How are we related to David Prowse of Darth Vader/Star Wars fame?

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Jan 13

Hi Ian. I added you as a guest to my family tree in Ancestry. I have my account on .co.uk rather than .com so maybe that's why it is not already visible to you. anyway, you should be able to access it now I have added you as a guest.

Ian Mattey

Jan 13

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Hi Kevin,

The link worked. Thanks. I'll be out of town for the next three days, so have to put this aside for now but will pick it up when I get back.

Cheers

Kevin Prowse

Jan 12

This is nearly 4 years old at this point so maybe it has already been answered elsewhere - but I have David Prowse in my Family tree (public tree on Ancestry.co.uk/ Ancestry.com). David's 5th Great Grandfather was Turpin Prowse, born abt 1670 in Thorverton, Devon, England. died abt 1744 same location. Turpin was my 5th GGF which means David and I were 6th cousins once removed. Of course I had never met him and had no idea we were related until quite recently. At a later point in the family tree, David's more recent ancestors moved from Thorverton to the city of Bristol and mine moved from Thorverton to Clerkenwell in London. I can send you a link to the tree if you are interested.

Ian Mattey

Jan 13

Replying to

Hi Kevin, thanks for posting. Also to Ran who replied via email with links to the WikiTree profiles for Turpin (1818-1903) and on down.

I have an Ancestry.com account but not a subscription. You would think I'd be able to see a 'public' tree, but no. Maybe because your tree is on the UK site or maybe because I don't have a subscription. This is what really annoys me about the pay-for-play services and why I use free WikiTree to document proven relationships - they truly are public.

Would love to know how exactly you connect to David Prowse's line...

Cheers.