
Meryl Streep & Anna Wintour: Sixth Cousins
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Meryl Streep and Anna Wintour, both born in 1949, share a surprising connection as sixth cousins, tracing their roots back to Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Kinsey in Pennsylvania. This revelation adds a personal twist to Streeps portrayal of Wintour in The Devil Wears Prada, with a sequel set for May release.
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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! — Meryl Streep & Anna Wintour: Sixth Cousins. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
On April 2nd, Meryl Streep and Anna went tour, just got a family reunion twist, their six cousins, according to Ancestri's deep dive into family trees, and records. They share the same fifth-grade grandparents, Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Kinsey, who lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania back in the 18th century. This bombshell hits extra close to home because of Streep's iconic role as Miranda Priestly in the Devilware's Prada, the stiff-editor character. Widely seen as a nod to when tour herself, now the sequel is locked in for May 1st release, bringing Hathaway and Streep back. Both powerhouses were born in 1949, but their upbringing's differed, Streep and New Jersey went tour in England, yet Pennsylvania roots run, deep in their lines. Digging further, when tour's maternal grandmother, after whom she's named, hailed from Pennsylvania, and so did Streep's maternal grandfather, Harry. Rockefeller Wilkinson. Even wilder, the novel's author, Lauren Weisberger, grew up in Allentown, just 20 miles from
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