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!

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.

Their uncle was Lemmy from Motorhead.

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.

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!

Tim Curry is the father of the Spice Girls. There is a rumour their mother is Saffron Burrows but there is no good season to believe that.

Tim Rice was in a relationship with Curry, but this was well after the Spice girls were born. Not sure how long it lasted

Didn't Tim Rice have an affair with Edwina Currie?

Rumour was they did it naan stop.

Bet there was some spicy pilau talk.

Sarah Lancashire, Eric Morecambe, Lewis Hamilton, Belinda Carlisle, and David Essex are all part of a massive family dynasty - original surname Jones-Smith.
They had a humongous feud and went to live in different parts of the UK and took the names of their new locations as their surnames.

Thomas Jones-Smith fled to Telford and became a fashion designer. His great-great-granddaughter now runs the business.

Christopher Jones-Smith only got as far as Maidenhead but thought Marlowe was classier.

Oscar Wilde used Bracknell as a character's surname after getting stuck in traffic on the A322

Chappell Roan is related to Westminster Abbey, but they had a falling out, so are estranged these days.

Charlotte Church is their mum

And Captain James T Kirk is their dad

Julio Iglesias is their Spanish cousin

Shirley Temple is their gran

I'm surprised Clare Balding and Gordon Ramsay's parents sent her to Downe House private school and him to the local comp. I guess Clare was the golden child. 😉

I could actually be convinced of that! Especially with the witchcraft connection. 👹

Abbey Clancy is Shirley’s great granddaughter

Not a lot of people know that Jeff and Beau Bridges are part of the same family tree as Brooklyn (Beckham), Charles (King), and Sydney (Sweeney - her middle name is actually Harbour).

Will Ferrell and Pharrell Williams are brothers. Their parents couldn't be bothered to think of 2 names so just switched the order. Then Pharrell changed the spelling to be more unique.

Stephen Merchant and Ishmail Merchant (the Merchants) are third cousins of Peter Sellers.

And also LL Cool J.

He had no time for EE though, partly because of a fundamental disagreement about whether rap is poetry, but mostly because of ee’s insistence on being lower case which was Not In The Spirit, and disrespectful.

ermm - Gordon Ramsey may indeed be frae Glasgie but he has done a fine job of converting his Scortish accent to a generic southern English one.

Joe Cocker and Jarvis Cocker are both from Sheffield, but they’re not related.

I think Gordon moved to England when he was 9

Triplets actually ….. with their sister Leona