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Genealogists now made an interesting discovery.
The Duchess of Sussex is related to two famous Brits.
London – Meghan Markle (42) has British roots – and they are impressive.
We are not talking about her marriage into the British royal family when she said yes to Prince Harry (39) in 2018.
She herself also has blood relatives in British history.
As researchers have now discovered, the Duchess of Sussex is even said to be distantly related to William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965).
Duchess Meghan: Ancestral lines go back to Churchill and Shakespeare
Prince Harry's family tree can be traced back centuries.
As a member of the royal family, this is quite easy, after all, records have been kept about these people for a long time.
As a mere mortal, you need detailed genealogical research, which has now been carried out by experts for Meghan Markle.
As the British daily
Mirror.co.uk
reports, the Duchess is said to have quite impressive family connections.
Although they are very distant, they are there.
According to genealogists, the former “Suits” actress is not only the five-fold sixth cousin of Winston Churchill, who led Great Britain through the Second World War as Prime Minister, but also the 13-fold fifth cousin of poet and writer William Shakespeare, whose works from the 16th century are still celebrated today.
Meghan Markle's British relatives: This is how she is related to Churchill
Duchess Meghan Markle's connection to Winston Churchill can be found in a man named Zachariah Howe, whose parents Edward and Elizabeth emigrated from Great Britain to Lynn in Essex County, Massachusetts in 1635.
Zachariah was born there in 1640 and married
Sarah Gilbert in 1666, according to
Familysearch.org .
Meghan Markle apparently has prominent relatives.
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According to
MyHeritage.com,
the Howe family had many descendants, including Winston Churchill, Zachariah's five-times great-grandson.
He is a descendant of Zachariah's daughter Sarah Curtis.
Meghan Markle is Zachariah's 10x great-grandchildren and a descendant of Zachariah's son John Howe.
However, the 42-year-old is apparently causing discontent among her closest family circle: Meghan Markle is said to have become a wedge between Harry and William.
Sources used:
Mirror.co.uk, MyHeritage.com, Familysearch.org