Twilight Star Related To Dracula

(D.I.S.H.) Thursday, June 24th 2010

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Pattinson descended from Vlad the Impaler. For real!

Twilight star Robert Pattinson doesn't just play a vampire in the movies, he really is one! Well, maybe not. But he is related to the most famous vampire of all time!

When Bram Stoker sat down to write the classic vampire novel Dracula, he based the character on a real life Transylvanian ruler named Vlad 'The Impaler' Dracula. The 15th-century Translyvanian leader (real name Vlad 3 Dracula), who served as the inspiration for Bram Stoker's "Dracula ..

Now, research has proven that Pattinson is related to the famous madman.

Britain's Daily Telegraph reports that Ancestry.co.uk has researched the genealogical history of Pattinson's family and discovered 'an unholy connection' to The Impaler via the British Royal Family.

'Without any myth or magic, we've found royalty and vampires lurking in Pattinson's family history,' says Ancestry's international content director Dan Jones, 'making his story as supernatural as the one he's playing on the silver screen.'

The English Royal Family has long been known to have a centuries-old relation to Vlad the Impaler. Ancestry's true discovery was that Pattinson, who was born in the US, is actually a distant cousin of Princes William and Henry.

Vlad the Impaler was a dastardly and cruel man who ruled portions of Romania in the 15th century. Known for torturing and executing his enemies, Vlad is believed to have killed up to 50,000 Turks.

'Family history is all about exploring family mysteries,' says Jones. 'Whether you're looking for celebrities or even vampires, all it takes is some digging.'

Pattinson, of course, stars as vampire Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which opens June 30th.

wowww! okay, i always knew i loved my vampires enough, but THIS is "wayyy" too awesome..LOL

Well, i can see your point to a point, the media hype IS a given, no doubt. But like blood & dna, everyone still has a family tree, no matter if your a bottle-picker or Donald Trump. Careful research and facts speak for themselves.. How people actually "react" to the information they are given (no matter media-intent or convenience) is their own free choice.

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knock the ebonics off I have hard enough time reading french.