Conor McGregor, or maybe 'Konor', has welcomed distant relative Kim Kardashian into the family after it was claimed they are related.
The Kardashians are linked to Scottish “outlaw” Robert Roy MacGregor via his father, Kenneth MacAlpin – who is also related to the UFC fighter – according to the Daily Record.
Robert Roy was part of the Jacobite rising of 1689 and the Battle of Glen Shiel in 1719. He died aged 63 in 1734.
McGregor acknowledged the latest development in his family tree, tweeting: “Welcome to the family,” with a crossed sword emoji.
In 2012, Kardashian’s sister Kourtney named her second daughter Penelope Scotland Disick as a nod to her Highland heritage.
McGregor has previously spoken about his link to an Irish branch of the McGregor family tree, saying that his ancestry helps “reiterate he is on the right path” because they fought so hard in life.
“My family originated from the Scottish Highlands, they fought for their independence,” he told Fox in 2015. “It's something that runs in my family's history, I've become obsessed with that a little bit.
“It reiterates to me that I am on the correct path my family was on before me. It gives me added motivation to fight.
“It's something that is in me, it is something that my ancestors have done before me and I am simply carrying my family's name with pride.”
