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Jan 26, 2016 · Bill Hader with "Finding Your Roots" host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Bill Hader recently found out that he is descended from not just royalty, but some major historical players. The "Saturday Night ...
May 10, 2018 · Bill Hader appeared on an episode of Finding Your Roots to uncover his family's history. The actor is descended from King Edward I of England as well as the medieval emperor Charlemagne. Hader was shocked to learn that Charlemagne is his 40th great-grandfather. "I'm just blown away," he said. "I mean, the conqueror of Europe.
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Jan 26, 2016 · Bill Hader recently found out that he is descended from not just royalty, but some major historical players. The "Saturday Night Live" alum discovered the news while having his lineage and DNA ...
- Hilary Duff
- Uma Thurman
- Akosua Busia
- Bill Hader
- Meghan Markle
- Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal
- Céline Dion
- Guy Ritchie
- Kit Harington
- Angelina Jolie
Due to her status as the Queen's closest American celebrity relative, FindMyPast.com named Duff "America's most royal celebrity." Duff is Queen Elizabeth's 18th cousin through Alexander Spotswood, a British Army commander and the 10th great-grandson of Edward III.
Oscar nominee and Kill Bill’s finest Uma Thurman is the 21st cousin, once removed, to the queen through her ancestor, King Edward I of England.
Akosua Busia is a Ghanaian actress who is the daughter of Kofi Abrefa Busia, the former prime minister of the Republic of Ghana (1969-1972) and prince of the royal family of Wenchi, an Ashanti subgroup. As a result, Busia is a princess too. She is known for her portrayal of Nettie Harris, the sister to Celie Harris (played by Whoopi Goldberg) in th...
Writer, occasional director and star of the HBO dark comedy Barry, Bill Hader is relatedto King Edward I of England and the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne is his 40th great-great-grandfather. Once Hader discovered this on an episode of PBS’ Finding Your Roots, he said, "I mean, the conqueror of Europe? I couldn’t even get the coffeemaker to work th...
When Meghan Markle became the Duchess of Sussex after her marriage to Prince Harry in 2018, she deepened the pot on her existing royal heritage. Markle is a direct descendent of England’s King Edward III, which means that she and Prince Harry are 17th cousins. In a report from the Sun, she is also related to Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII’s third wi...
Hollywood siblings Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal’s family tree extends back to Edward III, the King of England from 1327 through 1377, which makes them 19th cousins to the Queen. The Gyllenhaals behind Hilary Duff and Brooke Shields have the most royal blood out of any American celebrity. Maggie and Jake Cyllenhaal Getty Images
Just like Madonna, French-Canadian singer Céline Dion is a ninth cousin once removed of Camilla Parker Bowles. This also makes Dion and Madonna 10th cousins twice removed through Jean Guyon, one of the earliest settlers of Quebec, as well as 10th cousins, once removed through Zacharie Cloutier, a carpenter and another early settler of Quebec.
Film director, producer, and screenwriter, Guy Ritchie, who also happens to be the ex-husband of Madonna, has royal connections! He’s related to the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton as the two are sixth cousins. He was also invited to her 2011 wedding to Prince William.
Kit Harington and his Game of Thrones character Jon Snow have something in common: they’re both descendants of royalty, albeit Harington’s ancestry doesn’t qualify him as a secret king. His grandmother, Lavender Cecilia Denny, is a descendant of King Charles II of England. Denny married Richard Harington, the 12th Baronet Harington, a title that ha...
Angelina Jolie's mother, Marie Bertrand, is a descendant of French royalty. Her ancestors may be traced all the way back to Phillip II, the son of Louis VII, a 12th-century French king. This links Jolie to Marie of France, a powerful French princess at the time and Phillip's half-sister. Jolie is also the 26th cousin of Her Royal Highness Queen Eli...
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- Hader Descends From Royalty. When Hader appeared on PBS’s Finding Your Roots, Bill found out that he was a descendant of European royalty. Hader was told he is the descendant of King Edward I of England as well as “Charlemagne, the famed leader of the Holy Roman Empire.”
- Hader Was Fired From His Theater Job For Spoiling Titanic. Hader told Howard Stern that he was once a movie theater usher, and was fired for spoiling the ending of Titanic for a group of rude sorority girls.
- He Dated Anna Kendrick. Bill Hader was quietly dating Anna Kendrick for nearly two years but wanted to keep the relationship quiet in pursuit of privacy and an effort to prioritize his daughters.
- He Was On Punk’d. Bill Hader’s first acting role came in the form of MTV’s Punk’d, where Hader worked as a correspondent for one episode. Hader told Andy Cohen, “It was an art gallery and it was my dead brother’s artwork.
I know I am as well. Bill and I share from Charlemagne on down to Edward I. But after that our ancestries diverge. He comes from Joan Plantagenet, while my family comes from Elizabeth Plantagenet. I had a crazy aunt who looked it all up. She struck blue-blood paydirt once she found Cecilius Calvert & Anne Arundel, the 2nd Lord & Baroness Baltimore.
Bill Hader is a descendant of a Patriot! His sixth great-grandfather fought in the American Revolution in 1775 under George Washington’s command. #FindingYourRoots
