A surprising genealogical link discovered by The Daily Mail says that President Donald Trump and Britain's King Charles III are distant cousins through shared ancestry.
The Daily Mail has uncovered a newly traced family tree that connects Trump's lineage to European royal bloodlines.
Trump's ancestry also connects him to the royal houses of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.
The reported link stems from Trump’s maternal ancestry, which traces back to Scotland, and intersects with aristocratic lineages connected to the British royal family.
The third Earl of Lennox, a great-grandson of King James II of Scotland, is Trump's common ancestor and the source of his royal ancestry.
A succession of King Georges, Queen Elizabeths, and a few more followed, culminating in King Charles III of the United Kingdom.
Trump's lineage comes from Lady Helen and the Earl of Sutherland, who had a daughter named Lady Jane.
Lady Jane married the chief of the Clan Mackay.
Their son, another Donald Mackay, was the first Lord Reay.
This Donald produced generations of Mackays and then McLeods.
Mary Anne MacLeod of Lewis, who immigrated to the United States in 1930, is descended from this Donald.
There, she wed Fred Trump, a real estate developer, and the two had five kids.
The fourth was Donald Trump, who was born in 1946.
This is how President Trump is King Charles III's 15th cousin.
Additionally, according to the Daily Mail, Mr. Trump and Hillary Clinton were both descended from John of Gaunt, son of Edward III, in Britain.
