Kate Garraway discovers she's related to Paddington Bear creator on DNA Journey

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Kate Garraway has discovered she is a relative of the creator of Paddington Bear, Michael Bond.The Good Morning Britain presenter, 55, was introduced to Karen Jankel, the daughter of the late author, as part of the ITV series DNA Journey.

In scenes that air tonight, Kate will learn she has the same three times great-grandparent as Karen, before the pair share an emotional embrace after meeting close to the London train station that bears the character’s name.The enduring children’s book character famously arrived in London from the deepest, darkest jungles of Peru and first appeared in print in 1958 in the book A Bear Called Paddington.

Karen tells Kate she wants to introduce her to her “famous brother” before revealing a stuffed toy of Paddington Bear, complete with a travel tag reading “Darkest Peru”. “Paddington and I grew up together,” she tells her. “The reason is that my father was Michael Bond, the creator of Paddington, which means that of course you are also related to Michael Bond.” She says of the marmalade-loving bear: “He was always part of my family.

He is so real to our family, and now to your family too, because he is a member of the family. “He used to sit on the table at meal times and my father used to talk to him and talk through him to us.