Anyone related to someone famous

[stupet11]

I am distantly related to Zinzan Brooke, former All Black rugby player.

Wife's cousin is Cam in Holby.

[mollybogle]

My grandpa was brothers with Steve McCrorie’s (the guy who won the voice years ago) grandpa never met him not really sure I would call him famous either

[Disney Jo]

My mums uncle's brother (Uncle married into my mums family) was married to Barbara Windsor.
If you are aware of Barbara Windsor's husband then it was Ronnie Knight - my mums uncle was Jimmy Knight. I guess they were "famous" in their own way

[rudie111]

My grandad used to tell us we were related to Captain Webb

[dannybegood]

Originally Posted by Disney Jo

My mums uncle's brother (Uncle married into my mums family) was married to Barbara Windsor.
If you are aware of Barbara Windsor's husband then it was Ronnie Knight - my mums uncle was Jimmy Knight. I guess they were "famous" in their own way

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Small world, and I locked him up.

[Disney Jo]

Originally Posted by dannybegood

Small world, and I locked him up.

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It really is! I never met Ronnie but I did Jimmy, a few times we visited his home which was the hotel/nightclub.

[Gingerlife]

Originally Posted by cornishfrogboy

Trevor Bolder had the biggest sideboards that I have ever seen, whilst with the Spiders from Mars. Was he from Hull, along with my all time guitar hero, Mick Ronson?

Sadly, the only Spider that remains is Woody Woodmansey.

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Yes he had huge sideboards and was born and raised in Hull, same as Mick Ronson 👍

[Silvercat]

On my mum's side we are related to the Attenborough family, and on dad's side we are related to the white Rajahs, who were a dynastic monarchy of the British Brooke family, and who founded and ruled the Raj of Sarawak, located on the north west coast of the island of Borneo, from 1841 to 1946.

Also on mum's side, and a long way back, is David Garrick, the actor.