{"id":26546,"date":"2026-08-03T22:05:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26546"},"modified":"2026-08-03T22:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:05:39","slug":"dakota-johnson-marilyn-monroe-revealed-as-ninth-cousins-amid-flesh-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26546","title":{"rendered":"Dakota Johnson, Marilyn Monroe\u00a0Revealed as\u00a0Ninth Cousins Amid\u00a0Flesh Impact\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>Turns out\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/dakota_johnson\">Dakota Johnson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/marilyn_monroe\">Marilyn Monroe<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s lost cousin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0<em>The Lost Daughter\u00a0<\/em>actress was\u00a0confirmed to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1434413\/dakota-johnson-transforms-into-marilyn-monroe-for-flesh-impact-short-film\">starring\u00a0in the short film\u00a0<em>Flesh Impact<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>as the Hollywood legend, scientists revealed that the pair are distantly related.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir shared ancestry traces back to\u00a0<strong>Richard<\/strong>\u00a0[<strong>Tydings<\/strong>]<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Charity Tydings<\/strong>, 17th-century English settlers in Maryland,\u201d read a press release from MyHeritage. \u201cMarilyn descends from their daughter\u00a0<strong>Pretitia<\/strong>, while Dakota and [her father]\u00a0<strong>Don Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0descend from her younger sister,\u00a0<strong>Mary<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Johnson and Monroe are ninth cousins three times removed, according to a family tree created by the online genealogy platform.<\/p>\n<p>As for what inspired the MyHeritage team to dig into a familial link between the two?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a new film bringing Marilyn Monroe back into the spotlight, our research team wanted to see whether there was a deeper family connection,\u201d MyHeritage researcher\u00a0<strong>Naama Lanski<\/strong>\u00a0said in a statement. \u201cDiscovering that Dakota Johnson and Marilyn Monroe are related turns the casting into a real-life family story.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div 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