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To not realise these celebs were related?!

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FingertipSearch · 02/02/2026 19:08

Found out today that Chris Packham and Jenny Packham are siblings, as are Clare Balding and Gordon Ramsey. Learn something every day!

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Arlanymor · 04/02/2026 19:14

NotYoCheese · 04/02/2026 00:29

AA Gill was the Alcoholic… sibling to B.B. King, Cece Peniston and DeeDee Ramone … their dad was David Letterman

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And E E Cummings - who was the only sibling close to A A Gill, who felt abandoned having been the only one born in the UK. E E used to try and visit him as often as he could, but it was hard to juggle a transatlantic relationship alongside his career, he never knew if he was Cumming or going. Also uncle to Alan Cumming - now you know why he moved stateside too!

AlbieJiggered · 04/02/2026 19:12

Jay Rayner and Angela Rayner used to be married to each other.
Angelina Jolie and Dom Joly are brother and sister.
Sarah and Alex Ferguson are siblings.

KeepPumping · 04/02/2026 19:11

NotYoCheese · 04/02/2026 00:29

AA Gill was the Alcoholic… sibling to B.B. King, Cece Peniston and DeeDee Ramone … their dad was David Letterman

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Their uncle was Lemmy from Motorhead.

bruffin · 04/02/2026 19:06

PyongyangKipperbang · 02/02/2026 19:47

Kate Beckinsale has a half sister Samantha Beckinsale who is also an actor. She was in Londons Burning some years ago and now does a lot of work supporting women who have suffered domestic abuse.

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And their Dad was Richard Beckinsale , who was a 70s actor in Porridge and Rising Damp. He did tragically young at 31
Kates mum was Judy Loe who was un Casualty and Holby.

JumpLeadsForTwo · 04/02/2026 18:56

NotYoCheese · 04/02/2026 00:29

AA Gill was the Alcoholic… sibling to B.B. King, Cece Peniston and DeeDee Ramone … their dad was David Letterman

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Wasn’t AA Milne AA Gill’s twin brother?

GreenRedFlowers · 04/02/2026 17:54

NotYoCheese · 04/02/2026 00:29

AA Gill was the Alcoholic… sibling to B.B. King, Cece Peniston and DeeDee Ramone … their dad was David Letterman

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They were all murdered or will yet be murdered, admittedly mostly from beyond the grave, by the serial killer H.H. Holmes who himself was driven to serial killing by the obsessive jealous need to try to outwit his much cleverer older brother Sherlock. Sherlock and Mycroft were keen to distance themselves from him which is why he is never mentioned by them. Ever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes

H. H. Holmes - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes

JumpLeadsForTwo · 04/02/2026 17:53

BunnyLake · 04/02/2026 12:44

They also have second cousins from the distant shores of South Korea called RM (of BTS) and V (also BTS). The Letterman’s have spread their alphabet far and wide.

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Don’t forget their distant cousin ZZ Top

BunnyLake · 04/02/2026 12:44

AntiqueBabyLoanSmurf · 04/02/2026 11:45

I knew about this, because their GG Uncle E.E. Cummings wrote a prophetic poem about many of his future descendants.

I recall that he was especially proud of LL Cool J.

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They also have second cousins from the distant shores of South Korea called RM (of BTS) and V (also BTS). The Letterman’s have spread their alphabet far and wide.

AntiqueBabyLoanSmurf · 04/02/2026 11:45

NotYoCheese · 04/02/2026 00:29

AA Gill was the Alcoholic… sibling to B.B. King, Cece Peniston and DeeDee Ramone … their dad was David Letterman

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I knew about this, because their GG Uncle E.E. Cummings wrote a prophetic poem about many of his future descendants.

I recall that he was especially proud of LL Cool J.

BunnyLake · 04/02/2026 10:19

NotYoCheese · 04/02/2026 00:29

AA Gill was the Alcoholic… sibling to B.B. King, Cece Peniston and DeeDee Ramone … their dad was David Letterman

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😂

Hopelasts · 04/02/2026 08:08

This thread is the best thing about this week. It is brilliant!

AlbieJiggered · 04/02/2026 00:52

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 03/02/2026 23:08

Pat Cash didn't talk to his dad for years because he was so embarrassed about the song he wrote and performed about his battle with hemorrhoids.

Your mindset is like mine.

NotYoCheese · 04/02/2026 00:29

EyeLevelStick · 02/02/2026 20:20

Which AA though? The alcoholics or the automobiles?

Or both…🤔

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AA Gill was the Alcoholic… sibling to B.B. King, Cece Peniston and DeeDee Ramone … their dad was David Letterman

idontgetitdoyou · 03/02/2026 23:52

PinterandPirandello · 03/02/2026 14:37

I’m laughing so hard at this thread 🤣

Me too, utterly brilliant and I can't think of anything to add!

scotlands · 03/02/2026 23:32

StarChamber · 02/02/2026 19:56

I know it’s not a genetic relationship, but Homer Simpson’s lawyer when he had to sort out paternity payments was Kim Kardashian.

That just blows my mind.

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And a fun fact. Kim Kardashian's dad Robert was a defence attorney for Homer’s cousin OJ back during the trial. Good to keep it in the family

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 03/02/2026 23:08

Pat Cash didn't talk to his dad for years because he was so embarrassed about the song he wrote and performed about his battle with hemorrhoids.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 03/02/2026 22:54

TheNightingalesStarling · 03/02/2026 22:32

Does he still visit the family farm to hear the Pigs go Oink Oink here and the cows go Moo Moo there?

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Yes, because it's just over the Scottish borders so he pops in on his way to see his nieces Kelly and Amy.

BigDeepBreaths · 03/02/2026 22:48

Hugh Grant and Samantha Janus are siblings. Grant is his stage name.

AlbieJiggered · 03/02/2026 22:34

David Tennant is the son of Trevor McDonald and Ronald McDonald's brother but as a lifelong vegetarian decided to promote beer instead.

ZanzibarIsland · 03/02/2026 22:33

Maggie Smith is Fresh Prince Will Smith's mum.

TheNightingalesStarling · 03/02/2026 22:32

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 03/02/2026 22:30

Trevor Mcdonald is a vegetarian and so sadly isn't very close to his brother Ronald.

Does he still visit the family farm to hear the Pigs go Oink Oink here and the cows go Moo Moo there?

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 03/02/2026 22:30

Trevor Mcdonald is a vegetarian and so sadly isn't very close to his brother Ronald.

JumpLeadsForTwo · 03/02/2026 22:27

Serena and Venus are actually the children of Robin and Pharell Williams however their relationship didn’t last due to the strains of the competitive tennis circuit

TheNightingalesStarling · 03/02/2026 22:27

An actual real one...

Georgia Tennant, David Tennant wife, met him while playing his daughter on the set of Dr Who.
But her father is Peter Davidson... who is a previous Dr Who.

So she basically married her dad.

BigDeepBreaths · 03/02/2026 22:07

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 19:16

Me too!!!!

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me three !