Mountbatten

hi im 10th cousins to William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor

Graham Truesdale...

How?

can i claim anything or get a title or what

Matt Lavengood...

Wow! A tenth cousin?!

That's really not remarkable. Some of William's *first* cousins are
untitled. So, no title just because of an extremely distant
relationship.

Hal S....

10th cousin? That is so distant it doesn't mean squat.

Hal S.

Stephen Stillwell / Tom Wilding...

Well now it could -- it depends on the connexion. A Hessian relative or a
Danish one might bear a minor title.

Matt Lavengood...

True, but that wouldn't be because of their relation to Prince William,
but because of their relationship to their fathers. Being 10th cousins
to Prince William means nothing.

Matt Lavengood...

True, but that wouldn't be because of their relation to Prince William,
but because of their relationship to their fathers.

I suspect that the poster is not related at all because someone who knew he
was a 10th cousin should be able to draw out the connexion on paper (or in a
post) and this would automatically answer his own question on the title.

(Gary Holtzman) garyholtzman...

No, but Merry Christmas.

Matt Lavengood...

Well, the inheritable titles in the peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,

Stephen Stillwell / Tom Wilding...

Yes you did - but if you are his 10th cousin - how can you also be related
to his father and grandmother in the ways that you stipulated. Give us the
genealogy or get lost.

Viscount, Baron, and Baronet. Most of these titles are inheritable
through the male line, by agnatic primogeniture, meaning that the
eldest son inherits, and if there are no sons, then the eldest brother,
etc.

So, if you'd want to prove your inheritance to a title, you'd have to
prove that you are the most senior male-line legitimate descendant of a
holder of an inheritable title.

the_verminator...

It depends on how the original title was remaindered when it was
created.