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I'm related to Tommy Steele, my husband is related to Josiah Dent who was a highway robber and sentenced to death but transported to Australia instead.

I am related to the actor Rod Taylor through the STURT family.


Paulene x

When I was a little lad, my grand father Thomas Atkinson was I thought famous in our neighbourhood.

He had three wives, survived them all, fathered seven sons and six daughters.

one of my gx15 grandads in 1552 was beheaded in the tower of london.

my sisters dad was the tour manager of blacklace, he used to take my mum with him. also my grandads uncle played for rugby league team wakefield trinity

My grandad was Jack Cottrell and he wrote songs for George Formby.

Bit of deja vu here..........thought there was a similar thread to this already.

In my case every royal before Edward III (so William the Conqueror, King John etc).
Also Harold II who lost Hastings and Alfred the Great plus various interesting folks like El Cid and Lady Godiva.

It's amazing who turns out to be related or even descended from whom.

Funny feeling now when I read about them and know if they hadn't lived I wouldn't be here.

Sue
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Nothing on my side but my husbands, brothers wife, is a direct descendant of the Earl of Babbington. He was the one who was beheaded at Traitor Gate for trying to help Mary Queen of Scots escape.

Went to Dethick in Derbyshire and he has a church there, wow, impressed I was lol.

I'm related to Michael Collins (Irish Freedom fighter) on my father's side. Apparently played by Liam Neesom in the film, although I've never seen it.

no one famous on my side, but my grt aunt did 2years in hollway for trying to murder her husband with an axe Story goes he was in pain and shouted help me so she tried to, with an axe,!!!! (perhaps she had run out of asprin) met her when i was 15 didnt even know about her till then poor lady i thought she was being difficult when tried to serve her in lyons tea house, then my aunt told me who she was and she had mental problem

on Dad's side all tinplate workers, on Mum's side mostly ag labs - seems to me there were thousands of ag labs round

same here so far MO Kent

and the rest famous for being dam illusive !!!

I am back to 1641 on Dad's side of the tree and 1705 on mum's side.
Agricultural labourers, servants, gamekeepers, coal miners, private soldiers, sailors, washerwomen, charladies, hawkers, gypsies, bricklayer's labourer, miller, railway workers, painters, working class through and through and English every one. No one famous, no titles, no royalty - and no money inherited.

And I am proud of every one of them.

rumour has that my family goes back to Oliver Cromwell - could be true cos he had a big connection with this area of Cardiff. Also have a rellie on my Mum's side who was transported to Oz in 1833 for sending a threatening letter to his employer.

Anne of York, Gen, George Washington, A prime minister, a 1st Lord of rhe treasury, Bishop of Chichester, several eminent chuchmen who wrote boring sermons, Earls,M.P.s ,Admiral, Captains R.N.and Right Hons,,,
and a double murderer

none of whom left me a penny!!!!!!

I have a friend who is actually related to Gregory peck.

My boyfriend is related to a footballer Alan Ball who died the other year but is unsure how he's placed in the tree. I'm related to a footballer called Syd Goodfellow but he moved down under.

Martin
My maiden name is Barnato and my late father looked like the Barnato,s in the book The Great Barnato' ! but unfortunately I can,t find out where the link lies, so no diamonds or money here. Jenni

hi my friend is related to eric bristow the darts player her name is lisa bristow!!

The Queen, can you get better?