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Charlemagne's DNA and Our Universal Royalty (2013)
- dahart 11y agoWhen my wife was pregnant with our first son, I suddenly got curious and looked up our family trees on familysearch.org. I actually bumped into Charlemange in the tree accidentally! I went to work and started bragging to a couple of French co-workers who laughed and told me this was the joke in France: One in two people can verify they're direct descendants of Charlemange. The other half just don't know it yet.
- FuuBar 11y ago"Who Do You Think You Are" had an episode with Cindy Crawford where she found out she was a direct descendant of Charlemagne, and they made a big deal out of it (https://youtu.be/iA_UYcGDhYw?t=307 https://youtu.be/iA_UYcGDhYw?t=307).
- mhd 11y agoAnd of course there's Christopher Lee, who was so much into his heritage that he made a metal album about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne:_By_the_Sword_and_the_Cross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne:_By_the_Sword_and_...
- labster 11y agoThe website of the genealogist mentioned in one of the citations goes into more detail of who you are very likely related to. For instance, if you are a human, you are almost certainly a descendant of the Old Kingdom pharaohs. If you're a European, you're more than likely a descendant of Mohammed the Prophet as well as Charlemagne. However, this is genealogical descent, not genetic descent; genetic ratio is different (but dealt with in the OP). http://humphrysfamilytree.com/ca.html http://humphrysfamilytree.com/ca.html