine Dion, are related to the second spouse of Prince Charles, Camilla Parker. They all have a common ancestor: a French carpenter by the name of Zacharie Cloutier. Maybe that’s exactly the secret of the seemingly eternal youth and beauty of these ladies?
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Brad Pitt and Barack Obama: The Hollywood heartbreaker and the former head of the White House are cousins...nine times removed. Their blood relation starts with a man called Edwin Hickman who was born in 1690.