Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL Benedict Cumberbatch is the third cousin, 16 times removed from King Richard III who he played in a British miniseries.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down125
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkTIL Benedict Cumberbatch is the third cousin, 16 times removed from King Richard III who he played in a British miniseries.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87arrow-down1·6 days agoThird cousin, 16 times removed encompasses pretty much the entire population.
minus-squareDaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 days agoThink you got that backwards. [Third] cousin means distance in relation, “[N] removed” refers to how many generations apart they are.
minus-squareKitB@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 days agoIIRC, 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.
minus-squarelimer@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoI once heard that everyone on earth is 42nd cousin or closer
Third cousin, 16 times removed encompasses pretty much the entire population.
Think you got that backwards. [Third] cousin means distance in relation, “[N] removed” refers to how many generations apart they are.
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.
I once heard that everyone on earth is 42nd cousin or closer