MINOGUES’ FAMILY SECRETS REVEALED
KYLIE and DANNII MINOGUE’s family history has been unearthed, revealing t= heir mother was one of the Britons who set sail to Australia on a $16 (=C2= =A310) ticket in 1955 to start a new life Down Under.
The Aussie singers have learned their relatives’ secrets after passenge= r lists from a 1950s emigration scheme listed their mother, Carol Jones.
The stars’ mum was born in Wales, but moved to Australia when she was 1= 2 years old with her parents to start a new life in the country.
Carol married Kylie and Dannii’s father Ron Minogue, before settling in= Melbourne, where they still live.
Kylie says, "People come up to me and tell me they think I’m more Briti= sh than the British. I’ve lived here (in the U.K.) for more than ten year= s and I feel totally at home - though in my heart I’ll always be an Aussi= e." An 1891 census that was also recently unearthed revealed the sisters’ g= reat-grandfather, Morgan Riddiford, was a convict at HM Prison Gloucester= , England, although it did not specify what crime he had been jailed for.=
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