Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 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-up1208
arrow-up1208external-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 · 10 months agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squarenotsosure@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 months 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-up23·10 months 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-210 months 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.