Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1214
arrow-up1214external-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 · 3 months agomessage-square38linkfedilink
minus-squareEfreetSK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWait 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?
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?