Have you discovered a (living) famous person in your extended family?

[Bellejazz]

oh my.

I never knew that.

Belinda.

[Tony Payne]

All this mention of the Queen made me remember that I have 2 distant cousins, identical twins who were born on the Queens birthday (same year) and who were invited to Buck House for the Queens 80th birthday celebration.  One of them still lives in the Birmingham area, but the other has lived in New Zealand for 30 years or more.  They still look identical after all these years.  I only found out doing some family research a couple of years ago and saw the entries in the Daily Mail etc.  We lost touch with that side of the family years ago, when I get back to England I need to track my rellies down.

[g a r]

no

[Andesine]

I recently discovered I'm a not so distant cousin of Paris Hilton. 

[Bellejazz]

I recently discovered I'm a not so distant cousin of Paris Hilton. 

Lucky you

- Belinda.

[Tony Payne]

Ha - so you don't get to inherit the fortune her daddy has just taken away either

[Wendy.M]

Me again, All the above sound very nice, however I have possibly hundreds of living Famous people in my tree..Trouble is they are mainly famous for staying hidden from me !! The rest are just 'famous' for "hanging in there". I love 'em.
cheers Wendy M.

[XPhile2868]

I could be quite closely related to PNE footballer Paul McKenna, as McKenna is my mothers maiden name and we're from the same area (its not a very common name around here as far as I can tell).

My paternal grandad was a bassist in two bands during the 1970s and 1980s called Savannah (who were a jazz band) and the Nancy Rivers Country Band (who were a country band). They weren't famous, but they were probably well-known as local bands at the time.

I've found a few deceased people -

My 4x great grandfather was a landscape artist called Joseph Clegg, but I don't think he was famous (I think he painted pictures of peoples gardens for them rather than putting them in art galleries).

I'm descended from the Houghton family, so I suppose they could count as famous in their own times.

I'm a very distant relative of John "Osawatomie" Brown, the American abolitionist.

There's also a very distant link via a distant cousin to William Pitt the Younger through marriage.#

Stephen

[julie64]

I have been reliably informed that all people with the surname Cobner are quite closely related ... that means I'm a very distant cousin of Terry Cobner, who played rugby for Wales for many years ... apparently (I'm no sports expert!)

Regards Julie