Oh. Oh no.
In a horrible twist on life imitating art, it has emerged that ‘Game of Thrones‘ sweeties and newly-engaged couple Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are in fact, well… kinda related.
According to Wikipedia, Harington, who plays everyone’s favourite short and brooding hero Jon Snow, is a direct descendent of Charles II of England.
mm, kingly
Rose Leslie, who played Jon’s (tragically murdered by that little shit Ollie) love interest Ygritte, is – also a direct descendent of Charles II of England.
https://twitter.com/sophwilkinson/status/912980475932704768
In the couple’s defence, that means that they are only distant, distant cousins and probably nowhere near the Targaryen-level aunt/nephew incest danger zone.
STILL. It’s almost impossible not to think that George R. R. Martin, that monster, is somehow behind this.
I feel duty bound to reveal that Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are distant cousins. They’re both descendants of Charles II. pic.twitter.com/q8ms4JjCwN
— Rebecca Rideal (@RebeccaRideal) September 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/lindsayshuttle/status/887669504460730368
Kit and Rose are related now that’s like a true Targaryen 😂😂
— No One (@thisweirdlife) September 29, 2017
So Kit Harrington and Leslie Rose are related. Talk about staying in characters… 😏 https://t.co/vXcXIwCCLl
— Sha ❁ (@imagishary) September 29, 2017
Really hope Kit Harington and Rose Leslie have checked they’re not related in some way. Always worth checking,
— Gareth P Jones (@jonesgarethp) September 27, 2017
(How very prescient of you, Gareth.)
To be absolutely fair, though, we really should have seen this coming. Kit Harington is the son of a baronet, for Christ’s sake, and Rose Leslie grew up in a castle (which you can rent via Airbnb, just FYI). All English royals and royal-adjacents are basically one step away from hillbilly levels of inbred. Basically, we should count ourselves lucky that Leslie and Harington are only distant cousins.
As should their future children. Good lord.
