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[magnik]

Originally Posted by iowabelle

I know we Americans really can't claim a significant contact with the family. But at one time we liked to comment on Princess Diana's American ancestry through her mother (I think a great-grandfather was either born or raised in the US). Sort of like how some of us are intrigued that the Queen shares ancestry with George Washington (or even me to Camilla or Crown Princess Pavlos).

http://web.archive.org/web/200503091...Spencer_family
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~djmur...washington.htm

George Washington and CPss Victoria
http://geneweb.inria.fr/roglo?lang=e...=0&color=&et=M
George Bush and Victoria
http://geneweb.inria.fr/roglo?lang=e...=0&color=&et=M

American Presidents and Royals http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/royal11.htm

[iowabelle]

That's it, magnik! It's surprising how these people are related, isn't it? (Or maybe not, since only the elite kept genealogical records well in the very early days, and the first American immigrants had to have a certain amount of money to make the passage.)

[Furienna]

Their common anectors are way back in history. like the 14th and 15th centuries, but yes, it's still amazing.

[NotHRH]

I have perused information just recently regarding HM Queen Silvia. This information stated HM is a descendant of Portuguese/Brazilian royalty/aristocracy? Was the information correct? Incorrect?

[Marc23]

Originally Posted by NotHRH

I have perused information just recently regarding HM Queen Silvia. This information stated HM is a descendant of Portuguese/Brazilian royalty/aristocracy? Was the information correct? Incorrect?

As one can go back she is,through her Brazilian mother,a descendant of Portugese(even some Spanish) untitled nobility...

Maybe even royalty(King Afonso III of Portugal and Maria Peres de Enxara),as it is written in wikipedia,but I can't still trace the line ;-(

[Grandduchess24]

Isn't Queen Silvia of Sweden born in Germany but of Brazilian heritage making Victoria, Carl Phillip, and Madeline part Brazilian.

[Furienna]

Her father was German and her mother was Brazilian. She was born in Germany, but lived in Brazil for many years as a child. So she's half Brazilian and her children are a quarter Brazilian.

*My 1000th post!*

[Warren]

Congratulations Furienna!