Famous people and their unbelievable ancestors

Have you ever explored your family tree? Who of the famous people in the past was your ancestor? Nowadays, it can be extremely difficult to find out family roots, as before humanity did not have a opportunity to store information safely. But now, we are able to create inheritance for the descendants, create family tree owing to the app “Bank of Memories.”

In order to encourage you to save information for descendants and explore the family’s history, we, being inspired by lots of stories, prepared unique facts about celebrities and their ancestors. Write in comments if you have known it before.

⚡️Tom Hanks is a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth. Hanks is a descendant of King John of England, hence the two are 24th cousins. That isn’t the end of Hanks illustrious ancestry; he can also claim Abraham Lincoln as a forefather.

⚡️Angelina Jolie and Zooey Deschanel are two more celebrities with royal ancestors — French royalty, to be precise. Deschanel is a descendent of Louis IV, whereas Jolie is a descendant of Philip II. Both were French kings.

⚡️Benedict Cumberbatch is a distant cousin of Richard III — English King. Cumberbatch is the monarch’s 16th cousin, bringing his familial links closer than the other 17 million.

⚡️When it comes to amazing family trees, though, Ozzy Osbourne reigns supreme. Researchers have determined that the singer is a Neanderthal descendent, as well as ties to the Romans, the famed criminal Jesse James, and Russia’s last Tsar, Nicholas II.

Write in the comments amazing stories about your ancestors!