Boris Finds Out He's Related To King George II | Who Do You Think You Are
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- Boris finally gets hold of the hidden records of his 3x great-grandmother Karoline von Rothenburg who was the illegitimate daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg, a descendant of King George II of Great Britain and King Frederick William I of Prussia. Will Boris embrace his Royal Family connections?
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Boris Johnson is a mix of English, Turkish, Russian, Lithuanian, German, French, Prussian, Swedish and basically every country in Europe. This man has a heritage more diverse than the food selection in an American fridge.
LMAOO
Actually all royalty are related and it doesn't make them diverse at all.
@@LoveBeliefTruth Well, diverse in terms of their nationality. Their family trees go in a circle.
And despite that he's the most devoted Brexiteer. What a pity
And his wife is indian
TH-cam: yeah let's recommend this when Boris is PM
Its because he is trending. Its not a conspiracy. Elvis is dead. We did land on the moon and the earth is not flat.
@@stevenfearn85 we didn't land on the moon and the earth is flat. Elvis was resuscitated and works part-time at my local pub.
Look, he's such a bumbling fool! It's wonderful. What could be better as a PM of the UK than a clown? A Turkish German clown. Wonderful.
You know, given that the banksters own and therefore rule the planet
Sorry, *the World. As George Carlin said: the planet is fine, it's us, we are f****d :-)
He is PM now .
So when Boris has an audience with the Queen, they should address each other as 'cousin'.
Yes seventh cousin.
Yessss 😂😂😂😂
No not recognized ad illigitamate.
Hadn't thought of that angle!
His female ancestor was illigitimate and was not allowed to use the family name that Boris is flashing around.
“This just in, PM Boris Johnson now claims the throne of england for himself after being ousted from parliament- Tune in for more”
Emperor,Boris,the,first,ruler,of,free,europe.
...Not quite.
Your hopes of not having him in the parliament have gone well downhill for you
😂😂😂😂
The Cartogaphers society of 483 A.F .
He has been elected PM of UK as 12-12-19
By the largest majority since 1930's
Well done Boris 👏🇬🇧👏🇬🇧
I wish to rename this part of the series as Justice for Granny Butters
❤
Love his sense of humour !!
“ Hoovering up of castles “
😂😂😂
To think Boris doubted Granny Butters ........
I doubted her as well i can't lie
It runs in the family
@@AfroVibez 🤣👍
5:46 basically Boris is Frederick reincarnated looking at that self portrait, it's a spitting image of him
Wow
He looks more like the picture of his nana it's just his face with long hair
😂😂😂
Boris had a fascinating family history
The Truth yep
Yeah Turkish Ottoman of England
Yes. Three wives.
There's always one.
Oh well, my Father is usually the one pointing out "the sins", so I should feel right at home. :0)
*Three Wives?! Off with 'is 'ead!*
How amazing 😍
It was sweet how the German historian enjoyed building up to his moment of revealing King George's portrait to Boris.
And had to clarify the Wales, Britain thing!
Its so funny that i dont like Boris the Politician But i Really like Boris the Person. it really is a Strange thing. not sure what you call this really lol.
This is such a classic story.
His grandmother ran away from home because she didn't want to marry a man she wasn't in love with.
Sacrificing wealth and security she then met a man and fell in love and spent the rest of her life on a farm where she started a family, and watched them grow and have grandchildren which she also helped to raise.
So much depth to her story. Very ironic to who Johnson is.
I think it was his great-great grandmother that didn't wanted to marry the man her princly father intended for her. Instead she ran to her uncle The King and got a gift (the silver) from him. I mean she was his illegitimate niece, he didn't had to give her anything. She then still managed to marry German nobility. Sad that Granny Butter will know nothing about it. She just thought they were French, because everything gentry, even petty gentry was written in French.
@@alexpond648 They probably figured some German roots, since "pfeffel" sounds rather Teutonic and not French at all.
OMG! He's distantly related to Danny Dyer!
Hahahahahahaha
And they've both been in Eastenders.
And me...lol...my family on my Dad's side.
And about every other person in England
He’s also related to David Cameron, as Cameron is a descendent of King William IV
Oh ffs! The BBC don't realise what they've done by informing him of this 🤦♂️
Very likeable bloke is Boris
DudeDad
At a party maybe.
Not so sure about him
running the country. ‼️
Thanks
DudeDad
The lesser of the two morons
What a hoot is Boris...love him or loathe him, this is one hell of a story & now he’s all set to become our next P.M.
You couldn’t make it up !
#OptoMister He's not a "hoot "as you say. If you have a point of reference for this assertion I'd love to know why ! Having done some research on him, I'm in agreement with many others. Like Trump, he is a known liar, and examples of this are on TH-cam. Save you the time of trawling through Hansard or newspapers, or the Parliament channel's archives . He'll not last, as there's no place to hide in the role of PM. He'll be forced to deal with Jacob Rees Mogg and that's not going to be easy. Perhaps Mogg has stuff on him, the blackmail is an opportunity for Mogg.
@@corryjookit7818 He's even been sacked from three jobs for lying. Here's hoping it's soon a fourth.
@@speleokeir he's going to be your PM for a long time and we are leaving the EU biatch.
@Steing Groburf Forever isn't much to a slow mind.
@@corryjookit7818 I,would,vote,for,my,neighbours,cat,if,it,got,us,out,of,europe.You,seem,to,have,no,sense,of,humour.Why,do,you,not,like,trump?
What an incredible family history! He looks like his ancestor Frederick I
Here I am the descendant of a sheep stealer whilst Boris is connected to every royal family in Europe.
Pleb
@@hanz3967 I think your father's the pleb for giving you the burden of being called Warren
You are as well. Everyone of European heritage is descended from Charlemagne
@@kathleenirish The question is always not are your related but how are you.
@@kathleenirish Hi there how’s it going
This is maybe my fave episode! Such a good trail of mysterious clues. Especially when he’s tongue tied at the Hanover reveal haha. Thank you for posting it.
I must Honestly say, till now I never liked Boris the Politician.. but after watching this series, I kind of like Boris the Person. strange feeling.
Very very witty man is Boris 😂😂😂
4:22 - A stonking great schloss
And now a stonking great majority :D
He now is PM of Britain. He’s got Royal blood. Good luck Mr. Johnson.
Omg how funny he is with the castle lol
You are not only related boris - you are a DIRECT decended - thats beautiful
You would probably be a direct descendant of some kings if you are somehow related to some kings.
@@Zenovarse No, say your mothers sister married a king, you would become blood related to their future children but not a descendant of royalty yourself.
Even in our common European home... This lad is hilarious
not so funny now though?
Well he did say he wanted to be " world king" 😁
world king kong
Felicity Joy Indeed 😁
@@clintonpachingel744 Hi please watch the arabian prophet or Christian prince on TH-cam 🔍 📣 🚡
He is Global Kunt, surely thats the same?
More like Wang King?
Fascinating! Now we know where he gets all of his traits from. Why Boris is the way he is, now makes perfect sense.
He now can claim the British Crown, for going to do it, he must have 3 things
I-Being Related to British King
II- Approval from the Tory Parlament
III-Support from British People and the Royal Armed Forces
(please people, take that as a Joke, just in case)
Perhaps there can be a bill barring...
No, I almost just took the throne from Prince Charles (which I think a lot of people would be fine with). I was thinking "no one who had The Virus" could be King. :D But Charles *and* William have had it, so much for my addition to this ;0)
@@danielbruceagra9022 His link to the crown is through an illegitimate female ancestor who was not allowed to use the family title.
Yes, and how he's a product of the powerelite that has always screwed the people.
So he is Turkish,French,German,Russian etc etc i am confused can someone bring Jerremy Kyle plz
he is related to a woman in the ancient days who had died of syphilis and buried in Switzerland.
K Aydinlik he’s mainly Turkish
Melis Corakkum ozaman Muge anliyi cagiralim
@@jamesbondy8608 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣💯
"not even granny butter in her wildest dreams could have come up with that one" - The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - makes you proud to be British innit
He remains a buffoon - interesting experiment, put an acknowledged liar into the top job - will he reach a Spencer Perceval end? Hehehe
Boris looks like both Karoline von Rothenburg and King George II
At least his grandparents didn't falsely claim they were American Indians like Elizabeth "Pocahontas" Warren. No, his weren't liars.
#facts
BFC huh?
@@bfc3057 huh?
@@bfc3057 As you wish, but I already have what I wanted! A free country! Losers like you have no more say cause we have a majority!
@@bfc3057 It does loser, it does!
I am not surprised he's got Royal blood, he looks very regal and has a certain something of authority about him.
"Das ist ein schloss!" He is funny.
He’s saying “that is a castle” in German. He sounds like a child
Also a "great, stonking schloss", lol.
Member of the aristocracy amazed to discover he's a member of the aristocracy.
He is not a member of the aristocracy. His parents aren't peers and neither is he
Most people in England are related to the old kings and queens. Danny Dyer found out he was related to Edward III and William the conqueror.
He’s the PM and was a member of parliament. And the Mayor of London prior. He’s upper middle class. This is the first he’s heard of anything aristocracy
@@mikeno8192 Wouldn't necessarily call people who were schooled at Eton middle class, upper or not
@@evacope1718 he himself is an aristocrat
5:05 I love how they start playing Zadok the Priest to play up his World King aspirations
He is also Turkish through his father. The grandfather changed his name from Kemal to Johnson taking the name of his maternal grandmother. He should be called Boris Kemal Johnson.
sounds like the name of some american Rapper or basketball player..
Wow !what a ancestry !
He'd be just Boris Kemal then
Makes sense if Boris shares the same lineage as the Mad King George III lol
Did I understand it correctly that that his (several times) great-grandma went to some German king to ask for money as she was his granddaughter, and the king went, "Here, have a kettle"?
I did a little "light reading" yesterday because I wanted to find out more about the "cast of characters".
Frederick I and Augusta Caroline had a VERY unhappy marriage. Frederick preferred men sexually and was also verbally and physically abusive. When they were at the Russian court, guests of Catherine the Great, she--Catherine the Great--expelled Frederick from Russia and Augusta Caroline remained in Russia the remainder of her life!
Prinz Paul was their youngest child and remained with his mother until he was a young adult...at which time, he became besotted with Frederika...a well-known opera singer who was also a widow with 4 children from her deceased husband.
The way I understand it, Prinz Paul did the right thing and raised Karoline on his own, naming her after himself--middle name Paulina--and 3rd name Caroline after his mother.
Having a child from a previous relationship...one he clearly doted on...caused some friction in his own marriage, so he took ALL his daughters--Karoline included--to live in Paris, leaving his sons behind with his wife in Germany. He and his wife never reconciled.
Boris did not need this ego boost
The more I learn about Boris, the more I like him. How interesting this all is! Good going bojo! Serendipitous!!
So if you think about it... Boris is distant relative of the Queen 😨
And so is the Queen. herself.
There is even more family relationship between Boris and the Queen because her grandmother, Queen Mary, also descends from the Württemberg family.
I’m a descendant of a caveman
Wooow really?
Evan cain ...your cave awaits you, dirt floor, stalagmites and stalactites, damp but cosy, you need a visa though because it's in the mountains of Afghanistan!!
Evan Walsh. So is he.
@macdonald tramp That's not fair to Fred Flintstone. Boris may be descended from a caveman but he himself is different thing beginning with C.
What evidence do you have?
He was so excited 😂😂😂 aww
Our PM is one of our great in the UK. Don't mess with him Remainers
One of our great..
Keeping us in serfdom.
@@tonyjohnmcmullen It's called a job ffs, you studying art??
"I like this King thing" lol
Born to rule, settles for governing LOL
When Boris gets bewildered at the palace ahahah
love Boris and Danny Dyer 😂🤣 get Boris a ruff too 😂🤣
He has reclaimed England! wow! it is in the blood line.
Wow striking resemblance to king Fredrick
Boris and George II's face exactly the same in the thumbnail. But so fimilar
I love Granny Butter💕
Boris seems to have a genuine almost childlike love for history and s love of life. And he has such a big brain too.
He is connected to all those European Aristocrats and he supported Brexit
i think leaving the european union will not make us less european, we are a continent not our
politics
Does he really care about anything other than himself?
Ostensibly supports Brexit
Henry VIII Brexited. Still hooked himself some EU wives.
Shared royal blood didn't stop the Europeans going to war in 1914.
And, this means that he is related to, "King Frederick The Great Of Prussia."
Wow thats actually really cool he is related to Frederickus Rex
All the monarchy of Europe are historically related
Yeah. To paraphrase George Carlin: There's a club, and we're not in it
So, there we have a system to predict who will win any given "election". Hm. One could use that to place bets. Dang. When the AI reads this there'll be another reason why us humans are f****d.
We love you Ayeye. Please don't hurt us :-)
Yes, that's what the guide explained to him after handing him the photo of George II. He listed them off, the Romanoff family, the Swedish royal family, etc.
Holy dingbats Batman. You mean powerful families who own lots of stuff work towards keeping their power? Wow
Boris is the spitting image of his 3x great-grandmother Karoline von Rothenburg .
He's the spitting image of them .
Boris can just go to the queens crib and be like ; ay sup fam, stick the kettle on bro 😨😳😎😎😨😨😨😍😂😂🤘🏻
Google US Presidents related to the Queen!
I am no expert, but I don't think that's how it works.
He basically did when he asked to be PM
haha stick the kettle on queen an run to the corner shop to get me some nice crumpet please?
Grim Daddy Dog bro it’s how it works
Look at the photo and painting they actually look similar in some ways
Really just can't begin to express my surprise on this one.
He does look like Boris Becker having never picked up a tennis racket
By looking at his eyes already tells hes related.
I'm just jealous that he's directly descended from Mary, Queen of Scots! Lol.
Why? So are half the bastards in Scotland.
@@Linz0440 No, not directly. A lot just come from the clans.
@@noahbuck7550 It was part of the Stuart strategy, to have as many children as possible, regardless of marital status or bloodline. It's clear looking at any of their lineages. They weren't always recognised but often the 'illegitimate' ones were kept within the Court and given sometimes minor nobility titles, sometimes important ones (see Princess Jeanette Stewart for a well known example. She was an illegitimate child and was Mary Quenn of Scots Governess).
@@Linz0440 Her name was Janet Stewart and she was Mary's aunt and governess. But that's still not direct relation. Which directly means grandchild, not aunt or cousin.
@@noahbuck7550 She was an illegitimate daughter of King James IV.
This is by far the most interesting story on who do you think you are!
Do they never get any working class people on there?
He looks a lot like King Frederick. Amazing heritage. Intelligent, royal, successful wao.
This man is a puzzle he has turkish(grand father), german , english and french relatives (in Limousin , France) , what else?... very interesting.
Simon KIHEKUT a true chameleon
Most British do, it's not as unusual as you think.
It was easier with Churchill, Churchill-Randolph -Churchill-Jerome-Spencer -Churchill....
He is GOD himself
Also born in New York City and eligible for election as President of the United States.
"Wales, England!"... "I mean, Wales, Britain!" x hehe
PM David Cameron is a direct descendent of George III through the illegitimate line of William IV.
Victor Cross
Winston Churchill claimed that every one of us 'native born' Brits has the blood of Edward I in our veins.
NOW things are getting tangled!
Someone should've told him that George II was just about as English as Kartoffelsalat. He barely even spoke English.
Honestly, I think he probably knows that. He's a tit but he is extremely clever.
Also, George II actually spoke quite good English for someone who learnt it late in life.
Wonderful , what a journey
The madness of king Boris
Wow! What an amazing lineage. He is of royal decent but in GB royalty cant be in politics 😆
Well anyway I can now understand why his sister said when Boris was a kid he said he will be the king of the world - there is some crazy reincarnation and gene stuff going here that's driven him to claim some form of throne. Fascinating stuff
His great-grandfather was a guy from Turkey called Ali Kamal.
Boris bumbling when he realises . Love it
Basically pm boris is royalty.
What an interesting man.I could listen to him all the time, he is such a charakter. Good luck Britain, I am sorry you want to leave the Europe Community.
European Union is a political government body, not a community
Most of us didn't want to leave. A lot of people who voted to leave, felt that they were conned and wish they'd voted to remain.
Boris seems very nice chap,I like him.I wish him the best of luck.
Omg I love him. Funny guy..
What a hilarious guy! It is kind of thrilling to find out his lineage (with a kink).
I’m related to Worzel Gummidge.
i knew you remineded me of some one thought it was old father times xxx
What a circle of life..Now he will rule Britain!!
Na, he's just another puppet.
Rule Britain??? Phaha
Now he can claim that he's the World's King
that makes no sense whatsoever
Joj Test it’s a reference to something he said many years back
‘I like it very much yaaas’ 😂😂
Love seeing the surprise look on his face.. You have to have had a feeling from your childhood. I knew I was different.
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!
He is PM now....he is charming...
I love Boris’ reactions 😂😂
I was amazed to find out I was related to Danish royalty. Fascinating stuff.
I can see the resemblance!
So glad he’s PM now 😂🇬🇧😂🇬🇧
His reaction🤣
he has the whole staff in his eyes! je l'adore , c'est la personne la plus originale d'Europe!
Our new Prime minster
No wonder Corbyn hates him ,this only happens in UK its a hoot.
Very interesting and charming man.
Disastrous pm tho
For all his faults, he is too cute ... and it's no wonder he has magnetism, character and charm. He doesn't take himself seriously either, but he does take his roles and work seriously. Wish he'd still been Mayor of London and not the sorry excuse of a mayor playing a role there now.
Katherine Cross and now he’s a king!
The current Mayor of London is a complete disaster. Time for Boris to abolish the Mayoralty and subsume the job back into central Government.
"Wales,England...Wales,Britain " 😆
Long live the best PM
Amazing the records survived WWII.
Gosh he makes me laugh..hope you're feeling much better!