CONOR McGregor, a distant relative to Kim Kardashian via Scottish royalty, is believed to be true.
33-year-old UFC star, who was offered $157m to fight Floyd Mayweather once more, seemed to be happy with the news. He tweeted his approval and said: "Welcome, to the family!"
Kardashian's mother Kris Jenner is Scottish and has ancestry through Robert Roy MacGregor, an outlaw and folk hero who was a prominent figure in Scotland and a member of one the oldest clans.
The rebel and cattle thief, who died in 1734 at the age of 63, was a part of the Jacobite Rising of 1689 and participated in the Battle of Glen Shiel (1719).
Nobleman MacGregor was featured in Rob Roy (1995), starring Liam Neeson.
According to Daily Record, this gives them a connection to Kenneth MacAlpin, the legendary first King of Scots.
Kourtney Kardashian's sister named her daughter Penelope Scotland Disick 2012, an apparent acknowledgment of their heritage north from the Hadrian's Wall.
Kim Kardashian, 38, has condemned the denials of Armenian Genocide. Kardashians are proud of their Armenian paternal heritage.
McGregor has spoken about his ancestry before, suggesting that it is what makes him the Notorious person we know today.
He tweeted in 2016: "I am simply following what my ancestors were long before me."
McGregor is from the Irish MacGregor branch and has previously spoken of his pride in his heritage.
In 2015, he stated that his family was from the Scottish Highlands and fought for independence.
"It runs in my family history, so I have become obsessed with it a little.
"It reminds me that my family is on the right path.
"We are no longer in the fields, we are now in the Octagon. We are in arenas full of thousands of people and millions of viewers.
"It gives my fight an extra motivation.
"It's something I have in me, it's something my ancestors did before me, and I'm just carrying my family name with pride."
McGregor hasn’t fought in UFC since breaking the leg against Dustin Poirier, UFC 264.
He has been offered a large payday to relive his 2017 boxing showdown with Mayweather Jr.
