When Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce started dating, they were quickly crowned as "America's royal couple," and now that they're engaged, the "royal wedding" memes can't stop coming. Would I buy a commemorative china plate with their faces on it? You betcha. However, it turns out the jokes aren't exactly that far off, as MyHeritage.com has revealed that both Swift and Kelce are related to European kings from long ago.
The Kansas City Chiefs player is the eighth cousin 11 times removed of Britain's King George I, while Swift is the eighth cousin 11 times removed of King Louis XIV of France. Royal expert and researcher Naama Lanski of MyHeritage.com tells Marie Claire that the discovery "means that both share common ancestors with those monarchs many generations back."
