If the rumours are anything to go by, Meghan Markle is about to become a bona fide member of the royal family. But according to her genealogical records, the 36-year-old actress has been tied to the Windsors for centuries.

Australian teacher and amateur historian Michael Reed told The Telegraph he was studying the modern royal family when he allegedly stumbled across a connection between the Suits star and the Tudors – but that connection isn’t exactly the friendliest.

Reed traced Meghan’s family tree back to John Plantagenet, a King of England who lived between 1166 and 1216. In that same line was John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, born in 1465.

Lord Hussey had a storied career which saw him knighted by Henry VIII for his diplomatic efforts at the Battle of Blackheath and made esquire of the body and chamberlain to Princess Mary. He was even present at the christening of Princess Elizabeth.

But Lord Hussey’s close friendship with the royals came to an abrupt end after he was unable to put down the Pilgrimage of Grace, a 1536 rebellion against the king.

As a result, his loyalty was called into question. He was found guilty of treason, imprisoned in the Tower of London and eventually beheaded.

So, how does this connect Meghan to the royals? Well, Lord Hussey was the great-great-great grandfather of Captain Christopher Hussey, who became one of the Founding Fathers of Nantucket after leaving London in the 1650s.

Ten generations later, Thomas W. Markle married Doria Ragland and gave birth to Rachel Meghan Markle in 1981.