What do pop queen Madonna, Canadian singer Celine Dion, Angelina Jolie, and the Prince of Wales’ mistress Camilla Parker-Bowles have in common? One genealogist claimed that they are all related. The late American genealogist William Addams Reitwiesner found that Bowles’ great-grandparents from nine generations ago were also ancestors of the two singers. The relevant individuals, …
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Madonna, Celine Dion, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Camilla Parker-Bowles: All Relatives
What do pop queen Madonna, Canadian singer Celine Dion, Angelina Jolie, and the Prince of Wales’ mistress Camilla Parker-Bowles have in common? One genealogist claimed that they are all related. The late American genealogist William Addams Reitwiesner found that Bowles’ great-grandparents from nine generations ago were also ancestors of the two singers. The relevant individuals, …
Ask Amy: My Cousins Were Deluded About Their Ancestry, and I Want to Learn the Whole Story
There is an interesting genealogy and DNA-related question and answer published in the “Ask Amy” syndicated advice column that may interest genealogists and DNA experts everywhere. Amy Dickinson received the following question from a reader: Dear Amy: I’ve been into genealogy for over 20 years. I’m the keeper of my father’s side of the family …