The royal wedding is just a few short months away, but it looks like Prince William and Kate Middleton might need to add an extra seat for the bride-to-be's newly discovered family member: Ellen DeGeneres.

"Hold onto your crumpets, everybody," the talk show host said on her show as she shared the news in a segment titled 'Ye Olde Wedding Watch,' according to E! Online.

DeGeneres received a letter from the New England Genealogical Society -- which she joking thought was a letter from her "lady doctor" -- revealing she was in fact a distant cousin of Middleton.

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