Gemma Collins is convinced Jack The Ripper is her great, great grandfather.
While filming BBC show Who Do You Think You Are? she discovered she has links to the infamous serial killer. It has emerged she has ancestors who lived on Dorset Street in east London, where some of his victims died.
Gemma, 43, now thinks that’s because he was one of her relatives. She told the Daily Star: “My great great grandfather worked in a workhouse and died there.
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“I think that’s the reason they can’t find Jack The Ripper… because it was him. The writing is on the wall.
“It could only happen to me. It would be my luck that he would be one of my relatives.”
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Gemma is thrilled about the idea of having Jack The Ripper in her family tree.
She added: “I’m ecstatic. I always knew there was more to me and my family. I just think it’s a hilarious story. Obviously the murders were terrible and I get that.
“But how could it be that my family were on the same street as Jack The Ripper’s victims? You just couldn’t make it up.
“You’ve got The GC and Jack The Ripper. I’m an unusual character and that’s definitely come from somewhere.”
Gemma is determined to find out for sure that she is related to Jack, who terrorised Londoners in the 1880s. The star believes she has psychic powers so she plans to use them to speak to his ghost.
She said: “I’m going to have a seance and speak to Jack The Ripper. I need to know what went on.”
Gemma also found out shocking revelations about her mum’s upbringing and discovered new relatives during filming for the popular BBC family history show.
The episode will air on September 25 at 9pm on BBC One.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
