To not realise these celebs were related?!

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

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.”

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 ?

The fortune was amassed by their great-uncle Premium.

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

He is from Johnstone, just outside Glasgow, according to wikipedia and moved to Stratford upon Avon when he was 9, so that would explain his accent.

Yes Gordon’s real sibling is former PM Boris Johns(t)on(e). He dropped the t and the e because there was another Boris Johnstone in Equity already.

I think they must be half siblings as it's well known that Boris was fathered by a haystack with no morals. Hence the strong resemblance.

Me too

Despite the strong family resemblance a lot of people don’t realise about Graham Norton and Edward Norton - twins.

Same with John Lennon and Vladimir Lenin. It’s all in the eyebrows.

Clever. Subtle. Wish I’d said it 😂

It's a tragedy of the patriarchy that Karl's sister Onya was never credited for her contribution to his work. He'd never have got started without her.

I missed this one @quantumbutterfly . Fantastic! It really made me laugh.

Or perhaps I should send Full Marx to you.

Not to mention William, the glint in the postmans’ eye !!

Or as I like to call him Ed Wood Wood Wood.

That's why he was cast in The Wicker Man you know. Wood would burn easily.

Trevor Nelson is descended from Horatio Nelson.
Earl Spencer is descended from the Spencer family of Marks and Spencer fame
Jon Kay (newsreader) is a half cousin to Vernon Kay.

Sir Laurence Olivier is my GGG father.
I was named after his famous speech but the Registrar couldn't spell.

🤣🤣

Allegedly they both use a balloon to comb their hair so that could be accurate.

I heard he once filmed on the beach at Morecambe Bay?

Wallace of W&G is Ed Milibnd's twin brother

Did OP put the bit in about Gordon Ramsey to tease us

Fact

Kenneth Williams is Robbie Williams grandfather

😂😂😂😂

Youre not my mum! Yes I am!!!
Overhead Christian Slater shouting at Kat Slater in Albert Square