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2. Johnny Depp and Queen Elizabeth II

Johnny Depp and Queen Elizabeth.
Left: Johnny Depp on a red carpet | John Phillips/Getty Images, Right: Queen Elizabeth in a stylish purple suit. | WPA Pool/Pool

Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp is related to Queen Elizabeth II.

According to genealogist Nick Barratt of BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?, the actor and queen both share the same great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather, making them 20th cousins.

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