NEWSJohnny Depp Has Royalty Blood — His Cousin is Queen Elizabeth!
May 16 2011, Published 2:30 p.m. ET
Forget Charlie Sheen's tiger blood. Johnny Depp has taken things to a whole new level with his royalty blood. Turns out, he is actually cousins with her majesty, Queen Elizabeth!
OK! GALLERY: JOHNNY DEPP & PENELOPE CRUZ SHINE AT PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN UK PREMIERE!
The Pirates of the Caribbean star is most likely 20th cousins with the queen. This means they share a great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather. Got it?
OK! GALLERY: JOHNNY DEPP & PENELOPE CRUZ MOUSE AROUND AT PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN PREMIERE
This news stems from the BBC show, Who Do You Think You Are? According to the Daily Mirror (via Huffington Post), the connection steps back to 600 years to an unconfirmed marriage in Yorkshire, England. Nick Barratt, the show's geneaologist explained, "I believe the balance of probability is that there is indeed a link between Depp and the royals —though I doubt we'll ever be able to prove it 100 percent."
