Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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-square37fedilinkarrow-up1206arrow-down124
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-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 · 2 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareValiantDust@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThat’s exclusively through the matrilineal line though. The most recent ancestor is much more recent. But your article linked to what I was referring to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identical_ancestors_point (and the mitochondrial Eve is a cool concept either way)
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAgreed about the concept being cool.
That’s exclusively through the matrilineal line though. The most recent ancestor is much more recent.
But your article linked to what I was referring to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identical_ancestors_point (and the mitochondrial Eve is a cool concept either way)
Agreed about the concept being cool.