{"id":104312,"date":"2019-09-11T13:30:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T20:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=104312"},"modified":"2019-09-11T13:08:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T20:08:17","slug":"look-whos-related-the-backstreet-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/look-whos-related-the-backstreet-boys-104312.html","title":{"rendered":"Look Who&#8217;s Related: The Backstreet Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geni&#8217;s parent company,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myheritage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MyHeritage<\/a>,\u00a0partnered with\u00a0the Backstreet Boys to\u00a0dive into their DNA to discover their ancestral origins.\u00a0One of the most successful\u00a0musical groups in history, the Backstreet Boys\u00a0recently released their ninth studio album\u00a0<em>DNA<\/em> and are in the midst of their DNA World Tour.<\/p>\n<p>In promotion of their latest album, the entire group (AJ McLean, Howie Dorough, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Nick-Carter\/6000000015701291293\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Carter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Kevin-Richardson\/6000000048389780247\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Richardson<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Brian-Littrell\/6000000048384709977\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Littrell<\/a>) took a MyHeritage DNA test to learn more about\u00a0where their families come from.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BSB_2.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104314 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BSB_2-600x315.png\" alt=\"BSB_2\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BSB_2-600x315.png 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BSB_2-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BSB_2.png 1115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch\u00a0the Backstreet Boys&#8217; reaction\u00a0to\u00a0learning their MyHeritage DNA results:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IMbua-mHgMk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>In light of their recent discoveries, we thought it would be fun to take a look at the group&#8217;s connections in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/worldfamilytree\" target=\"_blank\">Geni&#8217;s World Family Tree<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Together for over 25 years, the pop group has become like family. In fact, Brian and Kevin are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/path\/Brian-Littrell+is+related+to+Kevin-Richardson?from=6000000048384709977&amp;path_type=blood&amp;to=6000000048389780247\" target=\"_blank\">first cousins<\/a>! What they might not realize is that they are also related to Nick. It turns out Nick is their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/path\/Brian-Littrell+is+related+to+Nick-Carter?from=6000000048384709977&amp;path_type=blood&amp;to=6000000015701291293\" target=\"_blank\">15th cousin twice removed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/path\/Brian-Littrell+is+related+to+Nick-Carter?from=6000000048384709977&amp;path_type=blood&amp;to=6000000015701291293\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104315 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BrianL_NickC-600x332.png\" alt=\"BrianL_NickC\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BrianL_NickC-600x332.png 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BrianL_NickC-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BrianL_NickC.png 942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kevin and Brian learned they had\u00a0large percentages of\u00a0English ancestry. With branches going back to the UK, we took a look at their connection to the British royal family. Queen Elizabeth II is Kevin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/path\/Kevin-Richardson+is+related+to+Elizabeth-II-Queen-of-the-United-Kingdom?from=6000000048389780247&amp;path_type=blood&amp;to=6000000003075071669\" target=\"_blank\">15th cousin twice removed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/path\/Kevin-Richardson+is+related+to+Elizabeth-II-Queen-of-the-United-Kingdom?from=6000000048389780247&amp;path_type=blood&amp;to=6000000003075071669\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104317 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KevinR_QueenElizabethII-600x375.png\" alt=\"KevinR_QueenElizabethII\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KevinR_QueenElizabethII-600x375.png 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KevinR_QueenElizabethII-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KevinR_QueenElizabethII.png 942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Nick was\u00a0amused to discover that he was 11.7% Scandinavian, a large\u00a0portion of his ethnicity estimate showed that he was 62.6% North &amp; West European. We took a look at his connection to one of the most influential figures in history, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Charles-Darwin\/6000000001779353747\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Darwin<\/a>. Darwin&#8217;s theory of evolution\u00a0by natural selection and\u00a0proposal that all life descended from\u00a0a common ancestor change the world&#8217;s understanding of nature. Darwin is Nick&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/path\/Nick-Carter+is+related+to+Charles-Darwin?from=6000000015701291293&amp;path_type=blood&amp;to=6000000001779353747\" target=\"_blank\">9th cousin 6 times removed<\/a>. Their common ancestor is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Sir-Richard-Rich-Lord-Chancellor-of-England\/6000000007606890500\" target=\"_blank\">Sir Richard Rich, Lord Chancellor of England<\/a>, who is Nick&#8217;s 14th great grandfather and Darwin&#8217;s 8th great grandfather.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/path\/Nick-Carter+is+related+to+Charles-Darwin?from=6000000015701291293&amp;path_type=blood&amp;to=6000000001779353747\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104319 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NickC_CharlesDarwin-600x308.png\" alt=\"NickC_CharlesDarwin\" width=\"600\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NickC_CharlesDarwin-600x308.png 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NickC_CharlesDarwin-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NickC_CharlesDarwin.png 942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2011, the group embarked on a highly successful joint tour with New Kids on the Block, the popular boy band\u00a0from the late 80&#8217;s and early 90&#8217;s. Although they may not have known it at the time, the joint venture was a little bit of a family affair. New Kids on the Block member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Donnie-Wahlberg\/6000000008330834592\" target=\"_blank\">Donnie Wahlberg<\/a> is Nick&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/path\/Nick-Carter+is+related+to+Donnie-Wahlberg?from=6000000015701291293&amp;path_type=blood&amp;to=6000000008330834592\" target=\"_blank\">17th cousin once removed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/path\/Nick-Carter+is+related+to+Donnie-Wahlberg?from=6000000015701291293&amp;path_type=blood&amp;to=6000000008330834592\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104320 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NickCarter_DonnieWahlberg1-600x382.png\" alt=\"NickCarter_DonnieWahlberg\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NickCarter_DonnieWahlberg1-600x382.png 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NickCarter_DonnieWahlberg1-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NickCarter_DonnieWahlberg1.png 942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How are you related to the Backstreet Boys?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geni&#8217;s parent company,\u00a0MyHeritage,\u00a0partnered with\u00a0the Backstreet Boys to\u00a0dive into their DNA to discover their ancestral origins.\u00a0One of the most successful\u00a0musical groups in history, the Backstreet Boys\u00a0recently released their ninth studio album\u00a0DNA and are in the midst of their DNA World Tour. In promotion of their latest album, the entire group (AJ McLean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, and Brian Littrell) took a MyHeritage DNA test to learn more about\u00a0where their families come from. Watch\u00a0the Backstreet&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/look-whos-related-the-backstreet-boys-104312.html\"><span>Read the full story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":104313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3751],"tags":[6968,5621,6822,481],"class_list":["post-104312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun-with-genealogy","tag-backstreet-boys","tag-myheritage","tag-myheritage-dna","tag-world-family-tree"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104312"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104330,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104312\/revisions\/104330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}