Richard Osman's family history was deemed to be too boring for an episode of 'Who Do You Think You Are?'.
Richard Osman
The 'Pointless' co-host has revealed bosses of the BBC genealogy series looked into his family tree to see if there was anything in his past that could make an episode, but they didn't find anything "exciting".
He wrote on Twitter: "I was researched for 'Who Do You Think They Are?' but they found nothing exciting."
Richard - who was born in Billericay, Essex, and grew up in Haywards Heath, West Sussex - admitted he didn't have high expectations about what might be uncovered, but joked he was hoping he may be related to a pirate.
He tweeted: "I wasn't expecting royalty but I was hoping there might at least be a pirate or two."
It comes after 'EastEnders' actor Danny Dyer discovered he was related to King Edward III and William The Conqueror during a 2016 appearance on 'Who Do You Think You Are?'.
Danny has since said he thinks the Royal Family see him as one of their "embarrassing cousins they don't want to acknowledge" and joked it "would be nice" if the likes of Queen Elizabeth, Prince William and Prince Harry contacted him to accept his ancestry.
He said: "I haven’t heard anything from the Royal Family. I’m clearly one of their embarrassing cousins they’ve got but don’t want to acknowledge.
"I could be mixing in those circles. I don’t know it would be nice if they did want to acknowledge it. Maybe one day.
"I heard the queen is a fan of 'EastEnders' though. I heard she always watches the Christmas special, which is nice I suppose."