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i so wish i was related.Her x husband only had cheek try sue her,he reckon the misery he put her through is worth half of her fortune because due to him harry potter was born,well maybe but show what ar8e he is and it one up for the girlies
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Err why comment if this did not appeal to you?
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Like James i cant understand why anyone could care. Does it matter? Please enlighten me.
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Then why read and comment?
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I care.
And as a fellow member on here, I reserve the right to just as much forum space as anyone else. If you dont care about any particular article, just ignore and move on. To do otherwise signals an intolerant attitude towards others, and a selfish nature.
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I can express an opinion or make a comment in a public forum.
Thats not an intolerant attitude. I also asked a question as i may learn something. I havent so far.
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Thats a good un JJ entitled to as much space as the rest of us - but - are we entitled to as much space as JJ?
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Sorry if my post caused offence but if i hold that sort of view on a particular subject then why shouldn't i say something?
Why should anyone care if they are distantly related to JK Rowling, would it make any difference to your life? Are we really obsessed that much with celebrity nowadays? The relations i have are my world and wouldn't swap any of them for having a celeb in my woodpile.
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Er... can we stop squabbling and get back on topic please. If you were related. you would be interested then, I guess!
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Many people are interested in their own family trees, and the family history. As shown by television programmes, many people also take an interest in the family history of famous people, as it shows them just like everyone else, it 'normalises' them. I am sure that if people were 'not' interested in this subject, then the TV programmes wouldnt be made. Likewise, I am sure some people on here may well be interested. Personally I don't think any of us have the right to choose the topics that may or may not interest others - that would be bordering on censorship. Instead, topics are created, and it is upto each individual whether they choose to take part in the conversation.
Having a few celebs in my distant family history, I am always keen to see the histories of others.
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I would guess that anyone on here who unexpectedly found out they were related to a celebrity that they liked or had a certain amount of admiration for, wouldn't hesitate in boasting about it.
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I am all for family history and am working on my own. Nothing much interesting to anyone else. The odd king here and there.
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Certainly no queens in mine
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Well, FC has already said she found this an interesting topic when it was mentioned in the news forum. Perhaps she could expand on her interest?
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Maybe when I ve seen the programme I may like to expand thanks for the oportunity JJ
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as i having a bit of trouble reading back posts,what it got to do with j.k rowling an intolerant attitude,has anyone seem the latest h.p.is it good and as dark as the others.
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I ejoyed the June Brown progrmme last night
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my ignorance who june brown,her name rings a bell
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Well I am definitely interested in genealogy and am doing my family tree, also got somebody interesting in it too - a double murderer!
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if my kids don't stop quarrelling there could be one in my family tree too!
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I'm sure I'm not related to her but I wouldn't mind having relations with her- she's lovely. She comes over as a very nice person. 
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Rider haggard that lived in kess.Rowling talks about traveling the tubes and sitting in london cafes to get inspiration
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To answer the question, no, not directly.
But if you go back far enough everybody's related to everybody. That's how so many people can claim links to royalty. (This interesting fact from a QI program a few weeks back).
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Rider Haggard is buried near Bungay.
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Theres a lot of question marks over JK and plagerism
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She was sued for 500 million i think for presumable plagerising many of the scenes from a book called Willy the wizard by a bloke called Adrian Jacobs I think it is. She won her case
I ve never read Willie the Wizard or HP but having spoken to a teacher who had, he said chunks of it were rehashed by JK
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One of my sons informs me that his wife is related to JKR on the Hunter side as is one of my wife's cousins. I found the connection between my daughter-in-law and my wife's cousin quite some time ago whilst researching my wife's family tree. Jokingly I have told my daughter-in-law to name the next grandson Harry with the middle name of Potter!!! As Scorpio says - 'if you go back far enough everbody is related to everbody'. In the course of researching my own Scottish roots I found 3 instances where my mother and father's sides of the family were related through marriages before they ever met!!
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