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

[@laine3508]

As a Finnish person, I was so surprised and happy to hear about your Finnish heritage! Most of my grandmother’s aunts and uncles moved to the States (Minnesota and Michigan) in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. We still keep in touch with our American cousins!

[@RcsN505]

Having lived in Finland I can tell you Lindsay looks very Finnish! Made sense to me... Kiitos tästä videosta!

[@DakotaCelt1]

A good friend of mine is Finnish and Saami....

[@LindsayHoliday]

Lol, I get that a lot!

[@LindsayHoliday]

Our relatives were probably on the same boat!

[@TheDecoCottage]

Lots of people of Scandinavian descent in the upper Midwest. I myself am about 1/4 Norwegian and live in Wisconsin. My grandmother was 96% Scandinavian (from Norway) and 4% from the British Isles. Her parents and grandparents were all descended from Norwegian immigrants or immigrants themselves. The 4% British Isles we’ve traced to Vikings.

[@GabrielCristofano98]

Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:48 - The Netherlands 5:56 - Spain 12:40 - Sponsor (Mondly) 14:01 - Sweden 18:54 - The United Kingdom (UK) 25:09 - Why is Everyone So German? 29:13 - Podcast Advertisement + Outro 29:37 - End of The Video

[@mj9949]

❤

[@ms.migrant]

Thank you

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Tuesday ain't Tuesday without a new episode of the amazing lindsay! Your range and dedication to your craft is sublime girl! Keep going! Your work is the best and cant never have enough of it! 12:41 Specially loved that tree! You're truly one of a kind!

[@pinkknight9]

Reyna Letizia's family does not have Filipino blood. One of her great grandparent was born in PH during the Spanish Era. Back then Spanish people who were born in PH were known as Filipinos. Natives were called Indios.

[@jorgeo4483]

Her Grand grand mother Enriqueta was born in Philipines, and was of peninsular origin. Philipines was a province of Spain so all were spanish and were called filipinos.

[@kitty_s23456]

Yes, jorgio & Pinkknight are correct. Her grandmother was born in the Philippines but she was of Spanish blood/ European ancestry. She was an insulares - Spaniard born in PH, which was then still a colony of Spain. If she (Letizia) has her DNA tested, she will probably be mostly of European ancestry and none or very little of Asian/ Austronesian DNA. (Filipinos are Austronesians - the "islander" SE Asians.) If one of her ancestors (great, great 2x, etc) grandfathers dabbled in the local Filipino population, then maybe Letizia would have some (very little) Asian DNA. I was initially excited to know that Letizia had Filipino ancestry but upon further checking, it turns out that her grandma is of Spanish descent/ ancestry.

[@princ3ssangéli]

lindsay is the reason why I'm such a history nerd!!

[@jardon8636]

wunderbar, par excellence, the crem de la cream,... she is super at european royal history...

[@Billy01113]

Considering that Germany consisted of a lot of different indipendent small countries, each with their own royal families, Germany had considerably more royal bloodlines than any other country in Europe, so if you are scouting for royal spouses or surplus royals to be put on a throne, Germany was a good place to start. 😂

[@carmenonea3800]

germans are high on royal supply and low on fuel

[@davidsmith3736]

Good one.

[@Anna_Key]

I agree Billy.

[@VenturaIT]

Germany didn't exist before 1870 and the High German didn't exist on paper before 1522 and took longer for everyone to speak it, and even today former German states speak their own dialect (and still study the High German.)

[@olgahein4384]

@@VenturaIT Ever heard of the so called 'Holy Roman Empire'? It's not the complete name of this empire. The correct name is 'The Holy Roman Empire Of United GERMAN Nations'. In german: 'Das Heilige Römische Reich Vereinter Deutscher Nationen', also known as 'The First Reich'. That was the start of Germany as one united (more or less) country/land/empire. The dialects are going back millenias ago, long before the romans came, when germanic tribes of different origins were settling here. Having a dialect is normal here, especially in the Black Forest where every village was founded before Columbus set foot in America and has its own dialect. Bavaria is the only place where they use that dialect in educational institutions, otherwise a dialect is private stuff. And yes, high german was created on the basis of middle german dialects, to have a nation (or back then: empire) wide way of communication. That was done btw in EVERY country in Europe at some point, cause regional dialects emerging over time is a natural thing to happen when people don't travel too much.

[@ermaek2145]

Yay! Finland mentioned!! As a Finn, a small nation in population and different from our neighbours, we celebrate every time Finland is mentioned anywhere!😂 I was born in Turku, in which there is the medieval castle you posted a picture from. It is the only Finnish castle that held court.

[@mogznwaz]

Northern Europeans are basically all the same. We have developed distinct local languages and cultures which separate us into ‘nations’ but intimately we’re not that different .

[@utuberme1]

So everyone's really a German?

[@paulbestwick2426]

You basically described the human race.

[@SyrinxArcadianNymph]

I had never thought about it but actually there are countries in Europe that I tend to think of as more similar to each other than others. For historical reasons, linguistic reasons, architectural reasons, perceived atmosphere and so on I notice more similarities between: -Nordic countries -France, Italy, Spain -Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Etc.

[@pb66]

@@paulbestwick2426 Actually, the races are extremely different, which is why we look so different. We have nothing in common.

[@chrissy9876]

Polish are considered people of color in the U.S. 😂😂😂

[@ShannonStevens-gl7le]

I appreciate you so much! This channel has captivated my autistic teen, and is the main reason were surviving 9th grade history and social studies.💖

[@LindsayHoliday]

I'm so glad I could help! Good luck in 10th grade!

[@countalma9800]

The Russian House of Romanoff was really the German house of Holstein-Gottorp. The last monarch of Russia who had mostly Russian blood was Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter I. Nicholas II, the last Russian emperor, had almost no russian blood. It is hard to believe the First World War could have happened, considering how closely related all the monarchies were.

[@nirfz]

I recommend the book "Sleepwalkers" about the topic of WW1's outbreak. It's about the last decades before it and how it got that far. In very short about the last russian emperor he was pushed into that direction by others. And the english monarch basically had to do what the government told him to represent. The british government would have been more likely to stay out of the war (at least initially) if the germans would not have gone through Belgium.* My opinion: the british could have even joined the other side even despite their agreements with the french, if the germans would have waited longer with their belgium march because the french also thought abuot going through Belgium... Belgium-neutrality-violation is what brought the british into the mess mostly.

[@mgeez6147]

Never knew anything about ww1

[@Elena-bz6gk]

Россия вступила в войну спасать своих православных братьев сербов, которым оказывала всяческую помощь. России нужен был мир между Сербией и Болгарией и влияние России на Балканах.

[@j.y.5276]

Yes nobody wants ruled by other kingdom's blood group. Not makes sense that Germans ruling the Russia.

[@tjs114]

World War 1 was essentially a giant family spat between first cousins which in some regions allowed the common people to do away with their monarchies either politically, or violently.

[@lina4210]

I was always curious about this, but it's also important to note that dna doesn't distribute evenly, so the only way of really knowing their genetic heritages would be through dna tests.

[@legacyxlove]

Yes! I am the only one in my immediate family to have blue eyes. Both my parents and brother have brown, but two of my grandparents had blue.

[@TheDecoCottage]

True, though the percentages that Lindsay is giving would likely be relatively close to what we’d probably see in a DNA test. On paper I’m 25% Norwegian, 25% Croatian, 25% Russian and 25% mix of other European origins (English, Welsh, French, German, and Irish). My actual DNA test says I’m 39% Norwegian, 21% Baltics (Ukraine, Poland and Russia), 18% Eastern Europe (Slovenia & Croatia), 13% England & NW Europe (England, Germany & France), 5% Balkans (Croatia), 4% Welsh/Irish. Based on this, my mom’s genetics were stronger than my dad’s as the Norwegian and Croatian are more than 50%; though it’s possible my paternal grandmother had some Scandinavian decent.

[@Xoorbie]

⁠​⁠@@TheDecoCottage50 percent of your generics are inherited from each parent, so neither can be genotypically dominant (ethnicity/ancestry). Though one parent’s genes can be phenotypically dominant over the other (physically resembling one parent more than the other, or a close resemblance to a maternal or paternal family member)

[@MarinaMontserrat]

Tests tell us about % in genotypes But all we can see are phenotypes we look at characteristics like colours of skin, hair, eyes... And more than one gene usually 2-3 have influence over them

[@lila_harris]

@@TheDecoCottage "21% Baltics (Ukraine, Poland and Russia)," those aren't baltic.

[@laurenceallanbukas8987]

The definition of a Filipino in the late 19th century, when Queen Letizia’s ancestors were born, was different from today. Queen Letizia’s grandmother was indeed a Filipino, but it meant that she was a Spanish born in the Philippines. The term Filipino only applied to the native population in the 20th century. Prior to that, our ancestors called themselves what their local ethnicity was - Tagalog, Bisaya, Kapampangan, Ilocano etc

[@yahshuaemanuel6250]

Interesting

[@kitty_s23456]

Yes, that's correct. Queen Letizia's grandmother was an insulares - a Spaniard born in the Philippines. Spaniards born in Spain were called peninsulares. The local population were called "indios". If Letizia has her DNA tested, her DNA would be mostly Spanish/ European. She could have Filipino/ Asian DNA if one of her great (etc) grandfathers dabbled with the local indio population.

[@captainfury497]

Germanic (not just just German proper) ruled large parts of Europe since the collapse of Rome. Franks in France (from whom the Bourbons descend from), Visigoths in Spain (many Spanish dynasties claimed their origins from them) , Lombards in Italy as well as Norse in Russia. One of the most powerful empires in European history was the Holy Roman Empire led by Charlemagne who was a Germanic Frank from whom descends most modern royals as well as common people in western Europe. Other events such as Anglo Saxon migration and Norman conquests further spread the Germanic DNA, even to the common people. One could confidently say that the Germanic people forged Europe as it is today after the fall of Rome.

[@Bosniak803]

Oh,that's my "DNA"/Germanic,but I love to be a "Jew"

[@TheLiebde]

Visigoths (all "goths") in general are originally from Sweden... then they moved to Central Europe and later to Eastern Europe and Western Europe... in fact I am from Northern Spain and got in my DNA test 20% Scandinavian..

[@abrakadabra2192]

@@TheLiebde well generally speaking, all germanics come from scandinavia. That Goths came from sweden is only a theory though. They could be from all the germanic origin area(scandinavia/northern germany)

[@captainfury497]

@@TheLiebde Scandinavians (both ancient and modern) are also part of the Germanic people. Germanic doesn't just refer to just Germans but includes a variety of closely related peoples which includes the Nordic people. Also the origin of Visigoths isn't very clear even today. Your Norse ancestry maybe associated with them or maybe with the later settled Vikings or maybe even contacts with the Normans. Are you related to nobility? because from the genetic researches I've read Spanish people don't harbor much Germanic ancestry in general. 20% is way above average, you might want to research that further

[@crystalhealing847]

All barbarians 😅😅😅

[@dorderre]

Just a minor correction: Maria Amalia of Saxony wasn't half Polish. Her father was Frederic Augustus II, Elector of Saxony (HRE) from the Wettin family. You know, the same family which ist almost EVERYWHERE :D He and his father just happened to also be elected kings of Poland for a time, but the family itself is as german as it gets.

[@mt23downpayment53]

She makes a lot of mistakes like that, I try not to take her videos as gospel

[@ulrikjensen6841]

The most interesting thing is that the northern democratic - even social democratic has preserved the monarchy; of course Spain is in the South of Europe 😊

[@mgeez6147]

Germans everywhere!

[@mgeez6147]

I wish Henry Louis Gates would do the ancestry of someone polish catholic, he has done several roots of polish jewelry and the pale of settlement. Well at least there was a polish pope.

[@Windwalker665]

Mountbatten and Battenberg means actually the same. Berg translates to mountain.

[@fuqupal]

Mountbatten was a psychopath. That's why he was blown up

[@kitty_s23456]

"13 dead and not forgotten. We got 18 and Mountbatten." - got that from watching The Crown. Lol.

[@NomdePluminha]

Gotha is pronounced "Gota", at least by the British royal family. German doesn't have the "th" sound we have in English. They pronounce it as "t".

[@uptown_rider8078]

In Spain and Portugal a lot of people have Germanic ancestry from the Suebi and Visigoths

[@batminton7467]

no they don't. that's pure n z i propaganda. there are no archeological nor written evidences of the existence of those fake made up tribes. and the book march of the titans or the like are not written evidence. those are made up fantasy stories. spain and portugal are ethically roman aka mediterranean. and they are not a mix of germanic and arab people. that's a modern made up fantasy.

[@onewotldgovernmentonlywhen9044]

Many Hispanics have both Spain and Portugal, Jewish and Arabs as well

[@uptown_rider8078]

@@onewotldgovernmentonlywhen9044 Hispanics do not have jewish or arab

[@thepretorian5292]

Lmao maybe like 0.1%

[@uptown_rider8078]

@@thepretorian5292 It’s much more than that

[@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe]

Fantastic episode. Thank you, Lindsay.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

19:10 One should note, Sophia of Hanover was actually NOT Anne’s *nearest* Protestant relative. The nearest relative was actually Sophia’s grandniece Frederica Mildmay, Dowager Countess of Holderness, Countess FitzWalter and 3rd Countess of Mértola, as she was the daughter of Raugravine Caroline Elisabeth, the child of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine and his morganatic wife Marie Luise von Degenfeld. My presumption is that she was passed over because she wasn’t royalty or because Britain considered Charles and Marie’s marriage bigamous as his former wife, Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, outlived him.

[@Chuck0856]

Sopia was the senior ranking Protestant relative.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

@@Chuck0856 Well no shit, she was married to the ruler of a German state. But her blood relationship was not the closest.

[@kashfiaislam9995]

@@Edmonton-of2ec Yes she was. In fact Sophia of Hanover bypassed 56 Roman Catholics in the line of succession to the British throne who would have been ahead of her. 👗👠👑💍🇬🇧

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Always looking forward to your videos lindsay! You're a master storyteller! Always have a great time listening to you! Keep going😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@miashay2524]

Hello from Boston, Lindsay. Wonderful job ! You have a true story telling voice. So engaging and easy to follow. Thank you.

[@on-the-pitch-p3w]

Why do Americans always were they are from? Who cares?

[@燕北山前萬梅山莊主人]

The European royalties mostly came from Germanic tribal chiefs. So it is no surprise that they were mostly Saxons and Franks.

[@JasmineSurrealVideos]

Yes you are right, I have aristocratic ancestry, and my ancient ancestors were largely Franks and Germanic Cherusci.

[@veronicajensen7690]

there were simply lots of German princesses as there were a lot of German small Kingdoms, lots to chose from and they didn't have to fear to be taken over by a small Kingdom, that said a lot of borders have changes so what is today northern Germany was once Denmark, and eastern Germany was once Poland ect.

[@jorgeo4483]

All the actuals kings of Europe are descendants of the Spanish Catholics Kings, all. Spain is the oldest country in Europe excepting San Marino who is a City State and our Royal House is the oldest in the world excepting if you want to consideri it like ours Japan. By the way the germanic Suevi Kingdom of Spain, is the oldest feudal kingdom (411-585), conquered by the Visigotics, the second, also germanic and the origin of Spain, the same gotics that invaded Sweden and part of Norway and Italy as Ostrogotics.

[@kashfiaislam9995]

@@燕北山前萬梅山莊主人 No, the European royal family are actually Persian. The entire European family is directly descended from King Xerxes I of Persia billions of times. 👑💍🇮🇷🇮🇶

[@kashfiaislam9995]

@@JasmineSurrealVideos No, the European royal family are actually Persian. The entire European family is directly descended from King Xerxes I of Persia billions of times. 👑💍🇮🇷🇮🇶

[@tomfamily1149]

12:32 Princess Leonor is sooooo cute! She is also 0.75% Polish. She is 34.5% Spanish, not 35.75%. She is also a bit Hungarian, because she is a descendant of the first ruler of Hungary, Arpad.

[@tHYRR3N]

As a swede, im thankful to victoria for chosing daniel as a mate, finally brining back some swedish blood to the throne.

[@gudagaava]

... and some Finnish blood as well. That was about time, since Finland was part of Sweden for over 700 years.

[@mercator5484]

Your‘e king should be arab or somali.

[@ghostviggen]

@@mercator5484That would be problematic according to the law, since the king needs to be a member of the Church.

[@ls-l1518]

​@@mercator5484😂

[@ls-l1518]

And he is really Swedish, when you look at his ancestors.

[@davicbertiz6977]

I have doubts on Queen Letizia's Filipino ancestry. Filipino, in the Philippines's Spanish Colonial era, refers to Spaniards of Iberian peninsular ancestry born in the Philippine Archipelago. So, it's most likely that "Filipino" ancestor of Queen Letizia was born in the Philippine archipelago but is still genetically Spanish. But still interesting in anyway to know that Queen Letizia's ancestors has some ties to the Philippines, although maybe not genetically.

[@mgeez6147]

Explain this better, please

[@XYZOxyz]

Unrelated question that I hope you might be able to help me with. My DNA test came back as 10% Iberian. I've been trying to figure out what exactly that means. Can you tell me who Iberians are, where did they come from? Thanks for any info you can provide.

[@davicbertiz6977]

@@XYZOxyz that means you have ancestors from the Iberian peninsula which consists countries Spain and Portugal.

[@davicbertiz6977]

@@mgeez6147 In the Philippines' Spanish colonial era, the term "Filipino" doesn't refer to the natives who live on the Philippine Archipelago instead it refers to Spaniards born in the Archipelago. So genetically they are Spanish but their place of birth is just the Philippine Archipelago. The natives were called "indio" but in modern times, the term "Filipino" now refers to every single people native to the archipelago or are genetically. It's more complicated than what I can explain and I can't say it all here in the comments so do your own research Just know these two terms (In the Spanish colonial era) Indio- natives of the Archipelago Filipino - born in the Archipelago but genetically a Spaniard

[@XYZOxyz]

@@davicbertiz6977 Ok, I know that. Do you know where they came from, are they Arabs?

[@SeaBreeze2247]

Fascinating! I’d always wondered about the German connection. My mother was English, with a paternal Scottish grandfather. My American father was descended from English colonists from Jamestown, Virginia on his mother’s side and English, Scots-Irish on his father’s side. I’ve never had a DNA test, but my sister did, and apparently we have Scandinavian (probably Vikings who settled in the British Isles). Anyway, I really appreciate the research and hard work you must have done to put all this together. I’ve subscribed and will be catching up on your other videos.

[@henningbartels6245]

The Vikings came to England 1000 years ago that is like 40 generations. If the test is right then it must be some more recent relative probably from the American fathers side.

[@gogreen7794]

I have a large percentage of English and Scottish DNA, but also a large percentage of Scandinavian ancestry. Despite my best efforts, I can't identify any obvious Scandinavian ancestors (with obvious Scandinavian names). It's possible that some of my English and Scottish ancestors were descended from Vikings and then continued to have children with others who also had Viking DNA, so it never "washed out." I believe this is particularly true of English families who, for many generations, have lived in Yorkshire and other areas of northern England and parts of Scotland.

[@Celisar1]

I would assume that Austrians and Germans are genetically pretty much the same.

[@schwarzer0se463]

Austrians are part of the Germans

[@merylslabbert3570]

Most impressive analysis of a broad swathe of royal families across Europe, through many generations ... many thanks for this in-depth discussion of the royal families -- most enjoyable to understand how these links affected history !

[@jackietequila9072]

Love everything you post, huges from Mexico!

[@matthewmacpherson5071]

24:11 Here you said that Diana was the daughter of the Earl of Spencer which is incorrect, Diana was the daughter of The Earl Spencer not The Earl of Spencer.

[@Passicious]

How about a video on Finnish history to celebrate your heritage, Lindsay? December 6th just so happens to be Finland's Independece Day...😊

[@Stephano_v_Bove__]

This was FASCINATING!! Thank you Lindsay!

[@mgeez6147]

Thanks, I find watching Drew Pritchard going to family estates in Britain interesting.

[@braemtes23]

The topic is the genetic history of the monarchs, but at the end you discussed the six women by country of birth and not their genetic makeup. For example, Princess Grace is American but genetically is half German and half Irish. All of those women are genetically European (even the Filipino most likely) despite where they were born.

[@VenturaIT]

Germany didn't exist before 1870 and the language (High German) didn't exist on paper before 1522, so I'm not sure how she is calling most of these ancestors "German"?

[@Fires755]

This is BS!! You got it!!

[@cecileroy557]

@@VenturaIT But Germanic tribes existed long before "German" as a language came into codified usage. You must be aware that the Angles and Saxons brought their own form of "German" to England when they invaded - many English words come from that time.

[@VenturaIT]

Only OTHER people called them German/Germanic... German is a latin word, they didn't call themselves German... why are Dutch, Swedes, Norge, Belgic, not Germanic or are they? Holland borders Germany today, but Dutch aren't German? Dutch are Dutch but Germans speak Dutch and are Dutchlanders? hmmm Even today Germans don't call themselves German except when speaking English or latin language... the other German languages are very similar, but German also has a lot of similarities to Sanskrit even. What's your point? She is saying they are all German, but they aren't all German... are Austrians German? I guess they have a lot of German DNA if you call all humans German, lol. Not.@@cecileroy557

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[@amandapanda4057]

Intresting to hear about your finnish heritage! Hope your finnish studies are going well, I applaud you for even trying since it is such a complicated language :) Fantastic video btw, you explain all of it in such a clear way.

[@yaelhoefs4791]

As a Dutch person I can say that indeed I do not really care about the fact that our royal family is mostly German. We know that… it’s even in our national anthem (“am I from Deutsche blood”). They are of course very Dutch by the way they act. They do culturally Dutch things, speak the language etc. That said: I love this video. It’s so fun to see all the percentages from all these royal families. If Amalia finds a partner I do hope a little bit that she wil find a Dutch partner (as long as she is happy ofcourse). A little bit of Dutch genes back in de royal family would be fun.

[@coraholunder1989]

Frisians at least have a lot of also Frisian relatives in Germany anyway. I consider myself German but my mom's side of the family is from East Frisia and even has a Dutch surname.

[@Svitification]

Wrong map is shown for the Netherlands

[@1993ALI]

Are royals allowed to marry commoners?

[@coraholunder1989]

@@1993ALI European royals, yes. After witnessing too much inbreeding and our countries becoming democratic the commoners wouldn't let any royals keep representing us if they kept on marrying their cousins.

[@kaygrace5250]

All this Royal talk is BS!!! Geet rid of them, aren't you tired of working hard and paying them all your money on taxes that they inforce so they can be rich and lazy. They dont care Not for You, you are just another animal to them. Your reality of this will be soon.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

1:54 One should note William’s inheritance of the Principality of Orange was rather strange because he wasn’t actually descended from any previous Prince of Orange, he was the paternal uncle of the previous Prince, Rene of Chalon, who inherited the principality from his mother, William’s sister-in-law. So his nephew just *willed* him the principality

[@sirwelch9991]

Lovely 2-part series.

[@Ayanotin]

I thank you for this source of knowledge, our Vietnamese royal family also had marriages with foreign countries. Before that, they did not marry foreigners for fear of losing royal power and authority and fear of invasion. When our Queen Anh Nguyet ascended the throne, she made marriage with foreigners legal, her grandfather also approved but her father didn't seem to like it. It can be said that the Vietnamese royal family is also normal and simple and close to the public without much publicity

[@Lord_Raymund]

You are wrong about that Bernadotte means “Strong, brave bear”, Bernadotte means more that Jean Baptist was from the province of Béarn. The name Béarn derives from Beneharnum, the capital city of the ancient Venarni people. The heraldry of Béarn was two oxen. Béarn is also the place where béarnaise sauce comes from.

[@StateofBeingness]

In your analysis, you should not distinguish between Austrian and German… Until 1871, Austria was part of the German empire. So it’s would be similar to saying that a person is 25% American and 25% Texan (in other words they are really 50% American).. Likewise 25% German +25% Austrian is essentially 50% German. This is why, in discussion of classical composers, Austrian and German composers are categorized as Germanic or Austro-Germanic.

[@godisgracious8105]

It's just incredible that royals can trace back their lineage to thousands of years! The furthest I can go is my great great grandparents:D

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Supposed lineage. There was a lot of hanky-panky going on over the millennia

[@lilymarinovic1644]

​@here_we_go_again2571 noble women tended to get in loads of trouble if they were caught cheating. See Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard plus Sophia Dorothea of Celle. So lots of incentive not to stray.

[@mrssparkles6488]

I manage to trace back as far as 15th/16th, only my dad's side, mainly my dad's dad, so my granddad

[@lelouchlamperouge8560]

‘Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past.’ - Orwell ‘History is a lie agreed upon.’ - Bonaparte (?)

[@nirfz]

And let's not forget that with royals, there was always someone recording and the records were kept more in depth and safer than with normal people. Normal people didn't need to be able to proof their heritage on paper a few centuries back to legitimize their daily job. And their records were done, but mostly not to the level of royals. I could trace my ancestory further back than the late 18hundrets, if the records were better. But when looking up in the records available where i live, they did record the birth and baptism of a child, with time date and place. And in the record also remark the parents name and occupation as well as the godparent, the priest and even the midwife by name. But they didn't write down the birthplace and date of said parents. So if you don't know that fact it's almost impossible to search. The other problem i have is the font they used in their handwriting. I am able to write that font, and read it, but reading other people handwriting in it is really hard sometimes.

[@eevakatariina]

Finnish lady here! Nice to hear about your family.

[@04nbod]

Marrying local has become so important in the British monarchy. The 'German' jokes are too close to the bone.

[@Afterthefallout55660]

A british Royal to his friend:" Why are there so many tree lined streets and leafy lanes in France? Germans like to march in the shade." Hahaha! That's a good one Ohhh... Is anything okay? - "I think my hearth stumbled a bit" must be the potato dish...

[@deboraholsen2504]

I love the expressions of the proud Mama and Papa who obviously love their three adorable children so much at 4:54 !!!🥰

[@frankhooper7871]

Actually, you're not exploring their DNA at all; you're exploring their apparent ancestry.

[@henningbartels6245]

exactly. It is still interestion , because it could be different to the House in their name suggest.

[@ace-vb7lw]

even though I don't look Finnish, my great-gran is Finnish and I'm named after her. I know just the basics from when I was a kid that she taught me, but I'm definitely getting Mondly!

[@minnaorv]

UR FINNISH?? Thats so coool! Greetings from Finland😍

[@gonefishing167]

I think it would be absolutely fascinating to do a dna test. There was a program on tv a few years back. They even went back around 50,000 years to show where you originally came from and where your ancestors went. Boy, they certainly got around. Fascinating 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👵🇦🇺

[@bolle9810]

It's incorrect to say that Victoria of Baden had "Swedish" DNA because of her ancestor King Gustav IV Adolf when he himself was of German and Danish stock.

[@ayliea3974]

My Suomalinen sister ! ❤️ All of my grandparents are from Finland! Be humbley grateful. Our ancestors sacrificed a lot for us to be acknowledged by the rest of the world. Visit Finland. Become acquainted with our heritage. It is your blessing.

[@herondelatorre4023]

The reason that most of Europe's remaining monarchs are of strong German blood is because of two famous European monarchs who reigned largely in the 19th century. Those two monarchs were Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and King Christian IX of Denmark. Those two monarchs were of largely German blood. They both had many children who married into other European royal families and in turn produced grandchildren and great grandchildren , etc . Again that is one of the main reasons that many of those remaining monarchs of Europe who are descended from both Queen Victoria and King Christian IX have largely German blood.

[@mgeez6147]

Would like to hear more European history and how it affects all of us today.

[@herondelatorre4023]

@mgeez6147 Well, you could look for other websites online that talk about the history of European monarchies during the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries or you could also try finding books that talk about that same subject too.

[@crystalhealing847]

Barbarian blood 😅😅😅

[@batminton7467]

@@crystalhealing847 dude ... that's mean 😂. but every royal line since the dawn of mankind is paternally ruled. having kids with a foreign woman does not change anything. the fenotype of a certain person might change a bit ... but who cares.

[@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe]

As mentioned in the last video. On my maternal side, my family is directly descended from the Scottish Ogilvy clan and the Earls of Airlie Castle. Amazingly enough, we have found we are directly related to Lady Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill, ( wife of Winston Churchill ) through the Ogilvy clan on our family tree. Lady Spencer-Churchill also connects us to the Spencer family through marriage and family. Not just that, we also have famous relatives such as Angus Ogilvy ( the husband of Princess Alexandra ) and the famous Scottish Napier line of Barons who were friends with the royal family and made their mark on history.

[@JasmineSurrealVideos]

Oh goodness, I might be related to you, my 16th great great grandfather was Baron Chandos, who was Princess Diana's 15the great great grandfather, I have Spencers in my family tree!

[@KayoEll]

I usually really like your work, Lindsay, but I think you're mixing concepts like heritage, ancestry, and DNA. There are some major logic flaws here.

[@alanakmassey]

Thank you for posting this, I’ve been nervously drafting and deleted a massive diatribe of a comment for hours because I know Lindsay meant no harm here but listening to a full half hour of narrative peppered with so much of the brutal, ahistorical, and dangerously pseudo-scientific vocabularies of blood quantum and the extremely young concept of nation statehood so casually was too overwhelming. Reading your brief, direct, accurate, and clearly good faith critique was helpful in snapping me out of the taking-these-alarming-mistakes-personally headspace. I also enjoy this channel and believe in her willingness to thoughtfully consider these comments. Anyway, thanks again!

[@KayoEll]

@@alanakmassey It took me at least 2 attempts and an estimated 90 minutes to come up with this response 😆 I'm glad I'm not the only person who needs to reign it in and modulate my response from time to time!

[@larynOneka8080]

Thank you. The amount of people who don't know the difference between nationality, ethnicity and culture is astonishing to say the least.

[@k.j.hulander2204]

The only appropriate way to speak of blood here would be as “heritage”. Heritage implies cultural essence vs “blood” which implies an intrinsic connection between blood and soil. The blood and soil view is that of figures like Donald Trump and it allows for a dangerous logic whereby others threaten the genetic/racial purity of the populace, c.f. Trump’s recent remarks about immigrants poisoning the blood of America. So yeah, please use German heritage or German ancestry for any future presentations on this subject.

[@Pkeats817]

@@larynOneka8080It actually crosses over easily. People make a big deal, but the crossover of categories makes sense.

[@Deveriell]

House of Bernadotte reigning is Sweden is French.

[@gogreen7794]

It was French. I don't think much of that French DNA remains. Besides, the Franks were a Germanic tribe.

[@jorgeo4483]

All the actuals kings of Europe are descendants of the Spanish Catholics Kings, all. Spain is the oldest country in Europe excepting San Marino who is a City State and our Royal House is the oldest in the world excepting if you want to consideri it like ours Japan. By the way the germanic Suevi Kingdom of Spain, is the oldest feudal kingdom (411.585), conquered by the Visigotics, the second, also germanic and the origin of Spain, the same gotics that invaded Sweden and part of Norway.

[@aldofromsf]

Queen Letiza of Spain has zero filipino blood. Letizia's "filipino" ancestor was born in the Philippines from two Spanish parents. Full stop.

[@soringoldenberg2856]

The "Russian" percentage due to the marriage of king George of Greece to the Russian princess Olga is actually also German.

[@olgahein4384]

Well, one of the reasons why the revolution against the Romanov family in early 20th century Russia even happened was because everybody agreed that the russian Tsars were not russian anymore. They married german royals and nobles for so long, that you can say the russian empire of that time was ruled by german.

[@soringoldenberg2856]

@@olgahein4384 culturally they were Russian Orthodox.

[@marbles9176]

The way Germany printed out princess brides like it was fun😂

[@julianaguerra6283]

The Swedish royal family is part Brazilian , as the Queen is half German , half Brazilian . Brazilians usually have Portuguese ancestry.

[@f123pio7]

There is absolutely no ground to say that Silvia's mother has spanish ancestry. Taking a look at her family tree, we just see portuguese family names,and absolutely no spanish family names.

[@michelledrake9764]

Fantastic series can't wait for your next video 😊

[@Dan-xx5jq]

William also has some Indian blood from his mother's side, Diana. She had an ancestor that was stationed in India and married an Indian woman and moved to England.

[@henningbartels6245]

I understand this video is meant more for entertainment than for science, one has to point out there is no "German DNA" and popular DNA test kits would cluster Germany, Netherlands and Austria as one heritage regions because DNA markers are fairly the same.

[@olgahein4384]

True, for several millenias there was a LOT of migration going on in Europe and todays Germany was in the center of it all.

[@siobhan28483]

So I’m ethnically more Swedish than the current King of Sweden! Wow. 🇸🇪 Thoroughly enjoyed this video. You have yourself a new subscriber. ☺️

[@davidringmann3395]

Maria Amalia of Saxony wasn't Polish her mother was austrian her father german.

[@shunt0141]

Hello Lindsay, I wanted to point out a small error in the video; 8:18 - Maria Amalia of Saxony, while yes, she was born to the King of Poland, was not Polish. Poland at the time had an elective monarchy, and they chose the Dukes of Saxony (a German state) to rule there, and she was born into this family of Wettin's. She is really 100% German.

[@Tsukonin]

You could have added that Lady Diana's direct maternal line is indian, as her mitochondrial dna's haplogroup is indian. She is the descendent of Elizabeth Kewark, who was the daughter of an Indian woman and an Armenian man. It's less than 1 % of Diana's ancestry but it's a fun anecdote. As for Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, her Spanish/Portuguese ancestry had nothing black about it. That's insane that people are so uneducated (or gone woke). First of all, the Moors are not black/Sub-Saharan but an indigenous people of North Africa (Berbers), so they are light-skinned and have mediterranean features and are genetically very far from Sub-Saharan Africans. Plus during the Middle Ages, the term "Moor" became synonymous with muslim (like the terms "saracens" and later "turks"), so it was all about religion not about race, understandably so as physical features weren't divergent enough around the Mediterranean to use racialist terminology (unlike later in the Spanish and Portuguese New World Empires). There were however many black slaves in Al Andalus imported from Sub-Saharan Africa), and they were never referred to as "Moros"/"Mouros"/Moors but as "Negros". So there is no such thing as "black Moors". Finally, most of the population of the Iberian peninsula during the islamic period was still primarily Iberian, albeit with more North African ancestry than modern Iberians carry because the Reconquista was accompagnied by migrations from the North of Iberia (remaining Christian Kingdoms), from Basques migrations too (except in the Westernmost areas like Portugal) and from other European countries like Occitania, France, Flanders etc. It's worth mentioning that this North African ancestry in Iberia didn't really go up during the islamic era and was similar in levels to those of Southern Iberia/Baetica during the Iron Age and Roman era. In any case, if Queen Charlotte's ancestor in Iberia had "black" ancestry, it would have been called negro/negra not mo[u]ro/mo[u]ra. Crazy to have to state the obvious in these woke and uneducated days....

[@The1987Kid]

Saying that people calling Queen Charlotte black is “woke” is bs, that has been around for decades before anything woke, you must not be up on pop culture like that, I agree she isn’t black or a moor, she has a legitimate family lineage of the German House of Mecklenburg that is prestigious in its own right, but I had to correct that because that concept of Queen Charlotte being black or a moor predates this current “woke” terminology

[@voxveritas333]

Strange that nobody now ever heard about that before that ridiculous TV program this last year or so. It got played up in the stupid show-biz world enough, thanks to the "woke" world's trying to revise and rewrite history to suite their skewed views of world history. WHITE LIVES MATTER TOO, BABY.@@The1987Kid

[@larynOneka8080]

Please define woke. Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg -Strelitz having black ancestry has been a rumor perpetuated by Europeans for over a century.

[@Bcfcuklhpwalker]

Indigenous north Africans per Islam rb2222 northen western euro dna rb2 we the same stock which btw came from northern India an you there an the Indigenous kalash are still there an the folks say there the Indigenous peoples to that regoin

[@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe]

As a Zimbabwean of British descent, I have roots from all over the British Isles, particularly Scottish, English and Irish heritage. I also have a little Croatian, French, German, Scandinavian ( Swedish and Danish ) in me as well.

[@hellplex]

Great video, thanks! It's a lot of fun to look at History from different angles. There is a caveat with the Spanish Borbon Dynasty blood proportions. It's believed that King Consort Francisco de Asis was not the father of any of Queen Isabel II's children, since he had a congenital disease and also was famously homosexual. The most likely father of Alfonso XII seems to be a military aristocrat from Valencia, Captain of the Guard and Queen's lover at the time, Enrique Puigmoltó. I'd say that would result of an extra percentage of Spanish blood to current Heir, Princess Leonor. It's mentioned in Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_II_of_Spain

[@barbarahaberman349]

All the protestant countries looked to the German states for partners because they couldn't marry Catholics. And since Germany was a conglomerate of semi-independent principalities, they had a lot of excess "royalty" hanging around.

[@jankatkaromka]

The Russian imperial family actually almost 100% German too. The last one Russian wife of Russian tsar was in 17 century. So when you write Russian blood. That part will be German.

[@hedaheda1609]

Yes, the last tsar to marry a Russian noblewoman was Peter I The Great. His first wife was Yevdokia(Eudoxia) Lopukhina. In his second marriage, he married a Polish (probably also of German origin) wife, and the further Romanov line begins with their daughter Anna Petrovna, who was married to a German prince of House Holstein - Gottorf. Marrying mostly German princes and princesses was an ingrained tradition in the House of Romanov.

[@aestiva]

Great Video! I've tried to explain this to others many times, but you have done it best.

[@susanpharr6809]

Thanks to Princess Diana’s genetic ‘background’, Prince William will be the most British King genetically speaking and all, in generations! And then through William’s marriage to Princess Catherine, Prince George will be even more British!

[@mrvgstyle2442]

Prince George IS more British, not will be! Thank you to Spencers and Middletons!

[@sylph99]

Unlike Harry’s kids

[@akapam57]

​@@sylph99very ignorant

[@gogreen7794]

The late Queen Mother Elizabeth was very "British." She was also a descendent of Mary Tudor, the sister of Henry VIII, so she added a bit more "Tudor DNA" to the royal family.

[@gogreen7794]

​@sylph99 Who are now half American. Of course, most of us Americans are a mixture of many backgrounds and proud of it. Personally, I'm a northern European "mutt." Any problem with that?

[@gula_rata]

The Swedish case reminds us that if you trace every royal family's lineage back to the very beginning they were all started somewhere by commoners who for various reasons (war, politics, murder, election, etc) got themselves a royal title. Then all their descendents enjoy the perks of that position. So this means that technically based on historical precedents, any commoners today is free to overthrow these royal families and take over the throne. Of course it's not that easy, but it is plausible.

[@gonzalogil3058]

I'm sorry but your info about Queen Letizia of Spain is wrong. Her Majesty has no Filipino blood.. Only some of her ancestors had Filipino birth status (remember that by then the Philippines was a part of Spain), but - good or bad - they never mixed with natives. So that part of heritage should be considered as 100% Spanish. Greetings from Navarre!!

[@mecha1gold]

Something very interesting is that Queen Maxima is also a descendant of Inca Tupac Yupanqui basically an Inca Emperor.

[@jackyex]

Silvia of Sweden also has distant indigenous brazilian ancestry, with one of her ancestors beign Tibiriça, a great leader of the Tupiniquim tribe that allied with the Jesuits and helped settle southeastern Brazil.

[@paulibaer_206]

In the Middle Ages, almost all royal and noble houses of Western Europe were of Germanic origin. There is no way that in a gene test you can distinguish between a German, an Austrian or a Czech person, unless you have someone from northern Germany that is closer to the Netherlands and Denmark regarding the hablogroups. Even distinguishing between Germans and French is almost impossible…

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Nice series so far! 👏🏽

[@toddwhite700]

Some comments: Moors are not black. If you go to Morocco, the only blacks are descendants of slaves or recent immigrants. Austrians are ethnic Germans, as are most Swiss and Luxemburgians, and the French Germans in Alsace-Lorraine, Tyrolean Germans in northern Italy. Also, there was no such thing as Germans until 1871, when the Prussians united the various German-speaking states in what is now Germany and western and northern Poland. Also, much of the French nobility is descended from the Germanic Franks who conquered France after the fall of the Roman empire.

[@PleasentToBeAround]

You're out of your fucking mind. And you're only going by recent DNA history. Were you there?

[@maggy_w9961]

Maria Amalia of Saxony was not Polish at all. Her father was German. Saxony is in Germany. Her Father Augustus the 3rd of Poland was the German elector of Saxony which was part of the Holy Roman Empire kicked out the actual ethnically Polish king Stanislaw to become King of Poland. Poland had an elected monarchy not a hereditary one so Augustus was elected but he was not Polish

[@heatherpedersen6627]

Wonderful video!!!

[@charlinemorris2337]

Wonderful and inspiring episode 🤗🤭👏

[@paullee7161]

EXCELLENT Video, 100%!!!

[@RaymondHng]

23:43 *Correction:* Elizabeth II and Phillip are second cousins _once removed_ through Christian IX and third cousins through Victoria. Christian IX is Phillip's great grandfather and 2X great grandfather of Elizabeth II.

[@Yathome00]

All that intertwined blood is a good reason to find non-royal nor aristocratic blood to marry into. Every single major European heir to thrones have married commoners to mix the bloodlines. British Monarchy as well.

[@nancymoore1240]

Yes. Also, they ran out of German royalty to marry. Thank god. It stopped the inbreeding.

[@mndsph4530]

Queen Letizia's Filipino side is actually non-indigenous but still Spanish, as her ancestor was in fact an Insular Spaniard born and raised in the Philippines. It is still safe to say that she has "Filipino" roots because the term although was exclusive for Philippine-born Spaniards up until the arrival of the American, it became the generalize term for the inhabitants of the country by the beginning of the 20th century regardless of ethnic backgrounds. So yes, Queen Letizia may still identify herself as Filipino regardless of her ethnicity

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687]

it's still correct to say he's part Filipino but saying she has native Filipino ancestry is incorrect the same way saying Queen Maxima is part Argentinian but saying she's part indigenous Argentine is incorrect

[@rhondas.9385]

Wow what an awesome history podcast ❤

[@beanclr]

That ad transition was elegantly executed. Good show.

[@neca_diskrecija]

It would be interesting to see other Royal Houses in Europe - i.e Karageorgevich from Serbia, as their house originated from Serbia. On the other hand - the most of the future monarchs in Europe will actually be from their respective kingdom

[@MotDoiAnLac258]

Great video!! Extremely informative and interesting

[@paulwaite2219]

This insight into Royal ancestry is fascinating. It seems that Princess Diana of England and I were 9th cousins on her fathers side. Our common ancestor was Henry Legassicke 1631-1682 living in Devon England. It seems to be unclear if the name was of french origin or from Cornwall in England. I wonder how that would tie into the heritage of her son Prince William, the next King of England? It would then be that I am 9th cousin once removed to the King of England. That is so fantastic.

[@scarlett19b]

*You do realize that the Modern-day monarchs/royals of the U.K. aren't in any way related to the OG monarchs/royals.. as in; The Plantagenets!?*

[@olgahein4384]

Yeah, i wouldn't bet my ass on any relations on paternal sides until a DNA test proves it.

[@scarlett19b]

@@olgahein4384 *That has already been done actually.. there's even a documentary about it!*

[@nopretribrapture2318]

similar here,im related to the British Royal family through King George iv, possibly via one of his mistresses, not fully known yet, still searching

[@nopretribrapture2318]

im related to them and was conceived on plantagenate street st Anne's Nottingham, the houses were demolished few years later

[@sarajanesmith3892]

Gave my Dutch mother a DNA test and she was 46% German!

[@henningbartels6245]

Can DNA test actually distinguish between Dutch and German?

[@emo122009]

​@@henningbartels6245we are all Germanic (German and Dutch etc.) people, so no, I would say.

[@henningbartels6245]

@@emo122009 "Germanic" is an term for language and culture ... so theorethically could be part of the same language family but still have a variation in their DNA marker mix. Extreme example are people speaking a Turk language: which could East Asian from the far east of Siberia to people on the Bosporus whos DNA are very similar to the Greeks. Anyhow, Dutch and German people are living so close together with fluent boundaries and actually a dispinct separation not starting before the 1700's - that makes it very hard for these tests to differenciate. So, my question was more of a rhetoric nature.

[@emo122009]

@@henningbartels6245 clear and agree. It is said that Dutch/ German/ Frisian are from Caucasian DNA. Dated bac from the large migration from East to West.

[@henningbartels6245]

@@emo122009 Actually, researcher say that every European is a mix of three major migration waves between 40,000 and 2,000 years BC. Certain ratios and markers might be typical for certain region. The time that Dutch German or Frisian as ethnicities developed is in comparison relative short to tell much differences in this DNA mix.

[@rcambida]

I’m so happy that Queen Letizia of Spain’s Filipino roots were recognized. During that time, Spaniards born in the Philippines were called “Filipinos”. Kudos again to a wonderful video.

[@ashley_ncd]

I was shocked when queen letizia is a half Filipino i thought she is pure blood spanish

[@Lacteagalaxia]

@@ashley_ncd Phillipnes is a Spanish colony more Spaniards living in this time in Phillipines and they Spaniards married each other .

[@MarieFirst]

@@Lacteagalaxia So she is in reality spanish and not filipino. Her spanish ancestors only lived in the Philippines

[@laikacons]

That’s true! Society can learn a thing or two from Filipinos when it comes to reclaiming their roots

[@Mar-wc4th]

Filipinas?😂

[@sugarsauce2435]

It also makes more sense why militaries of the world all seem to have the same or VERY similar looks and why their medals and regalia look the same.

[@paulathepoodlelover]

When Prince William ascends to the British throne, the UK will return to a Jacobite kingdom via Princess Diana's distant Stuart bloodline. Go Scotland! No need to argue some obscure point with me. My family left in 1745 when we were dispossessed. As founding US citizens, we will support William as a Jacobite dream come true. Thank you.

[@Chuck0856]

No, the Jacobites were Catholic pretenders William is nothing of the sort.

[@paulathepoodlelover]

@@Chuck0856 Yes but WE are still Catholic, and proud citizens rather than mere subjects. 'Thank God Almighty We Are Free At Last.' ~Mlk Jr While William may not be perfect, he's much preferred over the other lines. We have the Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon to thank for her infusion of Scottish heritage, along with Queen Elizabeth II for her love of the Highlands. Their religious ancestors were more Trumpian than I would like but ... if I were Queen, there'd be some changes made.

[@jmillar71110]

​@@paulathepoodleloverAlmost 2 thirds of Scots wish to abolish the monarchy and have an elected head of state. The monarchy isn't popular in Scotland at all😂

[@gogreen7794]

The current royal family of the UK is descended from the Stuart dynasty through Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James VI of Scotland, James I of England. No Catholic descendents of the Jacobites are going to be restored to the throne of the UK, as decreed hundreds of years ago. Why do you care? Let it go!

[@nancymoore1240]

​@@jmillar71110 That isnt what I hear from Scottish commenters. I also heard that 2/3 of Scots wanted to secede from the UK. So they held an election. The vot was to stay within the UK. Dont believe everything you make up.

[@rondebruijn1145]

What makes you say Willem 1 was 25% Dutch. Both his parents were German and so where all of his grandparents. That would make them 100% German right? What am I missing?

[@vitorhugoarriel369]

as a brazilian I LOVE to watch videos of Queen Silvia speaking portuguese she is so chic and smart

[@mgeez6147]

Who is queen Silvia?

[@patriciaboyd2681]

Queen of Sweden 🇸🇪

[@costernocht]

Fascinating - thank you. But isn't Zorreguieta a Basque name?

[@TheLiebde]

Yes, Queen Máxima has basque ancestors.

[@estrellagarciazamora8721]

I don't think Isabel II had any kids with her husband, so there might be more Spanish blood from Alfonso XII onwards than it's official.

[@melissacorbett4180]

Totally! Francisco was gay, which is undoubtedly part of the reason why Isabel II had so many affairs with different royal advisers. It was also probably why her husband acknowledged the resulting children even though they weren't his own. I'd love it if Lindsay would do a video about Isabelle II talking about all of the shenanigans 😅

[@estrellagarciazamora8721]

@@melissacorbett4180 Some new blood for the family, though!

[@thedorkone1516]

My main takeaway here is that the German states main export pre WW1 was Consorts.

[@tjs114]

Or, that there were so many German States that they could supply a plethora of daughters to choose from. Really want to watch people go wibbly? Try looking at all of the little quasi-royal families that India has had over the centuries.

[@LenaFerrari]

If Charlotte was black, so am I (and I'm blond with green eyes)! My black ancestry is way closer than hers (5-6 generations) and in two separate instances It's the one drop rule (racist enough by itself) pushed to crazy extremes