Bob Odenkirk has found a new member of his family — and it’s a royal honor!
The “Better Call Saul” actor, 61, found out on a new episode of the PBS show “Finding Your Roots” that he’s actually related to King Charles III.
While Odenkirk’s spot will air Tuesday evening, Rolling Stone scored a clip from the show that featured the star learning about his lineage.
Host Henry Louis Gates Jr. divulged that the British monarch, 75, and the “Breaking Bad” alum are 11th cousins.
“That is crazy,” a shocked Odenkirk laughed.
Gates, 73, noted that he is connected to the Windsor clan through his father’s side.
Odenkirk said his dad, Walter, left the family when he was just a teenager.
Gates explained that his father’s fifth great-grandfather was born out of wedlock to Maria Catharina Bein and the Duke of Plön.
Turns out comedian Bob Odenkirk has some royal blood in his family. Lisa O'Connor/Shutterstock“I’m an American. I’m not a monarchist. I don’t believe in, uh, that,” Odenkirk said.
He went on: “You know, I feel like it’s a little twisted. I understand why society built itself around monarchs and leaders, and they passed them down through generations.”
“I understand that goes through every society, every civilization. But I think that we’ve gotten to a better place with democracy, and we should keep going down that road,” Odenkirk said.
Odenkirk and King Charles (left) are 11th cousins. Getty ImagesThe Harvard professor then told the former “Saturday Night Live” writer that he is related to Charles via the Duke of Plön.
“Well, maybe I’ll change my mind on that,” Odenkirk quipped.
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger is also featured on Tuesday’s episode, with her looking deeper into her Jewish roots.
The “Last Comic Left Standing” contestant, 40, discovers more about her Brooklyn and Jewish heritage through her great-grandmother, Esther.
Iliza Shlesinger also appears on Tuesday’s episode of “Finding Your Roots.” Getty ImagesIn a clip obtained by Kveller, she explained that while Esther wasn’t in Europe during the Holocaust, she had a brother named Lipa who was forced into a ghetto in Poland during World War II.
“Horrific . . . I know that feeling when your sibling’s in danger, especially from an ocean away,” Shlesinger said. “I can’t begin to imagine this, I don’t think I want to.”
“When you look at pictures from history, atrocities committed against your own people in particular — there’s always that pull,” she sighed. “But I never thought I had any actual connection, because I didn’t know any of that history.”
