13 Celebrities with Ridiculous Ties to History
If these celebs thought they were the big shots in their family tree, they were wrong.
If this doesn’t make you want to spit in a cup and mail it to some dude, we don’t know what will. And seriously, Cold Case Files, how many times can you tell the same old “this person was murdered in the 80s but now we can match DNA, so we found the killer” story?!
Sorry, back to the only other use for DNA matching. Sites like ancestry.com are incredibly useful for anyone looking to delve deeper into their family’s story. It’s just straight-up interesting. And what’s more interesting than a famous person’s link to another famous person?! Nothing. Here are 13 celebrities with ridiculous ties to history.
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Norton then boned up on his family story with a rewatching of the Disney flick.
The one family member who actually out-did Tom Hanks.
She makes a much different kind of art, but creativity definitely runs in the family.
The Olympics
Some deeply unconscious inspiration.
Okay, spin-off show idea… Sister, Sister, 13th Great-Grandfather.
Dear Diary…
Rob Lowe
Born in the Louvre?!
Survivin’ and thrivin’.
With a rebel yell. Sorry, that was another ‘80s singer’s tune.
Hilary Duff
Well, time to lead the troops into the FIRST WORLD WAR!
