My great-great uncle was Harry Baldwin, the Albion's greatest EVER keeper.
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Do you have any notable relatives?
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Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Withdean Wanderer said:
Whislt it's always fun to mock the more afflicted amongst us, I think that rather highlights the folly of believing too much in the education system and the worth of basic academic qualifications. Most A-levels barely scratch the surface of their subject.
The Medici family were a very rich, poweful and important family from Florence. They provided patronage for many great artistic and scientific figures such as Michaelangelo, Galileo, Donatello and Leonardo Di Vinci(briefly, I think).
Adrie's claim to fame is a bit like being related to Guy Fawkes...
Seagullible
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not famous and not me - my other halves great great great great great grandmother, (or something like that) was burned at the stake for whitchcraft. Her name was Boanna I believe 
Trufflehound
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Garry Nelson's Left Foot said:
Cowabunga!
readingstockport
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But if figures are to be believed then something like 10% of women have affairs and more men and some quite large number of children aren't the biological offspring of their 'parents'. All it needs is one tumble outside the marital bed some time years ago and all this family tree stuff is meaningless.
Shegull
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MYOB said:Packie Bonner
Daniel O'Donnel (thank f*** thats the more distant one
Do you have a relation James Gildea - also a cousin of Packie Bonner (not famous that I know of)
Me no famous relations at all.
My Uncle Gary won a bronze medal in the Melbourne Olympics. He was a master angler and a massive huge bear of a man. His boat washed up on Bondi Beach after a weekend deep sea fishing trip, when I was about 7 I think and he was never found. My grandfather told me once he was one of the first to use the tumble turn in competition freestyle.
Here is his Wikipedia entry:
Gary Chapman
and heres a tiny picture:
Here is his Wikipedia entry:
Gary Chapman
and heres a tiny picture:
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Trufflehound said:
A medici, with some arty friends yesterday.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot said:A medici, with some arty friends yesterday.
So, if that's a Medici in the middle of that picture, and Aids' ancestors tried to kill the Medicis, is he actually just trying to tell us that his ancestors were pest controllers?
William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, GCB, MC, DFC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas,_1st_Baron_Douglas_of_Kirtleside
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas,_1st_Baron_Douglas_of_Kirtleside
Zesh Rehman
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AdrianDINho said:
knobhead
Dave the OAP
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Emily's Mum said:
Some distant uncle was the Great Willie John Mcbride, the Irish Rugby player
My grandad played footie for Barnsley seemly ( but I cant find any datails of when as there is no-one left of that side of the family any more)
My gran sang with the D'oyle Carte Opera Company in the 30's
My dad was one of the design team who designed gear boxes for th Aston Martin Engines - the DB5 was one of them ( he worked for David Browne Tractors - hence the DB in DB5)
Dave the OAP
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Garry Nelson's Left Foot said:
....and also catherine De Midici was more powerful than the Pope in her day!
Trufflehound
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My sister's got a Blue Peter badge.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Zesh Rehman said:
Why is he a knobhead?
Trufflehound said:
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Frutos said:
Very possibly.
If you look closely you can just about make out his relative sneaking up on them...
Kylies Stunt Arse
What?
My Uncle Len was in the Army during WWII, and was one of the original SAS. A book has been written about him.
Here is the synopsis from Amazon.
When Len Wilmott joined the Army as a boy soldier, corporal punishment was still regarded as a better way of dealing with defaulters than "jankers" or stoppage of pay; and it was still delivered with sufficient severity to demand the presence of a doctor. Wilmott suffered this indignity with fortitude and no apparent thought of writing to his MP. This biography describes how he came to be in Poland when the Germans invaded in September 1939; how he came to survive the next five years; his extraordinary adventures in Greece, in company with figures such as Monty Woodhouse and Eddie Myers; his experiences in Brittany at the time when the Allies landed in Europe, then in Holland (twice) - and a little-known side of the Arnhem battle; and his presence at the "liberation" of Belsen. After the war he became involved in bringing refugees out of East Germany, the Greek Civil War and the Malayan Emergency. Co-author John Simpson, whose own distinguished military service took him to many parts of the world, met Len Wilmott in Australia, where Wilmott eventually settled, and persuaded him to tell his story.
Here is the synopsis from Amazon.
When Len Wilmott joined the Army as a boy soldier, corporal punishment was still regarded as a better way of dealing with defaulters than "jankers" or stoppage of pay; and it was still delivered with sufficient severity to demand the presence of a doctor. Wilmott suffered this indignity with fortitude and no apparent thought of writing to his MP. This biography describes how he came to be in Poland when the Germans invaded in September 1939; how he came to survive the next five years; his extraordinary adventures in Greece, in company with figures such as Monty Woodhouse and Eddie Myers; his experiences in Brittany at the time when the Allies landed in Europe, then in Holland (twice) - and a little-known side of the Arnhem battle; and his presence at the "liberation" of Belsen. After the war he became involved in bringing refugees out of East Germany, the Greek Civil War and the Malayan Emergency. Co-author John Simpson, whose own distinguished military service took him to many parts of the world, met Len Wilmott in Australia, where Wilmott eventually settled, and persuaded him to tell his story.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot said:
I actually find it a bit frightening that someone who's got a History A level hasn't heard of the Medicis. It's the sort of thing that provides ammunition to those people who regularly debunk A level results every summer.
As to the original question: my mum's cousin played rugby for Wales (just the once).
I'm more intrigued by the fact that one of the original directors of B&H Albion had my surname (and it's not a common one). I'd love to know if I'm distantly related to him...even if he did get done for illicit payments and suspended.