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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Molly Powell

Australian man’s DNA test reveals he’s related to Kate Middleton: ‘We both have smashing smiles!’

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An Australian man, who discovered he is a distant relative of the Princess of Wales through an AncestryDNA test, has said they both have the same “smashing smiles” and “great dress sense”.

David Willis, 54, a union organiser, who lives in Avenel in Victoria, Australia, with his partner of 18 years, Rodney Kendall, 52, found out, in 2017 after doing the DNA test, that he is Kate’s fourth cousin once removed through his mother’s working class family from Durham in the UK.

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