Kevin Rudd descended from thieves and forgers

by sweet east pearl | August 1, 2008 at 04:08 am
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The PM learned of his colourful antecedents yesterday when presented with two leather-bound volumes of his family tree.

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is descended from solid convict stock, and his forebears include a London street urchin banished to Australia for stealing petticoats.

Mr Rudd also has distant relatives who were forgers and sugar and glue thieves.

 

 

Anywhere else it would be a cause of embarassment, if not a modicum of shame. But to a country where a convict ancestry gives you aristocratic status, the revelation that the Australian Prime Minister is descended from not just one felon but six is a source of delight.

Kevin Rudd has already boasted of having convicts on both sides of his family - "an absolute pedigree" as he has called it.

But there's no higher pedigree than counting in your ancestry a thief, a forger and a highway robber - aged 11.

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Sanjay Jha
Sanjay Jha
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at 04:18 on August 1st, 2008

sweet east pearl, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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Rhonda J Mangus

sweet east pearl, this story was published yesterday by Christina 123, here: http://www.nowpublic.com/world/australian-pm-kevin-rudd-descended-convicts Thanks!

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PEP

Rhonda, thanks. Then why is this story in the top 5; and I didn't see the other story there? Do you know?

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