Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Is anyone here related to someone famous?

403 replies

IconicKitty · 23/03/2023 20:15

I am not Smile

OP posts:
Laptopneeded · 25/03/2023 13:58

@Deanie02

Even the serial killer has to remain unnamed?

AnnaZofia · 25/03/2023 18:40

Yes but no-one has heard of them in Britain. My great-great-grandfather was a very famous Polish painter, Juliusz Kossak. His direct descendants include three other (male) painters (the youngest, my grandmother's brother, was my godfather) and three famous women writers, plus a woman ecologist who lived in a cottage in a primeval forest with a pet boar, raven, owl, and other animals. One of my grandmother's cousins was married to Witkacy, a painter, writer, dramatist, and general polymath who was also fond of experimenting with psychoactive substances. And my father has a dinosaur named after him which is probably the coolest thing of all.

TeaserandtheFirecat · 25/03/2023 19:01

@AnnaZofia Your family is totally cool! a book about them all would be a fascinating read.

Ali1702 · 25/03/2023 19:03

My Grandad's cousin( on my Dad's side) was Kenneth Mckellar ( Scottish singer)
My 6 times Great Grandfather ( Mums side) was Martha Dandridges (George Washington's wifes) uncle.

Ali1702 · 25/03/2023 19:23

Forgot Archie Mckellar plane Ace during the Second World War. Shot down more German planes than anyone else.Died in 1940 aged 28. Grandads 2nd Cousin.

AnnaZofia · 25/03/2023 19:24

TeaserandtheFirecat · 25/03/2023 19:01

@AnnaZofia Your family is totally cool! a book about them all would be a fascinating read.

Yes, they were/are quite an interesting bunch (even the non-famous ones!). Books have been written - in Polish only AFAIK, though I was surprised to see a recent online article in English about Simona Kossak, the aunt a couple of times removed who lived in a forest. https://culture.pl/en/article/the-extraordinary-life-of-simona-kossak

The Extraordinary Life of Simona Kossak

They called her a witch, because she chatted with animals and owned a terrorist-crow, known for stealing gold and attacking bicyclists. A lynx slept in her bed, and she shared her roof with a tamed boar. Simona Kossak was a scientist, ecologist and the...

https://culture.pl/en/article/the-extraordinary-life-of-simona-kossak

SeeWhatYouGetWhenYouAskAStupidQuestion · 25/03/2023 19:27

My sister's husband's neighbour's cleaner's husband knows Alan Titchmarsh's wife's hairdresser's husband's friend. Can I have a prize?

TeaserandtheFirecat · 25/03/2023 19:49

@AnnaZofia Wow! thanks for posting the article. Great pics too!

Ali1702 · 25/03/2023 20:34

Neverplayleapfrogwithmrpipes · 23/03/2023 23:13

This man is my husbands great uncle. He was sadly the first police officer to be killed in Wiltshire https://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Lydiard/Lydiard%20-%20Sergeant%20Enos%20Molden%201843-1892.pdf

I live near Wooton Bassett.This is so sad.

PalominoUK · 25/03/2023 20:44

My adoptive father is distantly related to JK Rowling, and they are both related to the family who established the games manufacturers Jacques.

daisydoods · 25/03/2023 21:12

Yes, a famous scientist

Pupinski · 25/03/2023 21:21

Yes two actors and a musician.

Mojo777 · 25/03/2023 21:21

Related to someone on Emmerdale. He's my mums cousin's son. Does that make him 2nd cousin or once removed? No idea how it goes. He was very nice when younger, no idea now though. Hopefully he's still as lovely as I remember him to be.

IveShaggedSomeMingers · 25/03/2023 21:24

@Mojo777 , your 2nd cousin.

Pupinski · 25/03/2023 21:30

Lbnc2021 · 23/03/2023 20:36

Fairly closely related to an ex-prime minister. He’s an insufferable arsehole.

Is he a Tory?

Pupinski · 25/03/2023 21:35

BensonStabler · 24/03/2023 01:27

🤣🤣🤣 Well played 👏

😂😂😂😂😂

Tiredmum100 · 25/03/2023 22:03

AngelineGarcia · 23/03/2023 22:19

I’m famous, if that counts!

Who are you?

Mojo777 · 25/03/2023 22:26

IveShaggedSomeMingers · 25/03/2023 21:24

@Mojo777 , your 2nd cousin.

Thankyou. Can never work those things out. Lol.🙃

Nomsantuli · 25/03/2023 22:31

Yes I am but he lives abroad

SpottyStripyDuvet · 25/03/2023 22:33

@Toastofnotlondon Spot on! Not Nathan though.

crazeecatladee · 25/03/2023 22:43

W e l l . through several layers of ancestors my h gets to King Malcolm of Scotland - along with several million others I suspect

MumOf2workOptions · 25/03/2023 22:46

My cousins husband went to school with Peter Kay so not related but friends with someone famous and he came to their wedding and did a surprise set he was brilliant fun 🤩

notangelinajolie · 25/03/2023 23:52

According to Ancestry I'm related to someone who has a farm in the Cotswolds.

Zuffe · 26/03/2023 08:24

notangelinajolie · 25/03/2023 23:52

According to Ancestry I'm related to someone who has a farm in the Cotswolds.

Jeremy Clarkson?
Adam Henson?
Fred Bloggs

The possibilities are endless.

Grannytwoshoes · 26/03/2023 08:31

😂 of course!

Swipe left for the next trending thread