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well not really:rolleyes: but had to read it anyway and i hate robert pattison:confused:.

its from msn.

http://movies.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=153896524&ocid=today


Robert Pattinson isn't the only famous vampire in his family.

Genealogists say the 24-year-old Twilight star is related to Vlad the Impaler, widely cited as the inspiration for the main character in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Researchers at Ancestry.com discovered that Pattinson and the Transylvanian leader (real name: Vlad III Dracula) are connected through their relationship to the British royal family. Prince William and Prince Harry are Pattinson's distant cousins; Vlad the Impaler was their distant uncle.

"Tracing Pattinson's family back to Vlad was difficult research, but the pieces that unravelled created the perfect accompaniment to the Twilight Saga," said Anastasia Tyler, a genealogist at Ancestry.com.

"Without any myth or magic, we find royalty and vampires lurking in Pattinson's life - making his story just as supernatural as the one he's playing on screen."

The latest big-screen instalment in the popular vampire saga, Eclipse, opens on Friday July 9.


hmmm......

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    Ricky D GervaisRicky D Gervais Posts: 2,429
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    "Without any myth or magic, we find royalty and vampires lurking in Pattinson's life - making his story just as supernatural as the one he's playing on screen."
    Apparently unable to understand that, as vampires are fictional, his story is in no way "supernatural".
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 993
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    "Without any myth or magic, we find vampires "

    :confused:

    :cool::D:cool:
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    ellie1997ellie1997 Posts: 942
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    Ricky D Gervais wrote: »
    Apparently unable to understand that, as vampires are fictional, his story is in no way "supernatural".


    not strictly true. Whilst modern vampire stories are most definitely fictional they do hold some fragment of truth passed down from folklore etc

    You can trace the Vampire story/myth right back to the Egyptians and even in modern day Transylvania its not unusual for a grave to be disturbed and the body to be staked ;)
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    Dennis CDennis C Posts: 1,716
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    ellie1997 wrote: »
    not strictly true. Whilst modern vampire stories are most definitely fictional they do hold some fragment of truth passed down from folklore etc

    You can trace the Vampire story/myth right back to the Egyptians and even in modern day Transylvania its not unusual for a grave to be disturbed and the body to be staked ;)

    Google for Countess Elizabeth Bathory - the real Countess Dracula!! The most evil woman in history, and hardly anyone today has ever heard of her! :eek:
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    ellie1997ellie1997 Posts: 942
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    Dennis C wrote: »
    Google for Countess Elizabeth Bathory - the real Countess Dracula!! The most evil woman in history, and hardly anyone today has ever heard of her! :eek:

    I have. I wrote my thesis on Vampire mythology/history and its relationship with today's so called 'sexy' Vampires.
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    Ricky D GervaisRicky D Gervais Posts: 2,429
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    ellie1997 wrote: »
    not strictly true. Whilst modern vampire stories are most definitely fictional they do hold some fragment of truth passed down from folklore etc

    You can trace the Vampire story/myth right back to the Egyptians and even in modern day Transylvania its not unusual for a grave to be disturbed and the body to be staked ;)
    Well of course there were/are mentalists throughout the ages who believed in such nonsense enough to do questionable things to graves and/or bodies, but clearly I meant there was no basis to the supernatural elements, thus that word could not be applied to Robert Pattinson or his family history.
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