Australian man’s DNA test has revealed that he's related to prince William's wife Kate Middleton: report
An man, who reportedly discovered he's a distant relative of Kate Middleton through an AncestryDNA test, has shared interesting things about him and the Princess of Wales.
An Australian native, named David Willis, did a DNA test that said he is Prince William's wife Princess Kate's fourth cousin once removed through his mother’s working class family from Durham in the UK.
The 54-year-old, whose friends now call him a "queen", hopes to
one day meet her in person, and joked he might "extend (his) invitation to
Kate".
But, despite the genetic evidence, David’s mum "still
won’t believe him", as she "always understood (their) roots to be working
class", but his cousins "are loving" the royal connection, according to a
report.
On David’s father’s side, he has discovered that “they
were a boat full of convicts”, so he now likes to jokingly refer to himself
as “Kate’s convict cousin”.
"I thought, what do Kate Middleton
and I have in common? We both have smashing smiles, great dress sense and
we’re distant cousins,” David said.
"I have blue blood – my
friends call me a queen – I truly am!"
David began researching
his family history more than 20 years ago, he explained: "I’m a bit of an
amateur historian. When Ancestry started – I’ve been involved for probably
18 to 19 years – I was able to access materials, resources and documents
that in the past I would have had to have travelled to England to gain
access to, so I was able to do that all online."
“I researched my family on both sides, and that’s when it came
up with an interesting connection.”
In 2017, it appeared as if
Kate was on David’s family tree, he said: "No one believed me – I had to
double check the paperwork, and I thought what better way of doing it than
testing my DNA through Ancestry. I was able to just submit my DNA to finally
prove and say to everybody that I got my research right."
