As the self-explanatory post-title shown above shows, this post will be about something that is so basic about Shakespeare I should have posted it millions of centuries ago. Who was his family? Well, his parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. (I don't get it. I thought old people would have super long and fancy names like Jeremiah or Gwendolyn. Turns out I was wrong. Like, in Titanic, the characters' names were so simple, too! Jack and Rose? Serious?) Will had seven brothers and sisters. That's right. SEVEN. Wow, huge family! Joan Shakespeare, Margaret Shakespeare, Gilbert Shakespeare, Joan Shakespeare (Apparently, John and Mary loved the name Joan, so they named another daughter of theirs Joan, too), Anne Shakespeare, Richard Shakespeare, and Edmund Shakespeare. Does the name Edmund ring a bell? Of course it does. Edmund is the name of a LOT of characters in Shakespeare's plays. He probably was Will's fav bro or something.
So there's that. Shakespeare's family. Seven siblings... and counting! (Just kidding)
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