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They're distant cousins, related through Meghan's father Thomas and Harry's great-granny, the Queen Mother, reports the Mail on Sunday.

 

The families share a common ancestor, Ralph Bowes, a High Sheriff of County Durham in England in the 15th century.

His granddaughter Bridget married John Hussey and their grandson Christopher Hussey moved to the US as a settler in 1632.

He lived in what is now Massachusetts and was an ancestor of Meghan's dad.

Ralph Bowes had another grandchild, George Bowes.

He was a relative of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon who married George VI and went on to become the Queen Mother (mum to the current queen of England, Elizabeth II).

Still with us? It's all slightly complicated, but their common ancestor makes Harry and Meghan 15th cousins - not too closely related, thankfully.

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