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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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purpleygrey · 02/02/2026 20:48

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 19:47

Kat Von D and Kit Harrington are siblings and heirs to the fabulous KitKat fortune.

Brilliant 👏

Flannelfeet · 02/02/2026 20:48

AlbieJiggered · 02/02/2026 20:47

Have you tried live yoghurt?

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Yayyyy. I just thought it was my childish mind that still thought that was funny 😁

Jaffalemons · 02/02/2026 20:49

BreadstickBurglar · 02/02/2026 20:00

And of course Alex Ferguson is Sarah Ferguson’s dad.

People just never associate them. Like Diana Spencer and her brother Frank.

now that one did make me laugh

GinAndJuice99 · 02/02/2026 20:49

OK here's a real one: Brummie former MP Clare Short and Martin Short are first cousins

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 20:49

AlbieJiggered · 02/02/2026 20:45

Rod Stewart and Rory Stewart are cousins.

And their Uncle Alf lives in Summer Bay.

KTMeetsTheRsUptown · 02/02/2026 20:50

Alan and Jimmy Carr are actually identical twins.... well they were identical until plastic surgery

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 20:51

Sheryl Crow and Russell Crowe are cousins - their connecting relative is Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

Flannelfeet · 02/02/2026 20:51

EvangelineTheNightStar · 02/02/2026 19:52

Matt Goss and Luke Goss were going to do ancestry to see if they were related but they decided against it as it would set the Cat among The Pigeons…

Hahahahaha!!!

KeepPumping · 02/02/2026 20:52

BatsInHibernation · 02/02/2026 20:36

True and not many people know. Did you also know that Billie Jean King was the muse for Michael Jackson's song 'Billie Jean'. They dated briefly, but not until after his death. The King of England is also related to both Martin Luther (cousin) and Billie-Jean (lover). Both Carole King AND BB King can be found in this family tree. Carole King was Billie Jean King's half sister and BB King (nee Kong) became BB King when he married Carole. King Kong, their first child, became known as King King Kong when he later married Gustaf, King of Sweden.

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Kong had previously been married to Fay Wray but filed for divorce claiming she was "a bit of a handful".

wheresthesnowgone · 02/02/2026 20:53

BreadstickBurglar · 02/02/2026 19:58

Wasn’t their dad James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree, who took good care of his mother though he was only 3? (According to AA Milne, who coincidentally started the AA)

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Oh, I thought that was AA Gill

GreenRedFlowers · 02/02/2026 20:54

I bet you didn't know that Brian Blessed can trace his family tree back to the 18th century poet Alexander Pope (he of 'a little learning is a dangerous thing...' fame)

GreenRedFlowers · 02/02/2026 20:57

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 20:51

Sheryl Crow and Russell Crowe are cousins - their connecting relative is Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

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dominique36 · 02/02/2026 20:59

I heard that Matthew Perry is Katy Perry’s uncle

Thanksforyourlackofthought · 02/02/2026 21:01

dominique36 · 02/02/2026 20:59

I heard that Matthew Perry is Katy Perry’s uncle

No, they're just friends.

Thanksforyourlackofthought · 02/02/2026 21:02

Cliff Richard was inspired by his second cousin Little.

FairViewRosie25 · 02/02/2026 21:04

Laila morse is Gary Oldmans sister

ZanzibarIsland · 02/02/2026 21:04

Joe Swift on Gardeners World is the son of Richard from Keeping up Appearances- Clive Swift

KeepPumping · 02/02/2026 21:06

Wakemeupinapril · 02/02/2026 20:40

Iris from Jurassic World is Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter..

Steve McQueen"s grandson was in the Vampire Diaries.

ladyamy · 02/02/2026 21:06

It blew my mind when I found out about Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen are brothers

FairViewRosie25 · 02/02/2026 21:09

It isn’t it’s true en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laila_Morse

KLD89 · 02/02/2026 21:11

This thread is so funny.

On a serious note, and this blows my mind…. Mo (from Eastenders) is Gary Oldmans sister. And Richard Blackwood is Naomi Campbells brother.

Port1aCastis · 02/02/2026 21:15

KeepPumping · 02/02/2026 20:35

And they have a second cousin called Brooke Bond.

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

UnemployedNotRetired · 02/02/2026 21:16

Few knew the close links between Gazza (Paul Gascoigne) and quizzer Bamber Gascoigne, before the Guardian revealed it.
On 1 April if I recall correctly.

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 21:16

Thanksforyourlackofthought · 02/02/2026 21:02

Cliff Richard was inspired by his second cousin Little.

And his second cousin's civil partner - Stuart.

Arlanymor · 02/02/2026 21:17

ZanzibarIsland · 02/02/2026 21:04

Joe Swift on Gardeners World is the son of Richard from Keeping up Appearances- Clive Swift

I wonder if they ever get time to catch up with Taylor these days.