Ted Robbins

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Paul and my mum are first cousins. You know, when people do that, who’s the most famous person on your phone? Well, that’s Paul McCartney.

Uncle Jim, who is Paul’s dad, well, my great uncle, Uncle Joe, my mum and dad, Auntie Gin, who was Paul’s auntie, helped bring him up.

You know the song, ‘Someone’s Knockin at the Door… Auntie Gin.’ Well, Auntie Gin, when Paul’s and Mike’s mum Mary died in 1956, they kind of, with my mum, all the cousins and all the uncles and aunties used to look after Paul and Mike because they were 14 and 13 and they grew up. I grew up, you know, listening and the aunties say, listen, ‘Cousin Paul’s on the radio,’ you know, and yeah, yeah, it’s a strange thing because, people say everyone in Liverpool, my auntie used to scrub Ringo Starr’s steps and all that.

In some ways it’s a great thing, but for some members of our family, it’s kind of screwed their lives up a bit. Because if you compare, you know what I mean? Paul McCartney and all that. You become a dentist, great, you know.

I think Mike, his brother, who’s the loveliest of men and talented, but his fear is on his gravestone, ‘Here lies Paul McCartney’s brother.’ He is lovely Mike.

I see more of Mike, but I see Paul occasionally and he rings me up, ‘How you doing son?’

Ted Robbins – From ‘For some members of our family, it’s kind of screwed their lives up a bit…’ Paul McCartney’s cousin reveals what life is like as his relative (yahoo.com), quoted from Chatabix podcast, April 2024