Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months 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-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down121
arrow-up1179arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77arrow-down1·4 months agoThird cousin, 16 times removed encompasses pretty much the entire population.
minus-squareDaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 months 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-up9·4 months 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-up6·4 months 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