Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton revealed to be distant cousins as family trees show they share same set of royal ancestors
- Trump, through his mother, and Clinton, through her father are related
- Pair of presidential front-runners share 18th great-grandparents
- Ancestor John of Gaunt was son of King Edward III at beginning of what became War of Roses secession debacle
Presidential candidate Donald Trump may criticize rival Hillary Clinton regularly, but the Republican and Democratic front-runners are actually distant relatives.
Both the real estate tycoon and former Secretary of State are the direct descendants of 14th century 1st Duke of Lancaster John of Gaunt and his third wife Katherine Swynford, according to the ancestry site MyHeritage.com.
Clinton claims the lineage to her 18th great-grandparents through the Rodham family of her father's side while Trump is related to her through his mother Mary Anne Macleod, who was born in Scotland.
The common relative means that the Democrat and Republican are 19th cousins.
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Ancestry site MyHeritage has discovered that the Democratic and Republican front-runners in the race for the White House, Hillary Clinton (left) and Donald Trump (Right) are distantly related through a royal ancestor
Both Clinton and Trump claim lineage to John of Gaunt, (pictured) the 14th century 1st Duke of Lancaster and son of England's King Edward III
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