Royal DNA Test - What is the Genetic Heritage of the Monarchs of Europe? 1/2

[@godisgracious8105]

When Prince George becomes the king of the UK, he would technically be the first British monarch to have more than 50% British ancestry in more than 300 years!

[@doreensika837]

If I am not totally wrong I thought the last true English with Anglo Saxon blood was Harold ii dying in 1066 when William the conqueror took the throne.

[@rainstreet78]

That's right! Both Charles and William married British women, so William's kids have a lot more English blood than previous royal heirs.

[@CallieMasters5000]

I think George's father, Prince William, would be king before him. Wouldn't he be more than 50% British with his mother Diana being mainly British and also Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother being Scottish?

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

@@doreensika837British, not English. Henry VII and VIII was mostly Welsh and the Stuart monarchs were mostly Scottish

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

It’s actually gonna be William. His mother was a British aristocrat and Charles has a good deal Scottish ancestry because of his maternal grandmother

[@Sienna6164]

2:25- Why do I find it endearing and sweet that he was so devastated at Charlotte’s death that he never wanted to remarry and only did it when he became king of Belgium

[@ShannonStevens-gl7le]

I love my heritage! I went back 7 generations, and discovered that although we are german genetically, we have lived on the same farm in the Crimea since the 1600's, and saw pictures of family going back to the 1800's.

[@Steff2929again]

These estimates can be quite confusing as they are based on the borders of present day nation states and the concept that one nation is be made up by one people. My family has lived in the same region in what now is northern Sweden. I can trace many of my ancestors back to the early 1600's and some as far back as the early 1500's, well before the region was annexed by Sweden. Centuries of war and politics has moved borders back and forth and has divided a once reasonably homogenous, albeit multi-cultural, population into different nationalities. In reality they where a mix of Norwegian farmers from the Trøndelag, different Finnish tribes from the east and Samí people from the inner parts, but very few actual Swedes. However, my "heritage" is now 20% Norwegian, 28 % Finnish and 52 % Swedish (quite typical for the region). Which of course pure nonsense seen from a historical perspective. The Swedish part is a modern claim, Finland didn't exist as nation before 1917 and Samí heritage is never counted. So one has to take it with a grain of salt.

[@jimgorycki4013]

Out of the blue, my mother got a call, asking for my paternal grandmother Charlotte Schaaf Gorycki. Turns out the caller was the grand daughter of Charlotte's father Daniel Jr. I have met uncle Otto as a teen in the 1970s. He passed many years ago, as well as Daniel Jr. and Charlotte. Long story short, we were able to trace the Schaaf family back to 1620 Geiselberg, which was formerly part of Bavaria, currently part of the region of Rhineland-Palatinate. I have a picture a of distance cousins of the Schaaf family that still live in that town.

[@thalmoragent9344]

​@jimgorycki4013 Interesting... huh, guess we all have Interesting Ancestry. Has your family come together in a large reunion, or just send letters from time to time?

[@ramirosotto]

01:32 Belgium 05:35 Denmark 11:11 Liechtenstein 16:02 Luxembourg 19:53 Monaco 25:33 Norway

[@KourttneyL]

Thank you!!!

[@amurisasun7777]

You are one of my favorite KZbinrs ever. I’m a 27 year old woman so I’ve grown up with KZbin and your channel has withstood the test of time. Even all my roommates get quiet when I’m cleaning and have your videos playing on our living room tv. They say they wish they had a teacher like you.

[@davicbertiz6977]

The most likely explanation to why they are so German is that there were a lot of German Monarchies so there were so much German in the royal marriage market

[@julijepp]

lots of royal german protestants* 😁

[@apveening]

@@julijepp And just about the same number of royal german Roman Catholics.

[@MeItsMeLol]

Lindsay explained in another video that it had much more to do with the fact that one must either go to war with or defend the nation of one’s spouse. The Germanic principalities didn’t go to war with the big nations so there would be no requirement to defend their spouse’s nation.

[@tommcdonald1873]

If you really want to place responsability to why the royal families of Europe have so much German, one of the tipping point comes from the British Act of Succession of 1704 requiring the British Monarch to be and still today, a protestant. German Royal Families excluding Baden and Bavaria were. And where a Protestant descendant of the Stuart line was in Hannover and there so many Protestant Royal Houses in Germany gave the Protestant houses of the rest of Europe a good place to look for royal bloodlines. I love that royal families with exceptions like the Act of Succession will allow royal families to marry who they love.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Sorry, my guy, the ruling family of Baden was Protestant, while the ruling family of Saxony was Catholic.

[@cristinabuffington9659]

I’m not a Protestant or royal, but I did have ancestors who worked for the Hohenzollerns

[@bananaleaf5899]

@@Edmonton-of2ec Baden-Durlach was, but the larger Baden-Baden was prediomently catholic. It wasn't until the latter house died out and the Protestant Durlach inherited the territories

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

@@bananaleaf5899 Yeah, and the Baden-Baden line went extinct in *1771* which was before most if not all of the current reigning Protestant dynasties in Europe gained theirs thrones.

[@shirleyjenkins11]

There is also a bit of Dutch mixed I'm from William of Orange 🍊

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Your range and dedication to tour craft is sublime girl! Keep going! Your work is the best and cant never have enough of it!😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@zomgmolly]

It’s a great day when Lindsay uploads!!! 🎉🎉❤ Your hard work and dedication is so appreciated. You’re my go-to comfort channel ❤ Your consistency in style (and outro!! my favorite!) makes my neurospicy brain go *brrrrr* 🥰🥰🥰 you’re the best, Ms Tea Time! Thank you!

[@CallieMasters5000]

I'd requested you cover the Monaco royals back when you first did the British royals video, so I thank you for confirming how little local blood they hace, even if you include French and/or Italian heritage as being local. Well done!

[@rivenoak]

the young ladies gathering at 27:48 shows future royalty of europe: all of the 4 will be queens regnant in due time. from left to right: Estelle of Sweden, Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, Ingrid Alexandra of Norway and Elisabeth of Belgium

[@TheGabygael]

I'm Belgian and the way I've always seen queen Mathilde as a member of the people : all of the interviews mentioning her wedding and introduction into the royal family always depict her as a language therapist and it's the first time I came across the fact she's a countess. It's not hidden information, it's just not what they push forward

[@darkangel7589]

I never used MyHeritage, but I use Ancestry. In 2016, I did the DNA ethnicity test. I found out that the “Irish” dna on my maternal grandfather’s side was actually Scottish and English. Three and a half years later, I discovered that I am the 10th great granddaughter of Martha Carrier, one of the Salem “Witches”. I’m descended through that same side of my family. It’s crazy what technology can do. Unfortunately, my family continues to reject their Scottish and English ancestry, even though they have a Scottish surname. Did I mention that I was not even 16 when I discovered my witchy heritage? My father’s family is southern Italian, btw. Hence why I look a bit Mediterranean lol.

[@CleoVonGem]

The same happened to me! Even though my family insisted we were Irish, raised with Irish pride, Ancestry told me that I'm mostly Scottish and English, and not even 3% Irish 😂 My dad has a Polish surname, and looks very Italian, but his came back without either. Makes me wonder about the efficacy of Ancestry 😅

[@noelbecker7002]

Although all of these royals are able to identify as having dna of the european nations, in truth they are all mostly related to each other, as the lines of descent demonstrate, swapping genes back and forth within limited families. The percentages of nationalities are essentially meaningless.

[@hautecouture2228]

If your ancestors are witches you might be under a curse. God curses sorcerers for 4-7 generations. Usually you will end up with genetic diseases or just having ‘bad luck’

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

There's a reason the British aristocracy refers to the House of Windsor as "a bunch of pasty-faced Germans who have to be protected from themselves," according to the author Kitty Kelley.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Fun fact: I'm related to Robert the Bruce by marriage; my Dad is a direct descendant of the brother of the Bruce's wife.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

I wouldn't call Kitty Keelly an author

[@Icanbacktrailers]

@@jenniferbrewer5370 mathematically, all living British people would be descended from him. It’s cool that you can actually trace that though: that is quite rare.

[@syria0110]

​@saracolon2677Where do you see anything about Nazis...

[@kalibronx]

@saracolon2677"thats so mean" you're the one connecting an unrelated statement. no one said anything about nazis??

[@PokhrajRoy.]

This reminds me of that Vox where Queen Victoria was described as the ‘grandmother of Europe’.

[@omargonzales9344]

The original Kris Jenner *cough marriage* *cough planner* too

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@omargonzales9344 Royalty was the OG Reality TV so you’re not far off.

[@ilonat8373]

Vox? No, that's how she was described since 1900s...

[@omargonzales9344]

@@ilonat8373 im paraphrasing, a top rated comment on that very same Vox video you are talking about.

[@meeeka]

Queen Vic was grandmother of Europe while the "Grandfather of Europe" was the king of Denmark, Christian IX, whose daughters married the heirs of the UK, the Romanovs and Hannover and whose youngest son was appointed the King of Greece (and the ancestor of Philip, consort of QEII.)

[@S7ALDO]

Raineer once mentioned that there was some Mexican heritage on their family. This is because Pierre du Polignac is a descendant of Mexican aristocracy Torre y Mier, his mother who moved to France was Susana de la Torre y Mier

[@gabinathan5499]

HOW CAN ANY BODY FORGET PRINCE PHILIP WAS PRINCE OF DENMARK+ GREECE

[@AngelaParkersonOLearyHarrisVal]

I have Greek blood in me born in America have all their blood in me

[@marioq2759]

My mother died before she could tell me who my father was. One of the things i remembered was that he was some sort of secret elite. I got a Y-DNA test with Familytreedna and got the shock of my life. I discovered that I have an extremely rare! Y Haplogroup that originated from the first Canaanites and later became Phoenician and is located in the Iberian Y-DNA Tree in Southern France where they settled to escape the Jews and Romans. I am the 13th Merovingian bloodline of the Holy Grail of the 13th of the elite 13 families. I am a direct Y of the High Stewards and also have family in Quebec, Canada. My Father is mostly Scottish/Scandinavian and possibly French Canadian Scandinavian. He also has a little bit of Royal Greek and Royal Egyptian. I am the male Y linkage of the Royal Stewart's. The female X linkage are the Royal Sinclair's. My mother was the First Non-Petegree. I have a ton of research and information on my Y-DNA and even a family tree. But it branches at the bottom and I can't find out which branch my father is on. But what I do know is that my father and my long lost brother's and sister's are all well off and might even still be involved with the Royals. I however have to save up and try other DNA test to find closer relatives. My whole life has been nothing but a secret. Hopefully I can get some answers in the future.

[@owenandmzee]

The photo in the Monaco section about wanting to marry one of Queen Victoria’s daughters shows a photo of Queen Victoria with some of her granddaughters not daughters (specifically the Hesse princesses through Alice). Also, in that same section when talking about Princess Stephanie survive the crash after Grace Kelly’s stroke the video clip is of princess Caroline (as Stephanie was unable to attend her mother’s funeral due to her injuries).

[@chmediatvag7659]

Overall great content and well presented. There is a few inaccuracies though, e.g., the husband of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark wasn't a commoner, but a French count. Also, it is quite cute how a lot of the names are mispronunced. In this regard: there is a difference between "berg" (mountain) and "b(o)urg" (palace) - you seem to pronounce them both the same.

[@lakrids-pibe]

Prince Henri's family has the courtesy title of "count", but it doesn't have any legal basis. The family is not listed in the Catalog of French Nobility _(Catalogue de la noblesse française)_ but you can find it in the Encyclopedia of False and Seeming Nobility _(Encyclopédie de la fausse noblesse et de la noblesse d'apparence)_ So it's a valid claim that he was technically a commoner.

[@Jude74]

As someone mentioned, it’s a courtesy title. But they still honor it apparently in France. But in my book, if you got demoted, you got demoted he’s a commoner. You can’t be royalty without a royal family. You stupid, orphan princes are just that princess of nothing. Their people.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks as always for yet another amazing video lindsay! Can you please considee doing a video on the house of Trastamara? ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@angiekelley2416]

There's kinda a glaring issue with this video. Some of the genetics are really nationalities. Unless you're and aboriginal then you're not genetically Australian. The Dutch royal family are mostly Scottish.

[@MLWitteman]

What’s Scottish about the Dutch Royal family? There haven’t been British Royals in the Dutch Royal family for over 200 years.

[@angiekelley2416]

@@MLWitteman the supposedly Australian woman is white Scottish not real Aboriginie.

[@ethangrant8736]

@@angiekelley2416that’s why she writes in brackets (Scottish), because they are Scottish

[@Alex-zs7gw]

Scottish itself isn't even a genetic identity - most Scots have Norse and Gaelic DNA. The very name Scotland comes from the Scotti tribe from Ireland. These heritage things are scams because how far back do you go? It's believed the majority of Europe's DNA completely changed around the time of the Beaker people anyway

[@angiekelley2416]

@@ethangrant8736 okay fine but I think we can agree that Australian should be listed.

[@AuroreDesaeger]

It's a very interresting video. Just one little mistake. Leopold the 2nd of Belgium did have a son Leopold (1859-1869) but he died at 9 years old from a cold after falling in a lake. Leopold had 3 daughters Louise, Stéphanie and Clémentine (who was born after young prince Leopold's death in a atempt for the King to produce a son).

[@Recartloaded]

When you were talking about Sophie , Herzogin translates to duchess in German

[@grafsmigiel7003]

Mathilde is 50% polish, both of her grandparents were Poles

[@Wi-Fi-El]

This is neat. Despite being a potential contender for the french throne, I'm actually less than half European. The breakdown is roughly 38% native American, 10% Iranian, 5% Japanese, and the rest is a mix of German, British, dutch, Scandinavian, French, Spanish, Russian, and Romani

[@yakiddos7109]

I would just like to say I love ur videos. I am an studio art college student/potter and I binge ur videos in the studio for hours at a time they make my art so much more fun!

[@SandyShuraMartin]

Russian monarchs also were mostly German since late 1700s, so this "Russian" blood was also German

[@nelsonmcduff5218]

Not just the Russians. All the protestant and orthodox Christian royal houses are mostly German and even the Catholic ones have a lot of German blood.

[@jf-p8370]

Wonderful! If we take raw data from any of the tests and then do an ethnicity search even more surprises emerge. Although English, German and Austro-Hungarian mine came up 50% Norwegian with lots of Iceland. Interestingly, 3 separate Icelanders tried speaking to me in their language, surprised I could not speak it 😊

[@HannahJ]

I think it's kind of funny how the Danish family is so german and then the Norwegian is more Swedish and Danish... It's really interesting - especially the knots that are still in there,

[@tobimobiv1]

Those percentages are completely unscientific. The house of Glucksburg stem from Schleswig-Holstein, a long time part of Denmark, and was at the time they became the Royal Danish family. Ao I'd argue that would make them Danish. Also she counts Mary born from 2 Scottish parents as 100 percent Australian. Crown Prince Christian has exactly 0 % Australian DNA. (No offence meant to the Aussies, I love them) Just stating the numbers presented in this video is very much grabbed out of thin air.

[@grafsmigiel7003]

Mathilde's (queen of Belgians)mother was from mother's side from one of the most powerfull aristocratic polish famili Sapieha

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Gonna be making a list of incorrect information here: - Not to be too nit picky but Leopold I was actually the *third* son. He had two older brothers, Ernest III, later Ernest I, the last Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and the first Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Prince Ferdinand, who married a horrifying wealthy Hungarian heiress and whose descendants married into the Portuguese royal family and came to rule Bulgaria - Leopold II did actually have have a legitimate son, he just unfortunately died of pneumonia at the age of 9 after falling into a pond.

[@AmarieRegin]

Hang on, but Mary would then be SCOTTISH, not Australian! Genetics, not nationality.

[@gaynor1721]

Ethnicity, not genetics.

[@MrMcNeillNZ]

Totally agree, I'm Māori, Scottish and German. If my parents happened to be living in China or Japan at the time of my birth, I would NOT be Chinese or Japanese. I'd still be mixed race Māori/European

[@Yathome00]

And that’s why it’s a good thing ALL major royal house heirs in Europe and UK have married people far from their bloodlines. It makes for stronger genetics.

[@Recartloaded]

Queen Letizia has some English ancestry too and she doesn’t have any Filipino ancestry at all, and princess Astrid of Sweden was likely 1% Sweden, other parts of this video is VERY inaccurate

[@bobbiestrella8160]

I noticed that too. Also, Victoria of Baden was 100% German - she married Swedish King Gustaf V. Victoria was the daughter of Louise of Prussia (sister-in-law of Victoria, Princess Royal, eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert).

[@ima6187]

Victoria of Baden was the one who brought some Swedish blood to the Bernadottes, beeing a descendent to Gustav Wasa, via Gustav IV.

[@MemphisBelle0624]

This was brilliant. I can't wait for part 2!

[@Matj1804]

I am Norwegian and for some reason always get emotional when someone not Norwegian talk about out royal family ( ww2 and their love stories)

[@ThePHYL]

It is so fun to look for our line….always thought my self as German…I did the DNA test, I am most Swedish, Irish but very little German…found out I was named the female version….Phyllis Harriet….named for my father’s grandfather who came from Germany…

[@emilybarclay8831]

I had a similar experience. My mum was raised believing her grandfather came over from Sweden as a child. I did the test: I did have Swedish dna, but on my dad’s side! I also found records of my mum’s grandfather being born and raised in Somerset and raised by a family he wasn’t blood related to, it uncovered quite the family mystery! We still have no idea who his birth parents were, he was given the most generic surname possible (like Smith, but not that one) so he was likely a foundling. He was from a tiny town in Somerset (ie not many sex workers who would be abandoning children) and the family didn’t have any daughters of childbearing age who could be his secret mother, so it’s really quite confounding!

[@agentrikamcgee]

0:29 Lindsay: "What's more Norse than the Norwegian royal family?" The Crown Prince of Norway: enthusiastic dancing on the balcony

[@SamDiMento]

Alexandrina of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was in reality at most one-sixteenth Russian. Almost all her ancestors were German, except Peter the Third of Russia, her great-great-grandfather, who was 100% Russian. The rest of it was bred out by German princesses beginning with Catherine the Great. But you've done amazing work here. By the way, you look like a younger version of your grandmother!

[@arsangelica6858]

Peter III only had a Russian mother. His father was the offspring of a Swedish princess and the head of the Holstein cadet branch of the Danish house of Oldenburg. Which in practice translated to being mostly German. But even his Russian mother was only half Russian, as her mother was a former citizen of the Baltic side of the Swedish empire, with possible Polish heritage. Truly a mixed soup. Most of which is German.

[@SamDiMento]

I stand corrected! Thanks. So even less Russian. Even Tsar Nicholas II by the time he came around was barely Russian at all. Unless you believe the rumours about Emperor Paul I really being Potemkin's son or one of Catherine's other Russian lovers@@arsangelica6858

[@hedaheda1609]

If we look at the ancestors, then Peter III does not qualify as 100% Russian blood. His maternal grandfather, Peter I The Great , was really of Russian blood, but his maternal grandmother, Catherine I, was certainly not Russian, she was probably Polish, possibly also of German blood. Peter III's father and the entire paternal line are of dominant German blood.

[@fibanocci314]

"they're hiding the fact that they're not native" alongside a picture of Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is kind of hilarious.

[@carolinj7398]

I have read that there even seems to be a semi-official rule that the high-ranking members of the Danish royal family ARE NOT ALLOWED to marry Danes if they want to keep their place in the line of succession.

[@meganesergerie5382]

Oh! Silly me. Somehow I was hoping I would get some haplotypes and mitocondrial DNA. Lol. I still appreciate your videos very much! Have a nice day!

[@darkstar2874]

Ever since I’ve seen this done for the British Monarchs I’ve been curious about the descent of other families. My prediction; lots of German everywhere.

[@danni260382]

Some corrections bout the danish royal family. First it's Gorm and not Grom, and Christian.9 was not a duke until after he became king, because those titles came with the crown

[@tobimobiv1]

Also Schleswig Holstein was Danish at the time. So that would make him Danish not German.

[@danni260382]

@@tobimobiv1 Yes he was, although he spoke with a thick german accent

[@Leelz247]

Off topic, but it would be interesting to know which parts of the British Isles people are genetically closest to their earliest known indigenous populations before conquest. ETA: I just googled this, the answer is the people of Wales. We need a video!

[@kashfiaislam9995]

Oh no! King Peter of Navarre is missing 😭

[@Jude74]

I’m a Formula 1 fan, and I have a special affection for Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc. He happens to be a native Monegasque. I have heard Prince Albert speak on several occasions. He sounds like somebody standing in line behind me a Gino’s ordering a sub. He doesn’t sound like a fancy aristocratic European. And he sounds nothing like Charles Leclerc, who as a native Monegasque speaks with a heavy French accent. Asking him to describe an incident that happened in a race, he it was nothing, just an ‘inchident’ 😂.

[@raraavis7782]

Learning this (if not as in depth as presented here) kinda blew my mind, as a teenager, back in the 90s. Of course, what with Germany not having a royal house anymore, the whole thing seems literally very foreign to me, anyway. That was around the time, the whole Princess Diana drama had played out and I couldn't for my life understand, why people cared so much about these people. Or would grant any kind of authority to non elected leaders, who literally weren't even really countrymen or women of theirs, if you go by heritage. It just seemed totally absurd. Royalty only makes sense, if the King or Queen really is the ruler of the country or if you believe in some kind od 'God granted right' to the position, which would then pass on to the 'rightful heir' of a church blessed marriage. It's all so odd!

[@gingernightmare9152]

It's white privilege at its finest.

[@witabif]

its weird to see you describe people as 50% a nationality or ethnicity (the latter of which does make more sense) but i totally get why remmebering how 23 & me and other genetic test thing describe it lol. this was very interesting!

[@piratesswoop725]

Yes, especially because you don’t necessarily inherit a perfect half of whatever your parent has!

[@jaerodriguez7990]

It is a perfect half because the egg and sperm which combined and became you each carried 50% of your parent's genome. But one does not inherit exactly 25% of a grandparent's genes, but only a quarter on the average due to assortment of chromosomes and recombination in meiosis.

[@John-kj7tv]

Impressive piece of work. Must have taken a long time to put this together. Thanks.

[@Clyde_Dev]

Question: if someone from the royal family has medals from the Second World War? And if they died would someone need to wear the medals for next Poppy Day or would the dead be buried with their medals?

[@CallieMasters5000]

I think all medals stay with the person who won them, and they shouldn't be worn by anybody else.

[@Clyde_Dev]

@@CallieMasters5000 I mean that makes sense. Because I go to Gravesend sea cadets and during Poppy Day P.O. Chapman was wearing medals from WWI or WWII

[@drewdurnilappreciationday1680]

In almost every case the medals are removed before the burial It signifies that the departed shall enter heaven as a simple man they are given to the familes to keep but royals generally donate them to museums

[@Clyde_Dev]

@@drewdurnilappreciationday1680 well I know that there hat is placed on their coffin with the Union Jack flag or a British Royal Navy flag depending on their rank because each regiments have their own ranks.

[@Icanbacktrailers]

They usually aren’t buried with the dead. Most get inherited.

[@3_times_mum520]

The late Prince of Denmark, Prince Henrik... Was not born of bourgeois parents... or out of wedlock. He is a count from France. This is why his sons, and now grandsons, inherited the title of Count of Monpezat

[@eveshqat5544]

Henrik totle is kinda controversial topic. Some people saying that his family pretended to be entitled and when Margrethe's parents figured out they were angry. Actually it was queen who granted them Monpezat titles

[@emilybarclay8831]

He was born to a couple who didn’t marry until he was a teenager. His mother was married to another man when he was born.

[@3_times_mum520]

@@eveshqat5544 I would like to know where you have that "information" from.. When princess Margrethe and count of monpezat .. was married.. his title was count!! And what Queen, gave him a title???

[@3_times_mum520]

@@emilybarclay8831 his parents have 6 children together, and .. honestly who was she married to??!? Don't make up or spread stories... Where are these stories from??? I have been following the Royal family of Denmark, all my life and I have not been able to find anything about this!!! Queen Margrethe and count Henri or Prins Henri... Meet at the university..

[@orquideasmexicanasyotraspl6599]

The Grandma of Rainier III was Creole Mexican, so has Spanish blood.

[@robertb4000]

Most royals in the past branch died out and they invited a German cousin to inherit the throne. Like Queen Anne who has English, Scottish, French died childless, the parliament invited the elector of Hanover a German to sit on British throne

[@gregoryjones9546]

That Was Because The Male Line(Father To Son) Stuarts Became Catholic,James II & VII Became Openly Catholic,And When His Next Wife Had A Son,Parliament Invited His Eldest Daughter Mary And Her Dutch Husband William Of Orange To Be Joint Monarchs In The Glorious Revolution. Mary Died,Then William Ruled Alone,Never Remarried And Died Childless,So Queen Anne Succeeded To The Throne. After Many Miscarriages And Children Dying In Infancy And Her Oldest Surviving Child,William,Duke Of Gloucester Dying At The Age Of 11,Parliament Made The Succession Protestant By Naming Anne's Closest Living Protestant Relative Sophia,Dowager Electress Consort Of Hanover As Heir To The Throne. When She Died Two Months Before Queen Anne,Her Rights Went To Her Son,Georg Ludwig,Elector Of Hanover,Who Became King Of Great Britain As George I.

[@robertb4000]

Most Northern German are Protestant tho, and many wanted Protestant to rule England

[@monicauribe9125]

Prince Rainiero of Monaco 's paternal grandmother was a Mexican lady, Susana de la Torre Mier y Terán

[@colinchampollion4420]

That means they have Mexican-Indigenous ~Azteca blood-lines 😂🎉

[@matthewgilmore4307]

Isn't that Russian blood actually German? Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov

[@teatotal8079]

Exactly,not russian at all just lived and ruled,there.

[@bierjip1]

Interesting, but of course all noble and royal families are interrelated and completely international. It also depends on where in a pedigree you start and what you decide to call Portuguese or Dutch. The Dutch royals hail from Nassau in Germany and never married anyone Dutch until the 1960s. So the generations before the present king cannot really be considered Dutch.

[@raisins017]

so excited for this and part 2!!

[@phillipsesate1364]

Thank you Lindsay for such a great video!

[@CallieMasters5000]

As others have commented, this is a very good analysis but it's not 100% scientific. In theory you could get the DNA of every single blood ancestor for many generations to calculate the exact percentages, though you'd eventually get back to people from places that changed into different countries, so it would all be very complicated. You have made a good compromise at going back enough generations to see generally where people stand.

[@hulejul9748]

the current Danish monarchs still actually can trace their genetic line back to the Viking kings. even after the split to the second cousin in the 1800s.

[@tobimobiv1]

The house of Glücksburg that is the Danish Royal family was from Schleswig-Holstein, which was part of Denmark until 1864, which would make the Christian 9 Danish.

[@SinuheBE]

What means “100% American” (Grace Kelly) in genetic heritage? What means being “Austrian” or “Belgian” (used for several individuals in this video) concerning genetic heritage? It doesn’t make sense, as any serious DNA test would confirm.

[@nanasewdear]

I chuckled when I told my husband that he had more Norwegian DNA than the King of Norway. Heck, I have more and I'm about 85% British.

[@shinjineesen400]

Liechtenstein: each of the Czech or Austrian brides had more complicated ancestry. A Czech or Austrian countess could have Polish or Hungarian ancestry or both. Hereditary Princess Sophie's father Max-Emmanuel Herzog in Bayern had a Croatian mother (Marita Draskovich) with Austrian and Hungarian ancestry. Elisabeth Douglas, Sophie's mother, has very little Scottish ancestry. Her patrilineal Douglas ancestors married Germans (an illegitimate daughter of the Grand Duke of Baden), Norwegians, Swedish, and Germans (Ottora Haas-Heye, Sophie's grandmother).

[@charlinemorris2337]

Thanks for this wonderful episode history tea 🍵 and I enjoy it keep up the good work history tea 🍵

[@danishpastry6137]

If Queen Mary of Denmark, is by your reckoning Australian, then most European monarchs aren't German at all, as most (possibly all), were born in the country they become the monarch of! Queen Mary's parents were Scottish, who emigrated to Australia, where Mary was born, so her dna is Scottish, but her nationality was Australian (and British as she had dual nationality) and is now Danish.

[@revinhatol]

*FACTS:* 1. Louise of Hesse-Kassel had a brother (Landgrave Friedrich Wilhelm II) who gave birth to three sons and three daughters (1-1-2-2 in that order) with his quarter-Russian wife (Princess Anna of Prussia, the great-granddaughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia). Their youngest son Prince Frederick Charles (cousin to King Frederick VIII of Denmark) was elected King "Kaarle I" of Finland for a while in 1918. 2. Had Iceland NOT voted to become a republic in 1944, Prince Knud (second son of Christian X and thus third-cousin to who would be King "Morits I" of Finland) would have been dubbed King "Knutur" of Iceland. Thus, beginning what would have been Iceland's independent monarchy from there. Knutur will be followed by his second son "Kristjan XI" (first-cousin to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, second-cousin to King Harald V of Norway and fourth-cousin to who would have been King Donatus of Finland), as his elder sister and brother were not interested for the Icelandic crown, and recently by his daughter Queen "Josefina" (second-cousin to Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, third-cousin to Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, and fifth cousin to who would have been Crown Prince "Morits II" of Finland). Josefina has a son who would have been today Crown Prince Julius of Iceland (third-cousin to Christian, Count of Monpezat and fourth-cousin to Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway). 3. If it weren't for her brother (Prince Sverre Magnus), Princess Ingrid Alexandra would have brought to an end the agnatic Norwegian branch of the House of Glucksburg (Oldenburg). That is unless she marries a distant cousin (likely one from the House of Holstein-Gottorp). 4. If Prince Christian of Monpezat marries a girl born within Metropolitan Denmark eventually giving birth to a son, the Danishness of the House of Monpezat would start to take root. When that son marries a Danish-born girl birthing their son and if this keeps up, it'll only be a matter of time before the Danish branch of the House of Monpezat eclipsed the original French branch.

[@chrissybrown9205]

Yes, Nazi loving Frederick Charles.

[@johnnzboy]

Gotta ask, why were the Norwegian royals bopping around right at the start? Hardly stereotypical royal behaviour but it certainly made me smile :)

[@hellooutthere8956]

It grips my you know wht to see camilla up there wearing the crown like she earned tht right.

[@noelbecker7002]

I think you want to say that she "earned" it, rather than being born into it.

[@thedorkone1516]

Well, she is the one riding the royal dong and holding all the official paperwork. That's usually the way it works.

[@piratesswoop725]

I mean, she’s a consort. Most consorts don’t earn the right to wear a crown, they get it because they married the right person lol

[@thedorkone1516]

@@piratesswoop725 Hell, royals don't even earn their crowns these days. They just fell out of the right womb.

[@Ravensonng]

Excellent video! Can't wait for part 2 :)

[@WaynesPokeWorld]

My 4th great grandfather married Jane Moss and through her line I’m connected to the Spencer’s. My 9th great grandmother is Jane Spencer and through her line it’s strongly believed I share a common ancestor with Princess Diana Spencer (Sir John Spencer)

[@gaynor1721]

Spencer is not an uncommon surname.

[@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe]

As a Zimbabwean of British descent, I have roots from all over the British Isles; mainly Scottish, English and Irish. I also have a bit of Croatian, French, German and Scandinavian ( Swedish and Danish ).

[@emilybarclay8831]

Although I’m British, my dad is a Zimbabwean born Brit with mainly Scottish, English, Scandinavian and Irish descent. I wonder if we’re related at all?

[@lfgifu296]

Dammmn I'm pleasantly suprised to see many of these have Portuguese DNA (albeit not much and through a sh*t king). Also Henri Grand Duke of Luxemburg looks like a con artist

[@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe]

As a white Zimbabwean of British stock, I have lots of British ancestry from Scotland, England, Ireland and more from all over the British Isles. I also have a bit of French, German, Scandinavian ( Danish, Swedish ) and Croatian in me.

[@tarraalbin9971]

Duke Henri looks like queen elizabeths dad and uncle

[@charmainelamont2020]

Denmark is not the oldest monarchy in Europe, Scotland is. The Scottish monacrhy dates from 843 AD. Second oldest is Norway which dates from 872 AD, and then Denmark in 936 AD. By the time Gorm the Old founded the Danish monarchy, Scotland was on it's 8th King.

[@tobimobiv1]

Norway hasn't had it's own country that long so no. They might have had then but lost it in between, and had kings planted by Denmark and Sweden, so not a constant through all that time. That's what is meant by oldest. Does Scotland have a king or queen now? I honestly thought they were under the rule of the House of Windsor?

[@charmainelamont2020]

@@tobimobiv1 872 AD i the year given for the foundation of the Kingdom of Norway after the unification of smaller kingdoms. The fact that they were ruled by monarchs of Denmark and Sweden does not alter that fact. Yes, Scotland does have a King and Queen. Last year King Charles was inaugurated as King of Scots in a ceremony at the High Kirk of St Giles in Edinburgh. The House of Windsor is descended from the Scottish House of Stuart, and it was the Stuarts who took over the English throne when the English Royal Family died out in 1603.

[@tobimobiv1]

@@charmainelamont2020 So they have a continuous line all the way back?

[@charmainelamont2020]

@@tobimobiv1 King Kenneth I (810 - 858 AD, is the 34th great grandfather of King Charles.

[@patriciawhite9502]

Where’s the haplogroups…Richard lll was Ydna G AND J1c…Phoenician caananite

[@OsamasStory]

1:55 “Imported” 😭😭😭😭😭

[@nselekemet7090]

You should do caption since your videos are becoming very popular

[@elvenkind6072]

27:22 I can't remember any scandal at all with the coming Queen Mette-Marit, both she and the crown-Prince are very well liked, and like the current King, never any scandals or embarressments, unlike the princess that married some bald, African witchdoctor and that's after her own "angel school", where here pupils were thought to contact their guardian spirits... Mette-M. had been to some Norwegian reality TV-show and been a "party girl", but she's 100% Norwegian and I think the vast majority of Norwegians are grateful for both being the only monarchy established by election and also for getting more distance to the more Danish side of the royal dynasty.

[@crystalschweitzer7625]

I've started looking into my family history. Found out I'm related to a bunch of people where I live. I just happened to move to the same area so it's really cool.

[@jeffersonmorant]

That’s so thoughtful of you Crystal, Thanks for your positive review, How are you and how’s the weather there ?

[@hannejeppesen1809]

Princess Ingrid of Sweden, who married the Danish Crown Prince Frederik in 1935, was partly English, her mother was a daughter of Queen Victoria, she died when Ingrid was 10 years old. Ingrid became the Queen of Denmark (my home country) in 1947. The information in this video on Ingrid is wrong.

[@chrissybrown9205]

Granddaughter of Victoria, her father was Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught Victoria’s son.

[@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe]

Fascinating episode. Thank you! 💯👏🏻🙌🏻

[@anrysse]

Can you do a video on royal bastards who became monarchs or high ranking consorts?

[@ChibiProwl]

Ooh, yes please.😮😊

[@gregoryjones9546]

​@@ChibiProwl Now that would Be Fascinating!!!

[@mauvegreenwisteria3645]

William the Conqueror is the outstanding example.

[@eveshqat5544]

Or video of royal bastatds and their current descendants

[@reyconui]

Lindsay, your calculation should be taken with a grain of salt since we don't know the calculation of the previous generations prior to the generations you took account here.

[@LadyMutare]

I'd like to know about the Hawai'i royal line. Please and Thank you.

[@garmy441]

Overall they all have Germanic DNA...all dynasties descent from Charlemagne the first western Frankish emperor after the collapse of Rome..

[@sirwelch9991]

Thanks for showing this!

[@colormetakenaback]

3:30 What's she got going on there? Did she just pin a necklace straight across her bouffant roll up front? Lawd 😂

[@annacbrown1986]

I think she wore her tiara upside down?

[@colormetakenaback]

@@annacbrown1986 yeah maybe they took it off its base.

[@susanam.c.3207]

Pierre de Polignac, Rainier’s father was 50% french and 50% Mexican.

[@fernandalopez7733]

You forget one part of the heritage of the Grimaldi family Piere's mother was Susana De la Torre y Mier a mexican socialite of spanish ancestry

[@maciej_viking]

Mathilde of Belgium has 50% Polish ancestry. Her mother was born in Poland and is 100% Polish, considering the last generations.

[@eveshqat5544]

Was surprised how she was downgraded to she had some polish descendants. Mathilde's father was only baron and if not his daughter marriage he wouldn't be a count.

[@Brianna-Moore]

Love your videos!

[@Booka60]

Thank You! This explains more than any thing else.

[@Luredreier]

Ingeborg like other Nordic namrs foes *not* have a silent "e". The "e" in "Inge" is a separate very much voiced syllable, ay least in some dialects here in Norway. And I'm pretty sure that it is in Sweden too... Suffixes aee important in nordic words. A "e" ending in Norwegian often means the same as "the" does in English.

[@ninjadela9767]

Im not sure if it was an accident, but my country, Czechia, is pronounced Che-key-ah, not Che-chi-ah, Im sure it was an accident though and that you didnt know

[@70mustang302]

Truly fascinating. Good work! 👍🏻🇺🇸🇪🇸🇵🇹🇮🇹 Does anyone in the world have a European history month? Certainly not in the US, unfortunately

[@RemySimon-ph9ij]

Thanks Lindsay 🌻

[@kyleighhope961]

wow! the amount of work (as always for your content!) put into this video is astounding. ❤