The new addition to the Royal Family will be related to a host of Hollywood stars including Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Beyoncé and Jay Z as well as Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, according to leading family website findmypast.co.uk.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s baby will also be cousins with Celine Dion’s three children as well as the children of Maggie Gyllenhaal, star of the Batman movie, The Dark Knight, and Kill Bill actress, Uma Thurman.
Records available on findmypast.co.uk show that the future royal’s 23rd cousin twice removed is Blue Ivy Carter, the daughter of musical super couple Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z through Blue Ivy’s relation to the Queen through French royal heritage.
Celine Dion’s three children will be 26th cousins thrice removed while Jennifer Garner and Oscar winner Ben Affleck’s three children will be the closest relatives who will be 11th cousins due to family lines connecting through Oscar winner Ben Affleck and Princess Diana.
Using published research from the leading authorities on royal descents, findmypast.co.uk studied the ancestry of each celebrity through a computer genealogy database programme. Researchers looked at the ancestry of Queen Elizabeth II, Catherine Middleton and Diana, Princess of Wales to uncover their relationships to the celebrity relatives.
Debra Chatfield, a family historian at findmypast.co.uk said: “It’s long been said that the USA and UK have a special relationship and that is certainly the case between Hollywood’s elite and the Royal Family. The closest relation we found to the Hollywood children was the late Princess Diana.
“Diana’s ancestry includes a number of early settlers on the east coast of the USA that can be traced right up to the modern day. There are 1.6 billion records on findmypast.co.uk that people can search through so they can trace their own family ties. There is always a chance people may find their own Hollywood connection.”
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