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Ancestry/Genealogy

bif

(25,932 posts) Sat Jun 28, 2025, 07:08 AM Jun 28

Discovered I'm related to King Louis XVI of France!

From my 23 and me test!

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Discovered I'm related to King Louis XVI of France! (Original Post) bif Jun 28 OP

Welcome to the family JustAnotherGen Jun 28 #1

Thanks for the 23 and me idea bucolic_frolic Jun 28 #2

I wouldn't lose my head over it. bluedigger Jun 28 #3

Oh! JustAnotherGen Jun 28 #4

Good one! bif Jun 28 #5

I'm also related by marriage bif Jun 28 #6

JustAnotherGen

(35,755 posts)

1. Welcome to the family

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sat Jun 28, 2025, 07:18 AM

Jun 28

That means you are also a descendant of Henry IV.

bucolic_frolic

(51,529 posts)

2. Thanks for the 23 and me idea

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sat Jun 28, 2025, 07:49 AM

Jun 28

From genealogy researchers that I looked at 20+ years ago (lineage charts), I'm related by marriage way back when to a physician in the court of French King Francis I. He was likely at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, a summit with King Henry VIII of England.

Other ancestors include a Pilgrim sibling and a famous name back more than 1000 years, but I don't feel any different after learning these things. I feel like I didn't get the juice.