Snapshot: Catalan Newspaper Proves Lionel Messi & Bojan Krkic Are Distant Cousins

By Chris Wright

Apparently it's 'common knowledge' that Lionel Messi and former Barca striker Bojan Krkic (now of Roma) are related somewhere back along the line, but those plucky bods over in the genealogy research department of Catalan newspaper Segre have been busying themselves, tracing the lineage of both players and have now put their finger on just what the relationship is between the pair.

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Who Ate All the Pies @ Oct 13, 2011 5:06 AM EDT | Blog Profile