Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Related
Benedict Cumberbatch and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 16th Cousins
Some would call it destiny, others just a mere coincidence, but the only common factor between actor Cumberbatch and writer Arthur Conan Doyle isn’t just that of the literary character of detectiveSherlock Holmes. Benedict is most known for his portrayal of a modern version of Sherlock on TV while Doyle just happened to have created the character and written a number of books on him. Now, as it turns out, these men also share the same bloodline, they are both 16th cousins! They both are descendants of one John of Gaunt, who was the son of England’s King Edward III and the first Duke of Lancaster.
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