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Gemma Collins discovers a surprising family link to Jack The Ripper and traces her ancestors to a criminal hiding place on Who Do You Think You Are? writes ROLAND WHITE


In last night's episode, she discovered that her maternal grandmother Joan was exactly the same in her early teens.

The star of The Only Way Is Essex even found family links to the county stretching back to 1778, when ancestors James and Sarah lived on Foulness Island. The star of The Only Way Is Essex even found family links to the county stretching back to 1778, when ancestors James and Sarah lived on Foulness Island It was great-great-great grandfather William who died in a workhouse hospital, probably from an infection he picked up after being treated for simple lumbago, lower back pain.

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