These numbers are so misleading. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinship#Degrees Fourth cousin have 0.20% genetic overlaps which is explained as " This degree of relationship is usually indistinguishable from the relationship to a random individual within the same population (tribe, country, ethnic group)."
Brooke Shields is Queen Elizabeth II's 18th cousin once removed.
She's related to the British royal family through Henry II of France, but her family tree also includes William the Conqueror, Charlemagne, and Catherine de Medici.
These numbers are so misleading. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinship#Degrees Fourth cousin have 0.20% genetic overlaps which is explained as " This degree of relationship is usually indistinguishable from the relationship to a random individual within the same population (tribe, country, ethnic group)."
Yeah, especially when you look at the Plantagenets side of the English royals. What a Rollercoaster loopying circle of a familytree...
Yeah - most people with English blood are probably related to some royal family members.
which makes most of America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand etc etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinship#Degrees
Fourth cousin have 0.20% genetic overlaps which is explained as " This degree of relationship is usually indistinguishable from the relationship to a random individual within the same population (tribe, country, ethnic group)."