Johnny Depp is revealed as the Queen's cousin (20 times removed)

You couldn't make this stuff up! Johnny Depp is revealed as the Queen's cousin (20 times removed). We've heard that Lady Gaga is related to Madonna, while Obama counts Brad Pitt amongst his unlikely distant cousins. Now it has been revealed that Johnny Depp shares his ancestors with none other than the Queen. The pair are cousins, 20 times removed, a genealogist researching Depp's family tree has revealed. Don't see much of a resemblance myself!



Hollywood actor Depp, 47, is descended from the Deppes family - French Huguenots living in 14th Century England. Dr Nick Barratt, who works on the British version of Who Do You Think You Are?, told the Sunday Mirror: 'You have to go back more than 500 years to reach the point where his ancestors become royal.'



So now we know!

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