There’s something a little strange about political dynasties in a democracy.  Two Bushes in the Whitehouse. The Benn family. The attempts of Prescott fils to get onto the green benches.

But nothing quite as strange as Matthew Taylor’s discovery. He was adopted, and didn’t discover his birth parents’ history until late in life.  Taylor was elected to parliament at the young age – long before he discovered his great-grandfather had also been an MP.  It’s a fairly exclusive club, so quite a co-incidence to discover a relative you didn’t know you had was also a member.