villepin-blair

December 18, 2006

Could the British and French prime ministers be related? Wandering around Montparnasse cemetery, I stumble across a tomb belonging to the Galouzeau de Villepin family -- ancestors of the Matignon smoothie. Intriguingly, on the tombstone are just about decipherable the words -- Baron de Blair. All I can find on various genealogical websites is that a certain Marie-Eugenie de Blair, daughter of the Scottish Baron Blair -- married Francois Galouzeau de Villepin, who was Dominique's great-great grandfather. Trouble is -- there are vast numbers of Scottish Blairs. Too much to hope that Tony is a descendant of the baron. But still, it would be rather a nice coincidence for the two soon to be ex-prime ministers to be distant cousins. Remember -- you saw it here first.

cygs

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