Q: What is (or was) the family relationship between … |
Indira Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi |
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None |
Andy Taylor, John Taylor, Roger Taylor (all of Duran Duran) – and the other Roger Taylor, of Queen |
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None |
Gerald and Lawrence Durrell (writers) |
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Brothers |
Charles II and James II |
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Brothers |
George IV and William IV |
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Brothers |
Showjumpers David Broome and Liz Edgar |
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Brother and sister |
Karen and Richard Carpenter (The Carpenters) |
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Brother and sister |
John Mills (Oscar–winning actor, died 2005) and Annette Mills (presenter of Muffin the Mule) |
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Brother and sister |
Cricketers Bill Edrich (Middlesex 1937–
58, 39 Tests 1938–55) and John Edrich (Surrey 1958–78, 77 Tests 1963–76) |
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First cousins |
Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard (the second and fifth of Henry VIII's six wives) |
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First cousins |
Mary II and William III (before their marriage) |
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First cousins |
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert (before their marriage) |
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First cousins |
Dionne Warwick and Whitney Houston |
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First cousins |
A. S. Byatt and Margaret Drabble |
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Sisters |
Millicent Fawcett (suffragist, commemorated in 2018 by a statue in Parliament Square) and Elizabeth
Garrett Anderson (Britain's first female doctor and first female mayor) |
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Sisters |
Mary II and Queen Anne |
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Sisters |
Judith Keppel (Millionaire and Egghead) and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall |
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Third cousins |
John and Samuel Smith (Tadcaster brewers) |
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Uncle and nephew |
Q: What relation is (or was) … |
Daphne du Maurier to George du Maurier |
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Granddaughter |
Queen Victoria to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany |
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Grandmother |
Clement Freud to Sigmund Freud |
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Grandson |
George III to George II |
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Grandson |
Kublai Khan (known in Coleridge's poem as Kubla Khan) to Genghis Khan |
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Grandson |
Louis XV of France (ruled 1715–74) to his predecessor Louis XIV (1643–1715) |
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Great grandson |
Meg and Jack White (the White Stripes) |
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Husband and wife (now divorced) |
Queen Victoria to William IV |
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Niece |
George Clooney to Rosemary Clooney |
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Nephew |
Carol Reed (film director – The Third Man 1949,
Oliver! 1968) to actor Oliver Reed |
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Uncle |