Is Everyone a Descendant of Royalty?

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"There is no slave who does not descend from a king, there is no king who does not descend from a slave" - Plato

I'm in line for the English throne, the Caliphate, AND the head of the teacher's union in some small town in Portugal? I'm so special!

In another 1000 years, we’re gonna see casually hyper realistic videos explaining why everyone’s related to Kanye West.

My dad (coming from a poor farmer family) traced back his lineage and found Charlemagne as well. My mom laughed at him and said: "You guys have fallen deeply".😂

So what you’re saying is I can press my claim and reform the Roman Empire?

I’m related to Aristotle, Demosthenes, and Leonidas — they’re my dad’s first cousins, and they run a souvlaki grill a couple of blocks down from my place.

On the subject of being hard to name second cousins: a friend of mine is in fact the result of a marriage between two second cousins. They didn't know they were second cousins until it was time to get married, the families all got together and realized a common long dead ancestor existed (almost inevitable as well, since the two families came from two close villages)

I always thought the 6° of separation would make a really fun show where people around the world could try to find the connection between them or someone picks a random celebrity and does the same. I think it’s fascinating And I wish someone would do it :-)

The Hapsburgs don’t have a family tree. They have a family circle.

I wish it was possible to make a family tree of literally everyone to live

I found one of these convergences in my family tree. I was tracking one line and it went back to Anne of Glouchester from one of her marriages. Then I was tracing another line and there she was again from another marriage. I thought at the time, my tree is shrinking. My wife joked about me "descending from royalty," but I said at the time "everyone descends from royalty if you go back far enough." Thanks for the explanation.

I'm actually my own third cousin, that's why I look so much like myself.

Hello, my royal cousins!

Just have to say, this video is incredibly well done. Lots of important ideas communicated very clearly, great imagery, great examples, great narration. Awesome stuff

I'm Indonesian, and family last name is not a thing in my country, some ethnics have it but not the majority, so it's even harder to track back my ancestors. My mom is from a small village in the middle of nowhere, not near any port, so I just come to conclusion that my ancestors from mom's side came to the village during the hunter-gatherers time lol, not to mention almost all people in that village look identical, my mom is the first one in my family who moved out from there😭 Indonesia is disconnected from Eurasia too, for most people here, it's a small chance to have an ancestor that came from a faraway place like Europe, unless you're a mix kid with one European parent. There are many people who are the descendants of traders from Arab, India and China, they look distinctive from the majority of Indonesians, and I used to envy them cause at least they know where their ancestors came from. Also, I feel like it'd very interesting to track your ancestry if you live in a place where the Silk Road was once operated

Everyone: Every generation the number of your ancestors doubles Habsburgs: Acshually...

Fun fact: 6 degrees of separation applies exactly with regards to my parents. My parents, my grandma, and I did an ancestry DNA test and it turns out that my parents are related 6 generations back through some guy who murdered his wife. Cool!

I can't wait for 1000 years from now when we have near perfect genealogical records for almost everyone and can actually see these principles in action!

As a genealogist, I just want to say well done on explaining this complex topic.