Courtney Cox's x19 Great-Grandfather Ruled England! | Who Do You Think You Are

[@JD.Knight]

And in 700 years time someone will be finding out their 19x Grandmother was Monica in Friends.

[@tonyrodd6348]

No, we will have wiped ourselves clean off the face of the earth well before then.

[@TheRowlandstone73]

@JDKnight I KNOW!!

[@ThatAllegedlyChannel]

Yes and that 19x removed Granddaughter will no doubt be the Queen of the empire which the sun never sets. It's a never ending cycle. A little bit like Russian dolls or something

[@crankcase75]

@@tonyrodd6348 In the post apocalyptic wilderness all that remains are the cockroaches and endless reruns of Friends.

[@lastdays9163]

🤣🤣🤣 dead

[@deniro800]

Another part of the parchment was deciphered and it read : When Margaret Mortimer was questioned by Roger Mortimer as to why she had an affair with Thomas De Berkley,she is reported to have replied "We were on a break".

[@shaund4155]

Wrong character

[@deniro800]

@@shaund4155 Ross is Monica's brother in the programme,hence family connection.

[@kathleen7849]

Haha!

[@aerialarboreal9005]

D'oh!!

[@KlassyKat45]

LOL 🤣

[@Evemeister12]

So no one told her life was gonna be this way....

[@Mendleson]

Nice 👍🏻

[@coreyrees840]

Had a little cackle at that I must say lol

[@juliewilson3237]

🤣👍well put !

[@commonsense571]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@Steve-gc5nt]

The one where Monica thinks she Royalty.

[@harriantoncornell5405]

True

[@markmorris7123]

Could have been

[@radoslavliptak3842]

But knowing it for sure, means that you come from well documented lineage, upper class.

[@luizalbuquerque5099]

Edward II death in prison is one of the most important plots in history. There are rumours of any kinds from both sides. From sexual preferences of the king, to the way he was killed, from the behaviour of Queen to the rule of young King as well. But we can save Courtney of dark side of her ancestors in this plot.

[@VideoDeadGaming]

To be fair her 18x great grandfather is probably about a million other people's 18x great grandfather

[@jordanleigh8119]

Definitely is not the case😂😂

[@jordanleigh8119]

I wouldn't even say a 1000 people

[@aab222]

These people are all in my tree.

[@michielbeekman2087]

I’m sorry to disappoint Courtney and have to admit this makes for interesting tv but unfortunately the odds of her not being related to a medieval king are about zero. In other words she is no more or less related to the guy than any of us. How’s that? Let’s just for argument’s sake assume all her ‘grandpa’s’ since this nr 19 had 3 kids each on average. That means this king had 3 kids, those each had 3 which makes 9 grandkids. Those all had 3 kids which makes 27 great grandkids. And so on; multiply those numbers 19 times and the poor guy will find he has no less than 1.16 billion (!) great great etc grandchildren like Courtney. That’s 3 times the entire population of the US.

[@jordanleigh8119]

@@michielbeekman2087 you clearly have no clue what your on about. Edward 3rd will not have 1.6 billion direct decdents what horse carp are you making up. He may have 1.6 billion people that may share a little of the DNA but direct decdents is very different. I'd say Edward has around 1000/3000 DIRECT DECDENTS

[@Grace-tc1lq]

I’ve researched my family line in England back to the 1200s and unlike Courtney, all my ancestors appear to be servants, farmers and labourers of some sort….no Royalty here. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@Brakdayton]

@SophieG no Royalty down *that* path but I guarantee that you follow other paths to the 1200s and you’ll find royalty down one of them.

[@Silver_Owl]

Brakdayton is right - pretty much everyone is descended from royalty at some point, you've most likely just not traced the path it's down yet.

[@AndySaenz]

Wow, really? How did you trace your lineage that far back? I want to do that too!

[@kaymuldoon3575]

Chances are, you’re probably related to King Charlemagne of France, as most people of European descent are.

[@gigmcsweeney8566]

@@Silver_Owl Incorrect.

[@architecturalmind]

If you go back 18 times in any persons geneology its pretty difficult not to be related to a king

[@tomfitzpatrick8303]

Go back 800 years, you are related to just about everyone in Europe, if your family hails from Europe, 2000 years and you are related to just about everyone.

[@another8125]

@@tomfitzpatrick8303 I'd say 5000 years not 2000, indo aryan migration from caucuses is what i think you may have been referring to.

[@YIIMM]

@@another8125 Nah, literally everyone of European descent is a descendant of Charlemagne, for example (along with anyone else alive at that time with living descendants)

[@paulrispin4989]

Exactly my point

[@Loostyc]

What makes Courtney's case special is that all the records survived to this day. It's rare to find documents beyond 17th century, especially in continental Europe because of the wars, revolutions etc.

[@yinoveryang4246]

Most people in the 80's would've been surprised to learn that the young girl seen jigging with Bruce Springsteen in the "Dancing in the Dark" music video was actually a member of British royalty.

[@leethornton6395]

Wait until Courtney hears about the Berkeley's neat trick with the red hot poker

[@dnr2089]

🤣🤣🤣

[@matthewburgess1061]

They don't like it up em

[@sillyoldbastard3280]

Runs in the family as they say

[@matthewbishop9342]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@docastrov9013]

Wait till Danny Dyer finds out her 18x grandad impaled his 18x grandad

[@TheBushdoctor68]

Isn't it amazing that all of our famous TV heroes have some kind of noteworthy ancestor? Yea, that's because if you go back 19 generations, just about everybody was related to everybody else. If you go that far back, chances are that the majority of us are related to some ruler or famous slave owner as well.

[@drlong08]

I was directly related to the Earl of Sandwich! Or maybe it was Jelly Doughnut.... I'm not sure.

[@lindalacey9671]

Can not believe they are handling documents that old with bare hands .😮

[@Ali.Aideel.Ismail]

They washed their hands of course 🤣

[@paulmcdonough1093]

they are not originals

[@aftersexhighfives]

It's animal hide. It's better to not have gloves. Just clean washed hands. No alcohol.

[@aftersexhighfives]

@@paulmcdonough1093 they are said to be originals in the video and look it.

[@tinabrenner3562]

@@Ali.Aideel.Ismail idiot

[@shanemkeyes1]

What a wild family history to discover!!! I can't believe she's so calm about it. I would be nerding out!!!!

[@watermelonlover745]

It's amazing 😍

[@HappyCodingZX]

Many Historians agree that Hugh Despenser was sexually involved with Edward the second, and as punishment they cut off his Courtneys.

[@SirBoycie]

Did they leave his Cox?

[@HappyCodingZX]

@@SirBoycie well, unlike Hugh's executioners, my comment was going for the subtle approach and leaving something to the imagination.

[@elainetucker532]

jesters playing in the background:'when it hasn't; been your day, your week, your month,Or even your year''

[@T0mat0S0up]

Well then, his love life was indeed d.o.a.

[@gaynor1721]

Interesting that they mention Mortimer was the alleged lover of Queen Eleanor (wife of Edward II), but nothing about Hugh Despenser being the alleged lover of Edward II - and that's why he was being hung, drawn and quartered etc.

[@padijeff5675]

Who was Edward the Confessor then?😼

[@justonecornetto80]

@@padijeff5675 One of the last Saxon kings of England who lived around 300 years before.

[@gaynor1721]

@@padijeff5675 Don't change the subject. 😆

[@annecantelo1810]

@@padijeff5675 he was way back, before William the Conquerer so not Edward 1st.

[@drcarp7377]

It would make a great drama series, don’t you think? Sprinkle a bit of magic in and three dragons, and you have a global best seller. You can see where GRRM obtained his inspiration from. And that was the real dance for power. The real game of thrones!

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

I wonder if after appearing in this Courtney has researched further into her fascinating family tree, or at least boned up on English history of the period.

[@aab222]

The moment you find out you're descended from the same people as Courteney Cox. 😂 👑

[@chrishall7915]

Thing is though, if you go 19 generations back, you're looking at 524,288 people in total ... Having one that was famous or powerful surely can't be that unexpected ...

[@Isleofskye]

Indeed. I;m related to Gulielmus Peregrinus...

[@Greyscale11]

A 19x great-grandparent is actually 21 generations back, so in terms of the number of ancestors in that generation (not cumulative), it's about 2.1 million. In my case, I found a 9x great-grandfather who was a king. 11 generations back is 2048 ancestors. Would that be an impressive find by comparison, I wonder? I know Boris Johnson was a little closer with a royal 8x great grandfather, but he does have the advantage of being born a generation earlier than myself.

[@dvchel]

@Chris Hall 19x generations back, when you had 3-4 children, usually only 1-2 would get to the age of child rearing/bearing. So, the Math is the a bit off.

[@chrishall7915]

@@dvchel I don't think so - working backwards means I'm only looking at the parents, not the number of children. Everyone has two parents and 2^19 is 524,288.

[@cambs0181]

Plus there was a smaller population back then!

[@starrycrown]

This is leaving out a lot Edward II’s crimes against vulnerable people, with his friend Hugh. They did terrible things! I hope she studies a little more about it all.

[@lewilewis3944]

This is true of pretty much everyone with British ancestors, nothing special. We're all related if you go back far enough.

[@warrensmith3070]

There's much presumption in tracing family descent...we must grasp that for one in every seven children, all through history, the man they thought was their father (and recorded as such) was not their biological father due to constant infidelity...

[@binkyxz3]

Where are you getting the "one in every seven ..." from ?

[@snakeplisskin2570]

19 generations is like a possible 500,000 grandparents

[@sandyca1106]

WHAT?!!! You're touching the original documents on parchment with your bare hands where the acids and oils can transfer causing it to decay. Wow, these 'professionals' should know better. Loving the story so far.

[@Tom-uv7ry]

Yes and they're the professionals and wearing gloves can cause as much damage to old documents as not wearing them know what you're talking about before you comment or you'll look silly

[@royw-g3120]

@@Tom-uv7ry think he said it was parchment which is much more robust than paper.

[@stephanieweddle5032]

You can see it's taped to a bigger piece of paper, relax!

[@davew4998]

@C C Yes, as Philomena Cunk found out, much to her chargrin.

[@davidgold7322]

Is that chap related to James Blunt by any chance haha

[@bitzannbobz]

WELL SPOTTED MATE

[@darrenjones3181]

King blunt

[@gjmob]

At the end of the day he sings to get rid of the tourists

[@kernowalbion4142]

If you go back 21 generations you have more than 2 million ancestors statistical projection: :2,4,8,16......2097152 19x great-grandparents. I have a Berkley ancestor. Maybe me and Courtney are cousins? i expect I am related to pretty much everyone in Tudor England through some route back through ancestry.

[@gaynor1721]

Everyone has 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents and that figure doubles with each passing generation, but that would suggest there were more people alive in the past than there is now and that simply isn't true. Despite the fact that the UK is a small island, not everyone on it is related. Due to the fact that the British Royal Family and the aristocracy married their cousins for generations and centuries, very few people have titles and very few people are related to them. In 1911, a genealogist called Ruvigny estimated that the living descendants of Edward III amounted to between 80,000 and 100,000 people. At the time of the 1911 Census, the UK had a population of 45 million. There's a reason why commoners are called such - because there's more of us as there was in the past.

[@kernowalbion4142]

@@gaynor1721 Good rebuttal. But queerly Courtney Cox, I find, is for sure an nth degree cousin of mine.. My 10x great grandparents were Sir H. Berkley and his wife Margaret Lygon. Don't know how far back Courtney and I share the common ancestor(s), but it looks a certainty that we do.

[@leehargreaves7473]

It's proving it that's the problem. We all have a a common ancestor, but not the paper-trail.

[@miceforlent]

@@leehargreaves7473 I agree, by the time we get back that far most people with a European ancestor will be able to say they are a descendant of royalty. Proving it is another matter- I've a fairly extensively researched family tree and I can only prove it once, although other lines seem to point that way too. Just the information beyond 300 years ago is difficult to be sure off.

[@carltanner9065]

@@miceforlent When you get back beyond 1537, you need to start looking at manorial records, court records, fines and other official documents, early church records, wills, etc. It's long, hard work, but it can be done. Once you do find anyone of historical note in your tree, like a prominent knight or other lord, it can be fairly easy to go from there. Or, find yourself related to a prominent family, the family's own records will enlighten you on the search.

[@danielw5850]

I managed to translate, from the Latin, "Do Not touch this 700 Year-old document without gloves"!

[@Hollows1997]

Typical American… she might have had her jaw on the floor had she picked up a history book in her life that went beyond 1600.

[@jayseabie215]

What complete tosh. Go back that far and u can find some tenuous connection to practically anyone. It’s just pick and choosing what u want to look at.

[@Murdersville]

Up to a point I agree but proving it is another thing i.e. via documentary records. Of course they are picking and choosing, its a TV show they need to find something that is going to engage an audience. If they found part of her family had spent the last 300 years growing turnips it hardly going to make good television.

[@EdekLay]

@@Murdersville The moral of the story is don't watch such crap TV, unless of course, you want to

[@sarahhumphreys3980]

Her ancestor held Edward the 2nd Captive. He just so happened to be Danny Dyer's ancestor 🤯🤯

[@mmhthree]

Courtney would probably also find Edward II and Isabella as a great-grandparents, as well. I did, and it's pretty common to find most of these in people's trees.. sometimes a couple of times.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

and had a stay behind in the queen vic

[@veronicaallison2504]

I share a lot of ancestry with courtney and i love the tours of the locations of where our ancestors were.

[@sandralayne-z7e]

Her ancestry is exactly mine. I have visited both Berkeley castle and Ligon estate.

[@josephpadula2283]

I just did my family tree and found out I was related to Very important historical figures, considered one of the First families of the Realm. . Adam and Eve…..

[@The_Other_Ghost]

I did my family tree and discovered I was related to multiple fictitious people too.

[@tinylittlegrim6614]

Stop touching an original 700 year old document with your bare hands!!!

[@frankdemascio4808]

Gloves they should where them for documents that old

[@mrbeans2425]

So she def owns that castle now right....

[@moorek1967]

So do a lot of other people. It isn't that special, it just means that king had a lot of fun.

[@mrvolcada5355]

This all assumes that one's male forebears were not firing blanks and everyone's maternal ancestors did not get up to any naughty's. Fun anyway.

[@AtheAetheling]

It's a safe assumption. Despite what tv shows for the sake of juicyness, people back then, especially nobles, were hardly ever alone. Having secret affairs was supremely difficult.

[@rob-123]

There was a reason they stopped teaching about and doing blood test in the UK high schools. They were finding 1 in 3 children dads was a postman.

[@deliusmyth5063]

@@rob-123 Pop It In Pete.

[@motelghost477]

He shouldv'e told her what happened to Mortimer once the rightful King took power in 1330.

[@chrisnewton9081]

We need a Tyburn these days with tge sickos we got in society lurking around the good people.

[@PoppyMom1]

It’s lovely to see Berkeley and the Castle, because that’s where I was born!! Some of this I never knew…mind you, it’s been quite a while since I’ve been back there, a few years at best; embarrassing enough, I went out into the Butterfly Garden and my daughter managed to fall down on some of them…Oops! 😳

[@Asa...S]

Why did your mom give birth in the castle?

[@jeffreybresnahan]

My great grandmother "Eleanor Stockdale," family line can be traced back to the 5th century AD; aligned with the first Northumbria Anglo Saxon King's.

[@janty68]

Facts

[@Steve-gc5nt]

Yea, but were you in Friends?

[@BoganDoleBludger]

King Aelle?

[@linzee3655]

If you go back this far, you're not even classed as related 🤣

[@mikespencer4922]

Unless you are claiming Maori racial status i New Zealand..😀😃😄😄😄

[@gigmcsweeney8566]

Wrong.

[@lkjh861]

Sorry to ruin this with math, but x19 means 21 generations back (remember to add parents and non-great grand parents) ==> that's a grand total of 2^21 = 2,097,152 ancestors that far back ==> which is equivalent to most of the population of the UK at the time ==> "your genes come from the British Isles" ☝🤓

[@caezar55]

You need to take into account inbreeding. Most people married their cousins from the same village.

[@bluebagel8084]

She looks like the mother of the girl in Bruce Springsteen's song Dancing in the Dark!

[@EdekLay]

How can you look like someone from a song?

[@carltanner9065]

@@EdekLay That's because they're one and the same person.

[@OldLady-um9kt]

OMG, You're talking about four of my 19th great-greats and one of my 20th great-greats. How fascinating. Thank you for the video. I guess this means Courtney Cox and I are cousins. How cool is that. 🙂

[@chrishunt9931]

Most people with at least one European ancestor can trace their family tree to a king.

[@aerialarboreal9005]

Is that how Monica got that rent controlled apartment? lol

[@badgerboy4448]

That guy is definitely related to James Blunt.

[@gjmob]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@robcowell1477]

Has anyone else noticed that only celebrities seem to be linked to an important, notable figure in history such as King or Queen etc?

[@mmhthree]

There's mainly a bunch of commons in America related to them actually. Some say everyone alive today in England is a grandchild of Edward III.

[@weekendwarriorprospecting817]

Proud decent of EDWARD TEECH .....AKA BLACKBEARD. Born and bred in Bristol England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Lee-sv8su]

My family are directly related to the Spencer family so one day we will be directly related to the king of the United Kingdom currently Prince William

[@wickedblue1974]

Like all americans they are 1/8th scottish 1/16th irish 2% welsh, 1/4 italian and the rest outer mongolian

[@EdekLay]

The question is not "Who do you think you are"? The question is: would you, still?... Definitely

[@ViraDrama]

Thank You. So, she’s a royalty. I thought she’s just dancing in the dark.🎶🎼🎵

[@j.mcgyver5541]

They touch those old papers with bare hands?! 😱

[@NiX_aKi]

Amazing and scary at the same time..

[@dghdavies]

She's lucky to have James Blunt as host.

[@JackSmith-kp2vs]

@David Davies I got that James blunt vibe as well

[@gjmob]

@@JackSmith-kp2vs Me too

[@strongerasone2403]

England has been occupied by foreign entities for quite some time. They are not indigenous but foreign families occupying land that is not their own.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

That's the same the world over 🙄

[@nickmail7604]

He might have given her the good news about her 19 times grandfather once Edward 3rd claimed his throne on his 16th birthday. Mummy was sent to a convent for the rest of her life and Courtney Cox's 19 times great grandfather met with a somewhat ignoble end.

[@Harry_Ball-Sachs]

🎵 Inside me I have the blood of Kings (yeah-yeah!) I have no rival No man can be my equal Send me to the future of you all 🎵

[@mickimicki]

Wasn't Hugh Despenser an ancestor of a certain Lady Diana Spencer? Or do the names just sound similar?

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

Wasn't he the inventor of a receptacle in which soap could easily be obtained?

[@ibi1032]

James Blunt knows his stuff!

[@G-OVL]

In another WDYTYA Danny Dyer is also related to these people, and the same picture was in his show too. He was also related to William the Conqueror... So Danny and Courtney are related too?

[@chelseaoliver5404]

Danny was related to the king that Courtney's ancestor imprisoned

[@donkydoodledoop369]

This guy gives me james blunt vibes..talking through the teeth

[@lawlini1979]

Well, I hope they kept that castle spotless.

[@patriciapalmer4215]

The Mortimer's. Wow. What a pedigree. I'm descended from a line of terrific horse thieves and madmen.

[@chrisnewton9081]

Vikings if your linked to de mortimer

[@michielbeekman2087]

I’m sorry to disappoint Courtney and have to admit this makes for interesting tv but unfortunately the odds of her not being related to a medieval king are about zero. In other words she is no more or less related to the guy than any of us. How’s that? Let’s just for argument’s sake assume all her ‘grandpa’s’ since this nr 19 had 3 kids each on average. That means this king had 3 kids, those each had 3 which makes 9 grandkids. Those all had 3 kids which makes 27 great grandkids. And so on; multiply those numbers 19 times and the poor guy will find he has no less than 1.16 billion (!) great great etc grandchildren like Courtney. That’s 3 times the entire population of the US.

[@dvchel]

But don't forget that back in the Middle Ages, when you had 3-4 children, only 1-2 would make it to child-bearing/rearing age. So, the Math is not entirely correct.

[@gigmcsweeney8566]

You are completely wrong and have obviously never studied genealogy. Look up the term 'pedigree collapse' and you'll understand why you're wrong.

[@theprinceofbabylonia]

She's still beautiful

[@lanebashford3982]

I have the same roots: the Mortimers, the de Berkeleys, and the Plantagenet line multiple times over on both sides of my family. Happy Hunting, Cousin Courtney!

[@GeeWillikaz]

I'm sure that at 18x grandfather there are 100 000s of relatives, this is silly

[@badgerboy4448]

Most people are related to Royalty if you go that far back.

[@auldfouter8661]

Not if there is a paper trail , the majority have no records and can't prove anything.

[@carltanner9065]

What's silly about it? That she has a great many cousins, that's she's related to royalty and aristocracy, or that she happens to be Courtney Cox, actress and celebrity. You, yourself, could very well be in the same boat, but whether you could prove it or not is another matter. Along the Berkeley line, I'm Courtney's 19th cousin 2x removed. But I'm also related to her through other family lines as well. And, I have the documents to prove that connection. But, I have no interest in sharing them here or anywhere else. Other than on my family tree. For all you know, you may very well be her cousin as well. Or, the cousin to many others, too.

[@soothingsounds6352]

amazing all these celeb versions are distant royalty

[@danielgilmour6408]

why does this guy look and sound like an older version of james blunt.

[@tonyrodd6348]

Coz he doesn't

[@glennoc8585]

I knew there bead somebody he reminded of. Imagine big he broke out until "you're beautiful" randomly.

[@chrisnewton9081]

I am related to Roger Mortimer..he was my uncle way way back. She should read the book the greatest traitor.

[@chrisnewton9081]

Who? What address?

[@Baboonfromdatoon]

All English people are descendants of Edward III. There is nothing especially remarkable about being descended from royalty.

[@redddraggon]

Most not All

[@TurinTuramber]

Only people who are bad at maths are impressed by this.

[@FaizLang]

That time Monica's family kidnapped the king and cut of his buddy's junk

[@lydiameyer4938]

Thanks to Ancestry DNA and combing through MANY records, I found out that Edward the Exile & his wife Agatha Von Brunswick are my 34th great grandparents 🤯❤

[@thewyntoncotelindenheritag8229]

Anyone with English Heritage going back over 700 years or so is more or less related to to everyone else. It's how it works but it just seems celebrities think they are in some how more special than other people.

[@BryonLape]

According to one genealogy site, I'm a direct descendant of Robert III of Scotland through his daughter Mary Stewart.

[@ABiggles]

If you take any person with British ancestry and go back enough generations you will find a relative who was a ruler in England. Every person of European ancestry is related to Charlemagne. What a useless piece of clickbait.

[@gigmcsweeney8566]

You are totally wrong.

[@airstrip1836]

Not everyone has the documentary evidence though do they? Being able to trace back to specific people is what makes it interesting.

[@jimjiminyjaroo300]

I preferred her in masters of the universe.

[@trendydelquendy]

Not being funny, but in the 14th Century there were about 200 people in Britain.

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

A fair more than that I would say.

[@laurielovett8849]

You are joking, there would be far more than 200 in one knights army

[@lauradascalu3544]

That's how a 700 year old paper/letter/document looks like 😅 and that is how needs to be handled 🤣

[@christinedaae87]

Wow! My inner history geek just went crazy!

[@angieflynn5354]

Wow what Unbelievable information you must be thrilled to find this out

[@marnfulda1758]

Most people in Britain are related to various Kings and Queens if you go back far enough.

[@Oldie699]

@@doommonger7784 I'm on a Facebook tudor group I think everyone is related to Anne Bolyen 😝

[@marnfulda1758]

@@doommonger7784 alas for you, do your research properly old fruit, most geneticists will tell you it is a FACT. You can call me King Tom if you like 👍

[@reubination]

My 32 Great Grandfather was Björn (Ironside) Ragnarsson. Which is the lineage of Eric the Red and Leif Erickson. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Lil.black.dress84]

King David of Scotland is my 19th g grandfather and Macbeth is also in my bloodline. That same bloodline includes William Faulkner & Lady Bird Johnson. That same line includes Aud The Deep Minded who took Christianity to Iceland. 🩵🧡🩵

[@nigelbenn4642]

700 year old document..........no need to wear gloves or any corrosive protection from your acidic hands mate, just get stuck in it's only an original. FFS! Wankers

[@azariahisrael5632]

Hey my cousin. I decend from the same people via Lady Margaret Carey (De Spencer) born 1466. She a decendant of John of Guant via the Bulters. At the 18th generation the estimated number of decendants is 2.1 million.

[@mikesharukan5040]

Does anybody see the problem with numbers? 18th grandfather is like 20 generations from Mrs Cox. On average 1 women generation should be around 25 years and 1 man's generation should be close to 30 years. So, 20 generations ago is somewhere between 500 and 600 years ago. That means Roger's birth year should be between 1370 and 1470. But we clearly are talking about evens that happened during early 1300's. So, we are should be missing like 4 generations.

[@kayjay12341]

Why should the father of the king be the king? If prince Philip had outlived Queen Elizabeth II he would currently the the father of the king.

[@marigold9736]

These King's had one registered wife and many mistress, with many related to royal human walking.. Around.. 😎

[@micixduda]

Build by one person what a load of capitalism crap.

[@davidcreager1945]

My 26th times Great Grandfather ruled England too ! He was John Plantangenet , Brother to Richard the 3rd.

[@jamesfarina7247]

How are they touching the parchment without wearing cotton gloves? Unless I'm mistaken won't the oils from their skin break down the 700 year old documents?

[@paulrispin4989]

Interesting but if you do the maths (assuming an average of 2 children per generation) he would have had around a quarter of a million people who would be his 18x great grand children. So the link is a little tenuous.

[@carltanner9065]

Having a theoretically possible 250K cousins doesn't make her link to Thomas, or anyone else for that matter, tenuous. The link is there, period. And, whether it's a male line, female line or mixed descent, she is a direct descendant of Thomas de Berkeley and Margaret Mortimer. Same as myself, although my cousin has a 2 generation jump on me. Want something even more remarkable, have a look at the descendants of Cheddar Man. He left a specific set of genetic markers in people alive today that can only be found in a person if that person is a direct descendant of him. In other words, since he was last alive around 9100 years ago, he IS (give or take a few generations) the 364th Great Grandfather of people living in Wales and some other parts of the UK. The only thing tenuous about that case is, unfortunately, we have no written records going back that far.

[@gigmcsweeney8566]

Wrong.

[@jpavlvs]

You think maybe Robert De Niro's 28th great Grandfather was a Roman Emperor?

[@Ionabrodie69]

Another yank that’s desperate to have a royal connection.. despite all of them wafting their gums about” not doing Royalty “ 🙄🇬🇧

[@georgeharrison5362]

Now all Courtney needs to do is complain about the British press and write a book about how she was the spare and complain to Oprah about the colour of her grand children and Netflix will give her 100 million. Dollars

[@colemellinger9225]

While many people say that most people of English descent are directly related to Edward III, there is something special in finding out with verifiable documents that you are definitely a direct descendant rather than just saying you may be related based upon statistics.

[@tangerinefizz11]

I'm directly descended from Edward II and Edward III. I guess Courtney Cox and I are distant cousins.