Is Tommy from Peaky Blinders Irish?

Is Tommy from Peaky Blinders Irish?

Tommy Shelby in his British Army uniform Thomas Michael Shelby was born in Small Heath, Birmingham, England in 1890, the son of an Irish immigrant father and a mother of Romani extraction.

Is the Shelby family related to Gypsy Lee?

• Through the marriage of John Shelby and Esme Shelby, the Shelby Family are closely linked with the gypsy Lee Family . Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.

Who is the mother of Tommy Shelby's son?

• Grace and Tommy’s son Charles Shelby was born in 1922. Tommy Shelby also has a daughter named Ruby. Her mother, a former prostitute Lizzie Stark, was previously engaged to John Shelby but the engagement was called off. Discover other famous people’s family trees both real and fiction by checking out the rest of the Treemily blog articles.

Who are Thomas Shelby's parents in Peaky Blinders?

• Thomas Shelby and his siblings are Gypsies from both sides of their family. It is implied by their aunt, Polly, who is their father's sister and Thomas himself when he states in Series 1 that the Lee Family are kin to the Shelby family from their mother's side. It can be concluded that perhaps both of Thomas' parents are partially Romani Gypsies.

Who are the members of the Shelby family?

• Ada Thorne (née Shelby) is the only daughter of Arthur Shelby Sr. and his wife born in 1897. She is the only member of the family who is not involved with Shelby’s family business. Her husband Freddie Thorne is a communist and a former best friend of Thomas Shelby. Ada and Freddie have a son Karl Thorne named after Karl Marx.