Ever since she burst on the scene with her brand of pop and provocative outfits, Lady Gaga has forever been compared to the queen of the music scene, Madonna.

The similarities between the two divas have been considered so close, that the 25-year-old Born This Way star was even once accused of plagiarising one of the 52-year-old legend's famous tunes.

Now new evidence has emerged concluding the pair are in fact related.

According to celebrity genealogist Chris Child, Gaga and Madonna are distant cousins. 'They are ninth cousins once removed,' the New England Historic Genealogical Society specialist told the Boston Globe.

After much research, Child reportedly provided proof of the findings, which showed that the two had common ancestors in the form of a farming couple, who moved from France to Quebec in the 1600s.

'When I saw that Lady Gaga had French Canadian ancestry, I thought there might be something there,' he said.

Child tracked the French Canadian families 'back 200 years within minutes'. Priests in Quebec would record all marriages between the 1600s and the 1900s.

Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, has compared herself to the Material Girl in the past.

'We’re both Italian-American women, we both started out in the New York underground scene - and we both became famous when we dyed our hair blonde,' she said. 'I think what Madonna and I share is that we’re both fearless, we both have a lot of nerve.'

Madonna has also made no secret of the fact she's a fan of Gaga's having been spotted at her show in New York with daughter Lourdes back in 2009.