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My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as…

— Paul Nurse

My dad came over from Ireland when he was 13 and lived on the streets, working on building sites, and has just retired from…

— Amanda Hale

I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working.

— J. C. Chandor

Some time after my dad came to live to London - when I was eight or nine - he sent for me, my mum…

— Leon Edwards

Oddly enough, my mother was born in Southampton. I have roots in Southampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor. My grandfather, her father, Stefano Rullo, when he…

— Robert Davi

I grew up on a council estate in south London; my dad was a bus driver and my mum sewed clothes to bring in…

— Sadiq Khan

My mum moved to Luton and I lived up there with her for a bit.

— Jay Blades

I was raised in inner-city Liverpool, the first in my family to go to university.

— Esther McVey

My dad worked all sorts of jobs when I was growing up and finally ended up as a surveyor; my mum delivers meals to…

— Michelle Dockery

I grew up in Queensland, and my dad was a tradesman and my mum an insurance agent, both self-employed.

— Grant Bowler

My dad worked as a floor manager in a clothing mill in Dombivli and my mom is a housewife.

— Daisy Shah

My upbringing was very basic working-class on the outskirts of Nottingham. My mother, Glenis, was a nursery nurse, looking after special-needs children, and my…

— Mathew Horne