Kate Middleton is Related to...Ellen DeGeneres?

By Kelly Fisher Posted Feb 11th 2011 07:40AM

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.

See the video after the jump!

"You are distant cousins ... but cousins still the same," the letter said, claiming the future royal and talk show host are 15th cousins, related by a man named Sir Thomas Fairfax and his wife, Agnes Gascoigne.

"I'm definitely invited to the wedding now!" DeGeneres told her live audience. "Between the Packers winning the Super Bowl and this, I'm having a good week."

Middleton is set to marry Prince William on April 29 at Westminster Alley.

Watch the video of DeGeneres revealing the news on 'Ellen' below!

Tags: ellen degeneres, Kate Middleton

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Friday 11 February

By spr686

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Seriously....That's nothing to bragg about. I wouldn't want anyone to know I was related to Ellen Degenerate.

By susan

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Hey, this is FUN ! I was contacted last year by a "hobby genealogist", who had researched our family...Neither one of us knew about each other, but, our Great- Grandmothers were sisters and we had the same Great-Great grandparents. Thanks, 3rd cousin, Dave ! I enjoyed every minute of all of your research !!!!

By Barbara

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I hope Kate shares Ellen's sense of humor...with all those stuffy in-laws she's gonna need it...

By Clay O Worth iii

Your Kidding Right thats get out of here in plan languege. get real they aren't going to be Royalty Just married to it sad really there goes here talk show......lol lat...

Monday 14 February

By Prince William

"plan languege"

Did you type your reply with your forehead?

By PAM CHRZANOWSKI

The editor of this article should be fired. Westminster ALLEY? Really?

Saturday 12 February

By Mikki

BID DEAL! So Ellen is related to Kate! There are a LOT of Americans, who if they can trace their ancestry back to the first 600 settlers of this country, can make a claim to the English monarchy!

By Gordon

Too bad for Kate. She seemed so nice.

Sunday 13 February

By Blonde Ambition

It's too late for me to say "I don't care about this". Even if this is another boring article about who's related to who. At least I can ask who might be invited to this AW moment next: Ricky Martin? George Michael? Neil Patrick Harris? Melissa Etheridge?

By jeannette

I will be dumping aol I am not a liberal and I won't support any liberal. I aol gose broke. They had 45 million subcribers and now they are down to 4 million Oh now it will be 3.99 scribers I am dropping them this week.

People like you won't be missed on here. Buh-bye.

By chartman

why on earth would Kate Middleton want or even believe that she is related to ellen. if that were to be true it is one of those things that you never acknowledge to be true. does ellen really think she will be invited? i think Kate has better things to think about.

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