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[–] 58 points 10 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 82 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Third cousin, 16 times removed encompasses pretty much the entire population.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago

    IIRC, third cousin is pretty close, n times removed is just generation gap. I mean it makes little difference, genetically, but being that close to a royal within written history is probably a good indication of generational wealth.

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  • [–] 27 points 10 months ago

    A true nepo baby.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago

    Honestly, if you can find one famous person in your ancestry you can probably find you're related to anyone in Western history. IDK about Richard III but I can find many kings of England and presidents of the US I'm related to.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    That’s a coincidence! A few years back my mother told me I’m the third cousin, 15 times removed from Melania Trump.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Just another goddamned nepo baby, then? I knew it.

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  • [–] 25 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    LMAO @ third cousin 16 times removed.

    I had to Google that shit. It means:

    A third cousin 16 times removed is an extremely distant relative, meaning you share common great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparent

    What I want to know is how many 3rd cousins 16 times removed Brigham Young has? The dude had 50 wives child sex slaves and 450 children.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago*

    Kinda sorta. Cousins mean you share grandparents. Second cousins share great-grandparents. Third cousins share great-great-grandparents.

    The the "removed" refers to generations. My first cousin's kid is my first cousin, once removed. His kid (my cousin's grandparent) will be my first cousin, twice removed. So 16x removed would be 14x great-grandparent/child.

    In other words, Benedict Cumberbatch's 14x great-grandparent shared a great-great-grandparent with... Was it a king we were talking about? I already forgot OP.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    If all men are brothers, would you want one to marry your sister?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Was that the guy they found under a carpark several years back? The king, not the actor.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Everybody related. Charlemagne is your great grandaddy. Get over it.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Why was he removed sixteen times?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I'm your 19th cousin twice removed

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I’ve a hunch I am too.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The whole island is inbred.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Yes, didn't Richard the III play himself in black adder?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Wait so Richard isn't his direct ancestor? Just that Richard's great-great grandparents are the same as Cumberbatch' great-...-great grandparents. Do I understand it right?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Interesting

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Let's be serious, there's a reason that island is known for its close ties.

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