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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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justtheotheronemrswembley · 03/02/2026 15:59

Shimmyshimmycocobop · 03/02/2026 06:06

Gordon Ramsay does not have a Glasgow accent, he sounds nothing like Clare Balding but a weegie he ain't.

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He is from Glasgow - I've read his autobiography. Bit of an eye-opener that was...

justtheotheronemrswembley · 03/02/2026 15:43

Port1aCastis · 02/02/2026 21:15

And the other second cousin is called Basildon Bond the heir to the paper fortune along with his brother James

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The fortune was amassed by their great-uncle Premium.

JustGiveMeReason · 03/02/2026 15:18

I'm wondering if @FingertipSearch is annoyed with what we have all done to her thread, or proud of being able to be credited with starting such a classic ? Grin

GreenRedFlowers · 03/02/2026 14:55

Britney Spears is part of the American pilgrim breakaway branch of the Shakespeare family who became collectively known as the 'Spears.

To be fair, her work is like modern poetry.

"Oops, I did it again, I played with your heart
Got lost in the game, oh, baby, baby"

is almost identical to Shakespeare's

"And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods
Make heaven drowsy with the harmony.”

PinterandPirandello · 03/02/2026 14:37

I’m laughing so hard at this thread 🤣

ZanzibarIsland · 03/02/2026 14:34

Gotback · 03/02/2026 11:25

Tim Westwood & Clint Eastwood are also cousins. Woody Woodpecker is their great uncle.

Edward Woodward is the brother of Woody Woodpecker

Starlight1979 · 03/02/2026 14:22

willstarttomorrow · 02/02/2026 20:23

Nick Knowles off the TV show where they come to make over and wreck your house in 2 days, if you have been through some kind of trauma, is the cousin of Beyonce (Knowles). This is why her and Solange had a bust up in the lift because he popped over to the USA to rearrange queen B's kitchen cupboards to cheer her up when she had a bad review. Beyonce hated the way he rearranged her spice rack. Solange thought she was ungrateful and he wad trying his best. The crap music album Nick put out was his response to this. FACT!!!

😆

AntiqueBabyLoanSmurf · 03/02/2026 14:09

Author Val McDermid and poet Ian McMillan are surely related too!

BunnyLake · 03/02/2026 13:45

Recently Robbie Williams and Morrissey went on Who Do You Think You Are and realised they are, in fact, the same person.

TheIceBear · 03/02/2026 13:42

GreenRedFlowers · 03/02/2026 13:36

You've never heard of Bungle and Paddington?

And you claim to be The Ice Bear?

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Oh of course i have heard of them! I mean I’m not living under a rock altogether you know ? meant in the ops post🫤 ha

GreenRedFlowers · 03/02/2026 13:36

TheIceBear · 03/02/2026 13:09

I haven’t heard of any of these people apart from Gordon Ramsey

You've never heard of Bungle and Paddington?

And you claim to be The Ice Bear?

blooooooor · 03/02/2026 13:22

Why is that so surprising? News flash - celebrities are just normal people with families

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HopeMumsnet · 03/02/2026 13:19

Ta-da! points upwards

TellingBone · 03/02/2026 13:11

Bradley Walsh and Brian Conley are actually THE SAME PERSON

TheIceBear · 03/02/2026 13:09

I haven’t heard of any of these people apart from Gordon Ramsey

Shimmyshimmycocobop · 03/02/2026 13:01

icebearforpresident · 03/02/2026 07:54

My post was badly worded as I meant a Scottish accent rather than Glasgow (which agreed, he does not have). However since I posted last night I’ve heard a clip of him talking and his accent is definitely not as strong as I was remembering it to be 😆

Still, I’ve never believed his sister is Clare Balding 🤷‍♀️

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He is originally from Scotland but moved away when very young, he has an English accent, I doubt there's a Scot in the world who would agree Gordon has a Scottish accent.

GreenRedFlowers · 03/02/2026 12:49

BlueEyedBogWitch · 02/02/2026 22:02

Woody Allen is the uncle of Keith Allen, and he directed the video for Fat Les’s ‘Vindaloo’.

@BlueEyedBogWitch

you have reminded me of the little known fact that the Teletubbies were created by a descendent of Edgar Allan Poe.

Teletubby Po was named directly in his honour. Lala was inspired a partial anagram of the Allan part. Dipsy was an affectionate contraction of dipsomaniac which reflected Poe's family history of alcoholism and his own alcohol and opiate abuse. Tinky-Winky was a reference to his poem The Bells
(How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle) and winky reflected the sly wink to the poem.

https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/print-poems/the-bells

so in a metaphorical way the Teletubbies are the children of Edgar Allan Poe.

Poetry By Heart

https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/print-poems/the-bells

AlbieJiggered · 03/02/2026 11:44

LetRip · 03/02/2026 10:16

Barbara Windsor was the queens secret sister RIP

They had a brother called Frank.

pinksavannah · 03/02/2026 11:42

TittyGajillions · 02/02/2026 19:13

Bungle and Paddington are second cousins.

🤣🤣

TittyGajillions · 03/02/2026 11:40

LatteLady · 03/02/2026 09:37

Very few are aware that, Gareth Malone is the son of, sweet Molly Malone... and the reason he is so musical is that he took up singing so he did not have to keep singing the same old dirge each day!

Also Harry Potter is the son of Keith Brymer Jones... he had to change his name as it was too long for the film credits and out of respect for this father chose his trade name... (And I went to school with his granny, Marcia but that is another story altogether!).

Are they related to Post by any chance?

Gotback · 03/02/2026 11:25

Tim Westwood & Clint Eastwood are also cousins. Woody Woodpecker is their great uncle.

ConstanzeMozart · 03/02/2026 10:39

FingertipSearch · 02/02/2026 19:25

Honestly you can laugh but i never would have thought Chris and Jenny - eco warrior tv presenter and designer of royal outfits 😁

Chris Packham loves fashion and wears his sister's stuff, plus a lot of Westwood.

LetRip · 03/02/2026 10:16

Barbara Windsor was the queens secret sister RIP

LatteLady · 03/02/2026 09:37

Very few are aware that, Gareth Malone is the son of, sweet Molly Malone... and the reason he is so musical is that he took up singing so he did not have to keep singing the same old dirge each day!

Also Harry Potter is the son of Keith Brymer Jones... he had to change his name as it was too long for the film credits and out of respect for this father chose his trade name... (And I went to school with his granny, Marcia but that is another story altogether!).

BunnyLake · 03/02/2026 08:22

TakeTheCuntingQuichePatricia · 02/02/2026 22:18

Your original message is available to see. Maybe you need to Google James and Theresa May...

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Lol.