Famous people you are related to...

[hetheclaret]

My grandmother’s step cousin was Jackie Kennedy, and Prunella Scales is a second (?) cousin of my other grandmother.

[IanMcL]

A certain elderly rock star, quite possibly the most famous that is still alive

Marty Wilde?
Mick J
Paul McC?

[IanMcL]

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[Cubanforever]

I love that film, great soundtrack too. RIP your bro.

Cracking film Morpheus.....they used my dad's house in Pennan to shoot a lot of the Hotel scenes, he still has it and is a Claret too.

[AGENT_CLARET]

When I was a child my grandma used to tell us wonderful stories some were far fetched some were true, she told me a relative of our family was one of the four knights that killed Thomas Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury, it's wasn't until a few years ago and quite a bit of time researching the family tree I found out that she was right and this one wasn't one of her many tall tales lol

[morpheus2]

When I was a child my grandma used to tell us wonderful stories some were far fetched some were true, she told me a relative of our family was one of the four knights that killed Thomas Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury, it's wasn't until a few years ago and quite a bit of time researching the family tree I found out that she was right and this one wasn't one of her many tall tales lol

What a parcel of fools and dastards have I nourished in my house that none of them will avenge me of this upstart priest...

I'd best choose my words carefully in your evesdropping presence, good Sir Knight!

[burnleybonzo]

My grandad was George Formby's window cleaner.

[Hipper]

When I was a child my grandma used to tell us wonderful stories some were far fetched some were true, she told me a relative of our family was one of the four knights that killed Thomas Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury, it's wasn't until a few years ago and quite a bit of time researching the family tree I found out that she was right and this one wasn't one of her many tall tales lol

If we are talking of family tales I was told by my mother that Boleyn is the French version of Bullen, my surname.... Anne Boleyn! Her daughter became Elizabeth I (I worked at Queen Elizabeth School at one point). Now I can't claim to be a descendent of royalty because Queen Elizabeth didn't have any children. Of course I could have come from some ******* child of Anne's sister Mary, who was one of Henry VIII's mistresses.

And my mother's story might not be true:

https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/bole ... n-changed/

I won't give up though. According to this I could be related to Marc Bolan (I know, his name wasn't really Bolan but I'm desperate).

[Buxtonclaret]

Didn't know your Uncle but new Winston Place who is mentioned in the article, as I grew up on Queens Square in the 60s and used to visit his shop. Winston had a daughter who I still see out and about she must now be in her 80s and was and still is a very attractive Lady

My Dad would always pop into Winston's shop when we were up from Derbyshire in the 60s. He was a really nice man.
I didn't know his Daughter but, met her at my Aunt's funeral about 20 years ago. My mum recognised her.
Nice to hear she's still going strong.

[TheOriginalLongsider]

My late brother was an extra in Local Hero......RIP Peach

My favourite film!

[timshorts]

My great granddad was also James Hargreaves - my dad still mentions (every time!) about a stand being named after him
He wasn't the plumbing Hargreaves either

Also...Alex Higgins knocked up my second cousin - does that count?

Did he create Mr. Ticle?

[timshorts]

Half of Pendle claim to be related to Alice Nutter.

There's probably a reason for that.....

[RicardoMontalban]

Great Uncle was head of engineering at de Havilland when they built the Comet. Also worked on Merlin engines during the Second World War.

Wife’s uncle is a well known screenwriter.

Slightly more tenuous, my Dad’s cousin was married to Roy Kinnear’s sister.

[Holmeclaret]

John Peel, not the DJ or policeman but the Cumbrian farmer and huntsman who was probably a lot less famous than the other two.

[Holmeclaret]

Great Uncle was head of engineering at de Havilland when they built the Comet. Also worked on Merlin engines during the Second World War.

Wife’s uncle is a well known screenwriter.

Slightly more tenuous, my Dad’s cousin was married to Roy Kinnear’s sister.

My great uncle, a Halifax coppersmith, made parts for the bouncing bomb during WW2. Not famous exactly but essential, like the work if your great uncle at de Havilland.

[ArthurShelby]

My uncle once fit a Sky dish on Ryan Giggs house.

[Bfc]

The maternal relatives of my family, were given the land that form the towns of Quadring and Ireby in Lincs, around the 1300s.

[Selby Claret]

John Peel, not the DJ or policeman but the Cumbrian farmer and huntsman who was probably a lot less famous than the other two.

Me and a friend once went to his grave thinking we were visiting the recently deceased DJs resting place

[whalleyclaret]

Bolton’s legend Nat Lofthouse was a Great Uncle although I never met him. His wife was my dads first cousin.

[hoskinsgoalatswansea]

According to my Gran, on her side of the family we’re related to Norman Wisdom. Never looked into it though.

[morpheus2]

My grandad was George Formby's window cleaner.

I thought he cleaned his own? Clearly not very well though!

[ClaretAndLube]

Genghis Khan probably

[ClaretTony]

I thought he cleaned his own? Clearly not very well though!

He must have cleaned them well - given what he could see

[ClaretTony]

I did forget my mum had a cousin called Rudyard Kipling who she always referred to as Rud.

From memory, he never wrote poetry in his life but I'm told he made exceedingly good cakes.

[morpheus2]

Genghis Khan probably

Sames - there should be a very small thread titled "people not related to Genghis Khan"

[Jel]

Great Uncle was head of engineering at de Havilland when they built the Comet. Also worked on Merlin engines during the Second World War.

Wife’s uncle is a well known screenwriter.

Slightly more tenuous, my Dad’s cousin was married to Roy Kinnear’s sister.

I used to live in De Havilland studios in London where they used to make engines

[Jel]

My mum has traced our family history back to William the Conquerer

[NRC]

Marty Wilde?
Mick J
Paul McC?

Lovecurrypies has it as well

[Culmclaret]

Jerry Dawson…although a tenuous link. Jane Bulcock…who will be related to the half of Pendle not connected with Alice Nutter

[Hendrickxz]

I’m related to Sir John Cockcroft, who won the Nobel prize for splitting the atomic nucleus.

Did you ever meet him? I worked in Todmorden for some years and I recall his brother Leo being a magistrate and Town Councillor. He once gave an interview where he said the Cockroft and Rutherford opened a "Pandora's Box" when they split the atom. Not arf!
There was and probably still is a picture and potted history of him in the Wetherspoon's in Todmorden Town Centre, along with other Todmorden illumini such as Jon Helliwell from Supertramp, Keith Emerson from ELP, band leader Geoff Love and afew others.

[Hendrickxz]

Billy Holt, the Todmorden author who rode across Europe on his horse, Trigger. I met him once (Billy and his horse) and he didn't seem too impressed. Just said that everyone called Holt who lived in the North of England claimed to be related to him!

[morpheus2]

Did you ever meet him? I worked in Todmorden for some years and I recall his brother Leo being a magistrate and Town Councillor. He once gave an interview where he said the Cockroft and Rutherford opened a "Pandora's Box" when they split the atom. Not arf!
There was and probably still is a picture and potted history of him in the Wetherspoon's in Todmorden Town Centre, along with other Todmorden illumini such as Jon Helliwell from Supertramp, Keith Emerson from ELP, band leader Geoff Love and afew others.

Wow! I didn't know Tod had such prestigious prestige

[elwaclaret]

More infamous than famous

Alice Nutter

Something to be proud of… and a shared relation.

Alice was both an educated Catholic and a business women and multiple property owner. The rumours started about Alice because a chancer thought he could inherit her fortune by marrying her… when she refused he was the first to accuse Alice of being a witch.

She’s buried in Newchurch in Pendle along with (much later) William Darney, who is now virtually forgotten but who was a vital member of the first Methodist hierarchy; and lived for a time with John Maden in Waterfoot where the Wesley’s visited him often. He died in Roughlee, where he had moved a couple of years earlier.

[elwaclaret]

William Grimshaw curate of Howarth (prior to the Bronte’s and converted to Methodism by William Darney) was both John and Charles Wesley’s confidant and their choice for Methodist leader should John Wesley die first (he didn’t).

[BillyIngham'sShorts]

my cousin's uncle is descended from Henry VIII's love child

[criminalclaret]

A certain elderly rock star, quite possibly the most famous that is still alive

I'm gonna take a punt on Paul McCartney. He has Lancs connections, Ted and Kate Robbins are his cousins

[jedi_master]

Did you ever meet him? I worked in Todmorden for some years and I recall his brother Leo being a magistrate and Town Councillor. He once gave an interview where he said the Cockroft and Rutherford opened a "Pandora's Box" when they split the atom. Not arf!
There was and probably still is a picture and potted history of him in the Wetherspoon's in Todmorden Town Centre, along with other Todmorden illumini such as Jon Helliwell from Supertramp, Keith Emerson from ELP, band leader Geoff Love and afew others.

Far too young to meet him sadly as I’m 35! He was my Dad’s Grandad’s Cousin (whatever that makes him to me!). Very interesting to read about, particularly ‘Cockcroft’s Folly’ which was vital in saving lives from exposure to nuclear fumes (filtering on the power station chimneys).

I had heard that after the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the hypothetical question of ‘what have we done’ was something he was considering to his friends/colleagues and family.

[jackmiggins]

Kolokrotonis- quite a lad!

[NRC]

I'm gonna take a punt on Paul McCartney. He has Lancs connections, Ted and Kate Robbins are his cousins

Lol, all you need to do is compare lovecurrypies’ and IanMcL’s guesses and there’s one answer. Apparently our grandfathers were brothers, though I don’t have evidence

[Bosscat]

I am the love child of bosscat and saxo

I have a Daughter wow who da thowt it

[dougcollins]

I'm Spartacus.

[Wozza2407]

When I was a child my grandma used to tell us wonderful stories some were far fetched some were true, she told me a relative of our family was one of the four knights that killed Thomas Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury, it's wasn't until a few years ago and quite a bit of time researching the family tree I found out that she was right and this one wasn't one of her many tall tales lol

My Grandma told the same story - are you related to the Morville's?

[Red Fox Rocks Socks]

My Grandad was heavily involved in the planning of the D Day landings and parachuted into France the night before the invasion, famous in my mind.

Do you have/can you give any more info on this? I’d love to hear more. Hero in my mind

[Burnleyareback2]

My great great grandad painted the titanic / well part of it

It was okay when it left him and Belfast

[Hipper]

John Peel, not the DJ or policeman but the Cumbrian farmer and huntsman who was probably a lot less famous than the other two.

The policeman was Robert Peel - Bobbies.

I was on a London tourist bus years ago. There was a running commentary and he made the same mistake - 'this is where Sir John Peel, founder of the police, lived'. Immediately an American in a broad yankee accent said -you mean Sir Robert Peel surely'.

[jordsclarets]

The Rossendale Bard, Andrew Houston, was my great great grandfather.

[JohnMac]

My cousin's wife is Stephen Hendry's mums sister, ergo my cousin is his Uncle.

[JohnMac]

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And of course my old Grandad x plenty of Greats!

[AGENT_CLARET]

My Grandma told the same story - are you related to the Morville's?

Yes that's my last name

[brexit]

I have a Daughter wow who da thowt it

As stated before I am of the female variety