Cumberbatch related to author of Sherlock Holmes books
Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the titular character in the TV series 'Sherlock', is related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the books on the fictional character 'Sherlock Holmes', as per 'Ancestry.com'. The website claims that Cumberbatch and Doyle are related via a 14th century English nobleman, who was Cumberbatch's 17th great-grandfather and Doyle's 15th great-grandfather. 