Are you related to the British Prime Minister?

When Gordon Brown stood down as British Prime Minister on Tuesday, HM the Queen asked David Cameron to form a new government, making him the 12th Prime Minister of her reign.

Many are now having fun working out if they are related to him, or to his wife Samantha, nee Sheffield. Both families are descended from nobility, and, indeed, from royalty.

Using my home software, Legacy, I find I am an 11th cousin, but my online genealogy programme, TNG, calculates it at 9th cousin, 3 times removed. Perhaps it does not go back far enough to find a direct route? Anyway, I am not expecting a telephone call to join them for tea in the Downing Street garden.

David Cameron's line is shown below; Samantha's can be found in our genealogy section.

Genwise is on a go slow, and will not load up the ancestry chart! I will try later, but meantime it can be found here>>>