Are you Related to Celebs or Famous Lads?

Sir Osis of Liver.

I'm told I'm distantly related to superstars John McEnroe and Mike Denver(who?).

Oh,and cabaret superstar Sonny Knowles asked me for directions once.

The Sidewards Man

I'm related to a famous lass.

s4uv3

Ian Paisley is my grand uncle

groucho marx

No

hairyslug

I married into Padraig Pearce's family,

corner of hells

My wife is related to Phil Lynnot.

I'm related by marriage, therefore to Phil Lynnot.

You may bask in my reflected glory.

My wife is related to Billy Idol.

groucho marx

[Deleted User] wrote: »

My wife is related to Billy Idol.

It's a nice day for a white wedding

mansize

Thelma Mansfield is a (distant) cousin

Cortina_MK_IV

I'm related to Satan by marriage.

Stigura

Ye know " Ballyregan Bob " ....?

razorblunt

s4uv3 wrote: »

Ian Paisley is my grand uncle

He's my decent uncle.

RayM

mansize wrote: »

Thelma Mansfield is a (distant) cousin

She was my first crush, back in the mid-80s when she presented children's programmes on RTE1.

Apparently I might be very distantly related to the architect who designed the White House (he was from the same village/townland as my mum's great-grandparents and had the same surname). I should probably do some research on that one.

Yester

Descendant of William Wallace.

The King of Moo

Yes, we're all related to God the father who loves us all, and our half brother Jesus.

Fluffy Cat 88

No.

chillin117

A few years ago I was in RTE canteen toilet and who was having a piss beside me but Paul from Fair City. As our piss merged that makes us piss brothers. Does that qualify ?

Wonzy

I'm enda kennys nephew

Candy_Girl

Yes

Speedwell

The King of Moo wrote: »

Yes, we're all related to God the father who loves us all, and our half brother Jesus.

I'm Jewish, so I'm closer related to him than you are.

Seriously though. Supposedly the writer Ayn Rand is supposed to be a close-ish cousin of my grandmother. And there are several songwriters who were the same grandmother's brothers and wrote things you might recognize, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_You,_I_Need_You,_I_Love_You. On my father's side we are supposed to be related to some semi-famous classical composer and a handful of poets from his home country.

That and a fiver will buy you a cup of coffee.

RobertKK

A distant cousin of Len Cariou, who played a major role in the Oscar winning Spotlight.
He plays Tom Selleck's father in Blue Bloods and has been in programs like The West Wing, Star Trek, Murder She Wrote and many other programs films.
He had some famous girlfriends like Glenn Close and Lauren Bacall.

uch

My cousin is a local celebrity Chef in France somewhere, I know thats a bit useless but it's all I have

DanielODonnell

Any famous yank with a Gaelic Irish surname probably has 5th cousins here.

I wonder if Typhoid Mary could be a relative as my great great great grandmother was Mallon from a 15 minute drive from Marys hometown.

We are all a bit inbred in rural communities.

jamesbere

I'm related to yer man

uch

DanielODonnell wrote: »

Any famous yank with a Gaelic Irish surname probably has 5th cousins here.

I wonder if Typhoid Mary could be a relative as my great great great grandmother was Mallon from a 15 minute drive from Marys hometown.

We are all a bit inbred in rural communities.

Finally someone admitted it

Pinch Flat

Distant relation of Adam and Eve

Richard Hillman

Distant relation to Richard Nixon.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Direct decedent of the last High King of Ireland Rory O'Connor.

Big Nasty

Decendent of a Yankee General in the American Civil War.

Mena

My mother dated Jody Scheckter for some. I seem to have missed out on the Ferrari party though :-(

Galwayguy35

One of the presenters of Bosco, although I doubt anyone even remembers who any of them were.

Big Nasty

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

One of the presenters of Bosco, although I doubt anyone even remembers who any of them were.

Marion? As in 'Uafasach Marion'?

Sir Osis of Liver.

Big Nasty wrote: »

Marion? As in 'Uafasach Marion'?

I'd knock in her magic door.

Sam Kade

uch wrote: »

Finally someone admitted it

The inbreds are in the cities

Sam Kade

I'm a cousin of Jerry O Connell, the fat kid in stand by me as they call him.

shar01

Helena Bonham Carter is... deep breath... 2nd great-niece of husband of 2nd cousin 1x removed of wife of 1st cousin 1x removed of husband of sister-in-law of my 2nd cousin 3x removed.

John_Rambo

Mena wrote: »

My mother dated Jody Scheckter for some. I seem to have missed out on the Ferrari party though :-(

You're ma's a legend.

Junglewoman

Margaret Beaufort.... Henry 8th's grandmother.

When I said my wife is related to Billy Idol, I should have added that about half the parish here is. It's all some 3rd or 4th cousin thing, his father was from Ireland.

She is also some distant relation of Gene Kelly. But that's like generations out.

Edit - she's just told me it's actually Billy Idol's mum is the connection. I've been labouring under a misunderstanding all these years.

spud82

I am related to this guy called Jesus? Apparently his dad is God and me and the entire world are his children??..

Sir Osis of Liver.

Deleted User wrote: »

When I said my wife is related to Billy Idol, I should have added that about half the parish here is. It's all some 3rd or 4th cousin thing, his father was from Ireland.

Which branch of the Idols?

Where I'm from every cun.ts an Idol.

Is it the Idols of Hackballscross or Ballycuntybollocks Idols?

Big Nasty

spud82 wrote: »

I am related to this guy called Jesus? Apparently his dad is God and me and the entire world are his children??..

*slow clap*

spud82

Big Nasty wrote: »

*slow clap*

Sorry terrible joke. I am in weird form was at 3 funerals since last Wednesday, and my friend is over in Orlando where the shooting happened, heads all over the shop

Jim Bob Scratcher

Cousin of mine was on the show Vikings, he appears on screen for at least a second, so I guess i'd class him as a celebrity :pac:

DEFTLEFTHAND

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Direct decedent of the last High King of Ireland Rory_O'Connor.

A few years ago, a (respected) historian wrote to us, claiming we were the great-grandchildren of Rory O'Connor, based on accounts in the Irish Military Archive.

Our Granny had hosted O'Connor & republican comerades in her home when he was on the run, at a time when our grandmother was married to a philandering, violent British soldier. She named her son Rory Conor _____ as a tribute to the man, hence the gossip.

Is it true? I doubt it. I believe Rory O'Connor was a homosexual. It makes for interesting gossip, though.

valoren

Giant Reed from Father Ted is my first cousin.

Fúcking 'ell.

yourdeadwright

Ken Doherty is my uncle

learn_more

Related to Princess Grace of Monaco. Here she is visiting her Kelly relatives in Co.Mayo where I'm from.

http://www.dailyedge.ie/grace-kelly-and-ireland-543199-Sep2012/

Easy Rod

I'm a distant relative of Ireland's most famous set of Eurovision singing twins, Donna and Joe McCaul. An honour.

Mr. CooL ICE

My uncle directed the Godfather trilogy

CFlat

Easy Rod wrote: »

I'm a distant relative of Ireland's most famous set of Eurovision singing twins, Donna and Joe McCaul. An honour.

That's an awful thing to say about your relatives..oh 'twins' I thought you said something else.

Nope nobody famous in my family. My mum was in a taxi once in Dublin and it turned out the taxi driver was Robbie Keanes brother. I suppose that doesn't qualify, no probably not.