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A friend of mine had a cousin who happened to also be a cousin of Jim Kerr from Simple Minds. Although my friend was not actually related to Jim Kerr she referred to him as her half cousin. Another friend used to boast that she and Simon Le Bon were at school together, they did indeed go to the same school but not at the same time. Anyone else got any vague claims to fame?

I owned the next beach hut to Alfie Boe's auntie.

Ooh, and I cut Gary Numan's girlfriend's hair when he was touring near to where I worked.

My Dad's first girlfriend at school was Chesney Hawkes' mum

I have seen Laura Kuenssberg, bbc political editor, on the tube.

This must have been in her pre-bodyguard days?

Sara Cox's mum used to live opposite our house, when I was in my teens.

I served the odd member of the Corrie cast when I worked in Manchester in a jewellery shop.

My dad worked with Peter Kay's dad for a long time as well.

One of the receptionists at work once dated David Beckham. It was apparently pretty serious.

I have a couple. I once had Billy Connolly behind me in the queue to pay at a café.
My Grandad was a musician and every Christmas we watch him on the Morecambe and Wise special with André Previn.

My BIL & SIL and DNiece and DNephew were the family on Back In Time For The Weekend last year.

My dad's best mates stepdaughter is married to a member of UB40.

I went school with the consultant who looked after Richard Hammond from Top Gear when he had that massive crash a few years ago.

My uncle used to be a bodyguard for the Al-Fayeds.

my uncle used to snort cocaine with Jimmy White - not something to be proud of...

my uncle used to snort cocaine with Jimmy White -

I just ❤️ these heart warming, family stories.

Alan Titchmarsh once laughed at me in a Waitrose.

I was crossing a road in London and Judge Rinder walked past me as he crossed at the same time.

I once snogged Lemmy from Motorhead's son

I went to school with Liam and Daniel from the Courteeners.

My ex DP's granddad knows Robbie Williams dad and used to babysit Robbie

I was at school with Adrian Mole- well the year above the kid who played him on TV. Just seventeen did an article on famous people's relatives and included 'punk postman Pete' his brother who'd been in our year!

I went a the girls' school linked with the boys' school which had a poetry club. One of the boys was interesting and I thought he would grow up to be a looker. It was Hugh Grant. One of my school mates went out with him. He really did/does like poetry.

I walked past Connie Fisher sitting outside a London cafe once.

Passed Ryan Gage on the escalators in the London tube last year.

My mum and I sat opposite the late Charles Kennedy MP on a near empty Glasgow tube once. To alert my oblivious mother, I started discreetly fingerspelling C-H-A-R-L... Mum, whose BSL was not exactly top notch, declared as loud as you like, "what ARE you trying to say?? C-H-A-R-L what ??"

Claire Sweeney ordered coffee at queue in coffee shop whilst I sat inches away with deaf colleague. Again, discreetly signed "TV actress, Claire Sweeney, over there". Deaf colleague instantly leapt from his chair shouting, "Claire Sweeney, where? I ❤️ Brookside!"

My husband's half brother who he's never met (different countries) had a baby with one of bob marleys illegitimate daughters.. so im totes related to bob marley!

Ooh, I didn't think I had one, but one of my Facebook friends is Facebook friends with Alys Fowler.

I once served Tracy Emin dinner in a pub. Name on the tab was Marta.

I was once goosed by one of the McGann brothers in a Tesco Metro not sure which one, I was almost falling over drunk

I was proposed to by Andrew Mehrtens (before he was an All Black star) but turned him down to fuck up concentrate on my A Levels.

My brother's ex went to school with Gary Barlow.

My FIL used to be John Cleese's mum's GP.

I went to the same school as one of The Specials and many rugby players (mostly from the 70s).

My shit claim is I checked into a hotel where James Hewitt was sitting in the reception area. When I'd checked in he'd gone.

My grandfather was quite famous - I only met him 5 times and he died when I was in my twenties.

My husband's best friend's dad played the organ on A Whiter Shade of Pale.

Dane Bowers went to my school (in my brother's year) and so did Martin Clunes but several years before me.

My uncle designed the Green Man off of the pedestrian crossing, or so I'm told!