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Gemma Collins convinced her great-great-grandfather was Jack the Ripper and plans to psychically contact his ghost as she admits she's ecstatic to be related to the infamous serial killer
The former TOWIE star, 43, has been delving into her family tree while filming for an upcoming episode of BBC show Who Do You Think You Are ?
The former TOWIE star, 43, discovered that she has ancestors who lived on Dorset Street in East London, where Britain's most notorious serial killer left some of his victims' mutilated corpses in 1888 There are many theories as to who the infamous serial killer was, from Queen Victoria's surgeon Sir John Williams, who had a surgery in Whitechapel at the time, to her Grandson Prince Albert Victor who was taken to an asylum and died in 1892. At the time of the Whitechapel murders, de Jong is believed to have worked as a steward on a ship that made frequent trips from Rotterdam to London, providing him with the perfect means of getting out of the country after his heinous crimes.
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