Meryl Streep Is 'Chuffed' to Learn She's Distantly Related to Anna Wintour

Meryl Streep and Anna Wintour are related!!

The 76-year-old actress and the 76-year-old former Vogue editor-in-chief, who inspired Meryl‘s character in The Devil Wears Prada are distantly biologically related, according to Ancestry.com.

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The genealogy platform has revealed that Meryl and Anna are actually sixth cousins, and are linked by their shared fifth great-grandparents, Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Kinsey.

“Well THAT explains EVERYTHING,” Meryl told EW in a written statement.