Talk:Your Character (The Royal Romance)/@comment-24107012-20180128045240/@comment-26543448-20181010133251

I mean, especially if their last names were like Smith or something like that. But in the case of Beaumont, it's of Norman origin, and as we all know, about 10-30% of the population is a descendant of William of Normandy (otherwise known as William the Conqueror), so being a descendant of William the Conqueror is not too far outside the realm of possibility for both Maxwell, Bertrand and your MC. Assuming WtC is their latest shared ancestor (keeping in mind William was born c. 1028, and these guys were born c. 1990, Bertrand, possibly 1988, since he's older than Maxwell), and assuming everyone had a child around age 30-40, that would be their 28 times great-grandfather (though I may have miscounted), and so they would be 29th cousins, which is WELL below sub-1% blood relation.