Strange either way
Ancestry.com has done a bit of digging and found what might be a curious familial link.
From John Farrie, writing at
Neatorama:
Twilight Star's Genealogy Traces Back to Historical Dracula
The legend of Dracula was inspired by the 15th Century Romanian warlord Vlad the Impaler. Researchers at Ancestry.com recently discovered that Robert Pattinson, the actor who plays the sparkly vampire Edward in the Twilight series, is related to him:Researchers at Ancestry.com discovered that Pattinson and the Transylvanian leader (real name: Vlad III Dracula) are connected through their relationship to the British royal family. Prince William and Prince Harry are Pattinson�s distant cousins; Vlad the Impaler was their distant uncle.
�Tracing Pattinson�s family back to Vlad was difficult research, but the pieces that unraveled created the perfect accompaniment to the Twilight Saga,� said Anastasia Tyler, a genealogist at Ancestry.com. �Without any myth or magic, we find royalty and vampires lurking in Pattinson�s life � making his story just as supernatural as the one he�s playing on screen.�
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Nerd Bastards
Regardless of whether this is fact or fabrication, an interesting idea...
Posted by DaveH at June 25, 2010 8:37 PM