Britineys great-grandparents lived together before married
International
-Staff
By Staff
London
(ANI):
Britney
Spears'
personal
life
has
always
been
a
subject
of
controversy,
and
now
it
has
emerged
that
scandals
run
deep
in
her
family
history,
for
documents
show
that
the
singer's
British
great-grandparents
may
have
'lived
in
sin'.
The
26-year
old
singer's
ancestry
has
been
traced
back
to
Tottenham
in
north
London
where
her
great
grandparents,
George
Anthony
Portell
and
Lillian
Esther
Lewis,
appear
to
have
been
together
before
they
were
married
a
major
scandal
back
in
the
1920s.
Parish
records
show
that
George,
the
son
of
a
newsagent,
and
Lillian,
daughter
of
a
lighting
inspector
named
James
Lewis,
tied
the
knot
on
July
29,
1923
at
St
John's
Church
in
Tottenham.
However,
they
gave
the
same
home
address
on
their
marriage
certificate,
indicating
they
were
already
living
together.
The
insight
into
the
'Toxic'
hitmaker's
background
is
just
one
of
several
extraordinary
pieces
of
family
history
buried
in
the
depths
of
the
London
Metropolitan
Archives.
That
history
will
soon
be
available
to
Internet
users
across
the
world
at
the
mere
tap
of
a
mouse,
under
a
plan
to
place
the
records
of
more
than
77
million
people
online
in
one
of
the
largest
archiving
projects
ever
attempted.
Laurence
Ward,
head
of
digital
resources
at
the
archives,
believes
there
could
be
a
perfectly
innocent
explanation
for
the
scandalous
record
-
Britney's
great
grandfather
was
an
able
seaman
in
the
Navy
and
was
probably
required
to
be
away
for
long
spells.
"Her
great
grandparents
have
certainly
listed
the
same
address
in
the
records
for
their
marriage,?
the
Telegraph
quoted
him,
as
saying.
"But
as
her
great
grandfather
is
recorded
as
being
an
able
seaman,
he
may
have
been
away
with
the
Navy
a
lot.
They
could
have
recorded
the
same
address
as
convenience.
If
they
did
live
together
before
marriage,
it
would
have
been
quite
controversial
for
that
time," he
added.
Britney's
grandmother,
also
born
in
London,
then
went
onto
marry
a
US
serviceman
and
moved
to
a
farm
near
New
Orleans.
They
went
onto
have
three
children,
including
the
pop
star's
mother
Lynne.