Meryl Streep & Anna Wintour: Cousins in Devil Wears Prada Sequel

On April 2nd, Merrill Streep is back as the icy fashion boss, Miranda Priestly in the

Devilware's Prada sequel, facing off again with Anne Hathaway.

But get this, a new study from Ancestry.com just dropped that Streep in real-life vogue

editor Anna Windtour, our sixth cousins.

Their family trees link up through folks named Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Kinsey.

Ancestry dug through billions of records and public trees to make the match.

Both women were born in 1949, Streep on June 22nd, and Windtour on November 3rd, just

five months apart.

Streep called it, perfect, saying it all makes sense now, and she's thrilled about the

news.

Fans are buzzing because Windtour inspired the whole story.

Lauren Weisberger, who worked at Vogue, based the novel on her tough style, and the movie

nailed it down to recreating her office for the fictional, runway magazine.

These members have shared laughs over how spot on it felt back in 2006.

They filmed part of the sequel in Italy last year, and Streep's crew even hung with Windtour

at a fashion show.

She's not showing up on screen though, and she's stepping down as Vogue's top editor soon.

The sequel hits theaters, May 1st, tying this wild family twist right back to the fashion

world's favorite villain origin story.

That's the story for today.

Entertainment and celebrity news today, driven by AI, I'm Corey with The Story.