…Yeah? Omigod, people are related to each other, even to famous people they’ve never met or who may have died a long time ago! What a twist!
Beyoncé and Queen Elizabeth shared an ancestor. Al Roker and Lenny Kravitz are cousins. Elvis and Jimmy Carter were related via colonial bloodlines. Jason Schwartzman and Nick Cage are cousins. Bonnie Bedelia is Macauley Culkin’s aunt. Tom Hanks and Fred Rogers; Madonna and Brittany Spears both share an ancestor with Hillary Clinton; Johnny Depp and Queen Elizabeth; Bradd Pitt and Barack Obama; George Clooney and Abe Lincoln; Robert Pattinson and Volvodoi Vlad III of Wallachia.
Dude just discovered geneology and acts like he uncovered the secret truth behind Orville Redenbacher and his nefarious control of our precious bodily fluids or something.
There is a non-zero chance that I am descended from the historical Baron Munchausen, through my maternal grandmother.
(Yes, he was a real person; no, he was not a fan of the book and actually challenged the author to a duel. As was the style at the time.)
People have families. Sometimes members of those families become famous. Sometimes members of those families go on to have families of their own, and their descendents go on to become famous, making two or more famous people related to one another. That’s how family and procreation and lineage works, holy shit.
This person thinks the Illuminati steals their shadow every time they turn out the lights.