Duchess ‘related to Jane Austen’
Ancestry.com said that the new Duchess of Cambridge and the author of “Pride and Prejudice” are 11th cousins, six times removed due to their 15th century common ancestor Henry Percy, who was the 2nd Earl of Northumberland.
The family history research group said the connection was fitting given Austen’s many female characters who fall in love with, or aspire to marry, men of higher rank.
