US EditionMeryl Streep and Anna Wintour Are Related, Ancestry Finds
Ancestry traced the pair to fifth-great-grandparents in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and said both 76-year-old women are sixth cousins.
- On Thursday, April 2, 2026, genealogy company Ancestry confirmed that Academy Award-winner Meryl Streep and former Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour are sixth cousins, revealing the cultural icons share a bloodline.
- Streep's role as Miranda Priestly in 'The Devil Wears Prada' was long rumored to be inspired by Wintour, though Wintour told the BBC that similarities were 'for the audience and for the people I work with to decide.'
- Research by Ancestry using billions of historical records identified Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Kinsey as the pair's fifth great-grandparents, who resided in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, during the 18th century.
- Both 76-year-olds remain connected as 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' premieres on May 1, arriving 20 years after the original film debuted in 2006.
- Coincidentally, 'The Devil Wears Prada' author Lauren Weisberger grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, located 20 miles from the cousins' ancestral home and previously worked as an assistant to Wintour.
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