Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-up1210arrow-down124
arrow-up1186arrow-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 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squarenotsosure@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoThat’s a coincidence! A few years back my mother told me I’m the third cousin, 15 times removed from Melania Trump.
minus-squarekata1yst@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·4 days agoRemoved essentially means “separated by a generation”, so I doubt you’re 15 generations removed from Melania. I assume it’s more like 15th cousin 3 times removed.
minus-squarenotsosure@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-24 days agoUs you are right! Mea culpa.
That’s a coincidence! A few years back my mother told me I’m the third cousin, 15 times removed from Melania Trump.
Removed essentially means “separated by a generation”, so I doubt you’re 15 generations removed from Melania.
I assume it’s more like 15th cousin 3 times removed.
Us you are right! Mea culpa.