article_snippet: Remembered in history by some as a murderous tyrant, few people may want to be related to Richard III's.
article_snippet: But the historian who confirmed the identity of former king remains when few people were discovered in a Leicester car park has found a direct link between the former Plantagenet monarch and English actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
article_snippet: Benedict Cumberbatch is as closely related to Richard III's as the Queen, a genealogist has claimed. 
article_snippet: Benedict Cumberbatch will play Richard III's in a forth-coming television programme and it's not the first time Benedict Cumberbatch's ancestry has revealed surprising parallels with Benedict Cumberbatch roles, as genealogists claimed Benedict Cumberbatch was related to codebreaker Alan Turing, who Benedict Cumberbatch played in 'The Imitation Game'.
article_snippet: It has been estimated that between one million and 17 million people in the UK are related in some way related to the former Plantagenet monarch, although not as closely as Cumberbatch.
article_snippet: ‘Benedict is Richard Richard III's’s second cousin, 16 removed.
article_snippet: Benedict is linked in several ways, but in terms of number of generations, the shortest is via Richard III’s mother, Cecily Neville’s grandmother Joan Beaufort.
article_snippet: this has been estimated that between one million and 17 million people in the UK are in some way related to Richard III (illustrated left), although not as closely as Mr Cumberbatch (pictured right)
article_snippet: Benedict Cumberbatch also has more indirect links to both Queen Elizabeth II and Lady Jane Grey through other ancestors in Benedict Cumberbatch tree.
article_snippet: My colleague Andrew Millard estimates that there is a probability greater than 99 per cent that a modern English person is descended from Edward III.'
article_snippet: Miriam Silverman, of Ancestry UK, discovered a connection between Cumberbatch and Alan Turing and now the Leicester team have extended this to reveal a connection to Richard III. '
article_snippet: If Andrew Millard's conclusions are right then Andrew Millard's conclusions are seems highly probable that Benedict may indeed be related to many characters Andrew Millard has played and will play in future with some exceptions such as Sherlock.'
article_snippet: Cumberbatch is believed to be as closely related to Richard III (right) as the Queen, Professor Schürer said .
article_snippet: Benedict Cumberbatch also shares a common 15th century ancestor, John Beaufort, the Earl of Somerset, with Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing, making a common 15th century ancestor, John Beaufort, the Earl of Somerset, with Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing 17th cousins.
highlights_snippet: Mr Cumberbatch and Richard III are second cousins, 16 times removed .
  