Sharon Stone: Family roots are enough for Charlemagne

Charlemagne (747 or 748-814) is not only considered the “father of Europe”. From now on it is also related to Sharon Stone (66) – if only in a 38th degree. This was now found out by the US TV show “Finding Your Roots”. The Hollywood star was literally open to the mouth of this amazing revelation. And the program’s experts discovered another historically significant personality in Stones’s series.

Since 2012, “Finding Your Roots” has been taking care of the family trees of their prominent guests. In his latest edition, the parentage experts from the PBS format Sharon Stone’s ancestral gallery researched-with surprising findings that made the Hollywood diva speechless. “Charlemagne is your great-grandfather in the 38th degree,” said moderator Henry Louis Gates Jr. and jokingly added: “He was a common guy.” Stone showed himself “completely out of the house”: “If you want to see someone who is completely amazed, look at my face.”

Charlemagne ruled as King of Franconia in today’s France from 768 AD until his death in 814. During this time he shaped the political development of the European continent like hardly any other historical person. Among other things, Charlemagne introduced administrative reforms and contributed to improving trade through the standardization of weights, dimensions and tariffs. His work therefore brought him the nickname “father of Europe”.

But that’s not all: “Sharon’s family tree drips from history,” said the moderator. “Her great -grandfather third degree emigrated from England to Pennsylvania. He became miner and fought in several big battles on the Union’s side during the American civil war.” When Stone found out, she broke out in tears. And Stone’s family tree contains another prominent name that amazed the actress again: she even comes from two kings. Her great -grandfather 31st degree was Hugh Capet. The successor to Charlemagne from the 10th century made Paris the center of power in France.

However, Stone is not the only celebrity in which connections to Charlemagne were discovered. As early as 2016, Sir Richard Branson (74) broken with the “extraordinary family fact” of his connection. However, it should be noted fairly: 2017 showed the descent expert Professor Adam Rutherford (50) from the University of College London that “literally everyone from Europe has a direct descent from Charleman. Celebrities simply have the opportunity to prove this. The research of his team showed that practically everyone who lived in Europe in the 10th century and in front of it was related to everyone who lives on the same continent today.