Meryl Streep discovers distant relationship with Anna Wintour

Meryl Streep and Anna Wintour are distant relatives!

According to Entertainment Weekly, a new Ancestry.com found that the former Vogue head and three time Oscar Winner legend are distantly yet genetically related.

As Meryl has played the character of ruthless fashion editor Miranda Priestly in ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ a character inspired by Anna’s personality and professional endeavors, the actress said she is “chuffed” about the finding. Meryl further noted in her statement, “Well THAT explains EVERYTHING”. She gushed, “As our ancestors would say, I am chuffed!”.

Ancestry’s press release said that it found the connection through “using its billions of historical records and public family trees” that Meryl and Anna are sixth cousins through relatives named Elizabeth Kinsey and Thomas Smith.

It is pertinent to mention that Meryl and Anna both were born in 1949, Anna in November, while Meryl was born in June.

Now, as the second intallment of ‘Devil Wears Prada’ is all set to release in May, Meryl is reprising her role of fashion editor opposite Anne Hathaway.

The first film was based on writer Lauren Weisberger’s ‘Devil Wears Prada’ novel. Lauren was an ex-‘Vogue’ employee.