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21-08-00 news
Star Wars star Sir Alec Guinness was a real Guinness...

Star Wars hero Obe Wan Kenobi (aka the late actor Alec Guinness) was a real Guinness of the Irish Beer giants of the same name. Reports in an Irish tabloid claim that Sir Alec was the illegitimate son of one of the real Guinness family. The actor who died recently was a cousin of the family according to Patrick Guinness, the Irish heir to the brewing giants.

Speaking to Irish papers Patrick said, "Nobody made a great deal about it. But, it was generally accepted in a matter of fact way among the family."

Mr Guinness went on the say that is was widely believed in the family that Alec was the illegitimate son of Walter Guinness, who went on to become Lord Moyne. Walter Guinness is believed to have fathered another child out of wedlock along with his two other children from his wife.

His daughter Grainne, now Lady Normandy, is still alive and living in Yorkshire and could have been Alec's cousin. Lord Moyne her great grandfather was known for having affairs and is believed to have had an affair with Alec's mother Agnes Cuffe. As a teenager the actor was casually told by his mother that his real name was Guinness.

The Oscar winner who died two weeks ago aged 86 made a reported 200 million from Star Wars but in the end was embarrassed over his role in the hit movie.

Alec wrote in later life that his real father was a member of the Geddes banking family but this was later denied by members of that family.

Patrick Guinness told the paper that the similarity could be seen between photo's of Sir Alec and Lord Moyne.

The truth may now never be known?