Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoTIL Benedict Cumberbatch is the third cousin, 16 times removed from King Richard III who he played in a British miniseries.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down126
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkTIL Benedict Cumberbatch is the third cousin, 16 times removed from King Richard III who he played in a British miniseries.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareDaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·24 days agoThink you got that backwards. [Third] cousin means distance in relation, “[N] removed” refers to how many generations apart they are.
Think you got that backwards. [Third] cousin means distance in relation, “[N] removed” refers to how many generations apart they are.