Post by lennie on Nov 4, 2006 0:15:34 GMT -5
Record breakers keeping up with the Joneses
More than 1,000 people called Jones have gathered under one roof to break the world record for the biggest get-together of people with the same name.
Some 1,224 Joneses packed into the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, smashing the previous record gathering of 583, which was set by the Norbergs of Sweden.
Guinness World Record officials have the task of keeping up with the Joneses and have validated the attempt, which was being filmed by Welsh-language television channel S4C.
People with the Welsh surname, from as far afield as Australia and the United States, descended on Cardiff to take part.
All had to prove their identity, with maiden names and hyphenated surnames being ruled out.
Grace Jones, the flamboyant Jamaican-born 1980s pop star and former Bond girl, was among the famous Joneses entertaining their namesakes in the theatre.
There are 431,558 Joneses in Britain and it is the second most common surname in the kingdom after Smith.
Blaenau Ffestiniog, in north-west Wales, is the town with the highest proportion of Joneses in Britain.
Jones is the most common Welsh surname and means son of John.
More than 1,000 people called Jones have gathered under one roof to break the world record for the biggest get-together of people with the same name.
Some 1,224 Joneses packed into the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, smashing the previous record gathering of 583, which was set by the Norbergs of Sweden.
Guinness World Record officials have the task of keeping up with the Joneses and have validated the attempt, which was being filmed by Welsh-language television channel S4C.
People with the Welsh surname, from as far afield as Australia and the United States, descended on Cardiff to take part.
All had to prove their identity, with maiden names and hyphenated surnames being ruled out.
Grace Jones, the flamboyant Jamaican-born 1980s pop star and former Bond girl, was among the famous Joneses entertaining their namesakes in the theatre.
There are 431,558 Joneses in Britain and it is the second most common surname in the kingdom after Smith.
Blaenau Ffestiniog, in north-west Wales, is the town with the highest proportion of Joneses in Britain.
Jones is the most common Welsh surname and means son of John.